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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 78 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 +27 -51
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 884 747 781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.08% 4.53% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 4.86% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 410 368 606
10th Percentile £45,673 £38,675 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £78,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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 11 (1.24%) Anypoint
1 11 (1.24%) Confluence
1 11 (1.24%) Mule
1 11 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.90%) Apache
4 7 (0.79%) CMS
5 5 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.45%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.23%) JBoss
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
3 4 (0.45%) Simulink
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 33 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.05%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 422 (47.74%) AWS
2 268 (30.32%) Azure
3 168 (19.00%) SaaS
4 138 (15.61%) GCP
5 74 (8.37%) Serverless
6 73 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (7.81%) GitHub
8 54 (6.11%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.17%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.26%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (1.92%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.81%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (1.58%) Firebase
16 14 (1.58%) PaaS
16 14 (1.58%) Stripe
16 14 (1.58%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 70 (7.92%) Broadband
2 11 (1.24%) SSL
3 7 (0.79%) DNS
4 6 (0.68%) CHAP
4 6 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.57%) Firewall
5 5 (0.57%) SMS
6 4 (0.45%) MQTT
6 4 (0.45%) Network Security
7 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) Wireless
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) HTTP
8 2 (0.23%) LAN
8 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (10.86%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (7.69%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.96%) NoSQL
4 28 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 21 (2.38%) MySQL
6 17 (1.92%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
8 14 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.47%) Metadata
10 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.24%) Power BI
11 10 (1.13%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.57%) Big Data
13 5 (0.57%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 66 (7.47%) Git
2 55 (6.22%) TeamCity
3 52 (5.88%) Selenium
4 49 (5.54%) Jenkins
5 43 (4.86%) GitLab
6 32 (3.62%) Cypress.io
7 27 (3.05%) JIRA
8 23 (2.60%) Postman
9 19 (2.15%) JMeter
10 16 (1.81%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.58%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.58%) XCTest
12 12 (1.36%) SpecFlow
13 10 (1.13%) JUnit
14 8 (0.90%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.79%) Appium
15 7 (0.79%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.79%) Gatling
15 7 (0.79%) WebDriver
15 7 (0.79%) XCUITest
General
1 266 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 177 (20.02%) Finance
3 146 (16.52%) Law
4 113 (12.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 112 (12.67%) Banking
6 102 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 94 (10.63%) Legal
8 82 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
9 79 (8.94%) Retail
10 47 (5.32%) Financial Institution
11 46 (5.20%) Marketing
12 45 (5.09%) Games
13 43 (4.86%) Back Office
14 24 (2.71%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.70%) Electronics
16 11 (1.24%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.02%) Legal Technology
18 7 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (29.41%) Senior
2 142 (16.06%) Lead
3 135 (15.27%) Software Engineer
4 107 (12.10%) Developer
5 52 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 52 (5.88%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.54%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.43%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.43%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.43%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.43%) Service Manager
8 45 (5.09%) Java Engineer
9 42 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (4.75%) Senior Developer
9 42 (4.75%) Senior Software Engineer
10 41 (4.64%) Engineering Manager
11 38 (4.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 38 (4.30%) Software Manager
12 37 (4.19%) QA Engineer
13 35 (3.96%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (11.65%) React
2 66 (7.47%) Node.js
3 64 (7.24%) Playwright
4 63 (7.13%) REST
4 63 (7.13%) Spring
5 60 (6.79%) .NET
5 60 (6.79%) RESTful
6 52 (5.88%) Middleware
7 32 (3.62%) Spring Boot
8 25 (2.83%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.60%) AWS CDK
9 23 (2.60%) Next.js
10 20 (2.26%) CSS
11 19 (2.15%) Django
12 17 (1.92%) HTML
12 17 (1.92%) React Native
13 15 (1.70%) OAuth
14 14 (1.58%) Kafka
14 14 (1.58%) OAuth2
14 14 (1.58%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 182 (20.59%) Cloud Native
2 114 (12.90%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.45%) Virtual Team
5 50 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
6 43 (4.86%) Blog
6 43 (4.86%) Mobile App
7 37 (4.19%) Low-Code
8 33 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (3.62%) Video\Live Streaming
10 28 (3.17%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.05%) Marketing Technology
12 26 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.81%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.47%) Onboarding
16 11 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 11 (1.24%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.01%) Linux
2 38 (4.30%) Windows
3 37 (4.19%) Apple iOS
4 31 (3.51%) Unix
5 29 (3.28%) Android
6 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (55.09%) CI/CD
2 399 (45.14%) Agile
3 333 (37.67%) Mentoring
4 332 (37.56%) DevOps
5 319 (36.09%) Software Engineering
6 288 (32.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (21.72%) AI
8 174 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
9 156 (17.65%) Coaching
10 154 (17.42%) Microservices
11 148 (16.74%) Software Testing
12 141 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
13 132 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 131 (14.82%) Full-Stack Development
15 128 (14.48%) Test Strategy
16 127 (14.37%) Observability
17 119 (13.46%) Clean Code
18 115 (13.01%) Technical Leadership
19 109 (12.33%) Decision-Making
19 109 (12.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 253 (28.62%) Python
2 236 (26.70%) Java
3 161 (18.21%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.29%) TypeScript
5 124 (14.03%) C#
6 110 (12.44%) SQL
7 69 (7.81%) PowerShell
8 46 (5.20%) Go
9 25 (2.83%) Bash
10 22 (2.49%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.70%) Swift
12 12 (1.36%) PHP
13 11 (1.24%) DataWeave
14 10 (1.13%) C++
15 9 (1.02%) C
16 8 (0.90%) Clojure
17 7 (0.79%) Rust
18 6 (0.68%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.57%) Ruby
19 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (8.14%) Security Cleared
2 69 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.79%) ITIL Certification
4 58 (6.56%) CISSP
5 54 (6.11%) CISM
6 53 (6.00%) Degree
7 25 (2.83%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.68%) CISA
10 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.68%) SANS
11 5 (0.57%) CEH
11 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.57%) OSCP
12 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (24.55%) QA
2 73 (8.26%) Accessibility
3 61 (6.90%) NIST
4 53 (6.00%) ISO 22301
5 36 (4.07%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.26%) GDPR
7 13 (1.47%) WCAG
8 12 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.24%) GRC
10 6 (0.68%) COBIT
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 2 (0.23%) SLA
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.11%) MiFID
14 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 84 (9.50%) Docker
2 10 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 128 (14.48%) Kubernetes
1 128 (14.48%) Terraform
2 67 (7.58%) Grafana
3 16 (1.81%) Ansible
3 16 (1.81%) Argo
4 11 (1.24%) CloudHub
5 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.05%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.71%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.60%) Oracle
5 19 (2.15%) Databricks
6 16 (1.81%) Braze
7 14 (1.58%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.47%) VMware
9 12 (1.36%) MuleSoft
9 12 (1.36%) Pega
9 12 (1.36%) SAP
10 9 (1.02%) Google
11 8 (0.90%) IFS
12 7 (0.79%) Commvault
13 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.45%) HubSpot
15 3 (0.34%) Foundry
15 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 3 (0.34%) Xilinx