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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 56 95
Rank change year-on-year 0 +39 -44
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 715 784 973
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 5.50% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 5.80% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 393 452 750
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £38,225
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £55,659
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +7.80% -14.37%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,250 £98,474 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 15,172 13,521 29,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.63% 94.90% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,708 8,881 23,561
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 7 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 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.84%) Confluence
3 6 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.70%) Apache
4 5 (0.70%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) nginx
6 2 (0.28%) JBoss
6 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
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 16 (2.24%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 280 (39.16%) AWS
2 266 (37.20%) Azure
3 126 (17.62%) Azure DevOps
4 114 (15.94%) GCP
4 114 (15.94%) GitHub
5 70 (9.79%) Serverless
6 64 (8.95%) SaaS
7 50 (6.99%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (6.43%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (6.15%) GitHub Copilot
10 30 (4.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (4.20%) Power Platform
11 28 (3.92%) Entra ID
12 24 (3.36%) Azure AKS
12 24 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (3.08%) Azure Event Grid
14 17 (2.38%) Nutanix
14 17 (2.38%) PaaS
15 16 (2.24%) Amazon S3
15 16 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.17%) Broadband
2 14 (1.96%) CHAP
3 3 (0.42%) DNS
3 3 (0.42%) Firewall
3 3 (0.42%) VPN
4 2 (0.28%) Network Security
4 2 (0.28%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (11.05%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (7.69%) MongoDB
3 36 (5.03%) NoSQL
4 27 (3.78%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.66%) MySQL
6 15 (2.10%) Power BI
7 14 (1.96%) Metadata
8 13 (1.82%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (1.40%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.12%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.12%) Oracle Database
11 8 (1.12%) Tableau
12 7 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.70%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 58 (8.11%) Selenium
2 51 (7.13%) JIRA
3 50 (6.99%) Git
4 49 (6.85%) Jenkins
4 49 (6.85%) TeamCity
5 34 (4.76%) Cypress.io
6 31 (4.34%) GitLab
7 22 (3.08%) Postman
8 21 (2.94%) JMeter
9 19 (2.66%) Oracle Forms
10 13 (1.82%) SpecFlow
11 12 (1.68%) Crashlytics
11 12 (1.68%) XCTest
12 11 (1.54%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.54%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.54%) WebDriver
13 8 (1.12%) TestRail
14 7 (0.98%) Appium
14 7 (0.98%) CircleCI
14 7 (0.98%) MLflow
General
1 225 (31.47%) Finance
2 195 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 102 (14.27%) Banking
4 95 (13.29%) Law
5 90 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (10.35%) Retail
7 70 (9.79%) Public Sector
8 60 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (6.99%) Financial Institution
10 36 (5.03%) Back Office
11 33 (4.62%) Games
12 20 (2.80%) Legal
12 20 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.80%) Marketing
13 16 (2.24%) Electronics
14 9 (1.26%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.70%) Front Office
18 4 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (27.83%) Senior
2 114 (15.94%) Software Engineer
3 113 (15.80%) Lead
4 70 (9.79%) Developer
5 59 (8.25%) Test Engineer
6 58 (8.11%) QA Engineer
7 47 (6.57%) Senior Software Engineer
8 45 (6.29%) Java Engineer
9 37 (5.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (4.90%) QA Automation Engineer
11 34 (4.76%) Java Software Engineer
12 32 (4.48%) Automation Engineer
12 32 (4.48%) Test Automation Engineer
13 29 (4.06%) Tester
14 26 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.64%) Senior Developer
15 20 (2.80%) Applications Engineer
15 20 (2.80%) Senior Test Engineer
15 20 (2.80%) Software Manager
