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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 85 97
Rank change year-on-year +16 +12 -26
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 869 685 694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.51% 4.13% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 4.42% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 396 297 404
10th Percentile £44,000 £40,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,000 £82,241 £71,991
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.76%

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 20,082 15,514 20,012
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.02% 93.49% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,336 8,545 11,983
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 (1.96%) Confluence
2 13 (1.50%) Anypoint
2 13 (1.50%) Mule
3 9 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.81%) Apache
4 7 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.81%) CMS
4 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.58%) Camunda
7 4 (0.46%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.81%) Moqups
5 6 (0.69%) Simulink
6 5 (0.58%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (3.11%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.23%) Magento
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 401 (46.14%) AWS
2 269 (30.96%) Azure
3 196 (22.55%) SaaS
4 136 (15.65%) GCP
5 68 (7.83%) Amazon EKS
6 66 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (7.13%) GitHub
8 56 (6.44%) Serverless
9 35 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.45%) Power Platform
11 24 (2.76%) Azure AKS
11 24 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (2.30%) Azure Functions
13 17 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.73%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.61%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.21%) Broadband
2 14 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.50%) SSL
4 9 (1.04%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.58%) DHCP
6 5 (0.58%) Firewall
6 5 (0.58%) MQTT
6 5 (0.58%) Network Security
6 5 (0.58%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) LAN
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.46%) Wireless
8 3 (0.35%) CHAP
8 3 (0.35%) X.509
9 2 (0.23%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
10 1 (0.12%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (5.64%) MongoDB
3 34 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 21 (2.42%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.84%) Power BI
8 15 (1.73%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.73%) Semantic Layer
9 14 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (1.50%) Redis
11 11 (1.27%) Metadata
11 11 (1.27%) MySQL
11 11 (1.27%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.81%) Big Data
14 7 (0.81%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.81%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 91 (10.47%) Git
2 68 (7.83%) TeamCity
3 59 (6.79%) GitLab
4 49 (5.64%) Selenium
5 44 (5.06%) Jenkins
6 36 (4.14%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.57%) JIRA
8 29 (3.34%) Postman
9 18 (2.07%) JUnit
10 13 (1.50%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.92%) JMeter
11 8 (0.92%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.69%) Appium
12 6 (0.69%) Gatling
12 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.69%) Storybook
12 6 (0.69%) TestRail
13 5 (0.58%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 276 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 200 (23.01%) Finance
3 150 (17.26%) Law
4 132 (15.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (14.61%) Banking
6 108 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
7 99 (11.39%) Public Sector
8 95 (10.93%) Retail
9 86 (9.90%) Legal
10 56 (6.44%) Financial Institution
11 54 (6.21%) Back Office
12 44 (5.06%) Marketing
13 30 (3.45%) Games
14 23 (2.65%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.30%) Aerospace
15 20 (2.30%) Electronics
16 19 (2.19%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (1.15%) Investment Banking
19 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (27.04%) Senior
2 146 (16.80%) Software Engineer
3 144 (16.57%) Lead
4 98 (11.28%) Developer
5 64 (7.36%) Test Engineer
6 49 (5.64%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.64%) Testing Manager
7 48 (5.52%) IT Manager
7 48 (5.52%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (5.52%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (5.52%) Service Manager
8 45 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
9 36 (4.14%) Software Manager
10 35 (4.03%) Engineering Manager
