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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 83 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 +16 -32
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 863 694 689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.61% 4.28% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.60% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 378 319 440
10th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £41,125
25th Percentile £50,468 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,750 £82,625 £71,991
90th Percentile £93,250 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £63,075 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +5.13% -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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 16 (1.85%) Confluence
2 13 (1.51%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.51%) Mule
3 11 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.70%) Apache
4 6 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.70%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.58%) Moqups
3 5 (0.58%) Simulink
4 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.13%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 418 (48.44%) AWS
2 265 (30.71%) Azure
3 188 (21.78%) SaaS
4 139 (16.11%) GCP
5 69 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.07%) GitHub
7 60 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
8 55 (6.37%) Serverless
9 35 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.13%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.67%) Azure AKS
12 20 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.85%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.74%) Azure Functions
15 14 (1.62%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.62%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.51%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
18 11 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.42%) Broadband
2 14 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.51%) SSL
4 9 (1.04%) DNS
5 5 (0.58%) DHCP
5 5 (0.58%) Firewall
5 5 (0.58%) SMS
6 4 (0.46%) CHAP
6 4 (0.46%) LAN
6 4 (0.46%) MQTT
6 4 (0.46%) Network Security
6 4 (0.46%) WAN
6 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
7 3 (0.35%) X.509
8 2 (0.23%) 5G
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
8 2 (0.23%) VPN
9 1 (0.12%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (10.20%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.49%) MongoDB
3 33 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.90%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.67%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.09%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
8 13 (1.51%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.51%) Power BI
9 12 (1.39%) MySQL
10 10 (1.16%) Metadata
11 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.04%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.93%) Redis
13 7 (0.81%) Big Data
13 7 (0.81%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.58%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 86 (9.97%) Git
2 64 (7.42%) TeamCity
3 52 (6.03%) GitLab
4 50 (5.79%) Selenium
5 48 (5.56%) Jenkins
6 35 (4.06%) Cypress.io
7 30 (3.48%) JIRA
8 26 (3.01%) Postman
9 16 (1.85%) JUnit
10 14 (1.62%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.16%) JMeter
12 9 (1.04%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.93%) Crashlytics
13 8 (0.93%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.93%) XCTest
14 7 (0.81%) Gatling
14 7 (0.81%) TestRail
15 6 (0.70%) NUnit
15 6 (0.70%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 271 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 195 (22.60%) Finance
3 148 (17.15%) Law
4 127 (14.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (14.37%) Banking
6 97 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
7 91 (10.54%) Public Sector
8 90 (10.43%) Legal
9 88 (10.20%) Retail
10 54 (6.26%) Financial Institution
11 51 (5.91%) Back Office
12 42 (4.87%) Marketing
13 36 (4.17%) Games
14 22 (2.55%) Electronics
15 21 (2.43%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.97%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.97%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.27%) Investment Banking
17 11 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.81%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 242 (28.04%) Senior
2 147 (17.03%) Lead
3 138 (15.99%) Software Engineer
4 104 (12.05%) Developer
5 57 (6.60%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.68%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.68%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.56%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.56%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.56%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.56%) Service Manager
8 44 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (4.87%) Engineering Manager
9 42 (4.87%) Software Manager
10 37 (4.29%) Software Engineering Manager
11 36 (4.17%) Senior Developer
12 34 (3.94%) Java Engineer
12 34 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 33 (3.82%) QA Engineer
13 33 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (14.95%) Terraform
2 100 (11.59%) React
3 70 (8.11%) REST
4 69 (8.00%) Node.js
5 68 (7.88%) Spring
6 60 (6.95%) Playwright
7 57 (6.60%) .NET
8 52 (6.03%) RESTful
9 49 (5.68%) Middleware
10 31 (3.59%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.36%) AngularJS
12 28 (3.24%) CSS
13 21 (2.43%) HTML
14 20 (2.32%) Next.js
15 18 (2.09%) Django
15 18 (2.09%) React Native
16 17 (1.97%) OAuth
17 16 (1.85%) OAuth2
17 16 (1.85%) PySpark
17 16 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 191 (22.13%) Cloud Native
2 140 (16.22%) Product Ownership
3 61 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.60%) Virtual Team
5 52 (6.03%) Cyber Threat
6 41 (4.75%) Blog
7 39 (4.52%) Mobile App
8 37 (4.29%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.71%) Public Cloud
10 31 (3.59%) Video\Live Streaming
11 27 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (3.13%) Marketing Technology
12 20 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.62%) Algorithms
15 13 (1.51%) AI Agents
15 13 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
16 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.27%) Onboarding
16 11 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.18%) Linux
2 43 (4.98%) Windows
3 31 (3.59%) Unix
4 27 (3.13%) Android
4 27 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.35%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.23%) CentOS
7 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (58.75%) CI/CD
2 374 (43.34%) Agile
3 353 (40.90%) Software Engineering
4 338 (39.17%) DevOps
5 327 (37.89%) Mentoring
6 289 (33.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 215 (24.91%) AI
8 197 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
9 152 (17.61%) Coaching
10 150 (17.38%) Software Testing
11 143 (16.57%) Microservices
12 133 (15.41%) Test Strategy
13 130 (15.06%) Technical Leadership
14 129 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 117 (13.56%) Clean Code
16 116 (13.44%) Infrastructure as Code
16 116 (13.44%) Observability
17 115 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
18 107 (12.40%) Validation
19 104 (12.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 256 (29.66%) Python
2 237 (27.46%) Java
3 170 (19.70%) JavaScript
4 141 (16.34%) TypeScript
5 135 (15.64%) C#
6 112 (12.98%) SQL
7 64 (7.42%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.68%) Go
9 23 (2.67%) Bash
10 21 (2.43%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.85%) C++
12 13 (1.51%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.39%) PHP
14 11 (1.27%) Swift
15 10 (1.16%) C
15 10 (1.16%) Rust
16 8 (0.93%) Clojure
17 6 (0.70%) Bicep
18 5 (0.58%) Scala
18 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 72 (8.34%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.49%) Degree
4 53 (6.14%) ITIL Certification
5 52 (6.03%) CISM
5 52 (6.03%) CISSP
6 30 (3.48%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.58%) CISA
12 4 (0.46%) CGEIT
12 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.46%) FFIEC
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.46%) OSCP
12 4 (0.46%) SANS
13 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.35%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (23.75%) QA
2 76 (8.81%) Accessibility
3 54 (6.26%) NIST
4 48 (5.56%) ISO 22301
5 40 (4.63%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.97%) WCAG
7 16 (1.85%) GDPR
8 12 (1.39%) GRC
9 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.46%) COBIT
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) ECSS
11 3 (0.35%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) EMIR
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.12%) DO-160
13 1 (0.12%) MiFID
13 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 96 (11.12%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) KVM
4 1 (0.12%) QEMU
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 140 (16.22%) Kubernetes
2 73 (8.46%) Grafana
3 16 (1.85%) Argo
4 14 (1.62%) Ansible
5 13 (1.51%) CloudHub
6 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (9.15%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.43%) Oracle
4 19 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.97%) Databricks
6 15 (1.74%) SAP
7 14 (1.62%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.39%) Pega
9 10 (1.16%) Braze
9 10 (1.16%) Google
10 8 (0.93%) Amplitude
10 8 (0.93%) IFS
11 7 (0.81%) VMware
12 5 (0.58%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.35%) Informatica
14 3 (0.35%) Perforce
14 3 (0.35%) Sage