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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 78 82
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 -36
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 566 653 930
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 3.99% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 4.24% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 340 391 716
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,594 £38,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,258 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

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 13,570 15,392 23,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.75% 94.08% 93.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,620 9,062 19,390
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 25 January 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 17 (3.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.41%) Confluence
3 7 (1.24%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.53%) Apache
5 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 43 (7.60%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 253 (44.70%) Azure
2 157 (27.74%) GitHub
3 152 (26.86%) AWS
4 141 (24.91%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (13.25%) GitHub Copilot
6 74 (13.07%) SaaS
7 71 (12.54%) GCP
8 47 (8.30%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (6.71%) Entra ID
9 38 (6.71%) Serverless
10 37 (6.54%) Amazon EKS
10 37 (6.54%) OCI
10 37 (6.54%) Power Platform
11 33 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (4.95%) PaaS
12 28 (4.95%) Snowflake
13 21 (3.71%) dbt
14 20 (3.53%) Azure Event Grid
15 17 (3.00%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (2.65%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.41%) CHAP
2 4 (0.71%) 5G
2 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.71%) WAN
3 3 (0.53%) HTTP
3 3 (0.53%) VPN
4 2 (0.35%) Internet
4 2 (0.35%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) Multicast
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (5.12%) Power BI
4 26 (4.59%) MySQL
5 25 (4.42%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.36%) Tableau
8 14 (2.47%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.47%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.77%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.59%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.41%) MariaDB
12 8 (1.41%) Metadata
13 7 (1.24%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.71%) Essbase
16 3 (0.53%) Pinecone
16 3 (0.53%) Redis
17 2 (0.35%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 70 (12.37%) JIRA
2 66 (11.66%) Selenium
3 59 (10.42%) Jenkins
4 54 (9.54%) Git
5 41 (7.24%) Oracle Forms
6 39 (6.89%) TeamCity
7 36 (6.36%) Cypress.io
8 21 (3.71%) Postman
9 15 (2.65%) Cucumber
10 14 (2.47%) JMeter
11 13 (2.30%) GitLab
11 13 (2.30%) WebDriver
12 12 (2.12%) JUnit
13 9 (1.59%) SpecFlow
14 8 (1.41%) Storybook
15 7 (1.24%) CircleCI
16 6 (1.06%) MLflow
16 6 (1.06%) REST Assured
17 5 (0.88%) LoadRunner
17 5 (0.88%) TestRail
General
1 241 (42.58%) Finance
2 180 (31.80%) Social Skills
3 77 (13.60%) Law
4 71 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (10.78%) Banking
7 49 (8.66%) Retail
8 39 (6.89%) Financial Institution
9 33 (5.83%) Public Sector
10 28 (4.95%) Back Office
11 19 (3.36%) Marketing
12 11 (1.94%) Games
12 11 (1.94%) Legal
13 10 (1.77%) Front Office
14 8 (1.41%) Automotive
15 7 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.06%) Electronics
17 4 (0.71%) Billing
17 4 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (29.86%) Senior
2 87 (15.37%) Developer
3 80 (14.13%) Lead
4 68 (12.01%) Software Engineer
5 44 (7.77%) Applications Engineer
5 44 (7.77%) QA Engineer
6 42 (7.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 41 (7.24%) Test Engineer
8 31 (5.48%) Senior Software Engineer
9 29 (5.12%) QA Automation Engineer
10 28 (4.95%) Senior Developer
11 27 (4.77%) Test Automation Engineer
12 25 (4.42%) Automation Engineer
13 24 (4.24%) Lead Developer
14 23 (4.06%) Analyst
14 23 (4.06%) Tester
15 22 (3.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 21 (3.71%) Java Engineer
17 19 (3.36%) .NET Developer
17 19 (3.36%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.66%) RESTful
2 73 (12.90%) React
3 51 (9.01%) .NET
3 51 (9.01%) SOAP
