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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 66 96
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -46
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 693 563 969
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.82% 4.18% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 4.41% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 400 445 747
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £38,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.54% -13.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £70,500
90th Percentile £101,375 £98,474 £82,500
UK median annual salary £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +4.35% -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 15,001 12,760 29,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.74% 91.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,522 8,867 23,508
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 29 April 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 8 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (0.87%) Confluence
2 6 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.43%) Apache
4 3 (0.43%) nginx
5 2 (0.29%) JBoss
5 2 (0.29%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Camunda
6 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (2.31%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 272 (39.25%) Azure
2 266 (38.38%) AWS
3 127 (18.33%) Azure DevOps
4 122 (17.60%) GitHub
5 112 (16.16%) GCP
6 69 (9.96%) Serverless
7 65 (9.38%) SaaS
8 50 (7.22%) Amazon EKS
9 47 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
10 46 (6.64%) GitHub Copilot
11 30 (4.33%) Azure Service Bus
12 29 (4.18%) Entra ID
12 29 (4.18%) Power Platform
13 26 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (3.61%) Azure AKS
15 22 (3.17%) Azure Event Grid
16 19 (2.74%) PaaS
17 18 (2.60%) Nutanix
18 16 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
18 16 (2.31%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.60%) Broadband
2 14 (2.02%) CHAP
3 3 (0.43%) DNS
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) VPN
4 2 (0.29%) Network Security
4 2 (0.29%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.68%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (6.35%) MongoDB
3 37 (5.34%) NoSQL
4 35 (5.05%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.74%) MySQL
6 15 (2.16%) Power BI
7 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.59%) Metadata
9 8 (1.15%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.15%) Tableau
10 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.87%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.87%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.72%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.58%) Redis
14 3 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 65 (9.38%) Selenium
2 55 (7.94%) Git
3 51 (7.36%) JIRA
4 49 (7.07%) Jenkins
4 49 (7.07%) TeamCity
5 35 (5.05%) GitLab
6 33 (4.76%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.17%) JMeter
7 22 (3.17%) Postman
8 19 (2.74%) Oracle Forms
9 17 (2.45%) Cucumber
10 14 (2.02%) SpecFlow
11 12 (1.73%) Crashlytics
11 12 (1.73%) XCTest
12 11 (1.59%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.59%) WebDriver
13 9 (1.30%) JUnit
14 8 (1.15%) TestRail
15 7 (1.01%) Appium
15 7 (1.01%) CircleCI
General
1 226 (32.61%) Finance
2 195 (28.14%) Social Skills
3 101 (14.57%) Banking
4 96 (13.85%) Law
5 83 (11.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (10.68%) Retail
7 67 (9.67%) Public Sector
8 59 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (7.22%) Financial Institution
10 35 (5.05%) Back Office
11 22 (3.17%) Games
12 19 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.74%) Marketing
13 18 (2.60%) Legal
14 15 (2.16%) Electronics
15 7 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.72%) Front Office
18 4 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 194 (27.99%) Senior
2 114 (16.45%) Software Engineer
3 109 (15.73%) Lead
4 75 (10.82%) Developer
5 57 (8.23%) QA Engineer
6 55 (7.94%) Test Engineer
7 46 (6.64%) Senior Software Engineer
8 45 (6.49%) Java Engineer
9 36 (5.19%) Java Software Engineer
10 34 (4.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (4.91%) QA Automation Engineer
11 32 (4.62%) Automation Engineer
12 31 (4.47%) Senior Developer
12 31 (4.47%) Test Automation Engineer
13 28 (4.04%) Tester
14 26 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
15 20 (2.89%) Applications Engineer
