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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 73 109
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 -56
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 742 735 938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 4.79% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.07% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 400 371 709
10th Percentile £46,200 £37,500 £37,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £84,221 £82,751 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 16,294 14,504 30,743
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 94.61% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,745 8,418 23,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 June 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 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.08%) Apache
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
2 8 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) CMS
4 5 (0.67%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.40%) Mule
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 335 (45.15%) AWS
2 215 (28.98%) Azure
3 135 (18.19%) GCP
4 79 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (10.11%) Serverless
6 64 (8.63%) GitHub
6 64 (8.63%) SaaS
7 56 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
8 36 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.77%) Power Platform
10 24 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (2.70%) Azure AKS
12 19 (2.56%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (2.29%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.02%) PaaS
16 14 (1.89%) Stripe
16 14 (1.89%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 66 (8.89%) Broadband
2 11 (1.48%) CHAP
3 5 (0.67%) DNS
3 5 (0.67%) SMS
4 3 (0.40%) Firewall
4 3 (0.40%) SSL
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.13%) HTTP
6 1 (0.13%) MQTT
6 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.89%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.45%) NoSQL
4 22 (2.96%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.43%) MySQL
6 17 (2.29%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.02%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.48%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.48%) Metadata
8 11 (1.48%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.35%) Power BI
9 10 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.67%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.54%) Big Data
12 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 55 (7.41%) TeamCity
2 51 (6.87%) Selenium
3 49 (6.60%) Git
4 47 (6.33%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.26%) GitLab
6 34 (4.58%) JIRA
7 30 (4.04%) Cypress.io
8 24 (3.23%) Postman
9 21 (2.83%) JMeter
10 16 (2.16%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.89%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.89%) XCTest
12 13 (1.75%) SpecFlow
13 12 (1.62%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.35%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.08%) Appium
15 8 (1.08%) Claude Code
15 8 (1.08%) JUnit
16 7 (0.94%) XCUITest
17 6 (0.81%) MLflow
General
1 199 (26.82%) Social Skills
2 183 (24.66%) Finance
3 116 (15.63%) Banking
4 106 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (12.26%) Law
6 88 (11.86%) Public Sector
7 81 (10.92%) Retail
8 51 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.60%) Financial Institution
10 48 (6.47%) Games
11 39 (5.26%) Back Office
12 21 (2.83%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.70%) Legal
14 19 (2.56%) Marketing
15 12 (1.62%) Electronics
16 11 (1.48%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.21%) Legal Technology
18 7 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (28.57%) Senior
2 128 (17.25%) Software Engineer
3 122 (16.44%) Lead
4 88 (11.86%) Developer
5 66 (8.89%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.74%) Senior Software Engineer
7 49 (6.60%) Java Engineer
7 49 (6.60%) QA Engineer
8 39 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 36 (4.85%) Engineering Manager
9 36 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (4.72%) Java Software Engineer
11 34 (4.58%) Software Manager
12 31 (4.18%) Software Engineering Manager
12 31 (4.18%) Test Automation Engineer
13 28 (3.77%) Architect
13 28 (3.77%) Tester
14 26 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.50%) Test Leader
15 25 (3.37%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (12.94%) React
2 61 (8.22%) Node.js
2 61 (8.22%) RESTful
3 60 (8.09%) .NET
3 60 (8.09%) Playwright
3 60 (8.09%) Spring
4 59 (7.95%) REST
5 29 (3.91%) Spring Boot
6 22 (2.96%) AngularJS
6 22 (2.96%) AWS CDK
7 19 (2.56%) Next.js
8 18 (2.43%) React Native
9 16 (2.16%) CSS
9 16 (2.16%) HTML
10 15 (2.02%) JSON
10 15 (2.02%) Kafka
10 15 (2.02%) SwiftUI
11 14 (1.89%) UIKit
12 13 (1.75%) Django
12 13 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 183 (24.66%) Cloud Native
2 99 (13.34%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (5.39%) Mobile App
5 36 (4.85%) Low-Code
6 32 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 25 (3.37%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.10%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.56%) Blog
10 18 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.16%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.35%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.35%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (1.21%) Cyberattack
14 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.60%) Linux
2 46 (6.20%) Apple iOS
3 35 (4.72%) Android
4 23 (3.10%) Unix
5 20 (2.70%) Windows
6 3 (0.40%) CentOS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 330 (44.47%) Agile
3 247 (33.29%) Software Engineering
4 242 (32.61%) Mentoring
5 216 (29.11%) DevOps
6 202 (27.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 159 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (20.35%) AI
9 149 (20.08%) Microservices
10 142 (19.14%) Coaching
11 134 (18.06%) Infrastructure as Code
12 125 (16.85%) Clean Code
13 124 (16.71%) Observability
14 123 (16.58%) Full-Stack Development
15 104 (14.02%) Technical Leadership
16 97 (13.07%) Validation
17 96 (12.94%) Roadmaps
18 95 (12.80%) Deployment Automation
18 95 (12.80%) Test Strategy
19 92 (12.40%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 233 (31.40%) Java
2 191 (25.74%) Python
3 106 (14.29%) SQL
4 98 (13.21%) JavaScript
5 95 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 69 (9.30%) C#
7 49 (6.60%) Go
8 23 (3.10%) Bash
9 21 (2.83%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.43%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.02%) Swift
12 8 (1.08%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.08%) Clojure
12 8 (1.08%) PHP
13 7 (0.94%) C++
14 6 (0.81%) C
14 6 (0.81%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.67%) Ruby
16 4 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.49%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.33%) Degree
4 28 (3.77%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.29%) CISSP
6 12 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.48%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.48%) CISA
7 11 (1.48%) CISM
7 11 (1.48%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.48%) SANS
8 10 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.94%) CEH
10 7 (0.94%) CREST Certified
10 7 (0.94%) OSCP
11 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (24.12%) QA
2 71 (9.57%) Accessibility
3 30 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 27 (3.64%) GDPR
5 21 (2.83%) NIST
6 13 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.48%) COBIT
7 11 (1.48%) GRC
8 10 (1.35%) WCAG
9 8 (1.08%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.94%) ISO 22301
10 7 (0.94%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.40%) PERC
12 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.13%) ECSS
13 1 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 76 (10.24%) Docker
2 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 135 (18.19%) Terraform
2 127 (17.12%) Kubernetes
3 66 (8.89%) Grafana
4 18 (2.43%) Argo
5 16 (2.16%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.40%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.13%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 65 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.91%) Oracle
3 20 (2.70%) Databricks
4 18 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.16%) Braze
7 14 (1.89%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.75%) VMware
9 10 (1.35%) Commvault
9 10 (1.35%) Google
10 9 (1.21%) SAP
11 8 (1.08%) IFS
12 7 (0.94%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.67%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.54%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.40%) Foundry
15 3 (0.40%) Informatica
15 3 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud