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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 71 105
Rank change year-on-year +9 +34 -52
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 737 738 940
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 4.84% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.12% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 399 373 713
10th Percentile £46,150 £37,650 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £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 £84,750 £82,751 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,750 £78,750
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 16,195 14,419 30,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.61% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,649 8,373 23,770
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £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% -8.73%
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% -9.69%

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 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 8 (1.09%) Apache
2 8 (1.09%) Confluence
2 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) CMS
4 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.41%) Mule
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 334 (45.32%) AWS
2 216 (29.31%) Azure
3 134 (18.18%) GCP
4 79 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (10.04%) Serverless
6 64 (8.68%) GitHub
6 64 (8.68%) SaaS
7 56 (7.60%) Amazon EKS
8 36 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.80%) Power Platform
10 24 (3.26%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (2.71%) Azure AKS
12 19 (2.58%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (2.31%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.04%) PaaS
16 14 (1.90%) Azure Event Grid
16 14 (1.90%) Firebase
16 14 (1.90%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.28%) 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%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.14%) MQTT
6 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.94%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.96%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.48%) NoSQL
4 22 (2.99%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.31%) MySQL
6 15 (2.04%) BigQuery
7 13 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
8 11 (1.49%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.49%) Metadata
8 11 (1.49%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.36%) Power BI
9 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.54%) Big Data
12 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 55 (7.46%) TeamCity
2 51 (6.92%) Selenium
3 49 (6.65%) Git
4 45 (6.11%) Jenkins
5 39 (5.29%) GitLab
6 34 (4.61%) JIRA
7 30 (4.07%) Cypress.io
8 24 (3.26%) Postman
9 21 (2.85%) JMeter
10 16 (2.17%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.90%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.90%) XCTest
12 13 (1.76%) SpecFlow
13 12 (1.63%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.36%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.09%) Appium
15 8 (1.09%) Claude Code
15 8 (1.09%) JUnit
16 7 (0.95%) XCUITest
17 6 (0.81%) MLflow
General
1 196 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 182 (24.69%) Finance
3 117 (15.88%) Banking
4 105 (14.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (12.62%) Law
6 87 (11.80%) Public Sector
7 82 (11.13%) Retail
8 51 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.65%) Financial Institution
10 46 (6.24%) Games
11 39 (5.29%) Back Office
12 21 (2.85%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.71%) Legal
14 19 (2.58%) Marketing
15 12 (1.63%) Electronics
16 11 (1.49%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.22%) Legal Technology
18 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
20 5 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (28.49%) Senior
2 127 (17.23%) Software Engineer
3 122 (16.55%) Lead
4 88 (11.94%) Developer
5 66 (8.96%) Test Engineer
6 49 (6.65%) Java Engineer
6 49 (6.65%) QA Engineer
6 49 (6.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (5.29%) Senior Developer
8 36 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 35 (4.75%) Engineering Manager
9 35 (4.75%) Java Software Engineer
10 34 (4.61%) Software Manager
11 31 (4.21%) Software Engineering Manager
11 31 (4.21%) Test Automation Engineer
12 29 (3.93%) Tester
13 27 (3.66%) Architect
14 26 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.53%) Test Leader
15 25 (3.39%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (12.89%) React
2 61 (8.28%) RESTful
3 60 (8.14%) .NET
3 60 (8.14%) Playwright
3 60 (8.14%) Spring
4 59 (8.01%) Node.js
4 59 (8.01%) REST
5 29 (3.93%) Spring Boot
6 22 (2.99%) AngularJS
7 21 (2.85%) AWS CDK
8 19 (2.58%) Next.js
9 18 (2.44%) React Native
10 16 (2.17%) CSS
10 16 (2.17%) HTML
11 15 (2.04%) JSON
11 15 (2.04%) Kafka
11 15 (2.04%) SwiftUI
12 14 (1.90%) UIKit
13 13 (1.76%) Django
13 13 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 181 (24.56%) Cloud Native
2 99 (13.43%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (5.43%) Mobile App
5 36 (4.88%) Low-Code
6 32 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.34%) Video\Live Streaming
7 25 (3.39%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.12%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.58%) Blog
9 19 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.22%) Podcast
12 9 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.65%) Linux
2 47 (6.38%) Apple iOS
3 36 (4.88%) Android
4 23 (3.12%) Unix
5 20 (2.71%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.27%) Debian
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (57.12%) CI/CD
2 327 (44.37%) Agile
3 245 (33.24%) Software Engineering
4 236 (32.02%) Mentoring
5 216 (29.31%) DevOps
6 200 (27.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 157 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
8 149 (20.22%) Microservices
9 148 (20.08%) AI
10 141 (19.13%) Coaching
11 133 (18.05%) Infrastructure as Code
12 125 (16.96%) Clean Code
13 123 (16.69%) Full-Stack Development
14 121 (16.42%) Observability
15 101 (13.70%) Technical Leadership
16 95 (12.89%) Deployment Automation
16 95 (12.89%) Test Strategy
17 94 (12.75%) Roadmaps
17 94 (12.75%) Validation
18 92 (12.48%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 233 (31.61%) Java
2 189 (25.64%) Python
3 104 (14.11%) SQL
4 96 (13.03%) JavaScript
5 94 (12.75%) TypeScript
6 68 (9.23%) C#
7 48 (6.51%) Go
8 23 (3.12%) Bash
9 22 (2.99%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.44%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.04%) Swift
12 8 (1.09%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.09%) Clojure
12 8 (1.09%) PHP
13 7 (0.95%) C++
14 6 (0.81%) C
14 6 (0.81%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.68%) Ruby
16 4 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.55%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.38%) Degree
4 28 (3.80%) ISTQB
5 17 (2.31%) CISSP
6 12 (1.63%) 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 8 (1.09%) CEH
8 8 (1.09%) CREST Certified
8 8 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.09%) OSCP
9 7 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (24.29%) QA
2 71 (9.63%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 27 (3.66%) GDPR
5 22 (2.99%) NIST
6 14 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.49%) COBIT
7 11 (1.49%) GRC
8 10 (1.36%) WCAG
9 8 (1.09%) ISO 22301
9 8 (1.09%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.41%) PERC
12 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.14%) ECSS
13 1 (0.14%) MiFID
13 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 76 (10.31%) Docker
2 11 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 133 (18.05%) Terraform
2 127 (17.23%) Kubernetes
3 66 (8.96%) Grafana
4 18 (2.44%) Argo
5 16 (2.17%) Ansible
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.41%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 64 (8.68%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.93%) Oracle
3 20 (2.71%) Databricks
4 18 (2.44%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.17%) Braze
6 15 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.90%) Amplitude
7 14 (1.90%) VMware
8 11 (1.49%) Commvault
9 10 (1.36%) Google
10 9 (1.22%) SAP
11 8 (1.09%) IFS
12 7 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.68%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.54%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.41%) Foundry
15 3 (0.41%) Informatica
15 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud