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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 82 109
Rank change year-on-year +24 +27 -51
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 890 730 723
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.02% 4.43% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 4.76% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 412 357 558
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,100 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,965
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.82% -10.82%

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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 31 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 13 (1.46%) Confluence
2 12 (1.35%) Anypoint
2 12 (1.35%) Mule
3 11 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.90%) Apache
6 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.56%) CMS
6 5 (0.56%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.45%) WordPress
8 3 (0.34%) Camunda
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.22%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.45%) Simulink
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.22%) Moqups
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.03%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 425 (47.75%) AWS
2 277 (31.12%) Azure
3 169 (18.99%) SaaS
4 136 (15.28%) GCP
5 76 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (8.09%) Serverless
7 69 (7.75%) GitHub
8 50 (5.62%) Amazon EKS
9 41 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.15%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.25%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (1.91%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.69%) TestFlight
16 14 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (1.57%) Firebase
16 14 (1.57%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 70 (7.87%) Broadband
2 12 (1.35%) SSL
3 8 (0.90%) DNS
4 7 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.67%) CHAP
5 6 (0.67%) Firewall
6 5 (0.56%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) MQTT
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
8 3 (0.34%) DHCP
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) LAN
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (10.67%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (7.64%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.82%) NoSQL
4 31 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.25%) MySQL
6 18 (2.02%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
9 13 (1.46%) Metadata
10 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.24%) Power BI
11 10 (1.12%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.56%) Big Data
15 5 (0.56%) Spark SQL
16 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (7.64%) Git
2 55 (6.18%) Selenium
3 52 (5.84%) TeamCity
4 51 (5.73%) Jenkins
5 46 (5.17%) GitLab
6 35 (3.93%) Cypress.io
7 30 (3.37%) JIRA
8 26 (2.92%) Postman
9 17 (1.91%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.91%) JMeter
10 14 (1.57%) Crashlytics
10 14 (1.57%) XCTest
11 12 (1.35%) JUnit
11 12 (1.35%) SpecFlow
12 9 (1.01%) Gatling
13 8 (0.90%) Appium
13 8 (0.90%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.90%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.79%) TestRail
14 7 (0.79%) XCUITest
General
1 274 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 180 (20.22%) Finance
3 143 (16.07%) Law
4 111 (12.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (11.80%) Banking
6 103 (11.57%) Public Sector
7 94 (10.56%) Legal
8 84 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
9 76 (8.54%) Retail
10 46 (5.17%) Marketing
11 45 (5.06%) Financial Institution
11 45 (5.06%) Games
12 41 (4.61%) Back Office
13 24 (2.70%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.80%) Electronics
15 11 (1.24%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.01%) Legal Technology
17 8 (0.90%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (29.21%) Senior
2 146 (16.40%) Lead
3 132 (14.83%) Software Engineer
4 104 (11.69%) Developer
5 54 (6.07%) Test Engineer
6 52 (5.84%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.51%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.39%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.39%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.39%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.39%) Service Manager
9 43 (4.83%) Java Engineer
10 42 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
11 40 (4.49%) Engineering Manager
11 40 (4.49%) Senior Developer
12 38 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 38 (4.27%) QA Engineer
12 38 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
12 38 (4.27%) Software Manager
13 35 (3.93%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (12.13%) React
2 68 (7.64%) Playwright
3 67 (7.53%) Node.js
4 66 (7.42%) REST
5 62 (6.97%) .NET
5 62 (6.97%) Spring
6 60 (6.74%) RESTful
7 51 (5.73%) Middleware
8 30 (3.37%) Spring Boot
9 28 (3.15%) AngularJS
10 24 (2.70%) AWS CDK
10 24 (2.70%) Next.js
11 21 (2.36%) Django
12 19 (2.13%) CSS
12 19 (2.13%) React Native
13 16 (1.80%) HTML
13 16 (1.80%) OAuth
14 15 (1.69%) OAuth2
15 14 (1.57%) Kafka
15 14 (1.57%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 180 (20.22%) Cloud Native
2 117 (13.15%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.63%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.40%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (5.17%) Mobile App
7 42 (4.72%) Blog
8 37 (4.16%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (3.60%) Video\Live Streaming
10 31 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
11 28 (3.15%) Public Cloud
12 27 (3.03%) Marketing Technology
13 15 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.57%) Management Information System
15 13 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 11 (1.24%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
16 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.97%) Linux
2 39 (4.38%) Windows
3 37 (4.16%) Apple iOS
4 32 (3.60%) Unix
5 29 (3.26%) Android
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Debian
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (55.62%) CI/CD
2 408 (45.84%) Agile
3 335 (37.64%) DevOps
4 334 (37.53%) Mentoring
5 323 (36.29%) Software Engineering
6 293 (32.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 198 (22.25%) AI
8 177 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
9 157 (17.64%) Coaching
10 151 (16.97%) Software Testing
11 149 (16.74%) Microservices
12 139 (15.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 135 (15.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 134 (15.06%) Test Strategy
15 130 (14.61%) Full-Stack Development
16 128 (14.38%) Observability
17 122 (13.71%) Technical Leadership
18 119 (13.37%) Clean Code
19 111 (12.47%) Decision-Making
20 110 (12.36%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 258 (28.99%) Python
2 231 (25.96%) Java
3 162 (18.20%) JavaScript
4 146 (16.40%) TypeScript
5 126 (14.16%) C#
6 112 (12.58%) SQL
7 66 (7.42%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.17%) Go
9 23 (2.58%) Bash
9 23 (2.58%) Kotlin
10 16 (1.80%) Swift
11 12 (1.35%) DataWeave
12 11 (1.24%) C++
12 11 (1.24%) PHP
13 9 (1.01%) C
14 8 (0.90%) Clojure
15 7 (0.79%) Rust
16 6 (0.67%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.56%) Ruby
17 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (8.54%) Security Cleared
2 70 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.74%) ITIL Certification
4 58 (6.52%) CISSP
5 55 (6.18%) Degree
6 54 (6.07%) CISM
7 25 (2.81%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.79%) CISA
9 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.67%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.67%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.67%) SANS
11 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.45%) CEH
11 4 (0.45%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (24.94%) QA
2 76 (8.54%) Accessibility
3 60 (6.74%) NIST
4 52 (5.84%) ISO 22301
5 37 (4.16%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.36%) GDPR
7 15 (1.69%) WCAG
8 11 (1.24%) GRC
9 9 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.67%) COBIT
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
12 3 (0.34%) SLA
13 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
14 1 (0.11%) ITGC
14 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 88 (9.89%) Docker
2 10 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) KVM
6 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (14.27%) Kubernetes
2 124 (13.93%) Terraform
3 65 (7.30%) Grafana
4 17 (1.91%) Ansible
5 16 (1.80%) Argo
6 12 (1.35%) CloudHub
7 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.22%) 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 71 (7.98%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.70%) Oracle
3 24 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.36%) Databricks
5 16 (1.80%) Braze
6 14 (1.57%) Amplitude
6 14 (1.57%) SAP
7 13 (1.46%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.35%) Pega
8 12 (1.35%) VMware
9 11 (1.24%) Google
10 8 (0.90%) IFS
11 5 (0.56%) Commvault
11 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.45%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.34%) Informatica
13 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.34%) Zscaler