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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 83 97
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 -26
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 891 689 667
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 4.10% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 4.37% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 410 297 384
10th Percentile £44,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,404 £51,250 £47,500
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,750 £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 20,103 15,768 19,267
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.81% 88.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,356 8,416 11,421
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,652 £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 £78,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 7 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 17 (1.91%) Confluence
2 13 (1.46%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.46%) Mule
3 10 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.90%) CMS
5 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.79%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.67%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.56%) Camunda
8 5 (0.56%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.79%) Moqups
4 6 (0.67%) Simulink
5 5 (0.56%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.03%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.22%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 413 (46.35%) AWS
2 278 (31.20%) Azure
3 201 (22.56%) SaaS
4 138 (15.49%) GCP
5 71 (7.97%) GitHub
6 69 (7.74%) Amazon EKS
7 66 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (6.40%) Serverless
9 38 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.37%) Power Platform
11 25 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (2.69%) Azure AKS
13 23 (2.58%) Azure Functions
14 19 (2.13%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.02%) GitHub Copilot
16 14 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.57%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.06%) Broadband
2 14 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.46%) SSL
4 10 (1.12%) DNS
5 8 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.67%) Firewall
6 6 (0.67%) Network Security
7 5 (0.56%) DHCP
7 5 (0.56%) MQTT
7 5 (0.56%) SMS
8 4 (0.45%) LAN
8 4 (0.45%) WAN
8 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.45%) Wireless
9 3 (0.34%) CHAP
9 3 (0.34%) VPN
9 3 (0.34%) X.509
10 2 (0.22%) 5G
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (9.99%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (5.61%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 23 (2.58%) Relational Database
5 20 (2.24%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.02%) BigQuery
7 17 (1.91%) Metadata
8 16 (1.80%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.80%) Power BI
8 16 (1.80%) Semantic Layer
9 15 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (1.46%) MySQL
10 13 (1.46%) Redis
11 11 (1.23%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.79%) Big Data
14 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 92 (10.33%) Git
2 70 (7.86%) TeamCity
3 62 (6.96%) GitLab
4 50 (5.61%) Selenium
5 45 (5.05%) Jenkins
6 36 (4.04%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.59%) JIRA
8 29 (3.25%) Postman
9 20 (2.24%) JUnit
10 15 (1.68%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.12%) SpecFlow
12 9 (1.01%) JMeter
13 8 (0.90%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.79%) Appium
15 6 (0.67%) Gatling
15 6 (0.67%) Storybook
16 5 (0.56%) Crashlytics
16 5 (0.56%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.56%) XCTest
General
1 279 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 203 (22.78%) Finance
3 150 (16.84%) Law
4 134 (15.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 132 (14.81%) Banking
6 115 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
7 111 (12.46%) Public Sector
8 96 (10.77%) Retail
9 84 (9.43%) Legal
10 57 (6.40%) Financial Institution
11 55 (6.17%) Back Office
12 44 (4.94%) Marketing
13 30 (3.37%) Games
14 24 (2.69%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.24%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.24%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.13%) Electronics
17 10 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 249 (27.95%) Senior
2 160 (17.96%) Software Engineer
3 138 (15.49%) Lead
4 98 (11.00%) Developer
5 65 (7.30%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 49 (5.50%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.50%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.39%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.39%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.39%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.39%) Service Manager
8 37 (4.15%) Senior DevOps
9 36 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 35 (3.93%) Java Engineer
10 35 (3.93%) QA Engineer
10 35 (3.93%) Software Manager
11 33 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
12 32 (3.59%) Senior Developer
12 32 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (15.60%) Terraform
2 81 (9.09%) React
3 72 (8.08%) REST
4 70 (7.86%) Node.js
5 65 (7.30%) Spring
6 63 (7.07%) .NET
7 60 (6.73%) Playwright
8 54 (6.06%) RESTful
9 53 (5.95%) Middleware
10 32 (3.59%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.25%) CSS
12 24 (2.69%) AngularJS
13 23 (2.58%) Next.js
14 21 (2.36%) HTML
15 19 (2.13%) OAuth
16 18 (2.02%) GraphQL
16 18 (2.02%) OAuth2
17 17 (1.91%) JWT
17 17 (1.91%) PySpark
17 17 (1.91%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 198 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 134 (15.04%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.40%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.84%) Cyber Threat
6 44 (4.94%) Blog
7 35 (3.93%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.70%) Low-Code
9 31 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (3.37%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.03%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (2.81%) Video\Live Streaming
13 20 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.46%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
15 12 (1.35%) Management Information System
16 11 (1.23%) Onboarding
17 10 (1.12%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.07%) Linux
2 47 (5.27%) Windows
3 37 (4.15%) Unix
4 31 (3.48%) Android
5 27 (3.03%) 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 (0.22%) CentOS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (59.03%) CI/CD
2 373 (41.86%) Software Engineering
3 371 (41.64%) Agile
4 350 (39.28%) Mentoring
5 348 (39.06%) DevOps
6 297 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 223 (25.03%) AI
8 195 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
9 177 (19.87%) Coaching
10 148 (16.61%) Microservices
11 147 (16.50%) Software Testing
12 138 (15.49%) Technical Leadership
13 128 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 128 (14.37%) Test Strategy
14 122 (13.69%) Clean Code
15 120 (13.47%) Validation
16 119 (13.36%) Observability
17 118 (13.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 110 (12.35%) Deployment Automation
19 105 (11.78%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 265 (29.74%) Python
2 245 (27.50%) Java
3 169 (18.97%) JavaScript
4 144 (16.16%) TypeScript
5 143 (16.05%) C#
6 124 (13.92%) SQL
7 64 (7.18%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.50%) Go
9 25 (2.81%) Bash
10 24 (2.69%) Kotlin
11 18 (2.02%) C++
12 15 (1.68%) Rust
13 13 (1.46%) DataWeave
14 12 (1.35%) PHP
15 10 (1.12%) Bicep
15 10 (1.12%) C
16 9 (1.01%) Swift
17 7 (0.79%) Clojure
18 6 (0.67%) MATLAB
18 6 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 104 (11.67%) Security Cleared
2 83 (9.32%) SC Cleared
3 55 (6.17%) Degree
4 53 (5.95%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (5.72%) CISM
5 51 (5.72%) CISSP
6 27 (3.03%) ISTQB
7 17 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.56%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.56%) OSCP
12 5 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.45%) CISA
13 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.34%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (22.00%) QA
2 79 (8.87%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.95%) NIST
4 48 (5.39%) ISO 22301
5 45 (5.05%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.36%) WCAG
7 12 (1.35%) GDPR
8 7 (0.79%) 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 (0.22%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 102 (11.45%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Firmware
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 152 (17.06%) Kubernetes
2 88 (9.88%) Grafana
3 16 (1.80%) Argo
4 13 (1.46%) CloudHub
5 12 (1.35%) Ansible
6 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.11%) Consul
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 84 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.92%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.47%) Oracle
4 20 (2.24%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.02%) SAP
6 16 (1.80%) Databricks
7 14 (1.57%) Google
7 14 (1.57%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.35%) Pega
9 7 (0.79%) Braze
9 7 (0.79%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.79%) Foundry
9 7 (0.79%) IFS
9 7 (0.79%) Palantir
9 7 (0.79%) VMware
10 5 (0.56%) Amplitude
10 5 (0.56%) dotdigital
11 4 (0.45%) UiPath
11 4 (0.45%) YouTube
11 4 (0.45%) Zscaler