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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 68 100
Rank change year-on-year +13 +32 -51
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 688 567 995
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.90% 4.29% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 4.52% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 381 451 772
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £37,550
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £71,991
90th Percentile £101,250 £98,474 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,788 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% +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 14,665 12,537 29,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.79% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,232 8,912 23,714
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,063 £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% -10.20%

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 17 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 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.73%) CMS
4 4 (0.58%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) nginx
6 2 (0.29%) JBoss
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 271 (39.39%) Azure
2 264 (38.37%) AWS
3 133 (19.33%) GitHub
4 125 (18.17%) Azure DevOps
5 120 (17.44%) GCP
6 74 (10.76%) SaaS
7 69 (10.03%) Serverless
8 60 (8.72%) Amazon EKS
9 55 (7.99%) GitHub Copilot
10 47 (6.83%) GitHub Actions
11 32 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
12 30 (4.36%) Entra ID
12 30 (4.36%) Power Platform
13 24 (3.49%) Azure Event Grid
14 22 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (3.05%) PaaS
16 19 (2.76%) Nutanix
17 18 (2.62%) Snowflake
18 17 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
19 16 (2.33%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.62%) Broadband
2 12 (1.74%) CHAP
3 3 (0.44%) DNS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.29%) Internet
4 2 (0.29%) Network Security
4 2 (0.29%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.30%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.23%) NoSQL
3 35 (5.09%) MongoDB
4 34 (4.94%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.76%) MySQL
6 18 (2.62%) Power BI
7 14 (2.03%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.74%) Metadata
10 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.16%) Tableau
11 7 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.87%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.87%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.58%) Redis
14 4 (0.58%) Spark SQL
15 3 (0.44%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 65 (9.45%) Selenium
2 58 (8.43%) TeamCity
3 53 (7.70%) Git
3 53 (7.70%) JIRA
4 47 (6.83%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.09%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.20%) GitLab
6 22 (3.20%) JMeter
6 22 (3.20%) Postman
7 17 (2.47%) Cucumber
8 16 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
9 15 (2.18%) SpecFlow
10 11 (1.60%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.45%) Crashlytics
11 10 (1.45%) WebDriver
11 10 (1.45%) XCTest
12 9 (1.31%) TestRail
13 8 (1.16%) JUnit
13 8 (1.16%) Storybook
14 7 (1.02%) Locust
General
1 249 (36.19%) Finance
2 193 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 107 (15.55%) Banking
4 106 (15.41%) Law
5 90 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (11.48%) Retail
7 61 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
8 57 (8.28%) Financial Institution
9 56 (8.14%) Public Sector
10 44 (6.40%) Back Office
11 23 (3.34%) Marketing
12 22 (3.20%) Games
13 18 (2.62%) Legal
14 15 (2.18%) Manufacturing
15 14 (2.03%) Electronics
16 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.87%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.73%) Front Office
19 4 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 190 (27.62%) Senior
2 124 (18.02%) Software Engineer
3 101 (14.68%) Lead
4 75 (10.90%) Developer
5 56 (8.14%) QA Engineer
6 54 (7.85%) Test Engineer
7 51 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 48 (6.98%) Java Engineer
9 40 (5.81%) Java Software Engineer
10 32 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
10 32 (4.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 32 (4.65%) QA Automation Engineer
11 30 (4.36%) Senior Developer
12 29 (4.22%) Test Automation Engineer
12 29 (4.22%) Tester
13 23 (3.34%) Applications Engineer
14 21 (3.05%) Lead Developer
