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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 85 99
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 -30
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 887 690 689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.56% 4.09% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 4.36% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 408 295 399
10th Percentile £44,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £71,991
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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 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 16 (1.80%) Confluence
2 13 (1.47%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.47%) Mule
3 9 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.01%) 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 (0.56%) 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 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.79%) Moqups
4 6 (0.68%) Simulink
5 5 (0.56%) 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 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.04%) 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
1 411 (46.34%) AWS
2 275 (31.00%) Azure
3 198 (22.32%) SaaS
4 138 (15.56%) GCP
5 71 (8.00%) Amazon EKS
6 68 (7.67%) GitHub
7 65 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (6.31%) Serverless
9 38 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.38%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (2.71%) Azure AKS
13 20 (2.25%) Azure Functions
14 19 (2.14%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
16 14 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (1.47%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
18 11 (1.24%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.09%) Broadband
2 14 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.47%) SSL
4 9 (1.01%) DNS
5 8 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.56%) DHCP
6 5 (0.56%) Firewall
6 5 (0.56%) MQTT
6 5 (0.56%) Network Security
6 5 (0.56%) 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 89 (10.03%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (5.64%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.71%) Relational Database
5 20 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.03%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.80%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.80%) Power BI
7 16 (1.80%) Semantic Layer
8 15 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
8 15 (1.69%) Metadata
9 14 (1.58%) Redis
10 13 (1.47%) MySQL
11 12 (1.35%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.79%) Big Data
13 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 92 (10.37%) Git
2 71 (8.00%) TeamCity
3 63 (7.10%) GitLab
4 49 (5.52%) Selenium
5 45 (5.07%) Jenkins
6 35 (3.95%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.49%) JIRA
8 29 (3.27%) Postman
9 19 (2.14%) JUnit
10 13 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.01%) JMeter
12 8 (0.90%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.79%) Appium
13 7 (0.79%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.68%) Gatling
14 6 (0.68%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.68%) Storybook
15 5 (0.56%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.56%) XCTest
General
1 279 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 200 (22.55%) Finance
3 152 (17.14%) Law
4 134 (15.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (14.54%) Banking
6 115 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
7 109 (12.29%) Public Sector
8 99 (11.16%) Retail
9 85 (9.58%) Legal
10 57 (6.43%) Financial Institution
11 55 (6.20%) Back Office
12 44 (4.96%) Marketing
13 30 (3.38%) Games
14 26 (2.93%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.25%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.25%) Electronics
15 20 (2.25%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 247 (27.85%) Senior
2 157 (17.70%) Software Engineer
3 141 (15.90%) Lead
4 98 (11.05%) Developer
5 67 (7.55%) Test Engineer
6 50 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
7 49 (5.52%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.52%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.41%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.41%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.41%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.41%) Service Manager
9 37 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
10 36 (4.06%) Java Engineer
10 36 (4.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 35 (3.95%) Software Manager
12 33 (3.72%) Engineering Manager
12 33 (3.72%) QA Engineer
13 32 (3.61%) Lead Software Engineer
13 32 (3.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (15.67%) Terraform
2 82 (9.24%) React
3 70 (7.89%) REST
4 68 (7.67%) Node.js
5 64 (7.22%) Spring
6 62 (6.99%) .NET
7 59 (6.65%) Playwright
8 55 (6.20%) RESTful
9 52 (5.86%) Middleware
10 31 (3.49%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.27%) CSS
12 24 (2.71%) AngularJS
13 23 (2.59%) Next.js
14 21 (2.37%) HTML
15 18 (2.03%) GraphQL
15 18 (2.03%) OAuth
16 17 (1.92%) OAuth2
17 16 (1.80%) .NET Core
17 16 (1.80%) PySpark
17 16 (1.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 199 (22.44%) Cloud Native
2 131 (14.77%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.43%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.86%) Cyber Threat
6 45 (5.07%) Blog
7 35 (3.95%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.72%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (3.16%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.04%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.82%) Video\Live Streaming
13 20 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
16 13 (1.47%) AI Agents
17 10 (1.13%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.13%) Management Information System
17 10 (1.13%) Onboarding
17 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.33%) Linux
2 47 (5.30%) Windows
3 37 (4.17%) Unix
4 30 (3.38%) Android
5 27 (3.04%) 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
1 523 (58.96%) CI/CD
2 373 (42.05%) Agile
3 368 (41.49%) Software Engineering
4 350 (39.46%) DevOps
5 348 (39.23%) Mentoring
6 295 (33.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 221 (24.92%) AI
8 192 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
9 177 (19.95%) Coaching
10 148 (16.69%) Microservices
11 146 (16.46%) Software Testing
12 138 (15.56%) Technical Leadership
13 130 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 130 (14.66%) Test Strategy
14 121 (13.64%) Clean Code
14 121 (13.64%) Validation
15 117 (13.19%) Observability
16 116 (13.08%) Infrastructure as Code
17 109 (12.29%) Deployment Automation
18 105 (11.84%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 263 (29.65%) Python
2 243 (27.40%) Java
3 165 (18.60%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.23%) C#
5 141 (15.90%) TypeScript
6 124 (13.98%) SQL
7 64 (7.22%) PowerShell
8 48 (5.41%) Go
9 24 (2.71%) Bash
9 24 (2.71%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.92%) C++
11 15 (1.69%) Rust
12 13 (1.47%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.35%) PHP
14 10 (1.13%) C
15 9 (1.01%) Swift
16 8 (0.90%) Bicep
16 8 (0.90%) Clojure
17 6 (0.68%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (11.61%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.13%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.09%) Degree
4 53 (5.98%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (5.75%) CISM
5 51 (5.75%) CISSP
6 29 (3.27%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.56%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.56%) OSCP
13 4 (0.45%) CISA
13 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.34%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
14 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (21.98%) QA
2 79 (8.91%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.98%) NIST
4 48 (5.41%) ISO 22301
5 45 (5.07%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.25%) WCAG
7 12 (1.35%) GDPR
8 8 (0.90%) GRC
9 5 (0.56%) 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%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 102 (11.50%) 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
1 154 (17.36%) Kubernetes
2 87 (9.81%) Grafana
3 16 (1.80%) Argo
4 13 (1.47%) Ansible
4 13 (1.47%) CloudHub
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 83 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.82%) Oracle
2 25 (2.82%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 18 (2.03%) SAP
5 16 (1.80%) Databricks
6 14 (1.58%) Google
6 14 (1.58%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.35%) Pega
8 8 (0.90%) IFS
9 7 (0.79%) Braze
9 7 (0.79%) VMware
10 6 (0.68%) Foundry
10 6 (0.68%) Palantir
11 5 (0.56%) Amplitude
11 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.56%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.45%) YouTube
12 4 (0.45%) Zscaler