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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 70 105
Rank change year-on-year +11 +35 -53
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 738 745 943
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 5.00% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 5.28% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 406 385 732
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,450 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £68,901
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £79,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -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 15,796 14,113 30,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 94.78% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,284 23,565
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 2 June 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 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.22%) Confluence
3 8 (1.08%) Apache
3 8 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.68%) CMS
4 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.41%) Mule
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 319 (43.22%) AWS
2 229 (31.03%) Azure
3 131 (17.75%) GCP
4 92 (12.47%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (10.43%) GitHub
6 73 (9.89%) Serverless
7 67 (9.08%) SaaS
8 58 (7.86%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (5.42%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (4.07%) Power Platform
11 26 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 23 (3.12%) Azure AKS
13 22 (2.98%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.57%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.17%) Azure Event Grid
16 16 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.17%) PaaS
17 14 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.78%) Broadband
2 11 (1.49%) CHAP
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SMS
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) SSL
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (7.86%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.47%) NoSQL
4 24 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.30%) MySQL
6 15 (2.03%) BigQuery
7 14 (1.90%) Metadata
8 11 (1.49%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.49%) Power BI
8 11 (1.49%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.22%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.54%) Big Data
14 4 (0.54%) Redis
15 3 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (7.72%) TeamCity
2 53 (7.18%) Selenium
3 50 (6.78%) Git
4 45 (6.10%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.28%) GitLab
6 38 (5.15%) JIRA
7 31 (4.20%) Cypress.io
8 22 (2.98%) Postman
9 20 (2.71%) JMeter
10 16 (2.17%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.76%) Crashlytics
11 13 (1.76%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.76%) XCTest
12 12 (1.63%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.36%) WebDriver
14 9 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
15 8 (1.08%) Appium
15 8 (1.08%) JUnit
16 7 (0.95%) Claude Code
17 6 (0.81%) XCUITest
General
1 198 (26.83%) Finance
2 194 (26.29%) Social Skills
3 114 (15.45%) Banking
4 107 (14.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (13.41%) Law
6 87 (11.79%) Public Sector
7 85 (11.52%) Retail
8 52 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (6.91%) Financial Institution
10 41 (5.56%) Back Office
11 37 (5.01%) Games
12 21 (2.85%) Legal
12 21 (2.85%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.44%) Marketing
14 16 (2.17%) Electronics
15 10 (1.36%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.68%) Health Technology
18 5 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (28.46%) Senior
2 124 (16.80%) Software Engineer
3 121 (16.40%) Lead
4 85 (11.52%) Developer
5 69 (9.35%) Test Engineer
6 50 (6.78%) QA Engineer
7 49 (6.64%) Java Engineer
8 48 (6.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (5.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 37 (5.01%) Senior Developer
11 35 (4.74%) Java Software Engineer
12 32 (4.34%) Engineering Manager
12 32 (4.34%) Software Manager
13 31 (4.20%) Test Automation Engineer
14 29 (3.93%) Software Engineering Manager
15 28 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
15 28 (3.79%) QA Automation Engineer
16 27 (3.66%) Tester
17 25 (3.39%) Architect
17 25 (3.39%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.41%) React
2 63 (8.54%) Playwright
3 62 (8.40%) .NET
3 62 (8.40%) REST
4 58 (7.86%) Node.js
4 58 (7.86%) RESTful
4 58 (7.86%) Spring
5 29 (3.93%) Spring Boot
6 22 (2.98%) AngularJS
7 20 (2.71%) AWS CDK
7 20 (2.71%) JSON
7 20 (2.71%) Next.js
7 20 (2.71%) React Native
8 17 (2.30%) CSS
8 17 (2.30%) HTML
9 15 (2.03%) Kafka
10 14 (1.90%) SwiftUI
10 14 (1.90%) XML
11 13 (1.76%) UIKit
11 13 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 171 (23.17%) Cloud Native
2 99 (13.41%) Product Ownership
3 39 (5.28%) Mobile App
4 32 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.79%) Low-Code
6 27 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.12%) Public Cloud
7 23 (3.12%) Video\Live Streaming
8 20 (2.71%) Blog
9 19 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.36%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.36%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (1.22%) Podcast
14 9 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.64%) Linux
2 48 (6.50%) Apple iOS
3 38 (5.15%) Android
4 24 (3.25%) Unix
5 18 (2.44%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (56.50%) CI/CD
2 332 (44.99%) Agile
3 236 (31.98%) Mentoring
4 230 (31.17%) DevOps
5 229 (31.03%) Software Engineering
6 194 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (20.87%) Microservices
7 154 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (20.46%) Coaching
9 140 (18.97%) AI
10 132 (17.89%) Clean Code
11 127 (17.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 121 (16.40%) Observability
13 116 (15.72%) Full-Stack Development
14 96 (13.01%) Deployment Automation
15 95 (12.87%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (12.74%) Test Strategy
17 90 (12.20%) Software Testing
18 87 (11.79%) Roadmaps
19 84 (11.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 232 (31.44%) Java
2 180 (24.39%) Python
3 112 (15.18%) SQL
4 101 (13.69%) JavaScript
5 99 (13.41%) TypeScript
6 70 (9.49%) C#
7 38 (5.15%) Go
8 25 (3.39%) Bash
8 25 (3.39%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.30%) Kotlin
10 14 (1.90%) Swift
11 11 (1.49%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.08%) Bicep
13 8 (1.08%) PHP
13 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.95%) Clojure
15 6 (0.81%) C++
16 5 (0.68%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (9.08%) Security Cleared
2 64 (8.67%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.37%) Degree
4 25 (3.39%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.30%) CISSP
6 13 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.49%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.49%) CISA
7 11 (1.49%) CISM
7 11 (1.49%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.49%) SANS
8 9 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.22%) CEH
9 8 (1.08%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.08%) OSCP
10 7 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (24.39%) QA
2 67 (9.08%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.93%) GDPR
4 28 (3.79%) Data Quality
5 23 (3.12%) NIST
6 15 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.49%) COBIT
7 11 (1.49%) GRC
8 10 (1.36%) WCAG
9 9 (1.22%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.08%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.41%) PERC
14 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.14%) MiFID
14 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 76 (10.30%) Docker
2 11 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 144 (19.51%) Terraform
2 130 (17.62%) Kubernetes
3 69 (9.35%) Grafana
4 20 (2.71%) Argo
5 16 (2.17%) Ansible
6 7 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.41%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.27%) logstash
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) MIIS
10 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 67 (9.08%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.47%) Oracle
3 22 (2.98%) Databricks
4 21 (2.85%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.03%) Braze
5 15 (2.03%) VMware
6 14 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.76%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.63%) Commvault
8 12 (1.63%) SAP
9 9 (1.22%) Google
10 7 (0.95%) IFS
10 7 (0.95%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.68%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.54%) Workday
13 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.41%) Okta
13 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud