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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 70 89
Rank change year-on-year +15 +19 -40
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 669 560 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.88% 4.33% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 4.57% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 373 444 783
10th Percentile £45,250 £37,716 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,839 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% +6.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £71,991
90th Percentile £101,000 £98,474 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 14,365 12,253 29,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.40% 94.79% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,024 8,885 23,521
10th Percentile £31,788 £32,500 £33,769
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £42,500
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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 April 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 8 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (0.90%) Confluence
2 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.75%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.45%) nginx
5 3 (0.45%) WordPress
6 2 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (2.39%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 262 (39.16%) Azure
2 252 (37.67%) AWS
3 132 (19.73%) GitHub
4 119 (17.79%) Azure DevOps
4 119 (17.79%) GCP
5 72 (10.76%) SaaS
6 64 (9.57%) Serverless
7 57 (8.52%) Amazon EKS
8 54 (8.07%) GitHub Copilot
9 47 (7.03%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (4.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (4.48%) Entra ID
12 29 (4.33%) Power Platform
13 24 (3.59%) Azure Event Grid
14 21 (3.14%) PaaS
15 20 (2.99%) Nutanix
16 18 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (2.69%) Snowflake
17 17 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (2.39%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.69%) Broadband
2 12 (1.79%) CHAP
3 3 (0.45%) DNS
3 3 (0.45%) Firewall
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
4 2 (0.30%) Internet
4 2 (0.30%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) Multicast
5 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.38%) NoSQL
3 32 (4.78%) SQL Server
4 30 (4.48%) MongoDB
5 19 (2.84%) MySQL
6 18 (2.69%) Power BI
7 14 (2.09%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.64%) Metadata
10 8 (1.20%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.20%) Tableau
11 7 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.90%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.90%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.60%) Redis
13 4 (0.60%) Spark SQL
14 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.45%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 65 (9.72%) Selenium
2 55 (8.22%) TeamCity
3 52 (7.77%) JIRA
4 51 (7.62%) Git
5 45 (6.73%) Jenkins
6 37 (5.53%) Cypress.io
7 21 (3.14%) JMeter
7 21 (3.14%) Postman
8 18 (2.69%) GitLab
9 17 (2.54%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.39%) Oracle Forms
11 15 (2.24%) SpecFlow
12 12 (1.79%) WebDriver
13 10 (1.49%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.35%) Crashlytics
14 9 (1.35%) XCTest
15 8 (1.20%) Storybook
15 8 (1.20%) TestRail
16 7 (1.05%) Locust
16 7 (1.05%) MLflow
General
1 245 (36.62%) Finance
2 188 (28.10%) Social Skills
3 105 (15.70%) Law
4 102 (15.25%) Banking
5 87 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (10.76%) Retail
7 63 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (8.22%) Financial Institution
9 53 (7.92%) Public Sector
10 41 (6.13%) Back Office
11 23 (3.44%) Marketing
12 22 (3.29%) Games
13 18 (2.69%) Legal
14 12 (1.79%) Electronics
15 11 (1.64%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.75%) Front Office
18 5 (0.75%) Investment Banking
19 4 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 186 (27.80%) Senior
2 119 (17.79%) Software Engineer
3 95 (14.20%) Lead
4 76 (11.36%) Developer
5 58 (8.67%) QA Engineer
6 53 (7.92%) Test Engineer
7 50 (7.47%) Senior Software Engineer
8 45 (6.73%) Java Engineer
9 38 (5.68%) Java Software Engineer
10 32 (4.78%) Senior Developer
11 31 (4.63%) Automation Engineer
11 31 (4.63%) QA Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 28 (4.19%) Test Automation Engineer
14 25 (3.74%) Tester
15 23 (3.44%) Applications Engineer
16 20 (2.99%) Lead Developer
