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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 83 92
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 928 685 640
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.69% 4.17% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 4.45% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 428 293 366
10th Percentile £43,781 £42,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £64,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% +5.79% -2.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,130 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -7.49% +7.44% -3.20%

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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 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 18 (1.94%) Confluence
2 13 (1.40%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.40%) Mule
3 10 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.86%) Apache
5 8 (0.86%) CMS
5 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.65%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.54%) Camunda
8 5 (0.54%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.43%) WordPress
10 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.75%) Moqups
4 6 (0.65%) Simulink
5 5 (0.54%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 36 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.91%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.22%) Magento
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 EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 427 (46.01%) AWS
2 294 (31.68%) Azure
3 208 (22.41%) SaaS
4 143 (15.41%) GCP
5 87 (9.38%) GitHub
6 72 (7.76%) Amazon EKS
7 66 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (6.36%) Serverless
9 41 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
10 33 (3.56%) Power Platform
11 23 (2.48%) Amazon S3
11 23 (2.48%) Azure Functions
12 22 (2.37%) Azure AKS
12 22 (2.37%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (2.37%) GitHub Copilot
13 17 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (1.62%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.51%) Datadog
15 14 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.82%) Broadband
2 14 (1.51%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.40%) SSL
4 10 (1.08%) DNS
5 8 (0.86%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.65%) Firewall
6 6 (0.65%) Network Security
7 5 (0.54%) DHCP
7 5 (0.54%) MQTT
7 5 (0.54%) SMS
8 4 (0.43%) LAN
8 4 (0.43%) WAN
8 4 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.43%) Wireless
9 3 (0.32%) VPN
9 3 (0.32%) X.509
10 2 (0.22%) 5G
10 2 (0.22%) CHAP
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (10.13%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (5.17%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.77%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 22 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 19 (2.05%) Power BI
7 18 (1.94%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.83%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.83%) Metadata
8 17 (1.83%) MySQL
9 16 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
10 15 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.40%) Redis
12 11 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.97%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.97%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.75%) Big Data
15 7 (0.75%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 96 (10.34%) Git
2 73 (7.87%) TeamCity
3 64 (6.90%) GitLab
4 46 (4.96%) Selenium
5 45 (4.85%) Jenkins
6 36 (3.88%) Cypress.io
7 34 (3.66%) JIRA
8 29 (3.13%) Postman
9 22 (2.37%) JUnit
10 15 (1.62%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.86%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.86%) JMeter
11 8 (0.86%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.75%) Appium
13 6 (0.65%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.65%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.65%) Gatling
13 6 (0.65%) Mockito
13 6 (0.65%) Storybook
14 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 291 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 220 (23.71%) Finance
3 153 (16.49%) Law
4 143 (15.41%) Banking
5 137 (14.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 121 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
7 111 (11.96%) Public Sector
8 97 (10.45%) Retail
9 84 (9.05%) Legal
10 57 (6.14%) Financial Institution
11 56 (6.03%) Back Office
12 44 (4.74%) Marketing
13 30 (3.23%) Games
14 21 (2.26%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.16%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.16%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.94%) Electronics
17 12 (1.29%) Retail Banking
18 10 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 268 (28.88%) Senior
2 180 (19.40%) Software Engineer
3 136 (14.66%) Lead
4 115 (12.39%) Developer
5 70 (7.54%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.28%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.28%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
