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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 87 73
Rank change year-on-year +2 -14 -33
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 477 639 892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.12% 3.25% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 3.66% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 293 364 736
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £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 13,995 17,460 20,232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.51% 88.87% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,795 10,393 16,353
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
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 £80,070
90th Percentile £99,380 £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 20 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 11 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.47%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.05%) Confluence
5 4 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.63%) Apache
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Blender
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Smart View
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (6.50%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.68%) Shopify
4 7 (1.47%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.84%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 199 (41.72%) Azure
2 126 (26.42%) GitHub
3 119 (24.95%) AWS
4 116 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (15.51%) SaaS
6 47 (9.85%) GitHub Copilot
7 38 (7.97%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (7.97%) Serverless
8 34 (7.13%) PaaS
9 29 (6.08%) GCP
10 27 (5.66%) Entra ID
11 25 (5.24%) OCI
11 25 (5.24%) Power Platform
12 22 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 21 (4.40%) Snowflake
14 18 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (3.56%) dbt
16 15 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
17 14 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.94%) 5G
1 14 (2.94%) SD-WAN
1 14 (2.94%) WAN
2 7 (1.47%) HTTP
3 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.84%) Internet
4 4 (0.84%) VPN
5 3 (0.63%) CHAP
5 3 (0.63%) Firewall
6 2 (0.42%) Broadband
6 2 (0.42%) Network Security
6 2 (0.42%) RFID
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.45%) NoSQL
3 25 (5.24%) MySQL
4 21 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (4.19%) Power BI
6 19 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.56%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.73%) Tableau
9 12 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.89%) MariaDB
12 5 (1.05%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.05%) QGIS
13 4 (0.84%) Essbase
13 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.84%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.63%) Metadata
14 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 66 (13.84%) Selenium
2 54 (11.32%) Git
3 52 (10.90%) JIRA
4 48 (10.06%) Jenkins
5 47 (9.85%) Cypress.io
6 29 (6.08%) Oracle Forms
7 23 (4.82%) TeamCity
8 19 (3.98%) Postman
9 14 (2.94%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.52%) JUnit
11 10 (2.10%) GitLab
12 8 (1.68%) JMeter
12 8 (1.68%) WebDriver
13 6 (1.26%) Appium
14 5 (1.05%) LoadRunner
14 5 (1.05%) TestRail
15 4 (0.84%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.84%) SoapUI
15 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.84%) Storybook
General
1 164 (34.38%) Finance
2 159 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 70 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.53%) Law
5 48 (10.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.71%) Back Office
7 30 (6.29%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.08%) Banking
9 23 (4.82%) Retail
10 20 (4.19%) Financial Institution
11 17 (3.56%) Legal
12 12 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (2.10%) Marketing
14 9 (1.89%) Automotive
15 8 (1.68%) Front Office
15 8 (1.68%) Local Government
16 7 (1.47%) Games
17 5 (1.05%) Military
17 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (26.42%) Senior
2 110 (23.06%) Developer
3 85 (17.82%) Lead
4 46 (9.64%) Software Engineer
5 36 (7.55%) Senior Developer
6 31 (6.50%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) Applications Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) QA Engineer
8 26 (5.45%) Lead Developer
9 24 (5.03%) Analyst
10 22 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (4.40%) QA Automation Engineer
11 21 (4.40%) SaaS Developer
11 21 (4.40%) Test Engineer
12 20 (4.19%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.98%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.98%) Test Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.98%) Tester
14 16 (3.35%) Python Developer
14 16 (3.35%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (14.47%) RESTful
2 61 (12.79%) React
3 56 (11.74%) .NET
4 47 (9.85%) JSON
5 42 (8.81%) Playwright
6 37 (7.76%) CSS
7 36 (7.55%) XML
8 35 (7.34%) HTML
9 34 (7.13%) Node.js
10 33 (6.92%) REST
10 33 (6.92%) SOAP
11 25 (5.24%) OAuth
12 23 (4.82%) OAuth2
13 21 (4.40%) Next.js
14 17 (3.56%) .NET Framework
14 17 (3.56%) Spring
15 16 (3.35%) Jest
16 15 (3.14%) GraphQL
17 14 (2.94%) Entity Framework
18 12 (2.52%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 108 (22.64%) Cloud Native
2 32 (6.71%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.98%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.77%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.94%) Self-Driving Car
7 13 (2.73%) GNSS
8 12 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.52%) NHS
9 11 (2.31%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.47%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.47%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.47%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.05%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.19%) Linux
2 15 (3.14%) Windows
3 9 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.47%) Android
5 4 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) CentOS
6 2 (0.42%) Solaris
6 2 (0.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (53.46%) CI/CD
2 250 (52.41%) Agile
3 207 (43.40%) DevOps
4 148 (31.03%) Mentoring
5 136 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (23.69%) Coaching
7 96 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (18.87%) Software Engineering
9 88 (18.45%) AI
10 81 (16.98%) Clean Code
10 81 (16.98%) Microservices
11 78 (16.35%) Asset Management
12 77 (16.14%) Analytics
13 60 (12.58%) Observability
14 59 (12.37%) Sprint Planning
15 54 (11.32%) SDLC
16 53 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
17 52 (10.90%) Computer Science
18 49 (10.27%) ERP
19 46 (9.64%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 147 (30.82%) Python
2 134 (28.09%) SQL
3 111 (23.27%) Java
4 83 (17.40%) C#
5 78 (16.35%) JavaScript
6 58 (12.16%) TypeScript
7 29 (6.08%) PowerShell
8 28 (5.87%) Shell Script
9 27 (5.66%) PHP
10 25 (5.24%) PL/SQL
11 17 (3.56%) C++
12 15 (3.14%) C
13 12 (2.52%) Bicep
14 10 (2.10%) Apex Code
14 10 (2.10%) Go
14 10 (2.10%) MATLAB
15 9 (1.89%) Bash
16 6 (1.26%) Delphi
17 5 (1.05%) Groovy
17 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (13.84%) Degree
2 44 (9.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (7.55%) Security Cleared
4 28 (5.87%) SC Cleared
5 24 (5.03%) ISTQB
6 13 (2.73%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.26%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.05%) CEH
11 4 (0.84%) CISA
11 4 (0.84%) ISEB
12 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.63%) CGEIT
12 3 (0.63%) CISM
12 3 (0.63%) CISSP
12 3 (0.63%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.63%) SANS
13 2 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (22.01%) QA
2 44 (9.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (7.55%) Accessibility
4 22 (4.61%) NIST
5 16 (3.35%) GDPR
5 16 (3.35%) ISO 9001
6 11 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 10 (2.10%) NCSC
7 10 (2.10%) WCAG
8 7 (1.47%) SLA
9 5 (1.05%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.63%) COBIT
10 3 (0.63%) GRC
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) Section 508
11 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 47 (9.85%) Docker
2 27 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.47%) vSphere
4 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 76 (15.93%) Terraform
2 46 (9.64%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.45%) Grafana
4 25 (5.24%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (3.14%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Control-M
6 2 (0.42%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.21%) Nessus
7 1 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.81%) Oracle
3 17 (3.56%) VMware
4 16 (3.35%) Apple
4 16 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.94%) Okta
6 13 (2.73%) Databricks
6 13 (2.73%) Google
7 8 (1.68%) Ab Initio
7 8 (1.68%) Commvault
8 5 (1.05%) iManage
8 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.84%) Hyperion
9 4 (0.84%) IBM
10 3 (0.63%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.63%) Foundry
10 3 (0.63%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.63%) Qualys
11 2 (0.42%) Samsung
11 2 (0.42%) Splunk