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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 62 94
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 -44
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 724 796 966
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 5.37% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 5.65% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 399 427 750
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £37,500
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 £85,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £81,138
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 15,402 14,083 29,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.07% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,940 8,654 23,358
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

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 16 May 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 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.97%) Confluence
2 7 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.83%) Apache
3 6 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.69%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) JBoss
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 297 (41.02%) AWS
2 248 (34.25%) Azure
3 118 (16.30%) GCP
4 113 (15.61%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (13.81%) GitHub
6 71 (9.81%) Serverless
7 65 (8.98%) SaaS
8 56 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
9 46 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (4.28%) GitHub Copilot
11 28 (3.87%) Azure Service Bus
11 28 (3.87%) Power Platform
12 26 (3.59%) Entra ID
13 25 (3.45%) Azure AKS
14 20 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
14 20 (2.76%) Azure Event Grid
15 17 (2.35%) Amazon S3
16 16 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.21%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.66%) Broadband
2 12 (1.66%) CHAP
3 4 (0.55%) DNS
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) SMS
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) Network Security
5 2 (0.28%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (11.46%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (8.15%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.83%) NoSQL
4 26 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.49%) MySQL
6 14 (1.93%) Metadata
7 12 (1.66%) Power BI
8 10 (1.38%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.83%) Tableau
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.69%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.55%) Redis
13 4 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 57 (7.87%) Selenium
2 55 (7.60%) TeamCity
3 50 (6.91%) Git
4 46 (6.35%) Jenkins
5 43 (5.94%) JIRA
6 35 (4.83%) Cypress.io
7 34 (4.70%) GitLab
8 22 (3.04%) JMeter
9 20 (2.76%) Postman
10 15 (2.07%) Oracle Forms
11 13 (1.80%) Crashlytics
11 13 (1.80%) REST Assured
11 13 (1.80%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.80%) XCTest
12 11 (1.52%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.52%) WebDriver
13 7 (0.97%) Appium
13 7 (0.97%) Locust
13 7 (0.97%) MLflow
13 7 (0.97%) TestRail
General
1 210 (29.01%) Finance
2 185 (25.55%) Social Skills
3 109 (15.06%) Banking
4 99 (13.67%) Law
5 98 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (11.33%) Public Sector
7 81 (11.19%) Retail
8 55 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (7.04%) Financial Institution
10 40 (5.52%) Back Office
11 37 (5.11%) Games
12 20 (2.76%) Legal
12 20 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.49%) Marketing
14 16 (2.21%) Electronics
15 9 (1.24%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.69%) Front Office
18 5 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 205 (28.31%) Senior
2 117 (16.16%) Lead
2 117 (16.16%) Software Engineer
3 75 (10.36%) Developer
4 70 (9.67%) Test Engineer
5 54 (7.46%) QA Engineer
6 49 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
7 46 (6.35%) Java Engineer
8 38 (5.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 35 (4.83%) Java Software Engineer
10 33 (4.56%) Senior Developer
11 32 (4.42%) QA Automation Engineer
11 32 (4.42%) Test Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.01%) Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (4.01%) Tester
13 23 (3.18%) Engineering Manager
13 23 (3.18%) Software Manager
14 21 (2.90%) Software Engineering Manager
14 21 (2.90%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.50%) React
2 69 (9.53%) RESTful
3 68 (9.39%) REST
4 64 (8.84%) .NET
5 63 (8.70%) Playwright
6 50 (6.91%) Node.js
7 46 (6.35%) Spring
8 29 (4.01%) JSON
9 26 (3.59%) Spring Boot
10 21 (2.90%) Next.js
10 21 (2.90%) React Native
11 20 (2.76%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.76%) SOAP
12 19 (2.62%) AWS CDK
13 17 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (2.35%) XML
14 16 (2.21%) CSS
14 16 (2.21%) HTML
14 16 (2.21%) Web Services
15 15 (2.07%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 164 (22.65%) Cloud Native
2 93 (12.85%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.52%) Mobile App
4 29 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.87%) Low-Code
6 27 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (3.31%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.18%) Video\Live Streaming
9 21 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.76%) Blog
11 19 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.07%) Onboarding
12 15 (2.07%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
15 9 (1.24%) AI Agents
15 9 (1.24%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.24%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.04%) Linux
2 49 (6.77%) Apple iOS
3 39 (5.39%) Android
4 24 (3.31%) Unix
5 17 (2.35%) Windows
6 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.28%) Debian
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (56.35%) CI/CD
2 338 (46.69%) Agile
3 246 (33.98%) DevOps
4 224 (30.94%) Mentoring
5 215 (29.70%) Software Engineering
6 194 (26.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 166 (22.93%) Coaching
8 154 (21.27%) Microservices
9 143 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
10 142 (19.61%) Clean Code
11 138 (19.06%) AI
12 127 (17.54%) Observability
13 126 (17.40%) Infrastructure as Code
14 120 (16.57%) Full-Stack Development
15 97 (13.40%) Deployment Automation
16 93 (12.85%) Test Strategy
17 82 (11.33%) Software Testing
18 80 (11.05%) Fintech
19 77 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
20 76 (10.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 221 (30.52%) Java
2 178 (24.59%) Python
3 116 (16.02%) SQL
4 98 (13.54%) JavaScript
4 98 (13.54%) TypeScript
5 69 (9.53%) C#
6 35 (4.83%) Go
7 28 (3.87%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.04%) Bash
9 17 (2.35%) Apex Code
9 17 (2.35%) Kotlin
10 15 (2.07%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.93%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.93%) Swift
12 13 (1.80%) Bicep
13 9 (1.24%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.97%) PHP
15 6 (0.83%) Clojure
16 5 (0.69%) C
16 5 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 59 (8.15%) Security Cleared
2 56 (7.73%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.77%) Degree
4 25 (3.45%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.49%) CISSP
6 14 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.66%) CGEIT
7 12 (1.66%) CISA
7 12 (1.66%) CISM
7 12 (1.66%) FFIEC
7 12 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.66%) SANS
8 11 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.52%) CEH
9 8 (1.10%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.10%) OSCP
10 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (24.45%) QA
2 63 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 30 (4.14%) GDPR
4 28 (3.87%) NIST
5 21 (2.90%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.66%) COBIT
8 11 (1.52%) ISO 22301
9 10 (1.38%) WCAG
10 9 (1.24%) GRC
11 8 (1.10%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
13 4 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.28%) PERC
15 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.14%) NCSC
15 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 71 (9.81%) Docker
2 14 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 146 (20.17%) Terraform
2 127 (17.54%) Kubernetes
3 68 (9.39%) Grafana
4 20 (2.76%) Argo
5 16 (2.21%) Ansible
6 13 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.55%) logstash
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.28%) MIIS
10 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 65 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.25%) Oracle
3 23 (3.18%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.04%) Databricks
5 18 (2.49%) VMware
6 15 (2.07%) Commvault
7 14 (1.93%) Braze
8 13 (1.80%) Amplitude
9 11 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.24%) Google
10 9 (1.24%) SAP
11 7 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.83%) Ab Initio
12 6 (0.83%) IFS
12 6 (0.83%) Okta
13 4 (0.55%) Workday
14 3 (0.41%) dotdigital
14 3 (0.41%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.41%) Foundry
14 3 (0.41%) Informatica