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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 88 70
Rank change year-on-year -6 -18 -30
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 466 636 909
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 3.22% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 3.63% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 292 363 752
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,968 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,254
Median % change year-on-year - +4.41% +3.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

All Process and 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 14,440 17,513 20,538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.05% 88.55% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,780 10,412 16,602
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,537 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% - -

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 13 November 2025.

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 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.72%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.50%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.07%) Confluence
5 4 (0.86%) Apache
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Blender
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle Smart View
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (6.22%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.72%) Shopify
4 7 (1.50%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.86%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 188 (40.34%) Azure
2 117 (25.11%) GitHub
3 115 (24.68%) AWS
4 110 (23.61%) Azure DevOps
5 70 (15.02%) SaaS
6 41 (8.80%) GitHub Copilot
7 36 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
7 36 (7.73%) Serverless
8 34 (7.30%) PaaS
9 27 (5.79%) GCP
10 25 (5.36%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.94%) OCI
11 23 (4.94%) Power Platform
12 20 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (4.08%) Snowflake
14 16 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (3.22%) dbt
16 14 (3.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.43%) 5G
1 16 (3.43%) SD-WAN
1 16 (3.43%) WAN
2 7 (1.50%) HTTP
3 5 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.86%) Internet
4 4 (0.86%) VPN
5 3 (0.64%) Firewall
6 2 (0.43%) Broadband
6 2 (0.43%) CHAP
6 2 (0.43%) Network Security
6 2 (0.43%) RFID
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.36%) MySQL
2 25 (5.36%) NoSQL
3 19 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.86%) Power BI
5 17 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.79%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.58%) Tableau
8 11 (2.36%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.93%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.29%) QGIS
12 5 (1.07%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.86%) Essbase
13 4 (0.86%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.64%) Metadata
14 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 67 (14.38%) Selenium
2 52 (11.16%) Git
2 52 (11.16%) JIRA
3 47 (10.09%) Cypress.io
4 45 (9.66%) Jenkins
5 27 (5.79%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (4.94%) TeamCity
7 17 (3.65%) Postman
8 12 (2.58%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.58%) JUnit
9 10 (2.15%) GitLab
10 9 (1.93%) WebDriver
11 8 (1.72%) JMeter
12 7 (1.50%) Appium
13 4 (0.86%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.86%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.86%) TestRail
13 4 (0.86%) webpack
14 3 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
General
1 157 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 154 (33.05%) Finance
3 68 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (12.66%) Law
5 49 (10.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (7.08%) Back Office
7 31 (6.65%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.01%) Banking
9 24 (5.15%) Retail
10 20 (4.29%) Financial Institution
10 20 (4.29%) Legal
11 12 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.15%) Automotive
13 9 (1.93%) Marketing
14 8 (1.72%) Front Office
14 8 (1.72%) Local Government
15 7 (1.50%) Games
16 6 (1.29%) Military
16 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (26.61%) Senior
2 108 (23.18%) Developer
3 82 (17.60%) Lead
4 44 (9.44%) Software Engineer
5 35 (7.51%) Senior Developer
6 30 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 29 (6.22%) QA Engineer
8 27 (5.79%) Applications Engineer
9 25 (5.36%) Lead Developer
10 23 (4.94%) Analyst
11 22 (4.72%) Test Engineer
12 21 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
13 20 (4.29%) SaaS Developer