15 20 (2.80%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (15.66%) React
2 72 (10.07%) RESTful
3 71 (9.93%) REST
4 65 (9.09%) .NET
5 61 (8.53%) Playwright
6 52 (7.27%) Node.js
7 40 (5.59%) Spring
8 33 (4.62%) JSON
9 28 (3.92%) SOAP
10 23 (3.22%) Next.js
10 23 (3.22%) React Native
10 23 (3.22%) Spring Boot
11 21 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
11 21 (2.94%) XML
12 20 (2.80%) AngularJS
13 19 (2.66%) OAuth
14 18 (2.52%) OAuth2
15 17 (2.38%) AWS CDK
16 16 (2.24%) .NET Framework
16 16 (2.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 164 (22.94%) Cloud Native
2 92 (12.87%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.59%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.64%) Low-Code
4 26 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (2.66%) Video\Live Streaming
8 18 (2.52%) Blog
9 13 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.26%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.26%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.13%) Linux
2 49 (6.85%) Apple iOS
3 40 (5.59%) Android
4 24 (3.36%) Unix
5 18 (2.52%) Windows
6 4 (0.56%) CentOS
7 2 (0.28%) Debian
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (55.24%) CI/CD
2 336 (46.99%) Agile
3 247 (34.55%) DevOps
4 213 (29.79%) Mentoring
5 202 (28.25%) Software Engineering
6 194 (27.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 173 (24.20%) Coaching
8 153 (21.40%) Microservices
9 143 (20.00%) AI
10 141 (19.72%) Clean Code
10 141 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (18.04%) Observability
12 120 (16.78%) Full-Stack Development
13 117 (16.36%) Infrastructure as Code
14 93 (13.01%) Deployment Automation
14 93 (13.01%) Test Strategy
15 79 (11.05%) Analytics
15 79 (11.05%) Software Testing
16 77 (10.77%) Technical Leadership
17 76 (10.63%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 202 (28.25%) Java
2 181 (25.31%) Python
3 125 (17.48%) SQL
4 102 (14.27%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.87%) JavaScript
6 68 (9.51%) C#
7 33 (4.62%) Go
8 30 (4.20%) PowerShell
9 21 (2.94%) Bash
10 20 (2.80%) Apex Code
11 19 (2.66%) PL/SQL
12 18 (2.52%) Shell Script
13 16 (2.24%) Kotlin
14 15 (2.10%) Bicep
15 13 (1.82%) Swift
16 9 (1.26%) PHP
17 8 (1.12%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.84%) C
18 6 (0.84%) Clojure
19 5 (0.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 54 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 50 (6.99%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.71%) Degree
4 26 (3.64%) ISTQB
5 20 (2.80%) CISSP
6 15 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.96%) CGEIT
7 14 (1.96%) CISA
7 14 (1.96%) CISM
7 14 (1.96%) FFIEC
7 14 (1.96%) SANS
8 13 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.68%) CEH
10 10 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.98%) CREST Certified
11 7 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.98%) OSCP
12 5 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (25.17%) QA
2 55 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 33 (4.62%) GDPR
4 32 (4.48%) NIST
5 21 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.66%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.96%) COBIT
8 12 (1.68%) ISO 22301
8 12 (1.68%) WCAG
9 8 (1.12%) GRC
9 8 (1.12%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.84%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) NCSC
12 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) PERC
12 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 70 (9.79%) Docker
2 17 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 142 (19.86%) Terraform
2 118 (16.50%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.53%) Grafana
4 21 (2.94%) Argo
5 17 (2.38%) Ansible
5 17 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.56%) logstash
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.28%) MIIS
7 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 62 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.01%) Oracle
3 24 (3.36%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.08%) Databricks
5 20 (2.80%) VMware
6 17 (2.38%) Commvault
7 12 (1.68%) Amplitude
7 12 (1.68%) Braze
8 11 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.26%) SAP
10 8 (1.12%) Ab Initio
10 8 (1.12%) Google
10 8 (1.12%) Okta
11 7 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.84%) IFS
13 4 (0.56%) Workday
14 3 (0.42%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.42%) Informatica
15 2 (0.28%) Adobe
15 2 (0.28%) Red Hat