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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 -31
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 871 682 692
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.54% 4.17% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 4.47% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 398 302 406
10th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,241 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 (1.95%) Confluence
2 13 (1.49%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.49%) Mule
3 9 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.80%) Apache
4 7 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.69%) CMS
5 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
7 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.80%) Moqups
5 6 (0.69%) Simulink
6 5 (0.57%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.10%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Magento
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 403 (46.27%) AWS
2 271 (31.11%) Azure
3 197 (22.62%) SaaS
4 136 (15.61%) GCP
5 68 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (7.58%) Amazon EKS
7 62 (7.12%) GitHub
8 56 (6.43%) Serverless
9 35 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.44%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.76%) Azure AKS
11 24 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.30%) Azure Functions
13 16 (1.84%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.72%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.20%) Broadband
2 14 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.49%) SSL
4 9 (1.03%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.57%) DHCP
6 5 (0.57%) Firewall
6 5 (0.57%) MQTT
6 5 (0.57%) Network Security
6 5 (0.57%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) LAN
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.46%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) CHAP
8 3 (0.34%) X.509
9 2 (0.23%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
10 1 (0.11%) Diameter Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (5.63%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.02%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.87%) Relational Database
5 23 (2.64%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.84%) Power BI
8 15 (1.72%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
9 14 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.38%) Redis
11 11 (1.26%) Metadata
11 11 (1.26%) MySQL
11 11 (1.26%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 7 (0.80%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.80%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 90 (10.33%) Git
2 68 (7.81%) TeamCity
3 56 (6.43%) GitLab
4 49 (5.63%) Selenium
5 44 (5.05%) Jenkins
6 36 (4.13%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.56%) JIRA
8 29 (3.33%) Postman
9 17 (1.95%) JUnit
10 14 (1.61%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.03%) JMeter
12 8 (0.92%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.69%) Appium
13 6 (0.69%) Gatling
13 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.69%) Storybook
13 6 (0.69%) TestRail
14 5 (0.57%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.57%) XCTest
General
1 276 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 205 (23.54%) Finance
3 151 (17.34%) Law
4 133 (15.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (14.81%) Banking
6 108 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
7 97 (11.14%) Public Sector
8 95 (10.91%) Retail
9 87 (9.99%) Legal
10 56 (6.43%) Financial Institution
11 54 (6.20%) Back Office
12 44 (5.05%) Marketing
13 30 (3.44%) Games
14 24 (2.76%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.30%) Electronics
16 19 (2.18%) Aerospace
17 18 (2.07%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (1.15%) Investment Banking
20 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 236 (27.10%) Senior
2 147 (16.88%) Lead
3 145 (16.65%) Software Engineer
4 102 (11.71%) Developer
5 61 (7.00%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.63%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.63%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.51%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.51%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.51%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.51%) Service Manager
8 44 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 37 (4.25%) Software Manager
10 36 (4.13%) Engineering Manager
11 33 (3.79%) Java Engineer
12 32 (3.67%) QA Engineer
12 32 (3.67%) Senior DevOps
12 32 (3.67%) Software Engineering Manager
13 31 (3.56%) Senior Developer
13 31 (3.56%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (15.38%) Terraform
2 92 (10.56%) React
3 70 (8.04%) Node.js
4 69 (7.92%) REST
5 64 (7.35%) Spring
6 62 (7.12%) .NET
6 62 (7.12%) Playwright
7 52 (5.97%) RESTful
8 51 (5.86%) Middleware
9 30 (3.44%) AngularJS
9 30 (3.44%) CSS
10 28 (3.21%) Spring Boot
11 22 (2.53%) HTML
11 22 (2.53%) Next.js
12 20 (2.30%) OAuth
13 18 (2.07%) OAuth2
13 18 (2.07%) React Native
14 17 (1.95%) JWT
15 16 (1.84%) PySpark
15 16 (1.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 195 (22.39%) Cloud Native
2 136 (15.61%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.89%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.54%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.97%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.94%) Blog
7 37 (4.25%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.79%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.56%) Public Cloud
10 29 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (3.10%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.87%) Video\Live Streaming
13 19 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
16 13 (1.49%) AI Agents
17 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
19 9 (1.03%) Management Information System
19 9 (1.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.77%) Linux
2 47 (5.40%) Windows
3 33 (3.79%) Unix
4 30 (3.44%) Android
5 27 (3.10%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (59.13%) CI/CD
2 369 (42.37%) Agile
3 358 (41.10%) Software Engineering
4 348 (39.95%) DevOps
5 338 (38.81%) Mentoring
6 286 (32.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 217 (24.91%) AI
8 197 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
9 163 (18.71%) Coaching
10 148 (16.99%) Software Testing
11 146 (16.76%) Microservices
12 134 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
13 131 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 128 (14.70%) Test Strategy
15 116 (13.32%) Clean Code
16 112 (12.86%) Observability
16 112 (12.86%) Validation
17 111 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
18 107 (12.28%) Deployment Automation
19 105 (12.06%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 253 (29.05%) Python
2 238 (27.32%) Java
3 170 (19.52%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.53%) C#
4 144 (16.53%) TypeScript
5 120 (13.78%) SQL
6 63 (7.23%) PowerShell
7 44 (5.05%) Go
8 22 (2.53%) Bash
9 20 (2.30%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.95%) C++
11 13 (1.49%) DataWeave
12 12 (1.38%) PHP
13 11 (1.26%) Rust
14 10 (1.15%) C
15 9 (1.03%) Bicep
15 9 (1.03%) Swift
16 8 (0.92%) Clojure
17 6 (0.69%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 78 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.08%) ITIL Certification
4 52 (5.97%) Degree
5 51 (5.86%) CISM
5 51 (5.86%) CISSP
6 29 (3.33%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.72%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.69%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.57%) OSCP
13 4 (0.46%) CISA
13 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
14 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (23.08%) QA
2 77 (8.84%) Accessibility
3 53 (6.08%) NIST
4 48 (5.51%) ISO 22301
5 42 (4.82%) Data Quality
6 22 (2.53%) WCAG
7 14 (1.61%) GDPR
8 8 (0.92%) GRC
9 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.46%) ECSS
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.34%) COBIT
11 3 (0.34%) EMIR
11 3 (0.34%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 98 (11.25%) Docker
2 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 145 (16.65%) Kubernetes
2 83 (9.53%) Grafana
3 16 (1.84%) Argo
4 13 (1.49%) Ansible
4 13 (1.49%) CloudHub
5 9 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 82 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.87%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.64%) Oracle
4 20 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.95%) Databricks
5 17 (1.95%) SAP
6 15 (1.72%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.38%) Pega
8 10 (1.15%) Google
9 8 (0.92%) IFS
10 7 (0.80%) Braze
10 7 (0.80%) VMware
11 5 (0.57%) Amplitude
11 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.57%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.46%) Xilinx
12 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.34%) Sage