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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 82 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 -27
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 904 687 657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 4.12% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.39% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 413 296 379
10th Percentile £43,269 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,289 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,984 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.64% +8.33% -4.00%

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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 10 October 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 (1.88%) Confluence
2 13 (1.44%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.44%) Mule
3 10 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.88%) CMS
5 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.77%) Apache
7 6 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.66%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.55%) Camunda
8 5 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.77%) Moqups
4 6 (0.66%) Simulink
5 5 (0.55%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.99%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.22%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 419 (46.35%) AWS
2 283 (31.31%) Azure
3 206 (22.79%) SaaS
4 144 (15.93%) GCP
5 79 (8.74%) GitHub
6 73 (8.08%) Amazon EKS
7 63 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (6.42%) Serverless
9 40 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (3.54%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.54%) Azure AKS
11 23 (2.54%) Azure Functions
11 23 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.55%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.44%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.97%) Broadband
2 14 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.44%) SSL
4 10 (1.11%) DNS
5 8 (0.88%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.66%) Firewall
6 6 (0.66%) Network Security
7 5 (0.55%) DHCP
7 5 (0.55%) MQTT
7 5 (0.55%) SMS
8 4 (0.44%) LAN
8 4 (0.44%) WAN
8 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.44%) Wireless
9 3 (0.33%) VPN
9 3 (0.33%) X.509
10 2 (0.22%) 5G
10 2 (0.22%) CHAP
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.73%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (5.20%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.87%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 19 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.99%) BigQuery
6 18 (1.99%) Power BI
7 17 (1.88%) Metadata
8 16 (1.77%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.77%) Semantic Layer
9 15 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
10 14 (1.55%) MySQL
11 13 (1.44%) Redis
12 10 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.11%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.77%) Big Data
13 7 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.77%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 91 (10.07%) Git
2 74 (8.19%) TeamCity
3 63 (6.97%) GitLab
4 47 (5.20%) Selenium
5 45 (4.98%) Jenkins
6 37 (4.09%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.54%) JIRA
8 30 (3.32%) Postman
9 21 (2.32%) JUnit
10 15 (1.66%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.00%) JMeter
12 8 (0.88%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.88%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.77%) Appium
14 6 (0.66%) Gatling
14 6 (0.66%) Mockito
14 6 (0.66%) Storybook
15 5 (0.55%) Claude Code
15 5 (0.55%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 283 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 209 (23.12%) Finance
3 154 (17.04%) Law
4 140 (15.49%) Banking
5 135 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 114 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
7 110 (12.17%) Public Sector
8 100 (11.06%) Retail
9 83 (9.18%) Legal
10 58 (6.42%) Financial Institution
11 57 (6.31%) Back Office
12 44 (4.87%) Marketing
13 30 (3.32%) Games
14 22 (2.43%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.21%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.99%) Electronics
17 10 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.11%) Retail Banking
18 8 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 255 (28.21%) Senior
2 175 (19.36%) Software Engineer
3 136 (15.04%) Lead
4 103 (11.39%) Developer
5 69 (7.63%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.42%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.42%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.31%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.31%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.31%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.31%) Service Manager
8 47 (5.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 39 (4.31%) Java Engineer
10 37 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
11 36 (3.98%) Senior Developer
12 34 (3.76%) QA Engineer
12 34 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
12 34 (3.76%) Software Manager
13 33 (3.65%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 32 (3.54%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (15.93%) Terraform
2 79 (8.74%) React
3 75 (8.30%) REST
4 67 (7.41%) Node.js
5 66 (7.30%) .NET
6 64 (7.08%) Spring
7 60 (6.64%) Playwright
8 58 (6.42%) RESTful
9 53 (5.86%) Middleware
10 32 (3.54%) Spring Boot
11 30 (3.32%) CSS
12 23 (2.54%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.54%) HTML
13 22 (2.43%) Next.js
14 19 (2.10%) GraphQL
14 19 (2.10%) OAuth
15 18 (1.99%) LangChain
15 18 (1.99%) OAuth2
15 18 (1.99%) TensorFlow
16 17 (1.88%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 207 (22.90%) Cloud Native
2 134 (14.82%) Product Ownership
3 66 (7.30%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.31%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.75%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (5.09%) Blog
7 34 (3.76%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (3.65%) Low-Code
9 29 (3.21%) Public Cloud
10 27 (2.99%) Marketing Technology
11 25 (2.77%) Video\Live Streaming
12 23 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.44%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
14 13 (1.44%) Management Information System
14 13 (1.44%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.22%) Mobile Banking
16 10 (1.11%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.75%) Linux
2 44 (4.87%) Windows
3 34 (3.76%) Unix
4 30 (3.32%) Android
5 25 (2.77%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.22%) CentOS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (58.74%) CI/CD
2 391 (43.25%) Software Engineering
3 370 (40.93%) Agile
4 352 (38.94%) Mentoring
5 349 (38.61%) DevOps
6 298 (32.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 237 (26.22%) AI
8 193 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
9 179 (19.80%) Coaching
10 149 (16.48%) Microservices
10 149 (16.48%) Software Testing
11 143 (15.82%) Technical Leadership
12 125 (13.83%) Clean Code
12 125 (13.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 125 (13.83%) Test Strategy
13 121 (13.38%) Validation
14 120 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
15 119 (13.16%) Observability
16 115 (12.72%) Deployment Automation
17 107 (11.84%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 276 (30.53%) Python
2 251 (27.77%) Java
3 171 (18.92%) JavaScript
4 150 (16.59%) TypeScript
5 145 (16.04%) C#
6 132 (14.60%) SQL
7 65 (7.19%) PowerShell
8 54 (5.97%) Go
9 28 (3.10%) Kotlin
10 26 (2.88%) Bash
11 20 (2.21%) Rust
12 19 (2.10%) C++
13 14 (1.55%) PHP
14 13 (1.44%) DataWeave
15 11 (1.22%) Bicep
15 11 (1.22%) C
16 8 (0.88%) Swift
17 6 (0.66%) Clojure
17 6 (0.66%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 107 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 86 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 54 (5.97%) Degree
4 53 (5.86%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (5.53%) CISM
5 50 (5.53%) CISSP
6 23 (2.54%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.99%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.66%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.55%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.55%) OSCP
11 5 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.44%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.33%) CISA
13 3 (0.33%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (21.57%) QA
2 80 (8.85%) Accessibility
3 52 (5.75%) NIST
4 48 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 48 (5.31%) ISO 22301
5 20 (2.21%) WCAG
6 11 (1.22%) GDPR
7 7 (0.77%) GRC
8 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.44%) ECSS
9 4 (0.44%) SLA
9 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.33%) EMIR
10 3 (0.33%) PERC
11 2 (0.22%) COBIT
11 2 (0.22%) PMO
12 1 (0.11%) DO-160
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) WAI
System Software
1 107 (11.84%) Docker
2 7 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.66%) Firmware
4 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 160 (17.70%) Kubernetes
2 94 (10.40%) Grafana
3 13 (1.44%) Argo
3 13 (1.44%) CloudHub
4 12 (1.33%) Ansible
5 9 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.33%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 86 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.32%) Oracle
4 20 (2.21%) Google
4 20 (2.21%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.99%) SAP
6 16 (1.77%) Databricks
7 14 (1.55%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.33%) Pega
9 7 (0.77%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.77%) Foundry
9 7 (0.77%) Palantir
9 7 (0.77%) VMware
10 6 (0.66%) Braze
10 6 (0.66%) IFS
11 5 (0.55%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.44%) Amplitude
12 4 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.44%) YouTube
12 4 (0.44%) Zscaler