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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 80 70
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -27
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 534 662 848
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.48% 3.84% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 4.14% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 319 408 669
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £50,514 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,387 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +1.42% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

All Process and 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 13,566 15,999 19,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.35% 92.92% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,659 9,622 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 26 December 2025.

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 17 (3.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.50%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.31%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.12%) Confluence
5 4 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.56%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 43 (8.05%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.50%) Shopify
4 4 (0.75%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 250 (46.82%) Azure
2 167 (31.27%) GitHub
3 151 (28.28%) Azure DevOps
4 125 (23.41%) AWS
5 75 (14.04%) GitHub Copilot
5 75 (14.04%) SaaS
6 48 (8.99%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (7.87%) GCP
8 41 (7.68%) Serverless
9 37 (6.93%) Entra ID
9 37 (6.93%) OCI
10 35 (6.55%) Power Platform
11 33 (6.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 33 (6.18%) PaaS
12 28 (5.24%) Snowflake
13 21 (3.93%) dbt
14 19 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (3.18%) Azure Event Grid
16 17 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.12%) HTTP
2 5 (0.94%) CHAP
2 5 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.75%) 5G
3 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.75%) VPN
3 4 (0.75%) WAN
4 3 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.37%) Broadband
6 1 (0.19%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) Firewall
6 1 (0.19%) Multicast
6 1 (0.19%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.24%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.24%) NoSQL
2 28 (5.24%) Power BI
3 25 (4.68%) MySQL
3 25 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.56%) Tableau
6 17 (3.18%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.50%) MariaDB
9 8 (1.50%) Metadata
10 7 (1.31%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.31%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.12%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.75%) Essbase
13 4 (0.75%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.56%) Pinecone
15 2 (0.37%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 67 (12.55%) JIRA
2 66 (12.36%) Selenium
3 59 (11.05%) Jenkins
4 57 (10.67%) Git
5 43 (8.05%) Cypress.io
6 41 (7.68%) Oracle Forms
7 24 (4.49%) TeamCity
8 18 (3.37%) Postman
9 13 (2.43%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.25%) JUnit
11 11 (2.06%) WebDriver
12 10 (1.87%) GitLab
12 10 (1.87%) JMeter
13 7 (1.31%) Storybook
14 6 (1.12%) Appium
14 6 (1.12%) CircleCI
14 6 (1.12%) LoadRunner
14 6 (1.12%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.12%) TestRail
15 5 (0.94%) Subversion
General
1 216 (40.45%) Finance
2 182 (34.08%) Social Skills
3 74 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.61%) Law
5 49 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.74%) Banking
7 32 (5.99%) Back Office
8 27 (5.06%) Public Sector
8 27 (5.06%) Retail
9 26 (4.87%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.56%) Marketing
11 15 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.25%) Legal
13 9 (1.69%) Front Office
14 8 (1.50%) Automotive
14 8 (1.50%) Games
15 6 (1.12%) Electronics
15 6 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.56%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 155 (29.03%) Senior
2 103 (19.29%) Developer
3 85 (15.92%) Lead
4 46 (8.61%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.24%) Applications Engineer
6 42 (7.87%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (7.49%) QA Engineer
8 36 (6.74%) Senior Developer
8 36 (6.74%) Test Engineer
9 28 (5.24%) Lead Developer
10 27 (5.06%) QA Automation Engineer
