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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 81 108
Rank change year-on-year +19 +27 -48
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 880 703 697
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.84% 4.26% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 4.59% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 403 331 519
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,000 £81,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 18,869 15,328 21,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.42% 92.95% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,610 8,889 15,263
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 19 August 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 17 (1.93%) Confluence
2 13 (1.48%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.48%) Mule
3 12 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.91%) Apache
6 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.57%) CMS
8 4 (0.45%) Camunda
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.57%) Moqups
3 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.45%) Simulink
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.07%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 418 (47.50%) AWS
2 272 (30.91%) Azure
3 180 (20.45%) SaaS
4 134 (15.23%) GCP
5 75 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (7.73%) Serverless
7 66 (7.50%) GitHub
8 48 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.41%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.27%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.05%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (1.59%) Datadog
15 14 (1.59%) Figma
15 14 (1.59%) TestFlight
16 13 (1.48%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.36%) PaaS
17 12 (1.36%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 72 (8.18%) Broadband
2 13 (1.48%) SSL
3 9 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.91%) DNS
5 6 (0.68%) CHAP
5 6 (0.68%) Firewall
6 5 (0.57%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) DHCP
7 4 (0.45%) LAN
7 4 (0.45%) MQTT
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.45%) WAN
7 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (6.59%) MongoDB
3 36 (4.09%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.95%) NoSQL
5 21 (2.39%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.48%) Power BI
9 12 (1.36%) Metadata
9 12 (1.36%) MySQL
10 10 (1.14%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.14%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 6 (0.68%) Redis
15 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (8.98%) Git
2 56 (6.36%) Selenium
3 54 (6.14%) Jenkins
4 52 (5.91%) GitLab
4 52 (5.91%) TeamCity
5 38 (4.32%) Cypress.io
6 35 (3.98%) JIRA
7 27 (3.07%) Postman
8 17 (1.93%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.82%) JMeter
10 13 (1.48%) JUnit
11 12 (1.36%) Crashlytics
11 12 (1.36%) XCTest
12 10 (1.14%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.14%) SpecFlow
13 9 (1.02%) Gatling
14 7 (0.80%) Appium
14 7 (0.80%) NUnit
14 7 (0.80%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.80%) TestRail
General
1 287 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.34%) Finance
3 143 (16.25%) Law
4 113 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (11.70%) Banking
6 98 (11.14%) Public Sector
7 92 (10.45%) Legal
8 88 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
9 75 (8.52%) Retail
10 47 (5.34%) Financial Institution
11 44 (5.00%) Games
11 44 (5.00%) Marketing
12 43 (4.89%) Back Office
13 25 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.27%) Electronics
15 17 (1.93%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.48%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.36%) Investment Banking
18 9 (1.02%) Legal Technology
19 8 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 257 (29.20%) Senior
2 152 (17.27%) Lead
3 126 (14.32%) Software Engineer
4 112 (12.73%) Developer
5 56 (6.36%) Test Engineer
6 51 (5.80%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.57%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.45%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.45%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.45%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.45%) Service Manager
9 42 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
10 41 (4.66%) Engineering Manager
10 41 (4.66%) Senior Developer
10 41 (4.66%) Software Manager
11 36 (4.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 36 (4.09%) QA Engineer
11 36 (4.09%) Software Engineering Manager
12 35 (3.98%) Senior Software Engineer
13 34 (3.86%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (12.95%) React
2 75 (8.52%) REST
3 71 (8.07%) Node.js
4 67 (7.61%) Spring
5 65 (7.39%) Playwright
6 63 (7.16%) .NET
7 52 (5.91%) RESTful
8 50 (5.68%) Middleware
9 32 (3.64%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 24 (2.73%) Next.js
12 23 (2.61%) CSS
13 21 (2.39%) AWS CDK
13 21 (2.39%) Django
14 20 (2.27%) React Native
15 18 (2.05%) HTML
16 17 (1.93%) OAuth
17 16 (1.82%) OAuth2
18 15 (1.70%) GraphQL
18 15 (1.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 171 (19.43%) Cloud Native
2 127 (14.43%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.70%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.48%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.48%) Virtual Team
5 43 (4.89%) Mobile App
6 39 (4.43%) Low-Code
7 37 (4.20%) Blog
8 32 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
9 29 (3.30%) Public Cloud
10 27 (3.07%) Marketing Technology
11 26 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.59%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.36%) Management Information System
16 11 (1.25%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.27%) Linux
2 40 (4.55%) Windows
3 32 (3.64%) Apple iOS
3 32 (3.64%) Unix
4 26 (2.95%) Android
5 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Debian
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (57.16%) CI/CD
2 406 (46.14%) Agile
3 342 (38.86%) DevOps
4 334 (37.95%) Software Engineering
5 326 (37.05%) Mentoring
6 299 (33.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (23.64%) AI
8 191 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
9 147 (16.70%) Software Testing
10 146 (16.59%) Coaching
11 140 (15.91%) Microservices
12 138 (15.68%) Test Strategy
13 135 (15.34%) Infrastructure as Code
14 134 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 131 (14.89%) Full-Stack Development
16 128 (14.55%) Technical Leadership
17 126 (14.32%) Observability
18 115 (13.07%) Clean Code
19 111 (12.61%) Decision-Making
20 108 (12.27%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 262 (29.77%) Python
2 227 (25.80%) Java
3 173 (19.66%) JavaScript
4 150 (17.05%) TypeScript
5 135 (15.34%) C#
6 108 (12.27%) SQL
7 64 (7.27%) PowerShell
8 48 (5.45%) Go
9 22 (2.50%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.39%) Bash
11 15 (1.70%) C++
11 15 (1.70%) Swift
12 13 (1.48%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.36%) PHP
14 9 (1.02%) C
15 8 (0.91%) Clojure
15 8 (0.91%) Rust
16 5 (0.57%) Scala
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 87 (9.89%) Security Cleared
2 73 (8.30%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.82%) ITIL Certification
4 56 (6.36%) CISSP
4 56 (6.36%) Degree
5 54 (6.14%) CISM
6 25 (2.84%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.80%) CISA
9 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.68%) SANS
11 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.45%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.45%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (25.45%) QA
2 79 (8.98%) Accessibility
3 60 (6.82%) NIST
4 51 (5.80%) ISO 22301
5 36 (4.09%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.27%) GDPR
7 16 (1.82%) WCAG
8 12 (1.36%) GRC
9 11 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.68%) COBIT
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.45%) SLA
11 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 101 (11.48%) Docker
2 10 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 132 (15.00%) Kubernetes
2 122 (13.86%) Terraform
3 64 (7.27%) Grafana
4 18 (2.05%) Ansible
5 16 (1.82%) Argo
6 13 (1.48%) CloudHub
7 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.23%) MIIS
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 76 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.07%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.73%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.61%) Oracle
5 20 (2.27%) Databricks
6 15 (1.70%) SAP
7 14 (1.59%) Braze
7 14 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.36%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.36%) Pega
9 11 (1.25%) Google
9 11 (1.25%) VMware
10 8 (0.91%) IFS
11 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.45%) Commvault
12 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.45%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.34%) HP
13 3 (0.34%) Informatica
13 3 (0.34%) Red Hat