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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 85 98
Rank change year-on-year +18 +13 -26
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 882 683 684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.55% 4.06% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 4.33% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 406 292 395
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,325 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -3.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,245
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%

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 20,104 15,790 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.81% 93.84% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,346 8,455 11,710
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 17 (1.93%) Confluence
2 13 (1.47%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.47%) Mule
3 9 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.79%) Apache
4 7 (0.79%) CMS
4 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.57%) Camunda
7 4 (0.45%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.79%) Moqups
4 6 (0.68%) Simulink
5 5 (0.57%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.23%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.06%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Magento
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 406 (46.03%) AWS
2 274 (31.07%) Azure
3 197 (22.34%) SaaS
4 136 (15.42%) GCP
5 68 (7.71%) Amazon EKS
5 68 (7.71%) GitHub
6 63 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (6.24%) Serverless
8 37 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (3.40%) Power Platform
10 25 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
11 24 (2.72%) Azure AKS
12 20 (2.27%) Azure Functions
13 18 (2.04%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.93%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.36%) Entra ID
18 11 (1.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.12%) Broadband
2 14 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.47%) SSL
4 9 (1.02%) DNS
5 8 (0.91%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.57%) DHCP
6 5 (0.57%) Firewall
6 5 (0.57%) MQTT
6 5 (0.57%) Network Security
6 5 (0.57%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) LAN
7 4 (0.45%) WAN
7 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.45%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) CHAP
8 3 (0.34%) X.509
9 2 (0.23%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) Profibus
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.98%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (5.67%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 23 (2.61%) Relational Database
5 20 (2.27%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.04%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.81%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.81%) Metadata
7 16 (1.81%) Power BI
7 16 (1.81%) Semantic Layer
8 15 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (1.47%) MySQL
9 13 (1.47%) Redis
10 12 (1.36%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.79%) Big Data
12 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 90 (10.20%) Git
2 69 (7.82%) TeamCity
3 62 (7.03%) GitLab
4 49 (5.56%) Selenium
5 44 (4.99%) Jenkins
6 35 (3.97%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.63%) JIRA
8 29 (3.29%) Postman
9 19 (2.15%) JUnit
10 13 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.02%) JMeter
12 8 (0.91%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.79%) Appium
14 6 (0.68%) Gatling
14 6 (0.68%) Storybook
15 5 (0.57%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.57%) Mockito
15 5 (0.57%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 278 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 198 (22.45%) Finance
3 149 (16.89%) Law
4 131 (14.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (14.51%) Banking
6 114 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
7 108 (12.24%) Public Sector
8 97 (11.00%) Retail
9 84 (9.52%) Legal
10 56 (6.35%) Financial Institution
11 54 (6.12%) Back Office
12 44 (4.99%) Marketing
13 30 (3.40%) Games
14 26 (2.95%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.27%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.27%) Electronics
15 20 (2.27%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.91%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 247 (28.00%) Senior
2 156 (17.69%) Software Engineer
3 140 (15.87%) Lead
4 97 (11.00%) Developer
5 65 (7.37%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 49 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.56%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.44%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.44%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.44%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.44%) Service Manager
8 37 (4.20%) Senior DevOps
9 36 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 35 (3.97%) Java Engineer
11 34 (3.85%) Software Manager
12 33 (3.74%) QA Engineer
13 32 (3.63%) Engineering Manager
13 32 (3.63%) Senior Developer
14 31 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (15.42%) Terraform
2 78 (8.84%) React
3 69 (7.82%) REST
4 68 (7.71%) Node.js
5 63 (7.14%) Spring
6 61 (6.92%) .NET
7 59 (6.69%) Playwright
8 55 (6.24%) RESTful
9 52 (5.90%) Middleware
10 31 (3.51%) Spring Boot
11 28 (3.17%) CSS
12 23 (2.61%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.61%) Next.js
13 20 (2.27%) HTML
14 18 (2.04%) GraphQL
14 18 (2.04%) OAuth
15 17 (1.93%) LangChain
15 17 (1.93%) OAuth2
15 17 (1.93%) TensorFlow
16 16 (1.81%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 195 (22.11%) Cloud Native
2 131 (14.85%) Product Ownership
3 62 (7.03%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.46%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.90%) Cyber Threat
6 44 (4.99%) Blog
7 34 (3.85%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.74%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (3.17%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.06%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.83%) Video\Live Streaming
13 20 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.47%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
15 10 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.13%) Management Information System
15 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.26%) Linux
2 47 (5.33%) Windows
3 37 (4.20%) Unix
4 30 (3.40%) Android
5 27 (3.06%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (58.84%) CI/CD
2 370 (41.95%) Agile
3 365 (41.38%) Software Engineering
4 347 (39.34%) Mentoring
5 345 (39.12%) DevOps
6 293 (33.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 222 (25.17%) AI
8 193 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
9 175 (19.84%) Coaching
10 145 (16.44%) Microservices
10 145 (16.44%) Software Testing
11 138 (15.65%) Technical Leadership
12 130 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 129 (14.63%) Test Strategy
14 120 (13.61%) Validation
15 119 (13.49%) Clean Code
16 115 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
16 115 (13.04%) Observability
17 107 (12.13%) Deployment Automation
18 105 (11.90%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 263 (29.82%) Python
2 240 (27.21%) Java
3 165 (18.71%) JavaScript
4 142 (16.10%) C#
5 139 (15.76%) TypeScript
6 123 (13.95%) SQL
7 64 (7.26%) PowerShell
8 48 (5.44%) Go
9 25 (2.83%) Bash
10 23 (2.61%) Kotlin
11 18 (2.04%) C++
12 15 (1.70%) Rust
13 13 (1.47%) DataWeave
14 12 (1.36%) PHP
15 10 (1.13%) C
16 9 (1.02%) Swift
17 8 (0.91%) Bicep
17 8 (0.91%) Clojure
18 6 (0.68%) MATLAB
18 6 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 101 (11.45%) Security Cleared
2 80 (9.07%) SC Cleared
3 55 (6.24%) Degree
4 53 (6.01%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (5.78%) CISM
5 51 (5.78%) CISSP
6 28 (3.17%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.57%) OSCP
13 4 (0.45%) CISA
13 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
14 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (22.00%) QA
2 78 (8.84%) Accessibility
3 53 (6.01%) NIST
4 48 (5.44%) ISO 22301
5 45 (5.10%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.27%) WCAG
7 12 (1.36%) GDPR
8 7 (0.79%) GRC
9 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.45%) ECSS
10 4 (0.45%) SLA
10 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.34%) COBIT
11 3 (0.34%) EMIR
11 3 (0.34%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) DO-160
13 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 100 (11.34%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.68%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 151 (17.12%) Kubernetes
2 85 (9.64%) Grafana
3 16 (1.81%) Argo
4 13 (1.47%) CloudHub
5 12 (1.36%) Ansible
6 9 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.11%) Consul
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 81 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.95%) Salesforce
3 24 (2.72%) Oracle
4 20 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.04%) SAP
6 16 (1.81%) Databricks
7 14 (1.59%) Google
7 14 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.36%) Pega
9 8 (0.91%) IFS
10 7 (0.79%) Braze
10 7 (0.79%) VMware
11 6 (0.68%) Foundry
11 6 (0.68%) Palantir
12 5 (0.57%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.57%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.57%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.45%) UiPath
13 4 (0.45%) YouTube
13 4 (0.45%) Zscaler