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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 81 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 -28
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 506 687 878
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 3.65% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 4.00% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 295 417 709
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% -4.62% +8.33%

All Process and 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 13,775 17,158 19,587
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.07% 91.24% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 10,397 15,831
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 12 December 2025.

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 15 (2.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.58%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.38%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.19%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.40%) nginx
7 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.40%) Blender
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 39 (7.71%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.58%) Shopify
4 5 (0.99%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.79%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 234 (46.25%) Azure
2 155 (30.63%) GitHub
3 144 (28.46%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (24.31%) AWS
5 74 (14.62%) SaaS
6 67 (13.24%) GitHub Copilot
7 44 (8.70%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (7.71%) Serverless
9 34 (6.72%) PaaS
10 33 (6.52%) Entra ID
10 33 (6.52%) GCP
10 33 (6.52%) OCI
11 31 (6.13%) Power Platform
12 29 (5.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (5.14%) Snowflake
14 21 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 21 (4.15%) dbt
15 17 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
17 15 (2.96%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.58%) 5G
1 8 (1.58%) SD-WAN
1 8 (1.58%) WAN
2 6 (1.19%) HTTP
3 5 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.79%) VPN
5 3 (0.59%) CHAP
5 3 (0.59%) Firewall
5 3 (0.59%) Internet
6 2 (0.40%) Broadband
6 2 (0.40%) Network Security
6 2 (0.40%) RFID
7 1 (0.20%) DNS
7 1 (0.20%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.73%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.14%) MySQL
3 26 (5.14%) Power BI
4 24 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.36%) Relational Database
6 17 (3.36%) Tableau
7 14 (2.77%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.58%) MariaDB
10 7 (1.38%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.99%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.99%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.99%) Metadata
12 4 (0.79%) Essbase
12 4 (0.79%) Tick Data
13 3 (0.59%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.40%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 66 (13.04%) Selenium
2 61 (12.06%) JIRA
3 55 (10.87%) Jenkins
4 53 (10.47%) Git
5 42 (8.30%) Cypress.io
6 37 (7.31%) Oracle Forms
7 22 (4.35%) TeamCity
8 18 (3.56%) Postman
9 13 (2.57%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.37%) JUnit
11 10 (1.98%) JMeter
11 10 (1.98%) WebDriver
12 9 (1.78%) GitLab
13 6 (1.19%) Appium
13 6 (1.19%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.19%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.19%) Storybook
13 6 (1.19%) TestRail
14 4 (0.79%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 193 (38.14%) Finance
2 166 (32.81%) Social Skills
3 71 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (10.47%) Law
5 50 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.52%) Back Office
7 30 (5.93%) Public Sector
8 29 (5.73%) Banking
9 22 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 22 (4.35%) Retail
10 16 (3.16%) Marketing
11 15 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.96%) Legal
12 9 (1.78%) Front Office
13 8 (1.58%) Automotive
13 8 (1.58%) Local Government
14 6 (1.19%) Games
14 6 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.99%) Electronics
16 4 (0.79%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 137 (27.08%) Senior
2 104 (20.55%) Developer
3 90 (17.79%) Lead
4 43 (8.50%) Software Engineer
5 40 (7.91%) Applications Engineer
5 40 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (6.92%) Senior Developer
7 32 (6.32%) QA Engineer
8 29 (5.73%) Test Engineer
9 27 (5.34%) Lead Developer
10 25 (4.94%) Analyst
11 23 (4.55%) QA Automation Engineer
12 22 (4.35%) SaaS Developer
12 22 (4.35%) Test Automation Engineer
13 21 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
14 20 (3.95%) Automation Engineer
