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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 80 69
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 -29
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 473 684 895
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 3.41% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 3.81% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 282 403 735
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,923 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,968
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.74% +4.95%

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 13,778 17,960 20,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 89.59% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,677 10,839 16,359
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £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 24 November 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 12 (2.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.69%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.48%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.06%) Confluence
5 4 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.63%) Apache
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Blender
1 4 (0.85%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 33 (6.98%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.69%) Shopify
4 6 (1.27%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.85%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 203 (42.92%) Azure
2 133 (28.12%) GitHub
3 122 (25.79%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (24.74%) AWS
5 74 (15.64%) SaaS
6 53 (11.21%) GitHub Copilot
7 39 (8.25%) GitHub Actions
8 38 (8.03%) Serverless
9 34 (7.19%) PaaS
10 29 (6.13%) GCP
11 28 (5.92%) Entra ID
12 27 (5.71%) OCI
12 27 (5.71%) Power Platform
13 24 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (4.86%) Snowflake
15 19 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (4.02%) dbt
16 15 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.54%) 5G
1 12 (2.54%) SD-WAN
1 12 (2.54%) WAN
2 7 (1.48%) HTTP
3 5 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.85%) VPN
5 3 (0.63%) CHAP
5 3 (0.63%) Firewall
5 3 (0.63%) Internet
6 2 (0.42%) Broadband
6 2 (0.42%) Network Security
6 2 (0.42%) RFID
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.50%) NoSQL
3 25 (5.29%) MySQL
4 22 (4.65%) Power BI
5 21 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.96%) Tableau
8 13 (2.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.90%) MariaDB
11 5 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.06%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.85%) Essbase
12 4 (0.85%) QGIS
12 4 (0.85%) Tick Data
13 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.63%) Metadata
13 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (13.32%) Selenium
2 55 (11.63%) Git
3 52 (10.99%) JIRA
4 49 (10.36%) Jenkins
5 46 (9.73%) Cypress.io
6 31 (6.55%) Oracle Forms
7 22 (4.65%) TeamCity
8 18 (3.81%) Postman
9 13 (2.75%) Cucumber
10 12 (2.54%) JUnit
11 10 (2.11%) GitLab
12 8 (1.69%) JMeter
12 8 (1.69%) WebDriver
13 6 (1.27%) Appium
14 5 (1.06%) LoadRunner
14 5 (1.06%) Storybook
14 5 (1.06%) TestRail
15 4 (0.85%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.85%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 170 (35.94%) Finance
2 157 (33.19%) Social Skills
3 67 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (11.21%) Law
5 48 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.55%) Back Office
7 29 (6.13%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.92%) Banking
9 22 (4.65%) Retail
10 20 (4.23%) Financial Institution
11 15 (3.17%) Legal
12 12 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.54%) Marketing
13 9 (1.90%) Automotive
14 8 (1.69%) Front Office
14 8 (1.69%) Local Government
15 7 (1.48%) Games
16 5 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.85%) Health Technology
17 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (26.22%) Senior
2 108 (22.83%) Developer
3 84 (17.76%) Lead
4 44 (9.30%) Software Engineer
5 35 (7.40%) Senior Developer
6 33 (6.98%) Applications Engineer
6 33 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 29 (6.13%) QA Engineer
8 26 (5.50%) Lead Developer
9 23 (4.86%) Analyst
10 22 (4.65%) Test Engineer
11 21 (4.44%) SaaS Developer
12 20 (4.23%) QA Automation Engineer
12 20 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (4.23%) Test Automation Engineer
