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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 93 69
Rank change year-on-year +19 -24 -30
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 688 633 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.22% 3.12% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 3.55% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 285 361 828
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,009
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.79% +3.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £93,750
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 15,262 17,833 21,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.65% 88.02% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,354 10,766 17,657
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,960 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 22 October 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
1 162 (23.55%) Confluence
2 9 (1.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (1.16%) Headless CMS
4 7 (1.02%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.44%) Apache
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Blender
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (3.92%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.16%) Shopify
4 7 (1.02%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.58%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 416 (60.47%) Azure
2 339 (49.27%) AWS
3 174 (25.29%) GCP
4 98 (14.24%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (13.37%) GitHub
6 58 (8.43%) SaaS
7 31 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (4.36%) PaaS
9 27 (3.92%) GitHub Copilot
9 27 (3.92%) Serverless
10 22 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (3.05%) Entra ID
11 21 (3.05%) OCI
11 21 (3.05%) Power Platform
12 18 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.62%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.05%) 5G
2 20 (2.91%) SD-WAN
2 20 (2.91%) WAN
3 8 (1.16%) HTTP
4 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.58%) Broadband
5 4 (0.58%) VPN
6 3 (0.44%) Firewall
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
7 2 (0.29%) Network Security
7 2 (0.29%) RFID
8 1 (0.15%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
8 1 (0.15%) Multicast
8 1 (0.15%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (41.13%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.63%) MySQL
3 24 (3.49%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.33%) Power BI
5 13 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.60%) Tableau
8 10 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.16%) MariaDB
10 8 (1.16%) QGIS
11 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.58%) Essbase
12 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.58%) Tick Data
13 3 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.44%) Pinecone
14 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 317 (46.08%) Selenium
2 297 (43.17%) JIRA
3 254 (36.92%) GitLab
4 253 (36.77%) Cucumber
5 249 (36.19%) SonarQube
5 249 (36.19%) Sonatype Nexus
6 247 (35.90%) Bitbucket
6 247 (35.90%) Maven
7 50 (7.27%) Cypress.io
8 46 (6.69%) Git
9 42 (6.10%) Jenkins
10 25 (3.63%) Oracle Forms
11 17 (2.47%) TeamCity
12 15 (2.18%) Postman
13 9 (1.31%) WebDriver
14 8 (1.16%) Appium
14 8 (1.16%) JMeter
15 7 (1.02%) JUnit
16 6 (0.87%) LoadRunner
17 5 (0.73%) TestRail
General
1 370 (53.78%) Finance
2 287 (41.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 266 (38.66%) Banking
4 139 (20.20%) Social Skills
5 108 (15.70%) Retail
6 92 (13.37%) Investment Banking
7 90 (13.08%) Corporate Banking
8 64 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
9 62 (9.01%) Law
10 30 (4.36%) Public Sector
11 25 (3.63%) Back Office
11 25 (3.63%) Legal
12 12 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.74%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.60%) Automotive
14 8 (1.16%) Front Office
14 8 (1.16%) Local Government
14 8 (1.16%) Military
15 7 (1.02%) Games
15 7 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 283 (41.13%) Software Engineer
2 113 (16.42%) Senior
3 98 (14.24%) Developer
4 80 (11.63%) Lead
5 33 (4.80%) QA Engineer
6 28 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (3.63%) Senior Developer
8 24 (3.49%) Test Engineer
9 23 (3.34%) Applications Engineer
10 22 (3.20%) Analyst
11 21 (3.05%) Test Automation Engineer
12 19 (2.76%) Lead Developer
12 19 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.47%) QA Automation Engineer
13 17 (2.47%) SaaS Developer
13 17 (2.47%) Tester
14 15 (2.18%) Automation Engineer
14 15 (2.18%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.18%) Test Analyst
15 14 (2.03%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (43.60%) React
2 283 (41.13%) CSS
3 281 (40.84%) HTML
4 257 (37.35%) Kafka
5 256 (37.21%) Spring
6 252 (36.63%) Spring Boot
7 251 (36.48%) Redux
8 247 (35.90%) JPA
9 160 (23.26%) Hibernate
10 149 (21.66%) RESTful
11 121 (17.59%) REST
12 106 (15.41%) Jest
13 96 (13.95%) CSS3
14 93 (13.52%) HTML5
15 92 (13.37%) Sass
16 61 (8.87%) .NET
17 45 (6.54%) Playwright
18 40 (5.81%) JSON
19 32 (4.65%) Node.js
20 31 (4.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 269 (39.10%) Enterprise Software
2 268 (38.95%) Product Ownership
3 80 (11.63%) Cloud Native
4 30 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.91%) Self-Driving Car
7 17 (2.47%) GNSS
8 16 (2.33%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.74%) NHS
10 10 (1.45%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 7 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.73%) Hedge funds
15 5 (0.73%) IoT
15 5 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.73%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.58%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.20%) Linux
2 16 (2.33%) Windows
3 9 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.73%) Unix
5 3 (0.44%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Solaris
6 2 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (70.06%) Agile
2 465 (67.59%) CI/CD
3 424 (61.63%) DevOps
4 317 (46.08%) SDLC
5 316 (45.93%) Microservices
6 311 (45.20%) Software Engineering
7 281 (40.84%) Full-Stack Development
8 280 (40.70%) Containerisation
9 267 (38.81%) Front End Development
10 258 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
11 234 (34.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 218 (31.69%) Clean Code
13 211 (30.67%) Mentoring
14 186 (27.03%) TDD
15 138 (20.06%) User Experience
16 127 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
17 119 (17.30%) Migration
18 97 (14.10%) Strategic Thinking
19 94 (13.66%) Responsive Web Design
20 76 (11.05%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 362 (52.62%) SQL
2 342 (49.71%) Java
3 330 (47.97%) JavaScript
4 137 (19.91%) TypeScript
5 131 (19.04%) Python
6 86 (12.50%) C#
7 27 (3.92%) C++
8 25 (3.63%) PHP
9 24 (3.49%) Shell Script
10 23 (3.34%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.05%) PL/SQL
12 18 (2.62%) C
13 16 (2.33%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.45%) Bicep
15 8 (1.16%) Go
16 7 (1.02%) Bash
16 7 (1.02%) Groovy
17 5 (0.73%) Apex Code
18 3 (0.44%) Swift
18 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (9.74%) Degree
2 41 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (5.23%) Security Cleared
4 31 (4.51%) ISTQB
5 29 (4.22%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.44%) CEH
10 3 (0.44%) ISEB
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CHECK Team Leader
11 1 (0.15%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 354 (51.45%) QA
2 124 (18.02%) Accessibility
3 39 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.33%) ISO 9001
5 14 (2.03%) NIST
6 10 (1.45%) GDPR
6 10 (1.45%) NCSC
7 8 (1.16%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.02%) SLA
8 7 (1.02%) WCAG
9 3 (0.44%) GRC
9 3 (0.44%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.15%) Section 508
10 1 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 284 (41.28%) Docker
2 21 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.02%) vSphere
5 2 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) KVM
6 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 278 (40.41%) Kubernetes
2 58 (8.43%) Terraform
3 21 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.47%) Ansible
5 13 (1.89%) Grafana
6 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.29%) Control-M
8 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.15%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 247 (35.90%) Solace
2 79 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.80%) Oracle
4 16 (2.33%) Apple
5 13 (1.89%) Google
5 13 (1.89%) VMware
6 12 (1.74%) Okta
6 12 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.45%) Databricks
8 5 (0.73%) Ab Initio
8 5 (0.73%) iManage
8 5 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.58%) Hyperion
9 4 (0.58%) IBM
10 3 (0.44%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.44%) Commvault
10 3 (0.44%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.44%) Qualys
10 3 (0.44%) Siebel
11 2 (0.29%) Intapp