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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 81 112
Rank change year-on-year +23 +31 -55
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 885 718 692
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 4.32% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 4.65% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 406 349 522
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +2.08% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,188 £82,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
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 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 13 August 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 (1.81%) Confluence
2 13 (1.47%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.47%) Mule
3 12 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.79%) Apache
6 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.56%) CMS
6 5 (0.56%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.45%) Camunda
7 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.45%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.45%) Moqups
2 4 (0.45%) Simulink
3 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.05%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 421 (47.57%) AWS
2 279 (31.53%) Azure
3 170 (19.21%) SaaS
4 132 (14.92%) GCP
5 77 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (7.91%) Serverless
7 68 (7.68%) GitHub
8 45 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
9 39 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.16%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.26%) Azure AKS
13 18 (2.03%) Entra ID
14 17 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (1.69%) TestFlight
16 14 (1.58%) Datadog
17 13 (1.47%) Figma
17 13 (1.47%) Firebase
17 13 (1.47%) Stripe
18 12 (1.36%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 72 (8.14%) Broadband
2 13 (1.47%) SSL
3 9 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.90%) DNS
5 6 (0.68%) CHAP
5 6 (0.68%) Firewall
6 5 (0.56%) SMS
7 4 (0.45%) DHCP
7 4 (0.45%) LAN
7 4 (0.45%) MQTT
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.45%) WAN
7 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.94%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (7.01%) MongoDB
3 35 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.39%) NoSQL
5 19 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.03%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.69%) MySQL
7 15 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
8 12 (1.36%) Metadata
9 11 (1.24%) Power BI
10 10 (1.13%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.68%) Big Data
14 5 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.56%) Redis
14 5 (0.56%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 77 (8.70%) Git
2 56 (6.33%) Selenium
3 54 (6.10%) Jenkins
4 49 (5.54%) GitLab
4 49 (5.54%) TeamCity
5 37 (4.18%) Cypress.io
6 34 (3.84%) JIRA
7 28 (3.16%) Postman
8 17 (1.92%) Cucumber
8 17 (1.92%) JMeter
9 13 (1.47%) Crashlytics
9 13 (1.47%) JUnit
9 13 (1.47%) XCTest
10 11 (1.24%) SpecFlow
11 10 (1.13%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.02%) Gatling
13 8 (0.90%) Appium
14 7 (0.79%) NUnit
14 7 (0.79%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.79%) TestRail
General
1 284 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 181 (20.45%) Finance
3 142 (16.05%) Law
4 110 (12.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (11.41%) Banking
6 100 (11.30%) Public Sector
7 94 (10.62%) Legal
8 86 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
9 73 (8.25%) Retail
10 45 (5.08%) Marketing
11 43 (4.86%) Financial Institution
11 43 (4.86%) Games
12 39 (4.41%) Back Office
13 26 (2.94%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.26%) Electronics
15 17 (1.92%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.36%) Investment Banking
18 9 (1.02%) Legal Technology
19 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (29.38%) Senior
2 150 (16.95%) Lead
3 127 (14.35%) Software Engineer
4 108 (12.20%) Developer
5 56 (6.33%) Test Engineer
6 52 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 49 (5.54%) Testing Manager
8 48 (5.42%) IT Manager
8 48 (5.42%) IT Services Manager
8 48 (5.42%) Resilience Manager
8 48 (5.42%) Service Manager
9 42 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 41 (4.63%) Engineering Manager
10 41 (4.63%) Senior Developer
11 40 (4.52%) Software Manager
12 37 (4.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 37 (4.18%) QA Engineer
13 36 (4.07%) Java Engineer
