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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 74 85
Rank change year-on-year +19 +11 -36
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 656 558 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 4.32% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 4.54% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 371 441 784
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,686 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +10.43% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,625 £82,751 £71,991
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £91,934
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year - +6.38% -8.20%

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 14,237 12,283 28,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.42% 95.05% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,595 8,796 23,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,806
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 March 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 9 (1.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.76%) Apache
3 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.76%) CMS
3 5 (0.76%) Confluence
4 4 (0.61%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.46%) nginx
5 3 (0.46%) WordPress
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (3.20%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 260 (39.63%) Azure
2 240 (36.59%) AWS
3 137 (20.88%) GitHub
4 120 (18.29%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (16.92%) GCP
6 71 (10.82%) SaaS
7 63 (9.60%) Serverless
8 57 (8.69%) GitHub Copilot
9 54 (8.23%) Amazon EKS
10 48 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
11 33 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (4.73%) Power Platform
13 30 (4.57%) Entra ID
14 25 (3.81%) Azure Event Grid
15 21 (3.20%) Nutanix
15 21 (3.20%) PaaS
16 20 (3.05%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.90%) OCI
18 18 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
19 17 (2.59%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.74%) Broadband
2 11 (1.68%) CHAP
3 3 (0.46%) 5G
3 3 (0.46%) DNS
3 3 (0.46%) Firewall
3 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.46%) VPN
3 3 (0.46%) WAN
4 2 (0.30%) Internet
4 2 (0.30%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.15%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) Multicast
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (5.03%) NoSQL
3 32 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 29 (4.42%) MongoDB
5 25 (3.81%) MySQL
6 20 (3.05%) Power BI
7 14 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.68%) Metadata
8 11 (1.68%) Tableau
9 10 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.91%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.61%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 66 (10.06%) Selenium
2 53 (8.08%) JIRA
2 53 (8.08%) TeamCity
3 51 (7.77%) Git
4 48 (7.32%) Jenkins
5 37 (5.64%) Cypress.io
6 23 (3.51%) Postman
7 22 (3.35%) JMeter
8 19 (2.90%) Oracle Forms
9 17 (2.59%) GitLab
10 16 (2.44%) Cucumber
11 14 (2.13%) SpecFlow
12 13 (1.98%) WebDriver
13 10 (1.52%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.37%) Crashlytics
14 9 (1.37%) XCTest
15 8 (1.22%) Storybook
16 7 (1.07%) CircleCI
16 7 (1.07%) JUnit
16 7 (1.07%) MLflow
General
1 241 (36.74%) Finance
2 184 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 104 (15.85%) Law
4 90 (13.72%) Banking
5 83 (12.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (10.98%) Retail
7 61 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (8.23%) Financial Institution
8 54 (8.23%) Public Sector
9 40 (6.10%) Back Office
10 26 (3.96%) Games
11 24 (3.66%) Marketing
12 15 (2.29%) Legal
13 10 (1.52%) Electronics
14 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.61%) Front Office
16 4 (0.61%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (28.66%) Senior
2 117 (17.84%) Software Engineer
3 87 (13.26%) Lead
4 77 (11.74%) Developer
5 58 (8.84%) QA Engineer
6 54 (8.23%) Test Engineer
7 51 (7.77%) Senior Software Engineer
8 43 (6.55%) Java Engineer
9 39 (5.95%) Java Software Engineer
10 33 (5.03%) Senior Developer
11 31 (4.73%) QA Automation Engineer
11 31 (4.73%) Test Automation Engineer
12 30 (4.57%) Automation Engineer
13 26 (3.96%) Applications Engineer
14 25 (3.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 24 (3.66%) Tester
16 22 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
17 19 (2.90%) Lead Developer
