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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 82 104
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 -39
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 872 688 686
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.67% 4.25% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 4.57% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 394 318 440
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,125
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,750 £82,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £94,250 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £64,085 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.72% +5.00% -4.38%

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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 9 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 16 (1.83%) Confluence
2 13 (1.49%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.49%) Mule
3 11 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.69%) Apache
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.57%) CMS
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.57%) Moqups
3 5 (0.57%) Simulink
4 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.10%) Dynamics GP
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%) Magento
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 420 (48.17%) AWS
2 270 (30.96%) Azure
3 184 (21.10%) SaaS
4 135 (15.48%) GCP
5 72 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (7.45%) GitHub
7 59 (6.77%) Serverless
8 54 (6.19%) Amazon EKS
9 38 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.10%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.64%) Azure AKS
12 21 (2.41%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (1.95%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (1.38%) Azure Functions
16 12 (1.38%) Figma
16 12 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.34%) Broadband
2 14 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.49%) SSL
4 10 (1.15%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) Firewall
6 5 (0.57%) CHAP
6 5 (0.57%) DHCP
6 5 (0.57%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) LAN
7 4 (0.46%) MQTT
7 4 (0.46%) Network Security
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) X.509
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
10 1 (0.11%) 5G
10 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.98%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.42%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.90%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.87%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.06%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.49%) Power BI
9 12 (1.38%) MySQL
10 10 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.15%) Metadata
11 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
13 7 (0.80%) Redis
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 85 (9.75%) Git
2 58 (6.65%) TeamCity
3 54 (6.19%) GitLab
4 53 (6.08%) Selenium
5 50 (5.73%) Jenkins
6 37 (4.24%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.56%) JIRA
8 27 (3.10%) Postman
9 16 (1.83%) JUnit
10 14 (1.61%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.49%) JMeter
12 10 (1.15%) Crashlytics
12 10 (1.15%) XCTest
13 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
13 9 (1.03%) Gatling
14 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.80%) NUnit
15 7 (0.80%) TestRail
15 7 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
General
1 277 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 188 (21.56%) Finance
3 142 (16.28%) Law
4 121 (13.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (13.42%) Banking
6 95 (10.89%) Public Sector
7 94 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
8 90 (10.32%) Legal
9 80 (9.17%) Retail
10 51 (5.85%) Financial Institution
11 48 (5.50%) Back Office
12 42 (4.82%) Marketing
13 36 (4.13%) Games
14 22 (2.52%) Electronics
15 21 (2.41%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.95%) Aerospace
17 16 (1.83%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
19 10 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
20 8 (0.92%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 248 (28.44%) Senior
2 149 (17.09%) Lead
3 132 (15.14%) Software Engineer
4 109 (12.50%) Developer
5 63 (7.22%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.73%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.62%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.50%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.50%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.50%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.50%) Service Manager
9 44 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
10 43 (4.93%) Engineering Manager
10 43 (4.93%) Software Manager
11 38 (4.36%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.36%) Software Engineering Manager
12 34 (3.90%) Java Engineer
13 33 (3.78%) QA Engineer
13 33 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
13 33 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (14.56%) Terraform
2 106 (12.16%) React
3 72 (8.26%) Node.js
3 72 (8.26%) REST
4 69 (7.91%) Spring
5 64 (7.34%) Playwright
6 58 (6.65%) .NET
7 53 (6.08%) RESTful
8 50 (5.73%) Middleware
9 31 (3.56%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.33%) AngularJS
11 26 (2.98%) CSS
12 22 (2.52%) Next.js
13 20 (2.29%) React Native
14 19 (2.18%) AWS CDK
14 19 (2.18%) Django
14 19 (2.18%) HTML
15 17 (1.95%) OAuth
16 16 (1.83%) Kafka
16 16 (1.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 182 (20.87%) Cloud Native
2 138 (15.83%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.88%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.54%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.93%) Mobile App
7 38 (4.36%) Blog
7 38 (4.36%) Low-Code
8 32 (3.67%) Public Cloud
9 31 (3.56%) Video\Live Streaming
10 27 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (3.10%) Marketing Technology
11 24 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
14 12 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.22%) Linux
2 44 (5.05%) Windows
3 31 (3.56%) Apple iOS
3 31 (3.56%) Unix
4 28 (3.21%) Android
5 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.23%) CentOS
7 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (58.26%) CI/CD
2 388 (44.50%) Agile
3 347 (39.79%) Software Engineering
4 339 (38.88%) DevOps
5 323 (37.04%) Mentoring
6 296 (33.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 213 (24.43%) AI
8 192 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
9 151 (17.32%) Coaching
10 150 (17.20%) Software Testing
11 140 (16.06%) Microservices
12 136 (15.60%) Test Strategy
13 133 (15.25%) Technical Leadership
14 131 (15.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 124 (14.22%) Infrastructure as Code
16 121 (13.88%) Full-Stack Development
16 121 (13.88%) Observability
17 113 (12.96%) Clean Code
18 107 (12.27%) Validation
19 106 (12.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 257 (29.47%) Python
2 231 (26.49%) Java
3 168 (19.27%) JavaScript
4 147 (16.86%) TypeScript
5 135 (15.48%) C#
6 108 (12.39%) SQL
7 65 (7.45%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.62%) Go
9 24 (2.75%) Bash
10 23 (2.64%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.83%) C++
12 13 (1.49%) DataWeave
12 13 (1.49%) PHP
12 13 (1.49%) Swift
13 10 (1.15%) C
13 10 (1.15%) Rust
14 8 (0.92%) Clojure
15 7 (0.80%) Bicep
16 5 (0.57%) Scala
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (10.21%) Security Cleared
2 69 (7.91%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.42%) Degree
4 53 (6.08%) CISM
4 53 (6.08%) CISSP
4 53 (6.08%) ITIL Certification
5 30 (3.44%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.69%) CISA
11 5 (0.57%) CGEIT
11 5 (0.57%) FFIEC
11 5 (0.57%) SANS
12 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.46%) OSCP
13 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (23.74%) QA
2 74 (8.49%) Accessibility
3 56 (6.42%) NIST
4 49 (5.62%) ISO 22301
5 37 (4.24%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.95%) GDPR
7 15 (1.72%) WCAG
8 13 (1.49%) GRC
9 8 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.57%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.11%) DO-160
14 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
14 1 (0.11%) MiFID
14 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 100 (11.47%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.69%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 137 (15.71%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.80%) Grafana
3 16 (1.83%) Argo
4 15 (1.72%) Ansible
5 13 (1.49%) CloudHub
6 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (9.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.87%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.41%) Oracle
4 19 (2.18%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.06%) Databricks
6 15 (1.72%) SAP
7 14 (1.61%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.38%) Braze
8 12 (1.38%) Pega
9 10 (1.15%) Amplitude
9 10 (1.15%) Google
10 8 (0.92%) IFS
10 8 (0.92%) VMware
11 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.34%) Cisco
13 3 (0.34%) HP
13 3 (0.34%) Informatica