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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 80 70
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 -29
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 493 682 894
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.25% 3.50% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 3.87% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 288 406 726
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,233 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,275 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +1.24% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

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 13,718 17,618 19,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.39% 90.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,628 10,643 16,088
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 30 November 2025.

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 14 (2.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.62%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.42%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.01%) Confluence
5 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.61%) Blender
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 37 (7.51%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.62%) Shopify
4 5 (1.01%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.81%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 223 (45.23%) Azure
2 147 (29.82%) GitHub
3 136 (27.59%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (24.54%) AWS
5 73 (14.81%) SaaS
6 63 (12.78%) GitHub Copilot
7 41 (8.32%) GitHub Actions
8 38 (7.71%) Serverless
9 33 (6.69%) PaaS
10 31 (6.29%) GCP
10 31 (6.29%) OCI
11 30 (6.09%) Entra ID
12 29 (5.88%) Power Platform
13 27 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (5.07%) Snowflake
15 21 (4.26%) dbt
16 20 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (3.04%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.03%) 5G
1 10 (2.03%) SD-WAN
1 10 (2.03%) WAN
2 7 (1.42%) HTTP
3 5 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.81%) VPN
5 3 (0.61%) CHAP
5 3 (0.61%) Firewall
5 3 (0.61%) Internet
6 2 (0.41%) Broadband
6 2 (0.41%) Network Security
6 2 (0.41%) RFID
7 1 (0.20%) DNS
7 1 (0.20%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.32%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.68%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.27%) MySQL
4 25 (5.07%) Power BI
5 23 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.25%) Tableau
8 14 (2.84%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.62%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.81%) Essbase
13 4 (0.81%) Metadata
13 4 (0.81%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.61%) Pinecone
14 3 (0.61%) QGIS
14 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (13.18%) Selenium
2 56 (11.36%) JIRA
3 54 (10.95%) Jenkins
4 53 (10.75%) Git
5 45 (9.13%) Cypress.io
6 35 (7.10%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (4.26%) TeamCity
8 18 (3.65%) Postman
9 13 (2.64%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.43%) JUnit
11 10 (2.03%) GitLab
11 10 (2.03%) JMeter
12 9 (1.83%) WebDriver
13 6 (1.22%) Appium
13 6 (1.22%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.22%) Storybook
14 5 (1.01%) SpecFlow
14 5 (1.01%) TestRail
15 4 (0.81%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 187 (37.93%) Finance
2 161 (32.66%) Social Skills
3 68 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (10.75%) Law
5 49 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.49%) Back Office
7 29 (5.88%) Banking
7 29 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.46%) Retail
9 21 (4.26%) Financial Institution
10 15 (3.04%) Marketing
11 14 (2.84%) Legal
12 13 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.83%) Automotive
13 9 (1.83%) Front Office
14 8 (1.62%) Local Government
15 6 (1.22%) Games
16 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.81%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (26.77%) Senior
2 104 (21.10%) Developer
3 87 (17.65%) Lead
4 45 (9.13%) Software Engineer
5 38 (7.71%) Applications Engineer
5 38 (7.71%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (6.90%) Senior Developer
7 30 (6.09%) QA Engineer
8 26 (5.27%) Lead Developer
8 26 (5.27%) Test Engineer
9 23 (4.67%) Analyst
10 22 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (4.46%) Test Automation Engineer
11 21 (4.26%) QA Automation Engineer
11 21 (4.26%) SaaS Developer
12 19 (3.85%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.85%) Software Developer