15 20 (2.91%) Senior Test Engineer
16 19 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.76%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (16.72%) React
2 69 (10.03%) .NET
3 67 (9.74%) REST
4 65 (9.45%) RESTful
5 59 (8.58%) Playwright
6 42 (6.10%) Spring
7 40 (5.81%) Node.js
8 38 (5.52%) JSON
9 30 (4.36%) SOAP
10 26 (3.78%) Spring Boot
11 24 (3.49%) Next.js
12 23 (3.34%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (3.34%) OAuth
13 22 (3.20%) OAuth2
13 22 (3.20%) React Native
13 22 (3.20%) XML
14 19 (2.76%) Django
15 18 (2.62%) .NET Framework
15 18 (2.62%) CSS
15 18 (2.62%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (23.40%) Cloud Native
2 88 (12.79%) Product Ownership
3 37 (5.38%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.62%) Blog
8 17 (2.47%) Low-Code
9 16 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (2.03%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.60%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.31%) AI Agents
15 9 (1.31%) GNSS
15 9 (1.31%) Podcast
15 9 (1.31%) Satnav
16 8 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.83%) Apple iOS
2 42 (6.10%) Linux
3 39 (5.67%) Android
4 15 (2.18%) Unix
5 9 (1.31%) Windows
6 5 (0.73%) CentOS
7 2 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (54.80%) CI/CD
2 317 (46.08%) Agile
3 247 (35.90%) DevOps
4 205 (29.80%) Software Engineering
5 199 (28.92%) Mentoring
6 183 (26.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 177 (25.73%) Coaching
8 161 (23.40%) Microservices
9 146 (21.22%) Clean Code
10 142 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
11 138 (20.06%) AI
12 112 (16.28%) Observability
13 108 (15.70%) Full-Stack Development
14 103 (14.97%) Deployment Automation
15 98 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
16 90 (13.08%) Test Strategy
17 82 (11.92%) Analytics
18 79 (11.48%) Asset Management
19 77 (11.19%) Fintech
20 74 (10.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 199 (28.92%) Java
2 174 (25.29%) Python
3 125 (18.17%) SQL
4 103 (14.97%) TypeScript
5 94 (13.66%) JavaScript
6 61 (8.87%) C#
7 35 (5.09%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.20%) Apex Code
8 22 (3.20%) Go
9 19 (2.76%) Bash
10 18 (2.62%) Shell Script
11 17 (2.47%) Bicep
12 16 (2.33%) PL/SQL
13 14 (2.03%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.74%) Swift
15 10 (1.45%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.31%) PHP
17 6 (0.87%) Delphi
18 5 (0.73%) Ruby
19 4 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (6.83%) Degree
2 44 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.67%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.63%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.62%) CISSP
6 15 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.89%) CEH
7 13 (1.89%) CISA
7 13 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 12 (1.74%) CGEIT
8 12 (1.74%) CISM
8 12 (1.74%) FFIEC
8 12 (1.74%) SANS
9 10 (1.45%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.02%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.02%) OSCP
12 6 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (24.27%) QA
2 54 (7.85%) Accessibility
3 33 (4.80%) NIST
4 32 (4.65%) GDPR
5 24 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.33%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.03%) WCAG
8 13 (1.89%) ISO 22301
9 12 (1.74%) COBIT
10 9 (1.31%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.02%) GRC
12 6 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
13 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.29%) NCSC
15 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 78 (11.34%) Docker
2 19 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 144 (20.93%) Terraform
2 134 (19.48%) Kubernetes
3 77 (11.19%) Grafana
4 17 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (2.33%) Ansible
6 12 (1.74%) Argo
7 4 (0.58%) logstash
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.29%) MIIS
9 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 61 (8.87%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.40%) Oracle
3 25 (3.63%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.49%) Databricks
5 21 (3.05%) VMware
6 19 (2.76%) Commvault
7 11 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.45%) Ab Initio
8 10 (1.45%) Amplitude
8 10 (1.45%) Braze
9 8 (1.16%) Okta
9 8 (1.16%) SAP
10 7 (1.02%) Google
11 6 (0.87%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.58%) Foundry
12 4 (0.58%) Workday
13 3 (0.44%) IFS
13 3 (0.44%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.44%) Splunk
14 2 (0.29%) Samsung