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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 84 104
Rank change year-on-year +18 +20 -38
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 868 694 693
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 4.27% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.59% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 387 319 444
10th Percentile £44,779 £40,000 £41,250
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 £80,500 £82,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £93,500 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,740 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +4.17% -4.00%

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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £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 11 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 (1.84%) Confluence
2 13 (1.50%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.50%) Mule
3 11 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.69%) Apache
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.58%) CMS
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 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 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.11%) 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
1 419 (48.27%) AWS
2 268 (30.88%) Azure
3 183 (21.08%) SaaS
4 136 (15.67%) GCP
5 70 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (7.14%) GitHub
7 58 (6.68%) Serverless
8 56 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.11%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.65%) Azure AKS
12 21 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.84%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.61%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.61%) Azure Functions
14 14 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.50%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.37%) Broadband
2 14 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.50%) 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%) Diameter Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.37%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.45%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.88%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.76%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.73%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.50%) MySQL
8 13 (1.50%) Power BI
9 12 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.38%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.15%) Metadata
11 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.04%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.92%) Redis
13 7 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.81%) Big Data
14 5 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 86 (9.91%) Git
2 61 (7.03%) TeamCity
3 53 (6.11%) GitLab
4 52 (5.99%) Selenium
5 49 (5.65%) Jenkins
6 36 (4.15%) Cypress.io
7 30 (3.46%) JIRA
8 26 (3.00%) Postman
9 16 (1.84%) JUnit
10 14 (1.61%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.27%) JMeter
12 9 (1.04%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.04%) Crashlytics
12 9 (1.04%) XCTest
13 8 (0.92%) Gatling
13 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.81%) NUnit
14 7 (0.81%) TestRail
14 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
General
1 272 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 190 (21.89%) Finance
3 144 (16.59%) Law
4 123 (14.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (13.71%) Banking
6 95 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
7 94 (10.83%) Public Sector
8 89 (10.25%) Legal
9 83 (9.56%) Retail
10 50 (5.76%) Financial Institution
11 48 (5.53%) Back Office
12 42 (4.84%) Marketing
13 36 (4.15%) Games
14 22 (2.53%) Electronics
15 21 (2.42%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.96%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.27%) Investment Banking
17 11 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (28.23%) Senior
2 146 (16.82%) Lead
3 134 (15.44%) Software Engineer
4 109 (12.56%) Developer
5 60 (6.91%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.65%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.65%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.53%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.53%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.53%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.53%) Service Manager
8 44 (5.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (4.84%) Engineering Manager
9 42 (4.84%) Software Manager
10 38 (4.38%) Senior Developer
11 37 (4.26%) Software Engineering Manager
12 36 (4.15%) Java Engineer
13 34 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (3.80%) QA Engineer
14 33 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (14.75%) Terraform
2 103 (11.87%) React
3 71 (8.18%) Node.js
3 71 (8.18%) REST
4 69 (7.95%) Spring
5 61 (7.03%) Playwright
6 58 (6.68%) .NET
7 53 (6.11%) RESTful
8 50 (5.76%) Middleware
9 31 (3.57%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.34%) AngularJS
11 27 (3.11%) CSS
12 21 (2.42%) Next.js
13 20 (2.30%) HTML
14 19 (2.19%) React Native
15 18 (2.07%) Django
16 17 (1.96%) AWS CDK
16 17 (1.96%) OAuth
17 16 (1.84%) JWT
17 16 (1.84%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 186 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 136 (15.67%) Product Ownership
3 61 (7.03%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.57%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.99%) Cyber Threat
6 41 (4.72%) Blog
7 40 (4.61%) Mobile App
8 37 (4.26%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.69%) Public Cloud
10 31 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
11 27 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (3.11%) Marketing Technology
12 22 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.61%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.61%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
15 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.27%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.14%) Linux
2 44 (5.07%) Windows
3 31 (3.57%) Unix
4 29 (3.34%) Apple iOS
5 27 (3.11%) Android
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.35%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (58.29%) CI/CD
2 382 (44.01%) Agile
3 349 (40.21%) Software Engineering
4 336 (38.71%) DevOps
5 326 (37.56%) Mentoring
6 290 (33.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (24.65%) AI
8 195 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
9 151 (17.40%) Software Testing
10 149 (17.17%) Coaching
11 141 (16.24%) Microservices
12 133 (15.32%) Test Strategy
13 131 (15.09%) Technical Leadership
14 129 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 120 (13.82%) Infrastructure as Code
16 118 (13.59%) Observability
17 117 (13.48%) Full-Stack Development
18 116 (13.36%) Clean Code
19 107 (12.33%) Validation
20 104 (11.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 257 (29.61%) Python
2 234 (26.96%) Java
3 169 (19.47%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.59%) TypeScript
5 136 (15.67%) C#
6 111 (12.79%) SQL
7 65 (7.49%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.65%) Go
9 23 (2.65%) Bash
10 22 (2.53%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.84%) C++
12 13 (1.50%) DataWeave
12 13 (1.50%) PHP
13 12 (1.38%) Swift
14 10 (1.15%) C
14 10 (1.15%) Rust
15 8 (0.92%) Clojure
16 7 (0.81%) Bicep
17 5 (0.58%) Scala
17 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 72 (8.29%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.45%) Degree
4 53 (6.11%) ITIL Certification
5 52 (5.99%) CISM
5 52 (5.99%) CISSP
6 30 (3.46%) ISTQB
7 17 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.92%) 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 (23.62%) QA
2 76 (8.76%) Accessibility
3 55 (6.34%) NIST
4 49 (5.65%) ISO 22301
5 39 (4.49%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.84%) GDPR
6 16 (1.84%) WCAG
7 12 (1.38%) GRC
8 8 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.46%) COBIT
9 4 (0.46%) SLA
9 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.35%) ECSS
10 3 (0.35%) PERC
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.23%) PMO
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.12%) DO-160
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 98 (11.29%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.69%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) KVM
4 1 (0.12%) QEMU
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 138 (15.90%) Kubernetes
2 70 (8.06%) Grafana
3 16 (1.84%) Argo
4 14 (1.61%) Ansible
5 13 (1.50%) CloudHub
6 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.23%) MIIS
9 1 (0.12%) Consul
9 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (9.10%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.42%) Oracle
4 19 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.96%) Databricks
6 15 (1.73%) SAP
7 14 (1.61%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.38%) Pega
9 11 (1.27%) Braze
10 10 (1.15%) Google
11 9 (1.04%) Amplitude
12 8 (0.92%) IFS
12 8 (0.92%) VMware
13 5 (0.58%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
15 3 (0.35%) Cisco
15 3 (0.35%) HP
15 3 (0.35%) Informatica