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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 71 104
Rank change year-on-year +10 +33 -53
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 727 736 939
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 4.95% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 5.23% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 397 378 724
10th Percentile £46,250 £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 15,830 14,077 30,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.08% 94.70% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,320 8,261 23,558
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% -9.69%

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 5 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 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.10%) Apache
2 8 (1.10%) Confluence
3 7 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.69%) CMS
4 5 (0.69%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.41%) Mule
7 2 (0.28%) Camunda
7 2 (0.28%) JBoss
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 322 (44.29%) AWS
2 220 (30.26%) Azure
3 131 (18.02%) GCP
4 85 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (10.32%) Serverless
6 71 (9.77%) GitHub
7 67 (9.22%) SaaS
8 57 (7.84%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.85%) Power Platform
11 25 (3.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (2.89%) Azure AKS
13 20 (2.75%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.61%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (2.20%) PaaS
18 15 (2.06%) Azure Event Grid
19 14 (1.93%) Firebase
19 14 (1.93%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.88%) Broadband
2 11 (1.51%) CHAP
3 5 (0.69%) DNS
3 5 (0.69%) SMS
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) SSL
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) Network Security
5 2 (0.28%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (7.84%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.54%) NoSQL
4 22 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.34%) MySQL
6 15 (2.06%) BigQuery
7 13 (1.79%) Metadata
8 11 (1.51%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.51%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.38%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.38%) Power BI
9 10 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.69%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.55%) Big Data
14 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (7.70%) TeamCity
2 52 (7.15%) Selenium
3 49 (6.74%) Git
4 43 (5.91%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.36%) GitLab
6 34 (4.68%) JIRA
7 30 (4.13%) Cypress.io
8 22 (3.03%) Postman
9 20 (2.75%) JMeter
10 16 (2.20%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.93%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.93%) XCTest
12 13 (1.79%) SpecFlow
13 12 (1.65%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.38%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.10%) Appium
15 8 (1.10%) JUnit
16 7 (0.96%) Claude Code
16 7 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
16 7 (0.96%) XCUITest
General
1 191 (26.27%) Finance
1 191 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 116 (15.96%) Banking
3 106 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 98 (13.48%) Law
5 86 (11.83%) Public Sector
6 85 (11.69%) Retail
7 50 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (6.88%) Financial Institution
8 40 (5.50%) Back Office
9 37 (5.09%) Games
10 22 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.75%) Legal
12 18 (2.48%) Marketing
13 14 (1.93%) Electronics
14 10 (1.38%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.69%) Advertising
16 5 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (28.06%) Senior
2 123 (16.92%) Software Engineer
3 119 (16.37%) Lead
4 84 (11.55%) Developer
5 67 (9.22%) Test Engineer
6 49 (6.74%) Java Engineer
6 49 (6.74%) QA Engineer
7 47 (6.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 39 (5.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 36 (4.95%) Senior Developer
10 35 (4.81%) Java Software Engineer
11 34 (4.68%) Engineering Manager
11 34 (4.68%) Software Manager
12 31 (4.26%) Software Engineering Manager
12 31 (4.26%) Test Automation Engineer
13 27 (3.71%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.58%) QA Automation Engineer
14 26 (3.58%) Test Leader
14 26 (3.58%) Tester
15 25 (3.44%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (13.48%) React
2 62 (8.53%) Playwright
3 61 (8.39%) .NET
4 60 (8.25%) REST
4 60 (8.25%) Spring
5 58 (7.98%) Node.js
6 55 (7.57%) RESTful
7 29 (3.99%) Spring Boot
8 22 (3.03%) AngularJS
9 21 (2.89%) AWS CDK
10 20 (2.75%) React Native
11 19 (2.61%) Next.js
12 18 (2.48%) JSON
13 16 (2.20%) CSS
13 16 (2.20%) HTML
14 15 (2.06%) Kafka
14 15 (2.06%) SwiftUI
15 14 (1.93%) UIKit
16 13 (1.79%) Web Services
16 13 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 167 (22.97%) Cloud Native
2 99 (13.62%) Product Ownership
3 41 (5.64%) Mobile App
4 32 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (3.99%) Greenfield Project
6 27 (3.71%) Low-Code
7 25 (3.44%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.16%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.16%) Video\Live Streaming
9 20 (2.75%) Blog
9 20 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (2.20%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.38%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.24%) Podcast
14 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.10%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.88%) Apple iOS
2 48 (6.60%) Linux
3 39 (5.36%) Android
4 23 (3.16%) Unix
5 18 (2.48%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.28%) Debian
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (56.67%) CI/CD
2 324 (44.57%) Agile
3 231 (31.77%) Mentoring
4 229 (31.50%) Software Engineering
5 221 (30.40%) DevOps
6 189 (26.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (20.77%) Microservices
9 144 (19.81%) Coaching
10 135 (18.57%) AI
11 128 (17.61%) Clean Code
12 126 (17.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 116 (15.96%) Full-Stack Development
13 116 (15.96%) Observability
14 97 (13.34%) Technical Leadership
15 95 (13.07%) Deployment Automation
16 94 (12.93%) Test Strategy
17 90 (12.38%) Roadmaps
18 88 (12.10%) Software Testing
19 84 (11.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 231 (31.77%) Java
2 177 (24.35%) Python
3 107 (14.72%) SQL
4 98 (13.48%) JavaScript
4 98 (13.48%) TypeScript
5 67 (9.22%) C#
6 38 (5.23%) Go
7 24 (3.30%) Bash
7 24 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 15 (2.06%) Swift
10 9 (1.24%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.10%) Clojure
11 8 (1.10%) PHP
12 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.83%) Bicep
13 6 (0.83%) C++
13 6 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.69%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (9.22%) Security Cleared
2 64 (8.80%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.33%) Degree
4 26 (3.58%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.34%) CISSP
6 13 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.51%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.51%) CISA
7 11 (1.51%) CISM
7 11 (1.51%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.51%) SANS
8 9 (1.24%) CEH
9 8 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.10%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.10%) OSCP
10 7 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (24.48%) QA
2 67 (9.22%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.85%) GDPR
4 27 (3.71%) Data Quality
5 23 (3.16%) NIST
6 15 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.51%) COBIT
7 11 (1.51%) GRC
8 10 (1.38%) WCAG
9 9 (1.24%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.96%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.41%) PERC
12 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.14%) MiFID
13 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 75 (10.32%) Docker
2 11 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 139 (19.12%) Terraform
2 127 (17.47%) Kubernetes
3 67 (9.22%) Grafana
4 20 (2.75%) Argo
5 16 (2.20%) Ansible
6 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.41%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.28%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 64 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.13%) Oracle
3 21 (2.89%) Databricks
4 19 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.20%) Braze
6 15 (2.06%) VMware
7 14 (1.93%) Amplitude
7 14 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.65%) Commvault
9 11 (1.51%) SAP
10 9 (1.24%) Google
11 8 (1.10%) IFS
12 7 (0.96%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.69%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.55%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.55%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.41%) Foundry
15 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 3 (0.41%) Workday