14 20 (3.95%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 19 (3.75%) Software Developer
15 19 (3.75%) Tester
16 16 (3.16%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (16.01%) RESTful
2 67 (13.24%) React
3 54 (10.67%) .NET
4 52 (10.28%) JSON
5 43 (8.50%) REST
5 43 (8.50%) SOAP
6 39 (7.71%) XML
7 38 (7.51%) Playwright
8 32 (6.32%) OAuth
9 31 (6.13%) Node.js
9 31 (6.13%) OAuth2
10 27 (5.34%) Next.js
11 24 (4.74%) CSS
12 22 (4.35%) HTML
13 19 (3.75%) .NET Framework
13 19 (3.75%) Lightning Web Components
14 17 (3.36%) Entity Framework
14 17 (3.36%) GraphQL
15 16 (3.16%) Spring
16 15 (2.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (24.70%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 35 (6.92%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.95%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.16%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.37%) NHS
7 12 (2.37%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.98%) GNSS
10 9 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.78%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.78%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.58%) Self-Driving Car
12 7 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.99%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (0.99%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.55%) Linux
2 15 (2.96%) Windows
3 11 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.78%) Android
4 9 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.99%) Unix
6 2 (0.40%) CentOS
6 2 (0.40%) Solaris
6 2 (0.40%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (57.51%) CI/CD
2 270 (53.36%) Agile
3 232 (45.85%) DevOps
4 165 (32.61%) Mentoring
5 145 (28.66%) Coaching
6 136 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 112 (22.13%) AI
9 108 (21.34%) Asset Management
10 98 (19.37%) Clean Code
11 91 (17.98%) Analytics
11 91 (17.98%) Software Engineering
12 85 (16.80%) Microservices
13 84 (16.60%) Observability
14 72 (14.23%) Sprint Planning
15 66 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
16 59 (11.66%) ERP
17 56 (11.07%) Data Modelling
18 49 (9.68%) Computer Science
18 49 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 158 (31.23%) Python
2 147 (29.05%) SQL
3 116 (22.92%) Java
4 83 (16.40%) C#
5 72 (14.23%) JavaScript
6 59 (11.66%) TypeScript
7 35 (6.92%) Shell Script
8 33 (6.52%) PL/SQL
9 32 (6.32%) PowerShell
10 22 (4.35%) PHP
11 18 (3.56%) Apex Code
11 18 (3.56%) Bicep
12 15 (2.96%) C
13 12 (2.37%) Bash
14 11 (2.17%) C++
15 9 (1.78%) Go
16 7 (1.38%) T-SQL
17 6 (1.19%) Delphi
18 5 (0.99%) Groovy
19 4 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 60 (11.86%) Degree
2 41 (8.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.72%) Security Cleared
4 27 (5.34%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.35%) ISTQB
6 17 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.19%) CEH
9 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.79%) CISA
11 4 (0.79%) ISEB
12 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.59%) CGEIT
12 3 (0.59%) CISM
12 3 (0.59%) CISSP
12 3 (0.59%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.59%) SANS
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (20.75%) QA
2 42 (8.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (7.51%) Accessibility
4 23 (4.55%) NIST
5 19 (3.75%) GDPR
6 16 (3.16%) ISO 9001
7 12 (2.37%) Data Quality
7 12 (2.37%) WCAG
8 10 (1.98%) NCSC
9 7 (1.38%) SLA
10 6 (1.19%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.59%) COBIT
11 3 (0.59%) GRC
12 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.20%) Section 508
13 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (8.70%) Docker
2 33 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.99%) vSphere
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 91 (17.98%) Terraform
2 52 (10.28%) Kubernetes
3 33 (6.52%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (5.73%) Grafana
5 14 (2.77%) Ansible
6 3 (0.59%) Argo
6 3 (0.59%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.59%) logstash
7 2 (0.40%) Control-M
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) Nessus
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 85 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.47%) Oracle
3 24 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.56%) Okta
5 17 (3.36%) Apple
6 16 (3.16%) VMware
7 15 (2.96%) Databricks
8 13 (2.57%) Google
9 12 (2.37%) Ab Initio
10 9 (1.78%) Commvault
11 5 (0.99%) IBM
11 5 (0.99%) iManage
11 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.79%) Hyperion
13 3 (0.59%) Checkmarx
13 3 (0.59%) Foundry
13 3 (0.59%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.59%) Qualys
14 2 (0.40%) Aderant
14 2 (0.40%) Intapp