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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 75 83
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 -34
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 621 624 967
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.78% 4.25% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.47% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 361 411 751
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £91,934
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 14,057 13,953 26,346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.59% 95.12% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,126 8,602 21,863
10th Percentile £30,994 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
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% -12.00%

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 2 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 14 (2.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.64%) Apache
3 4 (0.64%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.64%) CMS
3 4 (0.64%) Confluence
3 4 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.48%) JBoss
4 3 (0.48%) nginx
4 3 (0.48%) WordPress
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (5.48%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 259 (41.71%) Azure
2 198 (31.88%) AWS
3 150 (24.15%) GitHub
4 134 (21.58%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (14.81%) GCP
6 78 (12.56%) SaaS
7 69 (11.11%) GitHub Copilot
8 51 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
9 48 (7.73%) Serverless
10 46 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
11 34 (5.48%) Power Platform
12 33 (5.31%) Entra ID
13 32 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (4.99%) OCI
15 28 (4.51%) PaaS
16 27 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
17 25 (4.03%) Snowflake
18 21 (3.38%) dbt
19 19 (3.06%) Nutanix
20 17 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.45%) CHAP
2 4 (0.64%) 5G
2 4 (0.64%) Broadband
2 4 (0.64%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.64%) WAN
3 3 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.32%) HTTP
4 2 (0.32%) Internet
4 2 (0.32%) Network Security
4 2 (0.32%) PuTTY
4 2 (0.32%) VPN
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) Firewall
5 1 (0.16%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (5.15%) NoSQL
2 32 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 30 (4.83%) MySQL
4 25 (4.03%) Power BI
5 21 (3.38%) MongoDB
6 18 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.58%) Tableau
8 12 (1.93%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.61%) Metadata
11 8 (1.29%) MariaDB
12 7 (1.13%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
16 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 69 (11.11%) Selenium
2 57 (9.18%) JIRA
3 54 (8.70%) Jenkins
4 49 (7.89%) Git
4 49 (7.89%) TeamCity
5 37 (5.96%) Cypress.io
6 32 (5.15%) Oracle Forms
7 22 (3.54%) Postman
8 20 (3.22%) JMeter
9 18 (2.90%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.58%) WebDriver
11 14 (2.25%) SpecFlow
12 12 (1.93%) GitLab
13 10 (1.61%) JUnit
14 8 (1.29%) Storybook
15 7 (1.13%) CircleCI
15 7 (1.13%) MLflow
15 7 (1.13%) REST Assured
16 6 (0.97%) Appium
16 6 (0.97%) TestRail
General
1 256 (41.22%) Finance
2 179 (28.82%) Social Skills
3 94 (15.14%) Law
4 82 (13.20%) Banking
5 81 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (10.95%) Retail
7 65 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (7.89%) Financial Institution
8 49 (7.89%) Public Sector
9 36 (5.80%) Back Office
10 23 (3.70%) Marketing
11 17 (2.74%) Games
12 9 (1.45%) Legal
13 7 (1.13%) Automotive
14 6 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.97%) Electronics
14 6 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.81%) Billing
16 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (28.82%) Senior
2 102 (16.43%) Software Engineer
3 84 (13.53%) Lead
4 73 (11.76%) Developer
5 57 (9.18%) QA Engineer
6 46 (7.41%) Test Engineer
7 42 (6.76%) Senior Software Engineer
8 39 (6.28%) Java Engineer
9 38 (6.12%) Applications Engineer
10 36 (5.80%) Java Software Engineer
11 35 (5.64%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (5.31%) Test Automation Engineer
13 32 (5.15%) QA Automation Engineer
14 30 (4.83%) Automation Engineer
15 27 (4.35%) Senior Developer
16 25 (4.03%) Tester
17 20 (3.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (3.22%) Lead Developer
18 18 (2.90%) Analyst
19 17 (2.74%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (13.53%) RESTful
2 78 (12.56%) React
3 60 (9.66%) .NET
4 53 (8.53%) Playwright
5 51 (8.21%) REST
6 50 (8.05%) JSON
7 45 (7.25%) SOAP
8 32 (5.15%) OAuth
8 32 (5.15%) OAuth2
9 30 (4.83%) XML
10 28 (4.51%) Spring
11 27 (4.35%) Node.js
12 25 (4.03%) Lightning Web Components
13 20 (3.22%) Spring Boot
14 19 (3.06%) Next.js
15 18 (2.90%) .NET Framework
16 15 (2.42%) CSS
16 15 (2.42%) SAML
17 14 (2.25%) Entity Framework
18 13 (2.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (25.93%) Cloud Native
2 62 (9.98%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (3.54%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.38%) Mobile App
6 19 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.74%) Blog
7 17 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.09%) GNSS
9 10 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.45%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.45%) Satnav
10 9 (1.45%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.48%) Apple iOS
2 33 (5.31%) Android
3 29 (4.67%) Linux
4 11 (1.77%) Unix
5 7 (1.13%) Windows
6 4 (0.64%) CentOS
6 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.32%) Debian
7 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (53.78%) CI/CD
2 293 (47.18%) Agile
3 238 (38.33%) DevOps
4 191 (30.76%) Mentoring
5 185 (29.79%) Coaching
6 162 (26.09%) Software Engineering
7 151 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 137 (22.06%) Microservices
9 135 (21.74%) Clean Code
10 128 (20.61%) AI
11 122 (19.65%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (17.23%) Asset Management
13 100 (16.10%) Observability
14 91 (14.65%) Deployment Automation
15 89 (14.33%) Analytics
16 73 (11.76%) Fintech
17 70 (11.27%) Full-Stack Development
18 66 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
18 66 (10.63%) Test Strategy
19 63 (10.14%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 184 (29.63%) Java
2 164 (26.41%) Python
3 139 (22.38%) SQL
4 87 (14.01%) TypeScript
5 76 (12.24%) JavaScript
6 49 (7.89%) C#
7 35 (5.64%) PowerShell
8 32 (5.15%) Shell Script
9 31 (4.99%) PL/SQL
10 24 (3.86%) Apex Code
11 19 (3.06%) PHP
12 18 (2.90%) Bash
12 18 (2.90%) Bicep
13 15 (2.42%) Go
14 9 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.97%) Delphi
16 5 (0.81%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.81%) Swift
17 4 (0.64%) Perl
18 2 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (7.73%) Security Cleared
2 47 (7.57%) Degree
3 43 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.74%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.42%) CISSP
7 13 (2.09%) CEH
8 12 (1.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 10 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.61%) CISA
10 9 (1.45%) CGEIT
10 9 (1.45%) CISM
10 9 (1.45%) FFIEC
10 9 (1.45%) SANS
11 6 (0.97%) CREST Certified
11 6 (0.97%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.97%) OSCP
12 4 (0.64%) ISEB
12 4 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (24.64%) QA
2 47 (7.57%) Accessibility
3 31 (4.99%) GDPR
3 31 (4.99%) NIST
4 25 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.09%) ISO 22301
5 13 (2.09%) WCAG
6 9 (1.45%) COBIT
6 9 (1.45%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.13%) SLA
8 6 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.48%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) Section 508
11 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 65 (10.47%) Docker
2 31 (4.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 138 (22.22%) Terraform
2 110 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 65 (10.47%) Grafana
4 32 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (3.06%) Ansible
6 7 (1.13%) Argo
7 4 (0.64%) logstash
8 3 (0.48%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.32%) Control-M
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 58 (9.34%) Oracle
2 56 (9.02%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.51%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.70%) VMware
5 20 (3.22%) Databricks
6 19 (3.06%) Commvault
7 17 (2.74%) Okta
8 14 (2.25%) Ab Initio
9 8 (1.29%) SAP
9 8 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.13%) Google
11 6 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.64%) Workday
13 3 (0.48%) Amplitude
13 3 (0.48%) Foundry
13 3 (0.48%) IBM
14 2 (0.32%) Adobe
14 2 (0.32%) CheckPoint
14 2 (0.32%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.32%) Splunk