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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 85 94
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 890 682 688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 4.05% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.32% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 411 293 398
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,241 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -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 20,204 15,782 19,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.97% 93.81% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 8,452 11,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,243
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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 1 October 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 17 (1.91%) Confluence
2 13 (1.46%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.46%) Mule
3 9 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.79%) Apache
4 7 (0.79%) CMS
4 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.56%) Camunda
7 4 (0.45%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.79%) Moqups
4 6 (0.67%) Simulink
5 5 (0.56%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.03%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.22%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 413 (46.40%) AWS
2 277 (31.12%) Azure
3 198 (22.25%) SaaS
4 140 (15.73%) GCP
5 70 (7.87%) Amazon EKS
6 68 (7.64%) GitHub
7 65 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (6.40%) Serverless
9 38 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (3.48%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (2.70%) Azure AKS
13 20 (2.25%) Azure Functions
14 19 (2.13%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
16 14 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.57%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.07%) Broadband
2 14 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.46%) SSL
4 9 (1.01%) DNS
5 8 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.56%) DHCP
6 5 (0.56%) Firewall
6 5 (0.56%) MQTT
6 5 (0.56%) Network Security
6 5 (0.56%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) LAN
7 4 (0.45%) WAN
7 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.45%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) CHAP
8 3 (0.34%) X.509
9 2 (0.22%) 5G
9 2 (0.22%) HTTP
9 2 (0.22%) Profibus
9 2 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.11%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (5.73%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.81%) Relational Database
5 22 (2.47%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.02%) BigQuery
7 17 (1.91%) Power BI
8 16 (1.80%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.80%) Semantic Layer
9 15 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
9 15 (1.69%) Metadata
10 14 (1.57%) Redis
11 13 (1.46%) MySQL
12 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.79%) Big Data
15 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 92 (10.34%) Git
2 70 (7.87%) TeamCity
3 63 (7.08%) GitLab
4 49 (5.51%) Selenium
5 45 (5.06%) Jenkins
6 35 (3.93%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.48%) JIRA
8 29 (3.26%) Postman
9 18 (2.02%) JUnit
10 13 (1.46%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.01%) JMeter
12 8 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.90%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.79%) Appium
14 6 (0.67%) Gatling
14 6 (0.67%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.67%) Storybook
15 5 (0.56%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.56%) XCTest
General
1 278 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 199 (22.36%) Finance
3 152 (17.08%) Law
4 133 (14.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (14.49%) Banking
6 115 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
7 110 (12.36%) Public Sector
8 97 (10.90%) Retail
9 86 (9.66%) Legal
10 56 (6.29%) Financial Institution
11 54 (6.07%) Back Office
12 44 (4.94%) Marketing
13 30 (3.37%) Games
14 25 (2.81%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.25%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.25%) Electronics
16 19 (2.13%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (1.12%) Investment Banking
19 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 246 (27.64%) Senior
2 154 (17.30%) Software Engineer
3 142 (15.96%) Lead
4 99 (11.12%) Developer
5 67 (7.53%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 49 (5.51%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.51%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.39%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.39%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.39%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.39%) Service Manager
9 37 (4.16%) Senior DevOps
10 36 (4.04%) Java Engineer
10 36 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 36 (4.04%) Software Manager
11 34 (3.82%) Engineering Manager
12 33 (3.71%) QA Engineer
13 32 (3.60%) Senior Developer
14 31 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (15.62%) Terraform
2 87 (9.78%) React
3 71 (7.98%) REST
4 70 (7.87%) Node.js
5 65 (7.30%) Spring
6 63 (7.08%) .NET
7 60 (6.74%) Playwright
8 57 (6.40%) RESTful
9 52 (5.84%) Middleware
10 31 (3.48%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.26%) CSS
12 28 (3.15%) AngularJS
13 23 (2.58%) Next.js
14 21 (2.36%) HTML
15 20 (2.25%) OAuth
16 18 (2.02%) GraphQL
16 18 (2.02%) OAuth2
17 17 (1.91%) JWT
18 16 (1.80%) .NET Core
18 16 (1.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 199 (22.36%) Cloud Native
2 133 (14.94%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.40%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.84%) Cyber Threat
6 45 (5.06%) Blog
7 37 (4.16%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.71%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (3.26%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.03%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.81%) Video\Live Streaming
13 20 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
16 13 (1.46%) AI Agents
17 10 (1.12%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.12%) Management Information System
17 10 (1.12%) Onboarding
17 10 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.30%) Linux
2 47 (5.28%) Windows
3 37 (4.16%) Unix
4 31 (3.48%) Android
5 28 (3.15%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.22%) CentOS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (59.21%) CI/CD
2 375 (42.13%) Agile
3 367 (41.24%) Software Engineering
4 350 (39.33%) DevOps
5 349 (39.21%) Mentoring
6 295 (33.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 220 (24.72%) AI
8 196 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
9 175 (19.66%) Coaching
10 149 (16.74%) Microservices
11 147 (16.52%) Software Testing
12 140 (15.73%) Technical Leadership
13 130 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 130 (14.61%) Test Strategy
14 121 (13.60%) Clean Code
14 121 (13.60%) Validation
15 119 (13.37%) Infrastructure as Code
15 119 (13.37%) Observability
16 108 (12.13%) Deployment Automation
17 105 (11.80%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 264 (29.66%) Python
2 243 (27.30%) Java
3 168 (18.88%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.18%) C#
4 144 (16.18%) TypeScript
5 127 (14.27%) SQL
6 64 (7.19%) PowerShell
7 46 (5.17%) Go
8 24 (2.70%) Bash
9 22 (2.47%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.91%) C++
11 13 (1.46%) DataWeave
11 13 (1.46%) Rust
12 12 (1.35%) PHP
13 10 (1.12%) C
14 9 (1.01%) Bicep
14 9 (1.01%) Swift
15 8 (0.90%) Clojure
16 6 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 102 (11.46%) Security Cleared
2 80 (8.99%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.07%) Degree
4 53 (5.96%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (5.73%) CISM
5 51 (5.73%) CISSP
6 29 (3.26%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.56%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.56%) OSCP
12 4 (0.45%) CISA
12 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
13 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (22.02%) QA
2 79 (8.88%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.96%) NIST
4 48 (5.39%) ISO 22301
5 46 (5.17%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.25%) WCAG
7 14 (1.57%) GDPR
8 8 (0.90%) GRC
9 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.45%) ECSS
10 4 (0.45%) SLA
10 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.34%) COBIT
11 3 (0.34%) EMIR
11 3 (0.34%) PERC
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 102 (11.46%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 153 (17.19%) Kubernetes
2 86 (9.66%) Grafana
3 16 (1.80%) Argo
4 13 (1.46%) Ansible
4 13 (1.46%) CloudHub
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 85 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.81%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.58%) Oracle
4 20 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.91%) SAP
6 16 (1.80%) Databricks
7 15 (1.69%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.35%) Google
8 12 (1.35%) Pega
9 8 (0.90%) IFS
10 7 (0.79%) Braze
10 7 (0.79%) VMware
11 6 (0.67%) Foundry
11 6 (0.67%) Palantir
12 5 (0.56%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.56%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.45%) YouTube
13 4 (0.45%) Zscaler