13 36 (4.07%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (4.07%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (12.77%) React
2 72 (8.14%) REST
3 70 (7.91%) Node.js
4 66 (7.46%) Spring
5 65 (7.34%) .NET
5 65 (7.34%) Playwright
6 55 (6.21%) RESTful
7 50 (5.65%) Middleware
8 31 (3.50%) Spring Boot
9 29 (3.28%) AngularJS
10 23 (2.60%) AWS CDK
10 23 (2.60%) Next.js
11 21 (2.37%) Django
12 20 (2.26%) CSS
12 20 (2.26%) React Native
13 17 (1.92%) HTML
13 17 (1.92%) OAuth
14 16 (1.81%) OAuth2
15 15 (1.69%) GraphQL
15 15 (1.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 172 (19.44%) Cloud Native
2 120 (13.56%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (6.44%) Virtual Team
5 55 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (5.20%) Mobile App
7 38 (4.29%) Blog
8 37 (4.18%) Low-Code
9 32 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (3.62%) Video\Live Streaming
10 30 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
11 29 (3.28%) Public Cloud
12 27 (3.05%) Marketing Technology
13 18 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.69%) Management Information System
15 14 (1.58%) Algorithms
16 13 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.24%) Cyberattack
17 11 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.12%) Linux
2 40 (4.52%) Windows
3 36 (4.07%) Apple iOS
4 32 (3.62%) Unix
5 29 (3.28%) Android
6 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (56.61%) CI/CD
2 412 (46.55%) Agile
3 340 (38.42%) DevOps
4 333 (37.63%) Software Engineering
5 330 (37.29%) Mentoring
6 300 (33.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 204 (23.05%) AI
8 185 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
9 149 (16.84%) Software Testing
10 148 (16.72%) Coaching
11 141 (15.93%) Microservices
12 139 (15.71%) Test Strategy
13 135 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
14 134 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 129 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
15 129 (14.58%) Observability
16 128 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
17 115 (12.99%) Clean Code
18 113 (12.77%) Decision-Making
19 111 (12.54%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 260 (29.38%) Python
2 225 (25.42%) Java
3 170 (19.21%) JavaScript
4 148 (16.72%) TypeScript
5 133 (15.03%) C#
6 109 (12.32%) SQL
7 65 (7.34%) PowerShell
8 48 (5.42%) Go
9 23 (2.60%) Kotlin
10 20 (2.26%) Bash
11 16 (1.81%) Swift
12 15 (1.69%) C++
13 13 (1.47%) DataWeave
14 12 (1.36%) PHP
15 9 (1.02%) C
16 8 (0.90%) Clojure
16 8 (0.90%) Rust
17 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.56%) Ruby
17 5 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 86 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 73 (8.25%) SC Cleared
3 60 (6.78%) ITIL Certification
4 58 (6.55%) CISSP
5 56 (6.33%) Degree
6 54 (6.10%) CISM
7 25 (2.82%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (0.79%) CISA
11 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
12 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
12 6 (0.68%) SANS
13 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.45%) CEH
13 4 (0.45%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (25.42%) QA
2 80 (9.04%) Accessibility
3 61 (6.89%) NIST
4 52 (5.88%) ISO 22301
5 35 (3.95%) Data Quality
6 22 (2.49%) GDPR
7 16 (1.81%) WCAG
8 12 (1.36%) GRC
9 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.68%) COBIT
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.45%) SLA
12 3 (0.34%) ECSS
12 3 (0.34%) PERC
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
14 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 96 (10.85%) Docker
2 10 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 128 (14.46%) Kubernetes
2 117 (13.22%) Terraform
3 61 (6.89%) Grafana
4 18 (2.03%) Ansible
5 16 (1.81%) Argo
6 13 (1.47%) CloudHub
7 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.90%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.23%) MIIS
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 75 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.05%) ServiceNow
3 24 (2.71%) Oracle
3 24 (2.71%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.26%) Databricks
5 15 (1.69%) Braze
5 15 (1.69%) SAP
6 14 (1.58%) MuleSoft
7 13 (1.47%) Amplitude
7 13 (1.47%) Google
8 12 (1.36%) Pega
8 12 (1.36%) VMware
9 8 (0.90%) IFS
10 5 (0.56%) Commvault
10 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
11 4 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.45%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.34%) Informatica
12 3 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud