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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 79 108
Rank change year-on-year +20 +29 -50
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 889 734 733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.06% 4.46% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.79% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 415 361 570
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £80,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 July 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 12 (1.35%) Anypoint
1 12 (1.35%) Confluence
1 12 (1.35%) Mule
1 12 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.90%) Apache
4 7 (0.79%) CMS
5 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.56%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.45%) WordPress
7 3 (0.34%) Camunda
7 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.22%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.45%) Simulink
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.22%) Moqups
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.04%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 423 (47.58%) AWS
2 278 (31.27%) Azure
3 168 (18.90%) SaaS
4 135 (15.19%) GCP
5 77 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (8.32%) Serverless
7 70 (7.87%) GitHub
8 49 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
10 29 (3.26%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.25%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (2.02%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.69%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (1.69%) TestFlight
15 14 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.57%) PaaS
15 14 (1.57%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 70 (7.87%) Broadband
2 12 (1.35%) SSL
3 8 (0.90%) DNS
4 7 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.67%) CHAP
5 6 (0.67%) Firewall
6 5 (0.56%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) MQTT
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
8 3 (0.34%) DHCP
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) LAN
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (7.65%) MongoDB
3 36 (4.05%) NoSQL
4 28 (3.15%) SQL Server
5 21 (2.36%) MySQL
6 17 (1.91%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
8 14 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.46%) Metadata
10 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.24%) Power BI
11 10 (1.12%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.56%) Big Data
14 5 (0.56%) Spark SQL
15 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (7.76%) Git
2 55 (6.19%) Selenium
3 51 (5.74%) TeamCity
4 50 (5.62%) Jenkins
5 45 (5.06%) GitLab
6 34 (3.82%) Cypress.io
7 29 (3.26%) JIRA
8 26 (2.92%) Postman
9 19 (2.14%) JMeter
10 17 (1.91%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.57%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.57%) XCTest
12 12 (1.35%) JUnit
12 12 (1.35%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.90%) Gatling
13 8 (0.90%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.79%) Appium
14 7 (0.79%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.79%) TestRail
14 7 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 272 (30.60%) Social Skills
2 177 (19.91%) Finance
3 143 (16.09%) Law
4 108 (12.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (11.81%) Public Sector
6 104 (11.70%) Banking
7 94 (10.57%) Legal
8 82 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
9 73 (8.21%) Retail
10 46 (5.17%) Marketing
11 45 (5.06%) Financial Institution
11 45 (5.06%) Games
12 41 (4.61%) Back Office
13 24 (2.70%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.69%) Electronics
15 11 (1.24%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.01%) Legal Technology
17 8 (0.90%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 262 (29.47%) Senior
2 142 (15.97%) Lead
3 133 (14.96%) Software Engineer
4 109 (12.26%) Developer
5 53 (5.96%) Test Engineer
6 52 (5.85%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.51%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.40%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.40%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.40%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.40%) Service Manager
9 45 (5.06%) Java Engineer
10 42 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (4.72%) Senior Developer
11 41 (4.61%) Engineering Manager
12 40 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
13 39 (4.39%) QA Engineer
14 38 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 38 (4.27%) Software Manager
15 35 (3.94%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (11.81%) React
2 68 (7.65%) Node.js
2 68 (7.65%) Playwright
3 67 (7.54%) REST
4 65 (7.31%) Spring
5 62 (6.97%) .NET
5 62 (6.97%) RESTful
6 52 (5.85%) Middleware
7 33 (3.71%) Spring Boot
8 26 (2.92%) AngularJS
9 24 (2.70%) Next.js
10 23 (2.59%) AWS CDK
11 20 (2.25%) CSS
11 20 (2.25%) Django
12 17 (1.91%) HTML
12 17 (1.91%) React Native
13 16 (1.80%) OAuth
14 15 (1.69%) Kafka
14 15 (1.69%) OAuth2
15 14 (1.57%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 180 (20.25%) Cloud Native
2 114 (12.82%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.64%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.41%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.85%) Distributed Systems
6 44 (4.95%) Mobile App
7 40 (4.50%) Blog
8 37 (4.16%) Low-Code
9 33 (3.71%) Greenfield Project
10 32 (3.60%) Video\Live Streaming
11 28 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
11 28 (3.15%) Public Cloud
12 27 (3.04%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.57%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.35%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.24%) Algorithms
15 11 (1.24%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.09%) Linux
2 39 (4.39%) Windows
3 36 (4.05%) Apple iOS
4 32 (3.60%) Unix
5 28 (3.15%) Android
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Debian
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (55.34%) CI/CD
2 409 (46.01%) Agile
3 336 (37.80%) DevOps
4 335 (37.68%) Mentoring
5 321 (36.11%) Software Engineering
6 290 (32.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 198 (22.27%) AI
8 175 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
9 156 (17.55%) Coaching
10 155 (17.44%) Microservices
11 149 (16.76%) Software Testing
12 141 (15.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 134 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 133 (14.96%) Full-Stack Development
15 132 (14.85%) Test Strategy
16 128 (14.40%) Observability
17 116 (13.05%) Technical Leadership
18 115 (12.94%) Clean Code
19 109 (12.26%) Decision-Making
19 109 (12.26%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 255 (28.68%) Python
2 235 (26.43%) Java
3 164 (18.45%) JavaScript
4 145 (16.31%) TypeScript
5 125 (14.06%) C#
6 111 (12.49%) SQL
7 68 (7.65%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.17%) Go
9 23 (2.59%) Bash
10 22 (2.47%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.69%) Swift
12 12 (1.35%) DataWeave
12 12 (1.35%) PHP
13 11 (1.24%) C++
14 9 (1.01%) C
15 8 (0.90%) Clojure
16 7 (0.79%) Rust
17 6 (0.67%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.56%) Ruby
18 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (8.77%) Security Cleared
2 73 (8.21%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.75%) ITIL Certification
4 58 (6.52%) CISSP
5 54 (6.07%) CISM
5 54 (6.07%) Degree
6 25 (2.81%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.79%) CISA
9 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.67%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.67%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.67%) SANS
11 5 (0.56%) CEH
12 4 (0.45%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.45%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (24.86%) QA
2 75 (8.44%) Accessibility
3 61 (6.86%) NIST
4 53 (5.96%) ISO 22301
5 37 (4.16%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.36%) GDPR
7 14 (1.57%) WCAG
8 11 (1.24%) GRC
8 11 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.67%) COBIT
10 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.34%) ECSS
11 3 (0.34%) PERC
11 3 (0.34%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 88 (9.90%) Docker
2 10 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) KVM
6 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 123 (13.84%) Terraform
3 63 (7.09%) Grafana
4 17 (1.91%) Ansible
5 16 (1.80%) Argo
6 12 (1.35%) CloudHub
7 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.22%) MIIS
10 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.11%) Podman
10 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 71 (7.99%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.15%) ServiceNow
3 25 (2.81%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.70%) Oracle
5 20 (2.25%) Databricks
6 16 (1.80%) Braze
7 14 (1.57%) Amplitude
7 14 (1.57%) SAP
8 13 (1.46%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.46%) VMware
9 12 (1.35%) Pega
10 11 (1.24%) Google
11 8 (0.90%) IFS
12 6 (0.67%) Commvault
13 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.45%) HubSpot
15 3 (0.34%) Informatica
15 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 3 (0.34%) Zscaler