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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 80 106
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 -51
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 883 749 794
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.07% 4.54% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 4.87% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 407 369 612
10th Percentile £45,449 £38,700 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £77,500
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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 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 11 (1.25%) Anypoint
1 11 (1.25%) Confluence
1 11 (1.25%) Mule
2 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.91%) Apache
5 7 (0.79%) CMS
6 5 (0.57%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.45%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
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 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.45%) Simulink
3 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 33 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.06%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 428 (48.47%) AWS
2 267 (30.24%) Azure
3 169 (19.14%) SaaS
4 143 (16.19%) GCP
5 74 (8.38%) Serverless
6 73 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (7.81%) GitHub
8 60 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.06%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.27%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (1.81%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.70%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.59%) Firebase
16 14 (1.59%) PaaS
16 14 (1.59%) Stripe
16 14 (1.59%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 70 (7.93%) Broadband
2 11 (1.25%) SSL
3 6 (0.68%) CHAP
3 6 (0.68%) DNS
4 5 (0.57%) SMS
4 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.45%) Firewall
5 4 (0.45%) MQTT
6 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.34%) Network Security
6 3 (0.34%) VPN
6 3 (0.34%) Wireless
7 2 (0.23%) HTTP
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) LAN
8 1 (0.11%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (7.59%) MongoDB
3 33 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.27%) MySQL
6 16 (1.81%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
8 14 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.47%) Metadata
10 11 (1.25%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.13%) Power BI
12 7 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
15 4 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.45%) Big Data
15 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 63 (7.13%) Git
2 61 (6.91%) TeamCity
3 52 (5.89%) Selenium
4 48 (5.44%) Jenkins
5 42 (4.76%) GitLab
6 32 (3.62%) Cypress.io
7 27 (3.06%) JIRA
8 23 (2.60%) Postman
9 19 (2.15%) JMeter
10 16 (1.81%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.59%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.59%) XCTest
12 12 (1.36%) SpecFlow
13 10 (1.13%) JUnit
14 8 (0.91%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.79%) Appium
15 7 (0.79%) Gatling
15 7 (0.79%) TestRail
15 7 (0.79%) WebDriver
15 7 (0.79%) XCUITest
General
1 265 (30.01%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.27%) Finance
3 151 (17.10%) Law
4 117 (13.25%) Banking
5 116 (13.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (11.78%) Public Sector
7 95 (10.76%) Legal
8 84 (9.51%) Retail
9 81 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
10 50 (5.66%) Financial Institution
11 46 (5.21%) Back Office
11 46 (5.21%) Marketing
12 45 (5.10%) Games
13 23 (2.60%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.59%) Electronics
15 11 (1.25%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.02%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 261 (29.56%) Senior
2 143 (16.19%) Lead
3 139 (15.74%) Software Engineer
4 105 (11.89%) Developer
5 53 (6.00%) Senior Manager
6 52 (5.89%) Test Engineer
7 49 (5.55%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.44%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.44%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.44%) Java Engineer
8 48 (5.44%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.44%) Service Manager
9 43 (4.87%) Senior Software Engineer
10 42 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (4.76%) Senior Developer
11 41 (4.64%) Engineering Manager
12 39 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 38 (4.30%) Software Manager
14 37 (4.19%) QA Engineer
15 35 (3.96%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (11.55%) React
2 66 (7.47%) Node.js
3 64 (7.25%) Playwright
3 64 (7.25%) Spring
4 61 (6.91%) REST
5 60 (6.80%) .NET
5 60 (6.80%) RESTful
6 52 (5.89%) Middleware
7 32 (3.62%) Spring Boot
8 25 (2.83%) AngularJS
9 22 (2.49%) AWS CDK
10 20 (2.27%) Next.js
11 19 (2.15%) Django
12 18 (2.04%) CSS
13 17 (1.93%) HTML
13 17 (1.93%) React Native
14 15 (1.70%) OAuth
15 14 (1.59%) Kafka
15 14 (1.59%) OAuth2
15 14 (1.59%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 187 (21.18%) Cloud Native
2 115 (13.02%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.68%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.46%) Virtual Team
5 50 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (5.21%) Blog
7 43 (4.87%) Mobile App
8 37 (4.19%) Low-Code
9 33 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
10 32 (3.62%) Video\Live Streaming
11 28 (3.17%) Public Cloud
12 27 (3.06%) Marketing Technology
13 25 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.93%) Management Information System
15 15 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (1.47%) Onboarding
17 11 (1.25%) Cyberattack
17 11 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
18 10 (1.13%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.02%) Linux
2 37 (4.19%) Apple iOS
2 37 (4.19%) Windows
3 31 (3.51%) Unix
4 29 (3.28%) Android
5 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.11%) CentOS
6 1 (0.11%) Debian
6 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (55.27%) CI/CD
2 396 (44.85%) Agile
3 335 (37.94%) Mentoring
4 332 (37.60%) DevOps
5 323 (36.58%) Software Engineering
6 287 (32.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 191 (21.63%) AI
8 171 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
9 158 (17.89%) Coaching
9 158 (17.89%) Microservices
10 146 (16.53%) Software Testing
11 141 (15.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 131 (14.84%) Full-Stack Development
12 131 (14.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 128 (14.50%) Test Strategy
14 127 (14.38%) Observability
15 124 (14.04%) Clean Code
16 116 (13.14%) Technical Leadership
17 110 (12.46%) Enterprise Architecture
18 107 (12.12%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 251 (28.43%) Python
2 243 (27.52%) Java
3 162 (18.35%) JavaScript
4 142 (16.08%) TypeScript
5 124 (14.04%) C#
6 107 (12.12%) SQL
7 69 (7.81%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.21%) Go
9 25 (2.83%) Bash
10 22 (2.49%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.70%) Swift
12 12 (1.36%) PHP
13 11 (1.25%) DataWeave
14 10 (1.13%) C++
15 9 (1.02%) C
16 8 (0.91%) Clojure
17 7 (0.79%) Rust
18 6 (0.68%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.57%) Ruby
19 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (8.04%) Security Cleared
2 68 (7.70%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.80%) ITIL Certification
4 59 (6.68%) CISSP
5 54 (6.12%) CISM
6 51 (5.78%) Degree
7 25 (2.83%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.68%) CISA
10 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.68%) SANS
11 5 (0.57%) CEH
11 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.57%) OSCP
12 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (24.46%) QA
2 66 (7.47%) Accessibility
3 61 (6.91%) NIST
4 53 (6.00%) ISO 22301
5 36 (4.08%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.38%) GDPR
7 13 (1.47%) WCAG
8 11 (1.25%) GRC
9 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.68%) COBIT
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 81 (9.17%) Docker
2 10 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 133 (15.06%) Kubernetes
2 132 (14.95%) Terraform
3 73 (8.27%) Grafana
4 16 (1.81%) Argo
5 15 (1.70%) Ansible
6 11 (1.25%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.23%) 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 66 (7.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.06%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.72%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.60%) Oracle
5 19 (2.15%) Databricks
6 16 (1.81%) Braze
7 14 (1.59%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.36%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.36%) Pega
8 12 (1.36%) SAP
8 12 (1.36%) VMware
9 10 (1.13%) Google
10 8 (0.91%) IFS
11 7 (0.79%) Commvault
12 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.45%) HubSpot
14 3 (0.34%) Informatica
14 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.34%) Xilinx