13 19 (4.02%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.81%) Automation Engineer
15 17 (3.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 17 (3.59%) Tester
16 15 (3.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (15.01%) RESTful
2 61 (12.90%) React
3 53 (11.21%) .NET
4 48 (10.15%) JSON
5 41 (8.67%) Playwright
6 36 (7.61%) XML
7 35 (7.40%) REST
8 34 (7.19%) CSS
8 34 (7.19%) SOAP
9 33 (6.98%) Node.js
10 32 (6.77%) HTML
11 27 (5.71%) OAuth
12 25 (5.29%) OAuth2
13 22 (4.65%) Next.js
14 17 (3.59%) Spring
15 16 (3.38%) .NET Framework
15 16 (3.38%) Jest
16 15 (3.17%) GraphQL
17 14 (2.96%) Entity Framework
18 12 (2.54%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (23.68%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 29 (6.13%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.54%) GNSS
6 12 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.54%) NHS
6 12 (2.54%) Self-Driving Car
7 11 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.48%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.27%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.06%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.44%) Linux
2 15 (3.17%) Windows
3 9 (1.90%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.48%) Android
5 4 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) CentOS
6 2 (0.42%) Solaris
6 2 (0.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (55.18%) CI/CD
2 248 (52.43%) Agile
3 209 (44.19%) DevOps
4 150 (31.71%) Mentoring
5 131 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (26.00%) Coaching
7 98 (20.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (19.66%) AI
9 90 (19.03%) Software Engineering
10 87 (18.39%) Asset Management
11 86 (18.18%) Clean Code
12 80 (16.91%) Analytics
12 80 (16.91%) Microservices
13 66 (13.95%) Observability
14 63 (13.32%) Sprint Planning
15 57 (12.05%) Sprint Retrospective
16 51 (10.78%) Computer Science
16 51 (10.78%) ERP
16 51 (10.78%) SDLC
17 46 (9.73%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 146 (30.87%) Python
2 132 (27.91%) SQL
3 110 (23.26%) Java
4 82 (17.34%) C#
5 77 (16.28%) JavaScript
6 58 (12.26%) TypeScript
7 30 (6.34%) PowerShell
7 30 (6.34%) Shell Script
8 27 (5.71%) PL/SQL
9 25 (5.29%) PHP
10 15 (3.17%) C
10 15 (3.17%) C++
11 13 (2.75%) Bicep
12 12 (2.54%) Apex Code
13 10 (2.11%) Bash
14 9 (1.90%) Go
15 8 (1.69%) MATLAB
16 6 (1.27%) Delphi
17 5 (1.06%) Groovy
17 5 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (13.53%) Degree
2 43 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (7.19%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.65%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.96%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.06%) CEH
11 4 (0.85%) CISA
11 4 (0.85%) ISEB
12 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.63%) CGEIT
12 3 (0.63%) CISM
12 3 (0.63%) CISSP
12 3 (0.63%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.63%) SANS
13 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (20.93%) QA
2 43 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (7.61%) Accessibility
4 22 (4.65%) NIST
5 17 (3.59%) GDPR
6 16 (3.38%) ISO 9001
7 11 (2.33%) WCAG
8 10 (2.11%) Data Quality
8 10 (2.11%) NCSC
9 7 (1.48%) SLA
10 5 (1.06%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.63%) COBIT
11 3 (0.63%) GRC
12 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.21%) Section 508
12 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 46 (9.73%) Docker
2 28 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.27%) vSphere
4 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 78 (16.49%) Terraform
2 46 (9.73%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
4 26 (5.50%) Grafana
5 15 (3.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Control-M
6 2 (0.42%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.21%) logstash
7 1 (0.21%) Nessus
7 1 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.30%) Oracle
3 18 (3.81%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.38%) Apple
4 16 (3.38%) VMware
5 15 (3.17%) Okta
6 13 (2.75%) Google
7 12 (2.54%) Databricks
8 9 (1.90%) Ab Initio
9 8 (1.69%) Commvault
10 5 (1.06%) iManage
10 5 (1.06%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.85%) Hyperion
11 4 (0.85%) IBM
12 3 (0.63%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.63%) Foundry
12 3 (0.63%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.63%) Qualys
13 2 (0.42%) Intapp
13 2 (0.42%) Samsung