7 48 (5.17%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.17%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.17%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.17%) Service Manager
8 45 (4.85%) Senior Developer
9 40 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
10 38 (4.09%) Java Engineer
11 34 (3.66%) QA Engineer
11 34 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
11 34 (3.66%) Software Manager
12 33 (3.56%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 32 (3.45%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (15.52%) Terraform
2 82 (8.84%) React
3 81 (8.73%) REST
4 72 (7.76%) .NET
5 71 (7.65%) Node.js
6 65 (7.00%) Spring
7 64 (6.90%) RESTful
8 63 (6.79%) Playwright
9 53 (5.71%) Middleware
10 34 (3.66%) Spring Boot
11 31 (3.34%) CSS
12 24 (2.59%) HTML
13 23 (2.48%) AngularJS
13 23 (2.48%) Next.js
14 20 (2.16%) GraphQL
14 20 (2.16%) OAuth
15 19 (2.05%) OAuth2
15 19 (2.05%) PySpark
16 18 (1.94%) JWT
16 18 (1.94%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 211 (22.74%) Cloud Native
2 136 (14.66%) Product Ownership
3 70 (7.54%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.14%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (4.96%) Blog
7 34 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (3.66%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.56%) Low-Code
9 30 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (3.13%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.69%) Video\Live Streaming
13 18 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.72%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.51%) AI Agents
16 13 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
16 13 (1.40%) Management Information System
16 13 (1.40%) Mobile Banking
17 10 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.00%) Linux
2 43 (4.63%) Windows
3 37 (3.99%) Unix
4 29 (3.13%) Android
5 24 (2.59%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.32%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (59.16%) CI/CD
2 402 (43.32%) Software Engineering
3 382 (41.16%) Agile
4 364 (39.22%) DevOps
5 354 (38.15%) Mentoring
6 307 (33.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 247 (26.62%) AI
8 202 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
9 180 (19.40%) Coaching
10 153 (16.49%) Microservices
11 150 (16.16%) Software Testing
12 144 (15.52%) Technical Leadership
13 128 (13.79%) Test Strategy
14 124 (13.36%) Clean Code
14 124 (13.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 123 (13.25%) Validation
16 121 (13.04%) Observability
17 120 (12.93%) Infrastructure as Code
18 114 (12.28%) Deployment Automation
19 107 (11.53%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 286 (30.82%) Python
2 256 (27.59%) Java
3 180 (19.40%) JavaScript
4 161 (17.35%) TypeScript
5 152 (16.38%) C#
6 147 (15.84%) SQL
7 64 (6.90%) PowerShell
8 60 (6.47%) Go
9 30 (3.23%) Kotlin
10 26 (2.80%) Bash
11 21 (2.26%) Rust
12 18 (1.94%) C++
12 18 (1.94%) PHP
13 13 (1.40%) DataWeave
14 11 (1.19%) Bicep
15 10 (1.08%) C
16 8 (0.86%) Swift
17 6 (0.65%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.65%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 111 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 91 (9.81%) SC Cleared
3 55 (5.93%) Degree
4 53 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (5.39%) CISM
5 50 (5.39%) CISSP
6 24 (2.59%) ISTQB
7 20 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 18 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.43%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.43%) OSCP
13 3 (0.32%) CISA
13 3 (0.32%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (21.55%) QA
2 83 (8.94%) Accessibility
3 52 (5.60%) NIST
4 48 (5.17%) Data Quality
4 48 (5.17%) ISO 22301
5 19 (2.05%) WCAG
6 12 (1.29%) GDPR
7 7 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.43%) ECSS
9 4 (0.43%) SLA
9 4 (0.43%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.32%) EMIR
10 3 (0.32%) PERC
11 2 (0.22%) COBIT
11 2 (0.22%) PMO
12 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) WAI
System Software
1 117 (12.61%) Docker
2 7 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.65%) Firmware
4 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 160 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 92 (9.91%) Grafana
3 13 (1.40%) Argo
3 13 (1.40%) CloudHub
4 12 (1.29%) Ansible
5 9 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.32%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (10.02%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.02%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.37%) Google
3 22 (2.37%) Oracle
4 20 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.94%) Databricks
5 18 (1.94%) SAP
6 14 (1.51%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.29%) Pega
8 8 (0.86%) Foundry
9 7 (0.75%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.75%) Palantir
10 6 (0.65%) Braze
10 6 (0.65%) VMware
11 5 (0.54%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.54%) IFS
11 5 (0.54%) YouTube
12 4 (0.43%) Adobe
12 4 (0.43%) Sage
12 4 (0.43%) Zscaler