Hybrid/Remote Test Automation Job Trends

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 72 108
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 -56
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 737 739 938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.79% 4.90% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 5.17% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 401 378 714
10th Percentile £45,748 £38,025 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,125 £78,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,967 14,283 30,442
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.63% 89.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,428 8,372 23,637
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Test Automation
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Test Automation salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.09%) Apache
2 8 (1.09%) Confluence
2 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.68%) CMS
3 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.41%) Mule
6 2 (0.27%) Camunda
6 2 (0.27%) JBoss
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 329 (44.64%) AWS
2 221 (29.99%) Azure
3 132 (17.91%) GCP
4 86 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (10.18%) Serverless
6 71 (9.63%) GitHub
7 67 (9.09%) SaaS
8 57 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
10 29 (3.93%) Power Platform
11 25 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (2.85%) Azure AKS
13 20 (2.71%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.58%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (2.17%) PaaS
18 15 (2.04%) Azure Event Grid
19 14 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
19 14 (1.90%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 57 (7.73%) Broadband
2 11 (1.49%) CHAP
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SMS
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) SSL
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.80%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (8.55%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.48%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.12%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.31%) MySQL
6 16 (2.17%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.63%) Metadata
7 12 (1.63%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.49%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.49%) Oracle Database
8 11 (1.49%) Power BI
9 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.54%) Big Data
14 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (7.60%) TeamCity
2 53 (7.19%) Selenium
3 49 (6.65%) Git
4 44 (5.97%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.29%) GitLab
6 35 (4.75%) JIRA
7 31 (4.21%) Cypress.io
8 23 (3.12%) Postman
9 20 (2.71%) JMeter
10 16 (2.17%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.90%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.90%) XCTest
12 13 (1.76%) SpecFlow
13 12 (1.63%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.36%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.09%) Appium
15 8 (1.09%) JUnit
16 7 (0.95%) Claude Code
16 7 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
16 7 (0.95%) XCUITest
General
1 196 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 190 (25.78%) Finance
3 116 (15.74%) Banking
4 107 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (13.16%) Law
6 85 (11.53%) Public Sector
7 84 (11.40%) Retail
8 52 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (6.78%) Financial Institution
10 43 (5.83%) Games
11 40 (5.43%) Back Office
12 21 (2.85%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.71%) Legal
14 18 (2.44%) Marketing
15 13 (1.76%) Electronics
16 10 (1.36%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
19 5 (0.68%) Advertising
19 5 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 209 (28.36%) Senior
2 123 (16.69%) Software Engineer
3 121 (16.42%) Lead
4 86 (11.67%) Developer
5 67 (9.09%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.78%) QA Engineer
7 49 (6.65%) Java Engineer
8 47 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
9 39 (5.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 37 (5.02%) Senior Developer
11 35 (4.75%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (4.75%) Java Software Engineer
12 34 (4.61%) Software Manager
13 31 (4.21%) Software Engineering Manager
13 31 (4.21%) Test Automation Engineer
14 27 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (3.66%) Tester
15 26 (3.53%) Architect
15 26 (3.53%) QA Automation Engineer
15 26 (3.53%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (13.30%) React
2 62 (8.41%) Playwright
3 61 (8.28%) .NET
3 61 (8.28%) RESTful
4 60 (8.14%) REST
4 60 (8.14%) Spring
5 59 (8.01%) Node.js
6 29 (3.93%) Spring Boot
7 22 (2.99%) AngularJS
8 21 (2.85%) AWS CDK
9 20 (2.71%) React Native
10 19 (2.58%) Next.js
11 17 (2.31%) JSON
12 16 (2.17%) CSS
12 16 (2.17%) HTML
13 15 (2.04%) Kafka
13 15 (2.04%) SwiftUI
14 14 (1.90%) UIKit
15 13 (1.76%) Web Services
15 13 (1.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (23.61%) Cloud Native
2 100 (13.57%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.70%) Mobile App
4 38 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (4.48%) Low-Code
6 29 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (3.93%) Video\Live Streaming
7 25 (3.39%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.12%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.71%) Blog
10 19 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.17%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.36%) AI Agents
14 10 (1.36%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.22%) Podcast
15 9 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.78%) Apple iOS
2 48 (6.51%) Linux
3 39 (5.29%) Android
4 23 (3.12%) Unix
5 19 (2.58%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (56.99%) CI/CD
2 328 (44.50%) Agile
3 236 (32.02%) Mentoring
3 236 (32.02%) Software Engineering
4 223 (30.26%) DevOps
5 199 (27.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 155 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
7 151 (20.49%) Microservices
8 145 (19.67%) AI
8 145 (19.67%) Coaching
9 133 (18.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 128 (17.37%) Clean Code
11 123 (16.69%) Observability
12 122 (16.55%) Full-Stack Development
13 99 (13.43%) Technical Leadership
14 95 (12.89%) Deployment Automation
15 94 (12.75%) Test Strategy
16 91 (12.35%) Roadmaps
16 91 (12.35%) Validation
17 90 (12.21%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 233 (31.61%) Java
2 183 (24.83%) Python
3 109 (14.79%) SQL
4 98 (13.30%) JavaScript
4 98 (13.30%) TypeScript
5 69 (9.36%) C#
6 45 (6.11%) Go
7 24 (3.26%) Bash
8 23 (3.12%) PowerShell
9 18 (2.44%) Kotlin
10 15 (2.04%) Swift
11 10 (1.36%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.09%) Clojure
12 8 (1.09%) PHP
13 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.81%) Bicep
14 6 (0.81%) C++
14 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.68%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.55%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.24%) Degree
4 27 (3.66%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.31%) CISSP
6 13 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.49%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.49%) CISA
7 11 (1.49%) CISM
7 11 (1.49%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.49%) SANS
8 8 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.09%) CEH
8 8 (1.09%) CREST Certified
8 8 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.09%) OSCP
9 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (24.56%) QA
2 67 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.80%) GDPR
4 22 (2.99%) NIST
5 14 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.49%) COBIT
6 11 (1.49%) GRC
7 10 (1.36%) WCAG
8 8 (1.09%) ISO 22301
8 8 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.41%) PERC
10 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.14%) MiFID
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 74 (10.04%) Docker
2 11 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 140 (19.00%) Terraform
2 127 (17.23%) Kubernetes
3 67 (9.09%) Grafana
4 20 (2.71%) Argo
5 16 (2.17%) Ansible
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.41%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 67 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.21%) Oracle
3 21 (2.85%) Databricks
4 20 (2.71%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.17%) Braze
6 14 (1.90%) Amplitude
6 14 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.90%) VMware
7 11 (1.49%) Commvault
8 10 (1.36%) SAP
9 9 (1.22%) Google
10 8 (1.09%) IFS
11 7 (0.95%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.68%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.54%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.41%) Foundry
14 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.41%) Workday