Test Automation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 108 55
Rank change year-on-year +13 -53 -18
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 752 915 1,864
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.69% 2.65% 5.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 2.97% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 379 688 1,393
10th Percentile £38,100 £37,850 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,751 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +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 18,981 30,804 34,537
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.14% 89.33% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 10,113 22,881 24,933
10th Percentile £25,313 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,772 £81,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%

Test Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Test Automation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Test Automation.

Test Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Test Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 172 (22.87%) Confluence
2 4 (0.53%) Apache
2 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.53%) JBoss
2 4 (0.53%) SAS
3 3 (0.40%) Apache Solr
3 3 (0.40%) CMS
3 3 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.13%) Appian
5 1 (0.13%) Mendix
5 1 (0.13%) Moodle
5 1 (0.13%) Totara
Applications
1 8 (1.06%) Blender
2 4 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.40%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 389 (51.73%) Azure
2 349 (46.41%) AWS
3 227 (30.19%) GCP
4 48 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (4.79%) GitHub
6 34 (4.52%) SaaS
7 33 (4.39%) Serverless
8 29 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (2.26%) PaaS
10 16 (2.13%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (1.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 12 (1.60%) npm
13 11 (1.46%) Apigee
13 11 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.20%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.06%) Zapier
16 7 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.46%) 5G
2 25 (3.32%) SD-WAN
2 25 (3.32%) WAN
3 14 (1.86%) Internet
4 12 (1.60%) HTTP
5 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.66%) Multicast
6 5 (0.66%) SAN
7 4 (0.53%) DNS
7 4 (0.53%) Firewall
7 4 (0.53%) SMTP
7 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.27%) BGP
8 2 (0.27%) Broadband
8 2 (0.27%) Network Security
8 2 (0.27%) OSPF
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) 4G
9 1 (0.13%) LTE
9 1 (0.13%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (36.57%) SQL Server
2 36 (4.79%) NoSQL
3 24 (3.19%) MySQL
4 22 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (2.39%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.26%) DynamoDB
7 14 (1.86%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.06%) QGIS
9 5 (0.66%) DB2
9 5 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.53%) Big Data
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.53%) Power BI
11 3 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.40%) Redis
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.27%) Cloud Spanner
12 2 (0.27%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.27%) Tick Data
13 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 327 (43.48%) Selenium
2 291 (38.70%) JIRA
3 277 (36.84%) Cucumber
4 272 (36.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 271 (36.04%) SonarQube
6 270 (35.90%) Maven
7 261 (34.71%) GitLab
8 247 (32.85%) Bitbucket
9 114 (15.16%) Git
10 67 (8.91%) Jenkins
11 51 (6.78%) Cypress.io
12 26 (3.46%) Appium
13 19 (2.53%) webpack
14 18 (2.39%) JUnit
14 18 (2.39%) Postman
15 10 (1.33%) JMeter
15 10 (1.33%) SpecFlow
16 8 (1.06%) TeamCity
16 8 (1.06%) WebDriver
17 7 (0.93%) SoapUI
General
1 399 (53.06%) Finance
2 341 (45.35%) Banking
3 274 (36.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (19.55%) Social Skills
5 100 (13.30%) Retail
6 93 (12.37%) Investment Banking
7 90 (11.97%) Corporate Banking
8 60 (7.98%) Law
9 57 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 22 (2.93%) Legal
12 18 (2.39%) Games
13 13 (1.73%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.33%) Local Government
16 9 (1.20%) Back Office
16 9 (1.20%) Electronics
17 8 (1.06%) Front Office
17 8 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
17 8 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 329 (43.75%) Software Engineer
2 114 (15.16%) Senior
3 104 (13.83%) Developer
4 75 (9.97%) Lead
5 41 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
6 37 (4.92%) QA Engineer
6 37 (4.92%) Senior Developer
7 30 (3.99%) Test Engineer
8 29 (3.86%) Tester