16 20 (2.99%) Senior Test Engineer
17 19 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
18 18 (2.69%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (16.89%) React
2 66 (9.87%) .NET
3 65 (9.72%) REST
4 63 (9.42%) RESTful
5 60 (8.97%) Playwright
6 39 (5.83%) Spring
7 38 (5.68%) JSON
8 35 (5.23%) Node.js
9 30 (4.48%) SOAP
10 25 (3.74%) Spring Boot
11 23 (3.44%) Lightning Web Components
11 23 (3.44%) OAuth
12 22 (3.29%) OAuth2
12 22 (3.29%) React Native
12 22 (3.29%) XML
13 21 (3.14%) Next.js
14 19 (2.84%) CSS
14 19 (2.84%) Django
14 19 (2.84%) HTML
15 18 (2.69%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 155 (23.17%) Cloud Native
2 83 (12.41%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.23%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.69%) Blog
6 18 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.54%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.64%) GNSS
13 10 (1.49%) Satnav
14 9 (1.35%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.35%) Podcast
14 9 (1.35%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.73%) Apple iOS
2 37 (5.53%) Android
2 37 (5.53%) Linux
3 12 (1.79%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) CentOS
4 4 (0.60%) Windows
5 2 (0.30%) Debian
5 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (53.81%) CI/CD
2 307 (45.89%) Agile
3 238 (35.58%) DevOps
4 200 (29.90%) Software Engineering
5 188 (28.10%) Mentoring
6 178 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (25.41%) Coaching
8 154 (23.02%) Microservices
9 138 (20.63%) Clean Code
10 136 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
11 135 (20.18%) AI
12 109 (16.29%) Observability
13 106 (15.84%) Full-Stack Development
14 99 (14.80%) Deployment Automation
15 93 (13.90%) Infrastructure as Code
16 89 (13.30%) Test Strategy
17 81 (12.11%) Analytics
18 79 (11.81%) Asset Management
19 76 (11.36%) Fintech
19 76 (11.36%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 190 (28.40%) Java
2 173 (25.86%) Python
3 125 (18.68%) SQL
4 102 (15.25%) TypeScript
5 94 (14.05%) JavaScript
6 58 (8.67%) C#
7 34 (5.08%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.29%) Apex Code
8 22 (3.29%) Go
9 18 (2.69%) Bash
9 18 (2.69%) Shell Script
10 17 (2.54%) Bicep
11 16 (2.39%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.79%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.64%) Swift
14 9 (1.35%) PHP
14 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.90%) Delphi
16 5 (0.75%) Ruby
17 4 (0.60%) Perl
Qualifications
1 49 (7.32%) Degree
2 44 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 40 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.29%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.69%) CISSP
6 17 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.09%) CEH
9 13 (1.94%) CISA
9 13 (1.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 12 (1.79%) CGEIT
10 12 (1.79%) CISM
10 12 (1.79%) FFIEC
10 12 (1.79%) SANS
11 10 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.90%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.90%) OSCP
14 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (24.96%) QA
2 54 (8.07%) Accessibility
3 34 (5.08%) NIST
4 32 (4.78%) GDPR
5 25 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.24%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.09%) ISO 22301
8 13 (1.94%) WCAG
9 12 (1.79%) COBIT
10 10 (1.49%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.05%) GRC
12 6 (0.90%) Software Quality Assurance
13 5 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.30%) NCSC
15 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 74 (11.06%) Docker
2 19 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 135 (20.18%) Terraform
2 127 (18.98%) Kubernetes
3 74 (11.06%) Grafana
4 17 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (2.39%) Ansible
6 8 (1.20%) Argo
7 4 (0.60%) logstash
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.30%) MIIS
8 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 57 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.28%) Oracle
3 25 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.59%) Databricks
5 21 (3.14%) VMware
6 20 (2.99%) Commvault
7 11 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.49%) Ab Initio
9 9 (1.35%) Amplitude
9 9 (1.35%) Braze
10 8 (1.20%) Okta
10 8 (1.20%) SAP
11 7 (1.05%) Google
12 6 (0.90%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.60%) Workday
14 3 (0.45%) Foundry
15 2 (0.30%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.30%) Facebook
15 2 (0.30%) Splunk
15 2 (0.30%) webMethods