4 50 (8.83%) JSON
5 49 (8.66%) REST
6 37 (6.54%) Playwright
7 36 (6.36%) OAuth
8 35 (6.18%) OAuth2
9 30 (5.30%) Node.js
9 30 (5.30%) XML
10 23 (4.06%) Lightning Web Components
10 23 (4.06%) Spring
11 21 (3.71%) .NET Framework
12 19 (3.36%) Next.js
13 18 (3.18%) CSS
13 18 (3.18%) Entity Framework
14 17 (3.00%) SAML
15 16 (2.83%) HTML
16 14 (2.47%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 146 (25.80%) Cloud Native
2 58 (10.25%) Product Ownership
3 39 (6.89%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.30%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.12%) GNSS
8 12 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.12%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.77%) Blog
9 10 (1.77%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.41%) Satnav
10 8 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (1.24%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.95%) Linux
2 24 (4.24%) Android
3 23 (4.06%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.12%) Unix
4 12 (2.12%) Windows
5 9 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.71%) CentOS
7 2 (0.35%) Debian
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.35%) Solaris
7 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (56.89%) CI/CD
2 279 (49.29%) Agile
3 235 (41.52%) DevOps
4 169 (29.86%) Coaching
5 168 (29.68%) Mentoring
6 147 (25.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (22.44%) Software Engineering
8 126 (22.26%) AI
9 121 (21.38%) Clean Code
10 116 (20.49%) Asset Management
11 110 (19.43%) Microservices
12 96 (16.96%) Analytics
13 93 (16.43%) Observability
14 72 (12.72%) Sprint Planning
15 68 (12.01%) Deployment Automation
16 66 (11.66%) Sprint Retrospective
17 63 (11.13%) Test Strategy
18 58 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
19 57 (10.07%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 162 (28.62%) Python
2 146 (25.80%) Java
3 137 (24.20%) SQL
4 73 (12.90%) TypeScript
5 72 (12.72%) JavaScript
6 59 (10.42%) C#
7 39 (6.89%) Shell Script
8 37 (6.54%) PL/SQL
9 30 (5.30%) PowerShell
10 22 (3.89%) Apex Code
10 22 (3.89%) PHP
11 19 (3.36%) Bicep
12 15 (2.65%) Go
13 14 (2.47%) Bash
14 9 (1.59%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.06%) Delphi
16 5 (0.88%) C++
16 5 (0.88%) Groovy
17 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (9.01%) Degree
2 38 (6.71%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (5.48%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.24%) ISTQB
6 20 (3.53%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 10 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.77%) CEH
8 10 (1.77%) CISSP
9 9 (1.59%) CISA
10 8 (1.41%) CGEIT
10 8 (1.41%) CISM
10 8 (1.41%) FFIEC
10 8 (1.41%) SANS
11 7 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.71%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.71%) ISEB
12 4 (0.71%) OSCP
13 3 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (23.32%) QA
2 38 (6.71%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (4.59%) GDPR
4 26 (4.59%) NIST
5 11 (1.94%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.94%) WCAG
6 10 (1.77%) ISO 22301
7 9 (1.59%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.41%) COBIT
9 7 (1.24%) SLA
10 5 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.53%) NCSC
11 3 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.35%) GRC
13 1 (0.18%) Section 508
13 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 58 (10.25%) Docker
2 38 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 130 (22.97%) Terraform
2 92 (16.25%) Kubernetes
3 48 (8.48%) Grafana
4 37 (6.54%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (3.18%) Ansible
6 7 (1.24%) Argo
7 4 (0.71%) logstash
8 3 (0.53%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.35%) Control-M
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 68 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 64 (11.31%) Oracle
3 27 (4.77%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.53%) Okta
4 20 (3.53%) VMware
5 19 (3.36%) Databricks
6 15 (2.65%) Commvault
7 14 (2.47%) Ab Initio
8 8 (1.41%) SAP
9 7 (1.24%) Google
10 5 (0.88%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.71%) Hyperion
11 4 (0.71%) Workday
12 3 (0.53%) IBM
12 3 (0.53%) iManage
13 2 (0.35%) Checkmarx
13 2 (0.35%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.35%) Guidewire
13 2 (0.35%) Samsung