9 25 (3.32%) Analyst
9 25 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (2.93%) Software Developer
11 21 (2.79%) Java Engineer
12 20 (2.66%) Automation Tester
13 19 (2.53%) PHP Developer
14 17 (2.26%) Test Analyst
15 16 (2.13%) Test Automation Engineer
16 15 (1.99%) Quality Engineer
17 14 (1.86%) Java Software Engineer
17 14 (1.86%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (44.02%) React
2 305 (40.56%) HTML
3 300 (39.89%) CSS
4 295 (39.23%) Spring Boot
5 283 (37.63%) Spring
6 259 (34.44%) Kafka
7 254 (33.78%) Redux
8 247 (32.85%) JPA
9 168 (22.34%) Hibernate
10 145 (19.28%) RESTful
11 127 (16.89%) REST
12 113 (15.03%) Jest
13 107 (14.23%) HTML5
14 101 (13.43%) CSS3
15 91 (12.10%) Sass
16 65 (8.64%) Playwright
17 57 (7.58%) Node.js
18 55 (7.31%) .NET
19 34 (4.52%) JSON
20 29 (3.86%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 285 (37.90%) Product Ownership
2 254 (33.78%) Enterprise Software
3 40 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 35 (4.65%) Mobile App
5 25 (3.32%) Self-Driving Car
6 24 (3.19%) Algorithms
6 24 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.39%) GNSS
9 18 (2.39%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.99%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.86%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (1.33%) Mobile Games
13 9 (1.20%) Online Banking
14 7 (0.93%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.80%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.80%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.92%) Linux
2 35 (4.65%) Windows
3 23 (3.06%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.53%) Android
5 17 (2.26%) Unix
6 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.27%) VMS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (64.49%) Agile
2 418 (55.59%) CI/CD
3 406 (53.99%) DevOps
4 369 (49.07%) Microservices
5 368 (48.94%) Software Engineering
6 316 (42.02%) SDLC
7 311 (41.36%) Containerisation
8 307 (40.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 278 (36.97%) Front End Development
10 258 (34.31%) Performance Optimisation
11 215 (28.59%) TDD
12 203 (26.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 200 (26.60%) Clean Code
14 164 (21.81%) Mentoring
15 146 (19.41%) User Experience
16 126 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
17 96 (12.77%) Responsive Web Design
17 96 (12.77%) Strategic Thinking
18 95 (12.63%) Migration
19 87 (11.57%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 398 (52.93%) JavaScript
2 372 (49.47%) Java
3 354 (47.07%) SQL
4 163 (21.68%) TypeScript
5 133 (17.69%) Python
6 83 (11.04%) C#
7 52 (6.91%) C++
8 36 (4.79%) C
9 30 (3.99%) PHP
10 16 (2.13%) Go
10 16 (2.13%) MATLAB
11 14 (1.86%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.60%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.20%) Bash
14 8 (1.06%) Groovy
15 7 (0.93%) Ruby
15 7 (0.93%) Swift
16 6 (0.80%) Scala
17 5 (0.66%) Bicep
18 4 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (8.91%) Degree
2 39 (5.19%) ISTQB
3 37 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.66%) ISEB
10 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.40%) OCP
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.13%) CHECK Team Leader
13 1 (0.13%) CHECK Team Member
13 1 (0.13%) CISSP
13 1 (0.13%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 366 (48.67%) QA
2 109 (14.49%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.33%) NCSC
5 7 (0.93%) GDPR
6 5 (0.66%) NIST
6 5 (0.66%) PMO
7 4 (0.53%) Basel II
7 4 (0.53%) Basel III
7 4 (0.53%) Dodd-Frank
7 4 (0.53%) IFRS
7 4 (0.53%) IFRS 9
7 4 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) PMBOK
9 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 334 (44.41%) Docker
2 6 (0.80%) Firmware
3 5 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 315 (41.89%) Kubernetes
2 51 (6.78%) Terraform
3 17 (2.26%) Ansible
4 14 (1.86%) Istio
5 8 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.93%) Grafana
7 5 (0.66%) Argo
8 4 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.40%) Packer
10 2 (0.27%) Iperf
11 1 (0.13%) CFEngine
11 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 248 (32.98%) Solace
2 52 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 22 (2.93%) Google
4 13 (1.73%) IBM
5 11 (1.46%) Apple
6 10 (1.33%) Oracle
7 6 (0.80%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.80%) Databricks
7 6 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.80%) VMware
8 5 (0.66%) Cisco
9 4 (0.53%) Adobe
9 4 (0.53%) F5
9 4 (0.53%) Intel
9 4 (0.53%) Tealium
10 3 (0.40%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.40%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.40%) Siebel
10 3 (0.40%) Twitter
11 2 (0.27%) SAP