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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 79 104
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 -40
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 870 699 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 4.25% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 4.57% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 392 326 495
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,500
25th Percentile £51,055 £48,125 £46,278
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 £82,751 £71,991
90th Percentile £94,750 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 19,126 15,292 21,289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.98% 93.01% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 13,800 8,904 14,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 September 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 16 (1.84%) Confluence
2 13 (1.49%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.49%) Mule
3 11 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.80%) Apache
4 7 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
6 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.46%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.57%) Moqups
2 5 (0.57%) Simulink
3 4 (0.46%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.10%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Magento
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 416 (47.82%) AWS
2 266 (30.57%) Azure
3 183 (21.03%) SaaS
4 133 (15.29%) GCP
5 73 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (7.47%) GitHub
7 60 (6.90%) Serverless
8 52 (5.98%) Amazon EKS
9 38 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.22%) Power Platform
11 22 (2.53%) Azure AKS
11 22 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
12 18 (2.07%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 13 (1.49%) Figma
14 13 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (1.49%) TestFlight
15 12 (1.38%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.93%) Broadband
2 13 (1.49%) SSL
2 13 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.15%) DNS
4 6 (0.69%) Firewall
5 5 (0.57%) CHAP
5 5 (0.57%) DHCP
5 5 (0.57%) SMS
6 4 (0.46%) LAN
6 4 (0.46%) MQTT
6 4 (0.46%) Network Security
6 4 (0.46%) WAN
6 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) Wireless
7 3 (0.34%) X.509
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 1 (0.11%) 5G
9 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (6.55%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.87%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
8 13 (1.49%) Power BI
9 12 (1.38%) MySQL
10 11 (1.26%) Metadata
11 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.03%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.92%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 6 (0.69%) Redis
15 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
16 4 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 82 (9.43%) Git
2 56 (6.44%) TeamCity
3 52 (5.98%) GitLab
3 52 (5.98%) Selenium
4 51 (5.86%) Jenkins
5 36 (4.14%) Cypress.io
6 32 (3.68%) JIRA
7 27 (3.10%) Postman
8 15 (1.72%) JUnit
9 14 (1.61%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.49%) JMeter
11 11 (1.26%) Crashlytics
11 11 (1.26%) XCTest
12 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.03%) Gatling
13 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.80%) NUnit
14 7 (0.80%) TestRail
15 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
General
1 281 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.57%) Finance
3 144 (16.55%) Law
4 118 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (12.76%) Banking
6 94 (10.80%) Public Sector
7 92 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
8 91 (10.46%) Legal
9 79 (9.08%) Retail
10 49 (5.63%) Financial Institution
11 46 (5.29%) Back Office
12 42 (4.83%) Marketing
13 41 (4.71%) Games
14 23 (2.64%) Manufacturing
15 22 (2.53%) Electronics
16 17 (1.95%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.72%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
19 9 (1.03%) Legal Technology
19 9 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 250 (28.74%) Senior
2 147 (16.90%) Lead
3 129 (14.83%) Software Engineer
4 111 (12.76%) Developer
5 61 (7.01%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.75%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.63%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.52%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.52%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.52%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.52%) Service Manager
9 43 (4.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 43 (4.94%) Engineering Manager
9 43 (4.94%) Software Manager
10 39 (4.48%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.37%) Software Engineering Manager
12 34 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 34 (3.91%) Java Engineer
13 33 (3.79%) Senior DevOps
13 33 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (14.37%) Terraform
2 110 (12.64%) React
3 74 (8.51%) REST
4 71 (8.16%) Node.js
5 68 (7.82%) Spring
6 63 (7.24%) Playwright
7 59 (6.78%) .NET
8 52 (5.98%) RESTful
9 50 (5.75%) Middleware
10 31 (3.56%) Spring Boot
11 28 (3.22%) AngularJS
12 24 (2.76%) CSS
13 23 (2.64%) Next.js
14 20 (2.30%) AWS CDK
14 20 (2.30%) Django
14 20 (2.30%) React Native
15 18 (2.07%) HTML
16 17 (1.95%) OAuth
17 16 (1.84%) Kafka
17 16 (1.84%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 177 (20.34%) Cloud Native
2 136 (15.63%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.55%) Virtual Team
5 56 (6.44%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.94%) Mobile App
7 39 (4.48%) Low-Code
8 38 (4.37%) Blog
9 32 (3.68%) Video\Live Streaming
10 31 (3.56%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (3.10%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.72%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
16 12 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.26%) AI Agents
17 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
17 11 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.47%) Linux
2 44 (5.06%) Windows
3 32 (3.68%) Apple iOS
4 31 (3.56%) Unix
5 27 (3.10%) Android
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (57.70%) CI/CD
2 392 (45.06%) Agile
3 343 (39.43%) Software Engineering
4 333 (38.28%) DevOps
5 321 (36.90%) Mentoring
6 295 (33.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (23.91%) AI
8 193 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
9 149 (17.13%) Software Testing
10 147 (16.90%) Coaching
11 137 (15.75%) Microservices
11 137 (15.75%) Test Strategy
12 131 (15.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 128 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
14 127 (14.60%) Infrastructure as Code
15 125 (14.37%) Full-Stack Development
16 121 (13.91%) Observability
17 115 (13.22%) Clean Code
18 107 (12.30%) Validation
19 106 (12.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 255 (29.31%) Python
2 225 (25.86%) Java
3 172 (19.77%) JavaScript
4 148 (17.01%) TypeScript
5 135 (15.52%) C#
6 106 (12.18%) SQL
7 65 (7.47%) PowerShell
8 50 (5.75%) Go
9 23 (2.64%) Bash
9 23 (2.64%) Kotlin
10 16 (1.84%) C++
11 14 (1.61%) Swift
12 13 (1.49%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.38%) PHP
14 10 (1.15%) C
14 10 (1.15%) Rust
15 8 (0.92%) Clojure
16 5 (0.57%) Bicep
16 5 (0.57%) Scala
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (9.66%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.47%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.55%) Degree
3 57 (6.55%) ITIL Certification
4 53 (6.09%) CISM
4 53 (6.09%) CISSP
5 29 (3.33%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.84%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.69%) CISA
10 5 (0.57%) CGEIT
10 5 (0.57%) FFIEC
10 5 (0.57%) SANS
11 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.46%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.46%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (24.37%) QA
2 72 (8.28%) Accessibility
3 57 (6.55%) NIST
4 50 (5.75%) ISO 22301
5 35 (4.02%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.95%) GDPR
7 13 (1.49%) WCAG
8 12 (1.38%) GRC
9 9 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.57%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) EMIR
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (11.38%) Docker
2 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.69%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 134 (15.40%) Kubernetes
2 66 (7.59%) Grafana
3 16 (1.84%) Ansible
3 16 (1.84%) Argo
4 13 (1.49%) CloudHub
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) MIIS
7 1 (0.11%) Consul
7 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 77 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.99%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.64%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.41%) Oracle
5 18 (2.07%) Databricks
6 15 (1.72%) SAP
7 14 (1.61%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.49%) Braze
9 12 (1.38%) Pega
10 11 (1.26%) Amplitude
11 9 (1.03%) Google
11 9 (1.03%) VMware
12 8 (0.92%) IFS
13 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
15 3 (0.34%) DevExpress
15 3 (0.34%) Informatica
15 3 (0.34%) Xilinx