11 26 (4.87%) Test Automation Engineer
12 25 (4.68%) Analyst
13 22 (4.12%) Automation Engineer
13 22 (4.12%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 22 (4.12%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (3.93%) SaaS Developer
15 19 (3.56%) Tester
16 18 (3.37%) Software Developer
17 17 (3.18%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (16.67%) RESTful
2 72 (13.48%) React
3 58 (10.86%) JSON
4 49 (9.18%) .NET
4 49 (9.18%) SOAP
5 46 (8.61%) REST
6 40 (7.49%) Playwright
7 39 (7.30%) XML
8 36 (6.74%) OAuth
9 35 (6.55%) OAuth2
10 34 (6.37%) Node.js
11 27 (5.06%) Next.js
12 24 (4.49%) CSS
13 23 (4.31%) Lightning Web Components
14 22 (4.12%) HTML
15 18 (3.37%) .NET Framework
16 17 (3.18%) Entity Framework
16 17 (3.18%) GraphQL
16 17 (3.18%) SAML
16 17 (3.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 126 (23.60%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.18%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.30%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (4.12%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.87%) GNSS
8 10 (1.87%) NHS
9 9 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.12%) Satnav
12 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.94%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.68%) Linux
2 19 (3.56%) Apple iOS
3 18 (3.37%) Android
4 12 (2.25%) Windows
5 9 (1.69%) Unix
5 9 (1.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.56%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (57.68%) CI/CD
2 283 (53.00%) Agile
3 244 (45.69%) DevOps
4 169 (31.65%) Mentoring
5 161 (30.15%) Coaching
6 136 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
7 130 (24.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (22.47%) Asset Management
9 118 (22.10%) AI
10 105 (19.66%) Clean Code
11 97 (18.16%) Software Engineering
12 96 (17.98%) Observability
13 95 (17.79%) Analytics
14 87 (16.29%) Microservices
15 78 (14.61%) Sprint Planning
16 72 (13.48%) Sprint Retrospective
17 64 (11.99%) ERP
18 61 (11.42%) Data Modelling
19 54 (10.11%) Test Strategy
20 51 (9.55%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 160 (29.96%) Python
2 146 (27.34%) SQL
3 127 (23.78%) Java
4 77 (14.42%) C#
5 75 (14.04%) JavaScript
6 69 (12.92%) TypeScript
7 39 (7.30%) Shell Script
8 37 (6.93%) PL/SQL
9 33 (6.18%) PowerShell
10 22 (4.12%) Apex Code
10 22 (4.12%) PHP
11 19 (3.56%) Bicep
12 13 (2.43%) C
13 12 (2.25%) Bash
13 12 (2.25%) Go
14 9 (1.69%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.31%) C++
16 6 (1.12%) Delphi
17 5 (0.94%) Groovy
18 4 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 57 (10.67%) Degree
2 42 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.37%) Security Cleared
4 28 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.12%) ISTQB
6 18 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.69%) CEH
9 6 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.12%) CISA
9 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.94%) CGEIT
10 5 (0.94%) CISM
10 5 (0.94%) CISSP
10 5 (0.94%) FFIEC
10 5 (0.94%) SANS
11 4 (0.75%) ISEB
12 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (22.66%) QA
2 41 (7.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (7.49%) Accessibility
4 26 (4.87%) NIST
5 21 (3.93%) GDPR
6 16 (3.00%) ISO 9001
7 14 (2.62%) Data Quality
8 12 (2.25%) WCAG
9 9 (1.69%) ISO 22301
9 9 (1.69%) NCSC
10 7 (1.31%) SLA
11 5 (0.94%) COBIT
11 5 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.56%) GRC
13 1 (0.19%) Section 508
13 1 (0.19%) SEPA
13 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 46 (8.61%) Docker
2 37 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.94%) vSphere
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 104 (19.48%) Terraform
2 62 (11.61%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.93%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (5.81%) Grafana
5 16 (3.00%) Ansible
6 5 (0.94%) Argo
7 4 (0.75%) logstash
8 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.24%) Oracle
3 28 (5.24%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.75%) Okta
5 19 (3.56%) VMware
6 17 (3.18%) Databricks
7 14 (2.62%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.25%) Commvault
9 9 (1.69%) Apple
10 6 (1.12%) SAP
11 5 (0.94%) Google
11 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.75%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.75%) Workday
13 3 (0.56%) Checkmarx
13 3 (0.56%) Foundry
13 3 (0.56%) IBM
13 3 (0.56%) iManage
13 3 (0.56%) Qualys
14 2 (0.37%) Splunk