11 33 (3.80%) Java Engineer
11 33 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
12 32 (3.68%) QA Engineer
12 32 (3.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 31 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 31 (3.57%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (15.42%) Terraform
2 90 (10.36%) React
3 70 (8.06%) Node.js
3 70 (8.06%) REST
4 65 (7.48%) Spring
5 63 (7.25%) Playwright
6 62 (7.13%) .NET
7 53 (6.10%) RESTful
8 52 (5.98%) Middleware
9 30 (3.45%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.34%) AngularJS
10 29 (3.34%) CSS
11 23 (2.65%) Next.js
12 21 (2.42%) HTML
13 19 (2.19%) OAuth
14 17 (1.96%) JWT
14 17 (1.96%) OAuth2
14 17 (1.96%) React Native
15 16 (1.84%) GraphQL
15 16 (1.84%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 194 (22.32%) Cloud Native
2 134 (15.42%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (6.56%) Virtual Team
5 52 (5.98%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (4.95%) Blog
7 36 (4.14%) Mobile App
8 33 (3.80%) Low-Code
9 30 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (3.45%) Public Cloud
10 27 (3.11%) Marketing Technology
11 25 (2.88%) Video\Live Streaming
12 19 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
15 13 (1.50%) AI Agents
16 10 (1.15%) Data Structures
16 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (1.04%) Management Information System
17 9 (1.04%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.67%) Linux
2 47 (5.41%) Windows
3 33 (3.80%) Unix
4 30 (3.45%) Android
5 27 (3.11%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.23%) CentOS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (59.26%) CI/CD
2 366 (42.12%) Agile
3 359 (41.31%) Software Engineering
4 346 (39.82%) DevOps
5 337 (38.78%) Mentoring
6 286 (32.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 217 (24.97%) AI
8 196 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (18.64%) Coaching
10 149 (17.15%) Software Testing
11 146 (16.80%) Microservices
12 135 (15.54%) Technical Leadership
13 131 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 128 (14.73%) Test Strategy
15 117 (13.46%) Clean Code
16 111 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 111 (12.77%) Observability
16 111 (12.77%) Validation
17 106 (12.20%) Deployment Automation
18 105 (12.08%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 252 (29.00%) Python
2 236 (27.16%) Java
3 167 (19.22%) JavaScript
4 145 (16.69%) C#
5 142 (16.34%) TypeScript
6 117 (13.46%) SQL
7 64 (7.36%) PowerShell
8 44 (5.06%) Go
9 23 (2.65%) Bash
10 20 (2.30%) Kotlin
11 17 (1.96%) C++
12 13 (1.50%) DataWeave
13 12 (1.38%) PHP
14 11 (1.27%) Rust
15 10 (1.15%) C
16 9 (1.04%) Bicep
16 9 (1.04%) Swift
17 8 (0.92%) Clojure
18 6 (0.69%) MATLAB
18 6 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (11.51%) Security Cleared
2 79 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.10%) Degree
3 53 (6.10%) ITIL Certification
4 51 (5.87%) CISM
4 51 (5.87%) CISSP
5 29 (3.34%) ISTQB
6 15 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.58%) CREST Certified
10 5 (0.58%) OSCP
11 4 (0.46%) CISA
11 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.35%) CGEIT
12 3 (0.35%) ICAEW
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (23.01%) QA
2 76 (8.75%) Accessibility
3 53 (6.10%) NIST
4 48 (5.52%) ISO 22301
5 42 (4.83%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.42%) WCAG
7 14 (1.61%) GDPR
8 8 (0.92%) GRC
9 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.46%) ECSS
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) COBIT
11 3 (0.35%) EMIR
11 3 (0.35%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.12%) DO-160
13 1 (0.12%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.12%) ITGC
13 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 99 (11.39%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) KVM
5 1 (0.12%) QEMU
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 146 (16.80%) Kubernetes
2 82 (9.44%) Grafana
3 16 (1.84%) Argo
4 13 (1.50%) Ansible
4 13 (1.50%) CloudHub
5 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.12%) Consul
8 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 82 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.65%) Oracle
4 20 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.96%) SAP
6 16 (1.84%) Databricks
7 15 (1.73%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.38%) Pega
9 10 (1.15%) Google
10 8 (0.92%) IFS
11 7 (0.81%) Braze
11 7 (0.81%) VMware
12 5 (0.58%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.58%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.58%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.46%) Xilinx
13 4 (0.46%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.35%) Sage