17 19 (2.90%) Senior Java Engineer
17 19 (2.90%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (15.09%) React
2 70 (10.67%) RESTful
3 58 (8.84%) .NET
3 58 (8.84%) REST
4 57 (8.69%) Playwright
5 41 (6.25%) JSON
6 34 (5.18%) Node.js
7 33 (5.03%) SOAP
8 30 (4.57%) Spring
9 24 (3.66%) Lightning Web Components
10 23 (3.51%) OAuth
10 23 (3.51%) OAuth2
10 23 (3.51%) XML
11 22 (3.35%) Spring Boot
12 21 (3.20%) Next.js
13 18 (2.74%) CSS
13 18 (2.74%) Django
13 18 (2.74%) HTML
14 16 (2.44%) .NET Framework
14 16 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (23.02%) Cloud Native
2 75 (11.43%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.73%) Mobile App
4 25 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (2.59%) Blog
9 17 (2.59%) Low-Code
10 16 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.29%) GNSS
12 13 (1.98%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.83%) Satnav
14 11 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.52%) AI Agents
16 8 (1.22%) Algorithms
16 8 (1.22%) Podcast
16 8 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.55%) Apple iOS
2 37 (5.64%) Linux
3 35 (5.34%) Android
4 11 (1.68%) Unix
5 7 (1.07%) Windows
6 4 (0.61%) CentOS
6 4 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.30%) Debian
7 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (53.05%) CI/CD
2 302 (46.04%) Agile
3 233 (35.52%) DevOps
4 194 (29.57%) Software Engineering
5 193 (29.42%) Mentoring
6 176 (26.83%) Coaching
7 172 (26.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 145 (22.10%) Microservices
9 139 (21.19%) Clean Code
10 137 (20.88%) AI
11 127 (19.36%) Problem-Solving
12 105 (16.01%) Observability
13 96 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
14 94 (14.33%) Deployment Automation
15 90 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
16 86 (13.11%) Analytics
17 85 (12.96%) Asset Management
18 80 (12.20%) Test Strategy
19 74 (11.28%) Fintech
20 71 (10.82%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 182 (27.74%) Java
2 178 (27.13%) Python
3 122 (18.60%) SQL
4 94 (14.33%) JavaScript
4 94 (14.33%) TypeScript
5 47 (7.16%) C#
6 38 (5.79%) PowerShell
7 23 (3.51%) Apex Code
8 21 (3.20%) Go
9 20 (3.05%) Shell Script
10 19 (2.90%) Bash
10 19 (2.90%) PL/SQL
11 17 (2.59%) Bicep
12 14 (2.13%) PHP
13 11 (1.68%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.68%) Swift
14 7 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.91%) Delphi
16 4 (0.61%) Perl
16 4 (0.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (7.32%) Degree
2 42 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.74%) ISTQB
6 17 (2.59%) CISSP
7 16 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.29%) CEH
9 12 (1.83%) CISA
9 12 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 11 (1.68%) CGEIT
10 11 (1.68%) CISM
10 11 (1.68%) FFIEC
10 11 (1.68%) SANS
11 10 (1.52%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.91%) OSCP
14 5 (0.76%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.61%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (24.85%) QA
2 51 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 35 (5.34%) NIST
4 31 (4.73%) GDPR
5 28 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.29%) ISO 22301
7 14 (2.13%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.83%) ISO 9001
9 11 (1.68%) COBIT
10 10 (1.52%) WCAG
11 6 (0.91%) GRC
11 6 (0.91%) Software Quality Assurance
12 5 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.46%) NCSC
14 2 (0.30%) SLA
15 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 72 (10.98%) Docker
2 22 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (20.43%) Terraform
2 121 (18.45%) Kubernetes
3 71 (10.82%) Grafana
4 20 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (2.90%) Ansible
6 7 (1.07%) Argo
7 4 (0.61%) logstash
8 3 (0.46%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.30%) Control-M
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
9 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 57 (8.69%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.55%) Oracle
3 27 (4.12%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.66%) Databricks
5 22 (3.35%) VMware
6 21 (3.20%) Commvault
7 11 (1.68%) Ab Initio
7 11 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.52%) Okta
9 9 (1.37%) Amplitude
10 8 (1.22%) SAP
11 7 (1.07%) Google
12 6 (0.91%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.61%) Workday
14 3 (0.46%) Foundry
14 3 (0.46%) IBM
15 2 (0.30%) Adobe
15 2 (0.30%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
15 2 (0.30%) Splunk