13 18 (3.65%) Automation Engineer
13 18 (3.65%) Tester
14 16 (3.25%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.62%) RESTful
2 66 (13.39%) React
3 53 (10.75%) .NET
4 50 (10.14%) JSON
5 40 (8.11%) Playwright
5 40 (8.11%) REST
5 40 (8.11%) SOAP
6 38 (7.71%) XML
7 31 (6.29%) Node.js
8 30 (6.09%) OAuth
9 29 (5.88%) OAuth2
10 27 (5.48%) CSS
11 25 (5.07%) HTML
11 25 (5.07%) Next.js
12 17 (3.45%) .NET Framework
12 17 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
13 16 (3.25%) GraphQL
13 16 (3.25%) Spring
14 15 (3.04%) Entity Framework
14 15 (3.04%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 122 (24.75%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.32%) Product Ownership
3 33 (6.69%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.06%) Mobile App
6 17 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.43%) NHS
8 11 (2.23%) GNSS
8 11 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.03%) Self-Driving Car
10 9 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.83%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.62%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
14 5 (1.01%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.01%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.67%) Linux
2 15 (3.04%) Windows
3 11 (2.23%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.83%) Android
4 9 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.81%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) CentOS
6 2 (0.41%) Solaris
6 2 (0.41%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (56.80%) CI/CD
2 260 (52.74%) Agile
3 224 (45.44%) DevOps
4 158 (32.05%) Mentoring
5 137 (27.79%) Coaching
6 133 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (20.89%) AI
9 102 (20.69%) Asset Management
10 93 (18.86%) Software Engineering
11 91 (18.46%) Clean Code
12 86 (17.44%) Analytics
13 84 (17.04%) Microservices
14 78 (15.82%) Observability
15 69 (14.00%) Sprint Planning
16 63 (12.78%) Sprint Retrospective
17 56 (11.36%) ERP
18 53 (10.75%) Data Modelling
19 49 (9.94%) SDLC
20 47 (9.53%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 155 (31.44%) Python
2 140 (28.40%) SQL
3 113 (22.92%) Java
4 80 (16.23%) C#
5 73 (14.81%) JavaScript
6 59 (11.97%) TypeScript
7 34 (6.90%) Shell Script
8 31 (6.29%) PL/SQL
8 31 (6.29%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.67%) PHP
10 16 (3.25%) Apex Code
10 16 (3.25%) Bicep
11 15 (3.04%) C
12 13 (2.64%) C++
13 11 (2.23%) Bash
14 9 (1.83%) Go
15 6 (1.22%) Delphi
15 6 (1.22%) MATLAB
15 6 (1.22%) T-SQL
16 5 (1.01%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 59 (11.97%) Degree
2 39 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (6.69%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.26%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.22%) CEH
9 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.81%) CISA
10 4 (0.81%) ISEB
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.61%) CGEIT
11 3 (0.61%) CISM
11 3 (0.61%) CISSP
11 3 (0.61%) FFIEC
11 3 (0.61%) SANS
12 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (20.49%) QA
2 42 (8.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (7.51%) Accessibility
4 23 (4.67%) NIST
5 18 (3.65%) GDPR
6 16 (3.25%) ISO 9001
7 12 (2.43%) WCAG
8 11 (2.23%) Data Quality
9 10 (2.03%) NCSC
10 7 (1.42%) SLA
11 6 (1.22%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.61%) COBIT
12 3 (0.61%) GRC
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.20%) Section 508
13 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (9.13%) Docker
2 30 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.01%) vSphere
4 2 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (17.44%) Terraform
2 49 (9.94%) Kubernetes
3 31 (6.29%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (5.68%) Grafana
5 15 (3.04%) Ansible
6 3 (0.61%) Argo
6 3 (0.61%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.41%) Control-M
7 2 (0.41%) logstash
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Nessus
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 79 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.94%) Oracle
3 22 (4.46%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.45%) Apple
4 17 (3.45%) Okta
5 16 (3.25%) VMware
6 13 (2.64%) Databricks
6 13 (2.64%) Google
7 11 (2.23%) Ab Initio
8 9 (1.83%) Commvault
9 5 (1.01%) IBM
9 5 (1.01%) iManage
9 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.81%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.61%) Checkmarx
11 3 (0.61%) Foundry
11 3 (0.61%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.61%) Qualys
12 2 (0.41%) Intapp
12 2 (0.41%) Samsung