15 20 (2.89%) Test Leader
16 19 (2.74%) Lead Developer
16 19 (2.74%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (15.87%) React
2 70 (10.10%) REST
3 68 (9.81%) .NET
4 62 (8.95%) RESTful
5 59 (8.51%) Playwright
6 48 (6.93%) Node.js
7 42 (6.06%) Spring
8 34 (4.91%) JSON
9 28 (4.04%) SOAP
10 27 (3.90%) Spring Boot
11 23 (3.32%) React Native
12 22 (3.17%) Next.js
13 21 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
13 21 (3.03%) XML
14 19 (2.74%) Django
14 19 (2.74%) OAuth
15 18 (2.60%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.60%) OAuth2
16 17 (2.45%) .NET Framework
17 16 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 146 (21.07%) Cloud Native
2 90 (12.99%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.77%) Mobile App
4 27 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.60%) Blog
7 15 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.02%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.88%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.59%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.30%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.30%) Podcast
13 8 (1.15%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.22%) Linux
2 49 (7.07%) Apple iOS
3 40 (5.77%) Android
4 24 (3.46%) Unix
5 17 (2.45%) Windows
6 4 (0.58%) CentOS
7 2 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (54.98%) CI/CD
2 331 (47.76%) Agile
3 251 (36.22%) DevOps
4 208 (30.01%) Mentoring
5 195 (28.14%) Software Engineering
6 181 (26.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (24.53%) Coaching
8 159 (22.94%) Microservices
9 144 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
10 141 (20.35%) Clean Code
11 129 (18.61%) AI
12 111 (16.02%) Observability
13 107 (15.44%) Full-Stack Development
14 102 (14.72%) Infrastructure as Code
15 93 (13.42%) Deployment Automation
16 92 (13.28%) Test Strategy
17 80 (11.54%) Analytics
18 77 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
19 75 (10.82%) Fintech
20 73 (10.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 200 (28.86%) Java
2 169 (24.39%) Python
3 122 (17.60%) SQL
4 101 (14.57%) TypeScript
5 91 (13.13%) JavaScript
6 64 (9.24%) C#
7 32 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.17%) Go
9 20 (2.89%) Apex Code
10 19 (2.74%) Bash
10 19 (2.74%) PL/SQL
11 18 (2.60%) Shell Script
12 16 (2.31%) Kotlin
13 15 (2.16%) Bicep
14 13 (1.88%) Swift
15 9 (1.30%) PHP
15 9 (1.30%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.87%) Clojure
16 6 (0.87%) Delphi
17 5 (0.72%) C
Qualifications
1 49 (7.07%) Degree
2 47 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 43 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.90%) ISTQB
5 20 (2.89%) CISSP
6 16 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.02%) CGEIT
7 14 (2.02%) CISA
7 14 (2.02%) CISM
7 14 (2.02%) FFIEC
7 14 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.02%) SANS
8 12 (1.73%) CEH
9 11 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 10 (1.44%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.01%) CREST Certified
12 7 (1.01%) OSCP
13 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (24.82%) QA
2 53 (7.65%) Accessibility
3 34 (4.91%) NIST
4 32 (4.62%) GDPR
5 23 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.16%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.02%) COBIT
8 12 (1.73%) ISO 22301
8 12 (1.73%) WCAG
9 8 (1.15%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.01%) GRC
11 6 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.29%) NCSC
14 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 77 (11.11%) Docker
2 18 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 142 (20.49%) Terraform
2 125 (18.04%) Kubernetes
3 67 (9.67%) Grafana
4 21 (3.03%) Argo
5 17 (2.45%) Ansible
5 17 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.58%) logstash
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) MIIS
7 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 63 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.22%) Oracle
3 24 (3.46%) Databricks
4 23 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.03%) VMware
6 18 (2.60%) Commvault
7 12 (1.73%) Amplitude
7 12 (1.73%) Braze
8 11 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.30%) SAP
10 8 (1.15%) Ab Initio
10 8 (1.15%) Okta
11 7 (1.01%) Google
11 7 (1.01%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.87%) IFS
13 4 (0.58%) Workday
14 3 (0.43%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.43%) Foundry
14 3 (0.43%) Informatica
15 2 (0.29%) CheckPoint