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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 84 111
Rank change year-on-year +21 +27 -52
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 875 703 694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.82% 4.24% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 4.56% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 400 333 517
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,000 £80,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 20 August 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 9 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.91%) Apache
6 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.57%) CMS
8 4 (0.46%) Camunda
8 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.57%) Moqups
3 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.46%) Simulink
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.09%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 416 (47.54%) AWS
2 269 (30.74%) Azure
3 179 (20.46%) SaaS
4 132 (15.09%) GCP
5 74 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (7.66%) Serverless
7 66 (7.54%) GitHub
8 48 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.43%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.29%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.06%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (1.60%) Datadog
15 14 (1.60%) Figma
15 14 (1.60%) TestFlight
16 13 (1.49%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.37%) PaaS
17 12 (1.37%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 72 (8.23%) Broadband
2 13 (1.49%) SSL
3 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.14%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) CHAP
5 6 (0.69%) Firewall
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 89 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (6.63%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.97%) NoSQL
5 21 (2.40%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.06%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.49%) Power BI
9 12 (1.37%) Metadata
9 12 (1.37%) MySQL
10 10 (1.14%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.14%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 6 (0.69%) Redis
15 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (9.03%) Git
2 54 (6.17%) Selenium
3 53 (6.06%) Jenkins
4 52 (5.94%) TeamCity
5 51 (5.83%) GitLab
6 37 (4.23%) Cypress.io
7 33 (3.77%) JIRA
8 27 (3.09%) Postman
9 17 (1.94%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.83%) JMeter
11 14 (1.60%) JUnit
12 12 (1.37%) Crashlytics
12 12 (1.37%) XCTest
13 10 (1.14%) Bitbucket
13 10 (1.14%) SpecFlow
14 9 (1.03%) Gatling
15 7 (0.80%) Appium
15 7 (0.80%) NUnit
15 7 (0.80%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.80%) TestRail
General
1 283 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 176 (20.11%) Finance
3 143 (16.34%) Law
4 113 (12.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (11.77%) Banking
6 95 (10.86%) Public Sector
7 90 (10.29%) Legal
8 88 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
9 75 (8.57%) Retail
10 47 (5.37%) Financial Institution
11 44 (5.03%) Marketing
12 43 (4.91%) Back Office
12 43 (4.91%) Games
13 25 (2.86%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.29%) Electronics
15 17 (1.94%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.49%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
18 9 (1.03%) Legal Technology
19 8 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 254 (29.03%) Senior
2 151 (17.26%) Lead
3 127 (14.51%) Software Engineer
4 111 (12.69%) Developer
5 56 (6.40%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.71%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.60%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.49%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.49%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.49%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.49%) Service Manager
9 42 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 41 (4.69%) Engineering Manager
10 41 (4.69%) Software Manager
11 40 (4.57%) Senior Developer
12 37 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 36 (4.11%) Software Engineering Manager
14 35 (4.00%) QA Engineer
14 35 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
15 34 (3.89%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (14.29%) Terraform
2 113 (12.91%) React
3 77 (8.80%) REST
4 71 (8.11%) Node.js
5 67 (7.66%) Spring
6 64 (7.31%) Playwright
7 61 (6.97%) .NET
8 53 (6.06%) RESTful
9 50 (5.71%) Middleware
10 32 (3.66%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.31%) AngularJS
12 24 (2.74%) CSS
12 24 (2.74%) Next.js
13 21 (2.40%) AWS CDK
13 21 (2.40%) Django
14 19 (2.17%) React Native
15 18 (2.06%) HTML
16 17 (1.94%) OAuth
17 16 (1.83%) JWT
17 16 (1.83%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 172 (19.66%) Cloud Native
2 127 (14.51%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.86%) Distributed Systems
4 59 (6.74%) Cyber Threat
5 57 (6.51%) Virtual Team
6 44 (5.03%) Mobile App
7 39 (4.46%) Low-Code
8 37 (4.23%) Blog
9 32 (3.66%) Video\Live Streaming
10 30 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (3.31%) Public Cloud
12 27 (3.09%) Marketing Technology
13 26 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.60%) Algorithms
16 13 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
16 13 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
18 11 (1.26%) Cyberattack
18 11 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.43%) Linux
2 40 (4.57%) Windows
3 32 (3.66%) Apple iOS
4 31 (3.54%) Unix
5 27 (3.09%) Android
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (57.37%) CI/CD
2 398 (45.49%) Agile
3 337 (38.51%) DevOps
4 335 (38.29%) Software Engineering
5 324 (37.03%) Mentoring
6 299 (34.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (23.77%) AI
8 192 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
9 146 (16.69%) Software Testing
10 145 (16.57%) Coaching
11 141 (16.11%) Microservices
12 138 (15.77%) Test Strategy
13 135 (15.43%) Infrastructure as Code
14 133 (15.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 131 (14.97%) Full-Stack Development
16 126 (14.40%) Observability
16 126 (14.40%) Technical Leadership
17 114 (13.03%) Clean Code
18 111 (12.69%) Decision-Making
19 108 (12.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 260 (29.71%) Python
2 227 (25.94%) Java
3 172 (19.66%) JavaScript
4 149 (17.03%) TypeScript
5 134 (15.31%) C#
6 107 (12.23%) SQL
7 64 (7.31%) PowerShell
8 50 (5.71%) Go
9 23 (2.63%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.40%) Bash
11 15 (1.71%) C++
11 15 (1.71%) Swift
12 13 (1.49%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.37%) PHP
14 10 (1.14%) C
15 9 (1.03%) Rust
16 8 (0.91%) Clojure
17 5 (0.57%) Scala
17 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.46%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 87 (9.94%) Security Cleared
2 70 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.86%) ITIL Certification
4 56 (6.40%) Degree
5 54 (6.17%) CISM
5 54 (6.17%) CISSP
6 25 (2.86%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.71%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.80%) CISA
9 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.69%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.69%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.69%) SANS
11 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.46%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (25.37%) QA
2 78 (8.91%) Accessibility
3 60 (6.86%) NIST
4 51 (5.83%) ISO 22301
5 36 (4.11%) Data Quality
6 18 (2.06%) GDPR
7 16 (1.83%) WCAG
8 12 (1.37%) GRC
9 11 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.69%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 103 (11.77%) Docker
2 10 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.57%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 132 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 64 (7.31%) Grafana
3 19 (2.17%) Ansible
4 16 (1.83%) Argo
5 13 (1.49%) CloudHub
6 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 76 (8.69%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.97%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.74%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.51%) Oracle
5 20 (2.29%) Databricks
6 15 (1.71%) SAP
7 14 (1.60%) Braze
7 14 (1.60%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.37%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.37%) Pega
9 11 (1.26%) VMware
10 9 (1.03%) Google
11 8 (0.91%) IFS
12 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.46%) Commvault
13 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.34%) HP
14 3 (0.34%) Informatica
14 3 (0.34%) Red Hat