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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 78 106
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 -52
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 818 759 890
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 4.61% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 4.93% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 413 375 683
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,800 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £103,250 £77,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 17,578 15,394 28,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.48% 88.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 9,111 21,964
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 July 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 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.98%) Anypoint
3 8 (0.98%) Apache
3 8 (0.98%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) Mule
4 7 (0.86%) CMS
5 5 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.49%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) Camunda
7 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.24%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.49%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.49%) Simulink
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 406 (49.63%) AWS
2 250 (30.56%) Azure
3 145 (17.73%) GCP
4 126 (15.40%) SaaS
5 77 (9.41%) Serverless
6 74 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (7.95%) GitHub
8 61 (7.46%) Amazon EKS
9 38 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.30%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.44%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (2.08%) Amazon S3
14 17 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.83%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.83%) PaaS
16 14 (1.71%) Firebase
16 14 (1.71%) Stripe
16 14 (1.71%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 70 (8.56%) Broadband
2 8 (0.98%) SSL
3 7 (0.86%) CHAP
4 6 (0.73%) DNS
5 5 (0.61%) SMS
6 4 (0.49%) Firewall
6 4 (0.49%) MQTT
6 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.37%) Network Security
7 3 (0.37%) VPN
7 3 (0.37%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) DHCP
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) WAN
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (8.31%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.16%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.06%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.44%) MySQL
6 17 (2.08%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.83%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.59%) Metadata
8 13 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.34%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.34%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.22%) Power BI
11 7 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.61%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.49%) Big Data
13 4 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.49%) Redis
14 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 62 (7.58%) TeamCity
2 57 (6.97%) Git
3 54 (6.60%) Selenium
4 48 (5.87%) Jenkins
5 38 (4.65%) GitLab
6 31 (3.79%) Cypress.io
7 26 (3.18%) JIRA
8 25 (3.06%) Postman
9 23 (2.81%) JMeter
10 17 (2.08%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.83%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.71%) Crashlytics
12 14 (1.71%) XCTest
13 10 (1.22%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.10%) WebDriver
15 8 (0.98%) Claude Code
15 8 (0.98%) JUnit
16 7 (0.86%) TestRail
16 7 (0.86%) XCUITest
17 6 (0.73%) Zephyr
General
1 213 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 175 (21.39%) Finance
3 153 (18.70%) Law
4 117 (14.30%) Banking
5 115 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (12.59%) Public Sector
7 87 (10.64%) Retail
8 53 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (6.11%) Financial Institution
10 46 (5.62%) Games
11 45 (5.50%) Back Office
11 45 (5.50%) Legal
12 23 (2.81%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.32%) Marketing
14 13 (1.59%) Electronics
15 11 (1.34%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.10%) Legal Technology
17 8 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 242 (29.58%) Senior
2 139 (16.99%) Software Engineer
3 137 (16.75%) Lead
4 102 (12.47%) Developer
5 58 (7.09%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.11%) Java Engineer
7 47 (5.75%) Senior Software Engineer
8 42 (5.13%) Senior Developer
9 41 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 39 (4.77%) Engineering Manager
10 39 (4.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 39 (4.77%) QA Engineer
11 36 (4.40%) Software Manager
12 35 (4.28%) Java Software Engineer
13 33 (4.03%) Software Engineering Manager
14 31 (3.79%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (3.55%) Resilience Manager
15 29 (3.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 29 (3.55%) Service Manager
15 29 (3.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (12.35%) React
2 66 (8.07%) Node.js
3 64 (7.82%) .NET
4 63 (7.70%) Playwright
4 63 (7.70%) Spring
5 61 (7.46%) RESTful
6 58 (7.09%) REST
7 33 (4.03%) Middleware
8 32 (3.91%) Spring Boot
9 27 (3.30%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.69%) AWS CDK
11 19 (2.32%) Next.js
12 18 (2.20%) React Native
13 17 (2.08%) CSS
13 17 (2.08%) HTML
14 15 (1.83%) Django
14 15 (1.83%) Kafka
15 14 (1.71%) SwiftUI
15 14 (1.71%) UIKit
16 12 (1.47%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 189 (23.11%) Cloud Native
2 111 (13.57%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (4.89%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (4.89%) Mobile App
5 38 (4.65%) Low-Code
6 34 (4.16%) Virtual Team
7 33 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (3.91%) Video\Live Streaming
9 27 (3.30%) Public Cloud
10 22 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (2.44%) Blog
12 19 (2.32%) Management Information System
13 17 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.59%) Onboarding
15 12 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (1.34%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
17 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
18 9 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.46%) Linux
2 39 (4.77%) Apple iOS
3 35 (4.28%) Windows
4 32 (3.91%) Unix
5 29 (3.55%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (57.70%) CI/CD
2 377 (46.09%) Agile
3 307 (37.53%) Mentoring
4 297 (36.31%) Software Engineering
5 293 (35.82%) DevOps
6 240 (29.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 171 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (20.17%) Microservices
9 159 (19.44%) AI
10 154 (18.83%) Coaching
11 144 (17.60%) Infrastructure as Code
12 133 (16.26%) Full-Stack Development
13 127 (15.53%) Observability
14 126 (15.40%) Clean Code
15 124 (15.16%) Software Testing
16 111 (13.57%) Technical Leadership
16 111 (13.57%) Test Strategy
17 107 (13.08%) Deployment Automation
18 104 (12.71%) Validation
19 97 (11.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 246 (30.07%) Java
2 226 (27.63%) Python
3 138 (16.87%) JavaScript
4 117 (14.30%) TypeScript
5 112 (13.69%) SQL
6 101 (12.35%) C#
7 48 (5.87%) Go
8 47 (5.75%) PowerShell
9 25 (3.06%) Bash
10 19 (2.32%) Kotlin
11 14 (1.71%) Swift
12 12 (1.47%) PHP
13 10 (1.22%) C++
14 8 (0.98%) C
14 8 (0.98%) Clojure
14 8 (0.98%) DataWeave
15 6 (0.73%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.73%) Rust
16 5 (0.61%) Ruby
16 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 67 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.60%) Degree
4 42 (5.13%) CISSP
5 41 (5.01%) ITIL Certification
6 36 (4.40%) CISM
7 27 (3.30%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.86%) CGEIT
9 7 (0.86%) CISA
9 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.86%) FFIEC
9 7 (0.86%) SANS
10 6 (0.73%) CEH
10 6 (0.73%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.73%) OSCP
11 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (24.21%) QA
2 67 (8.19%) Accessibility
3 45 (5.50%) NIST
4 35 (4.28%) ISO 22301
5 34 (4.16%) Data Quality
6 22 (2.69%) GDPR
7 12 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.34%) GRC
9 10 (1.22%) WCAG
10 7 (0.86%) COBIT
11 5 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.37%) ECSS
13 3 (0.37%) PERC
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.12%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 82 (10.02%) Docker
2 10 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 139 (16.99%) Terraform
2 137 (16.75%) Kubernetes
3 73 (8.92%) Grafana
4 18 (2.20%) Argo
5 17 (2.08%) Ansible
6 8 (0.98%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) MIIS
10 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.12%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.30%) Oracle
3 24 (2.93%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.57%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.08%) Databricks
6 16 (1.96%) Braze
7 14 (1.71%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.59%) VMware
9 12 (1.47%) Pega
10 11 (1.34%) Google
11 10 (1.22%) SAP
12 9 (1.10%) Commvault
12 9 (1.10%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.98%) IFS
14 5 (0.61%) dotdigital
15 4 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.49%) HubSpot
16 3 (0.37%) Foundry
16 3 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 3 (0.37%) Xilinx