13 20 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 20 (4.29%) Test Automation Engineer
14 19 (4.08%) Tester
15 17 (3.65%) QA Automation Engineer
16 15 (3.22%) DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.22%) Python Developer
16 15 (3.22%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (13.95%) RESTful
2 58 (12.45%) .NET
3 57 (12.23%) React
4 44 (9.44%) JSON
4 44 (9.44%) Playwright
5 35 (7.51%) CSS
5 35 (7.51%) XML
6 33 (7.08%) HTML
7 31 (6.65%) Node.js
8 30 (6.44%) REST
9 28 (6.01%) SOAP
10 23 (4.94%) OAuth
11 21 (4.51%) OAuth2
12 20 (4.29%) Next.js
13 17 (3.65%) .NET Framework
13 17 (3.65%) Spring
14 16 (3.43%) Jest
15 15 (3.22%) GraphQL
16 13 (2.79%) Entity Framework
17 11 (2.36%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 102 (21.89%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.79%) Product Ownership
4 25 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.86%) Mobile App
7 16 (3.43%) Self-Driving Car
8 14 (3.00%) GNSS
9 12 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.58%) NHS
10 11 (2.36%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.72%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 7 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.29%) Low-Code
14 5 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.07%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.72%) Linux
2 16 (3.43%) Windows
3 9 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.50%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.07%) Android
5 5 (1.07%) Unix
6 2 (0.43%) CentOS
6 2 (0.43%) Solaris
6 2 (0.43%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (53.65%) CI/CD
2 248 (53.22%) Agile
3 200 (42.92%) DevOps
4 141 (30.26%) Mentoring
5 135 (28.97%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (21.67%) Coaching
7 92 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (17.81%) Software Engineering
9 81 (17.38%) AI
10 79 (16.95%) Microservices
11 75 (16.09%) Clean Code
12 72 (15.45%) Analytics
13 69 (14.81%) Asset Management
14 59 (12.66%) SDLC
15 54 (11.59%) Observability
15 54 (11.59%) Sprint Planning
16 53 (11.37%) Computer Science
17 48 (10.30%) Sprint Retrospective
18 47 (10.09%) ERP
19 46 (9.87%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 142 (30.47%) Python
2 124 (26.61%) SQL
3 108 (23.18%) Java
4 84 (18.03%) C#
5 75 (16.09%) JavaScript
6 55 (11.80%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.01%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.58%) Shell Script
9 25 (5.36%) PHP
10 23 (4.94%) PL/SQL
11 19 (4.08%) C++
12 15 (3.22%) C
13 12 (2.58%) MATLAB
14 11 (2.36%) Bicep
15 10 (2.15%) Bash
16 8 (1.72%) Apex Code
17 7 (1.50%) Go
18 6 (1.29%) Delphi
19 5 (1.07%) Groovy
19 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (14.59%) Degree
2 44 (9.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 29 (6.22%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.58%) ISTQB
6 12 (2.58%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.86%) CEH
10 4 (0.86%) ISEB
11 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.64%) CISA
12 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.43%) CGEIT
12 2 (0.43%) CISM
12 2 (0.43%) CISSP
12 2 (0.43%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (21.67%) QA
2 42 (9.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (7.73%) Accessibility
4 19 (4.08%) NIST
5 16 (3.43%) ISO 9001
6 14 (3.00%) GDPR
7 11 (2.36%) Data Quality
8 10 (2.15%) NCSC
9 9 (1.93%) WCAG
10 7 (1.50%) SLA
11 4 (0.86%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.64%) GRC
13 2 (0.43%) COBIT
14 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.21%) Section 508
14 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 46 (9.87%) Docker
2 25 (5.36%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.50%) vSphere
5 2 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) KVM
6 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (15.67%) Terraform
2 46 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.58%) Grafana
4 23 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (3.43%) Ansible
6 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.43%) Control-M
7 2 (0.43%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.21%) CFEngine
8 1 (0.21%) Nessus
8 1 (0.21%) Packer
8 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.58%) Oracle
3 16 (3.43%) Apple
3 16 (3.43%) VMware
4 14 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.79%) Databricks
5 13 (2.79%) Google
5 13 (2.79%) Okta
6 7 (1.50%) Ab Initio
7 6 (1.29%) Commvault
8 5 (1.07%) iManage
8 5 (1.07%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.86%) Hyperion
9 4 (0.86%) IBM
10 3 (0.64%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.64%) Foundry
10 3 (0.64%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.64%) Qualys
10 3 (0.64%) Siebel
11 2 (0.43%) Intapp