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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 67 98
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 -48
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 692 569 969
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.81% 4.21% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 4.45% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 395 450 747
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £38,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.54% -13.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £70,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £98,474 £82,500
UK median annual salary £63,625 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.04% +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 15,038 12,797 29,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.83% 94.76% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,506 8,904 23,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%

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 28 April 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 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (0.87%) Confluence
2 6 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.43%) Apache
4 3 (0.43%) nginx
5 2 (0.29%) JBoss
5 2 (0.29%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Camunda
6 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (2.31%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 275 (39.74%) Azure
2 262 (37.86%) AWS
3 128 (18.50%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (18.21%) GitHub
5 112 (16.18%) GCP
6 68 (9.83%) Serverless
7 65 (9.39%) SaaS
8 50 (7.23%) Amazon EKS
8 50 (7.23%) GitHub Copilot
9 47 (6.79%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (4.34%) Power Platform
11 29 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (4.19%) Entra ID
12 23 (3.32%) Azure AKS
12 23 (3.32%) Azure Event Grid
13 19 (2.75%) PaaS
14 18 (2.60%) Nutanix
15 16 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (2.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.60%) Broadband
2 14 (2.02%) CHAP
3 3 (0.43%) DNS
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) VPN
4 2 (0.29%) Network Security
4 2 (0.29%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (10.40%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (6.21%) MongoDB
3 37 (5.35%) NoSQL
4 35 (5.06%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.75%) MySQL
6 16 (2.31%) Power BI
7 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.73%) Metadata
9 8 (1.16%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.16%) Tableau
10 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.87%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.72%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.58%) Redis
14 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 65 (9.39%) Selenium
2 55 (7.95%) Git
3 52 (7.51%) JIRA
4 49 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 49 (7.08%) TeamCity
5 33 (4.77%) Cypress.io
5 33 (4.77%) GitLab
6 22 (3.18%) JMeter
6 22 (3.18%) Postman
7 19 (2.75%) Oracle Forms
8 17 (2.46%) Cucumber
9 14 (2.02%) SpecFlow
10 11 (1.59%) Crashlytics
10 11 (1.59%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.59%) WebDriver
10 11 (1.59%) XCTest
11 9 (1.30%) JUnit
12 8 (1.16%) TestRail
13 7 (1.01%) Appium
13 7 (1.01%) CircleCI
General
1 232 (33.53%) Finance
2 195 (28.18%) Social Skills
3 101 (14.60%) Banking
4 96 (13.87%) Law
5 83 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (10.69%) Retail
7 65 (9.39%) Public Sector
8 60 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (7.23%) Financial Institution
10 35 (5.06%) Back Office
11 22 (3.18%) Games
12 21 (3.03%) Marketing
13 19 (2.75%) Manufacturing
14 18 (2.60%) Legal
15 15 (2.17%) Electronics
16 7 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.72%) Front Office
19 4 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 191 (27.60%) Senior
2 114 (16.47%) Software Engineer
3 108 (15.61%) Lead
4 75 (10.84%) Developer
5 57 (8.24%) QA Engineer
6 54 (7.80%) Test Engineer
7 46 (6.65%) Senior Software Engineer
8 45 (6.50%) Java Engineer
9 36 (5.20%) Java Software Engineer
10 34 (4.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (4.91%) QA Automation Engineer
11 32 (4.62%) Automation Engineer
12 31 (4.48%) Test Automation Engineer
13 30 (4.34%) Senior Developer
14 28 (4.05%) Tester
15 24 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
16 21 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
17 20 (2.89%) Test Leader
18 19 (2.75%) Lead Developer
18 19 (2.75%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (16.04%) React
2 71 (10.26%) REST
3 69 (9.97%) .NET
4 63 (9.10%) RESTful
5 59 (8.53%) Playwright
6 46 (6.65%) Node.js
7 41 (5.92%) Spring
8 36 (5.20%) JSON
9 29 (4.19%) SOAP
10 26 (3.76%) Spring Boot
11 24 (3.47%) React Native
12 23 (3.32%) Next.js
13 22 (3.18%) Lightning Web Components
14 21 (3.03%) XML
15 20 (2.89%) OAuth
16 19 (2.75%) Django
16 19 (2.75%) OAuth2
17 18 (2.60%) AngularJS
18 17 (2.46%) .NET Framework
19 16 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (21.53%) Cloud Native
2 90 (13.01%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.78%) Mobile App
4 27 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.60%) Blog
8 15 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.17%) Low-Code
9 14 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.59%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.30%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.30%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.30%) Podcast
14 8 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (1.16%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.08%) Apple iOS
2 48 (6.94%) Linux
3 41 (5.92%) Android
4 22 (3.18%) Unix
5 15 (2.17%) Windows
6 4 (0.58%) CentOS
7 2 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (55.20%) CI/CD
2 332 (47.98%) Agile
3 252 (36.42%) DevOps
4 206 (29.77%) Mentoring
5 196 (28.32%) Software Engineering
6 181 (26.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 174 (25.14%) Coaching
8 157 (22.69%) Microservices
9 145 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
10 141 (20.38%) Clean Code
11 133 (19.22%) AI
12 114 (16.47%) Observability
13 107 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 102 (14.74%) Infrastructure as Code
15 94 (13.58%) Deployment Automation
16 92 (13.29%) Test Strategy
17 81 (11.71%) Analytics
18 77 (11.13%) Technical Leadership
19 75 (10.84%) Fintech
20 72 (10.40%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 197 (28.47%) Java
2 170 (24.57%) Python
3 123 (17.77%) SQL
4 102 (14.74%) TypeScript
5 91 (13.15%) JavaScript
6 64 (9.25%) C#
7 32 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.18%) Go
9 21 (3.03%) Apex Code
10 19 (2.75%) Bash
10 19 (2.75%) PL/SQL
11 18 (2.60%) Shell Script
12 16 (2.31%) Bicep
12 16 (2.31%) Kotlin
13 13 (1.88%) Swift
14 10 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.30%) PHP
16 6 (0.87%) Clojure
16 6 (0.87%) Delphi
17 5 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (6.94%) Degree
2 46 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.90%) ISTQB
5 20 (2.89%) CISSP
6 15 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.02%) CGEIT
7 14 (2.02%) CISA
7 14 (2.02%) CISM
7 14 (2.02%) FFIEC
7 14 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.02%) SANS
8 12 (1.73%) CEH
9 11 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 10 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.01%) CREST Certified
12 7 (1.01%) OSCP
13 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (24.86%) QA
2 54 (7.80%) Accessibility
3 34 (4.91%) NIST
4 33 (4.77%) GDPR
5 23 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.02%) COBIT
8 13 (1.88%) WCAG
9 12 (1.73%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.16%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.01%) GRC
12 6 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
13 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.29%) NCSC
15 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 76 (10.98%) Docker
2 18 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 140 (20.23%) Terraform
2 124 (17.92%) Kubernetes
3 67 (9.68%) Grafana
4 19 (2.75%) Argo
5 17 (2.46%) Ansible
5 17 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.58%) logstash
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) MIIS
7 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 62 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.23%) Oracle
3 24 (3.47%) Databricks
3 24 (3.47%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.03%) VMware
5 18 (2.60%) Commvault
6 11 (1.59%) Amplitude
6 11 (1.59%) Braze
6 11 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.30%) Ab Initio
7 9 (1.30%) SAP
8 8 (1.16%) Okta
9 7 (1.01%) Google
9 7 (1.01%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.87%) IFS
11 4 (0.58%) Workday
12 3 (0.43%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.43%) Foundry
12 3 (0.43%) Informatica
13 2 (0.29%) CheckPoint