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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 77 73
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -30
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 536 665 825
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.54% 3.88% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 4.18% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 322 408 650
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,109 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

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 13,414 15,924 19,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.55% 93.02% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,496 9,556 15,380
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 31 December 2025.

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 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (1.31%) Apache Solr
2 7 (1.31%) Confluence
3 6 (1.12%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.56%) Apache
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
6 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) JBoss
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 43 (8.02%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.12%) Shopify
4 4 (0.75%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 250 (46.64%) Azure
2 167 (31.16%) GitHub
3 152 (28.36%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (22.95%) AWS
5 75 (13.99%) GitHub Copilot
5 75 (13.99%) SaaS
6 48 (8.96%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (7.84%) GCP
8 39 (7.28%) Serverless
9 37 (6.90%) Entra ID
9 37 (6.90%) OCI
10 36 (6.72%) Power Platform
11 33 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (5.97%) PaaS
13 28 (5.22%) Snowflake
14 21 (3.92%) dbt
15 19 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (3.17%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.12%) CHAP
1 6 (1.12%) HTTP
2 5 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.75%) 5G
3 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.75%) VPN
3 4 (0.75%) WAN
4 3 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.37%) Broadband
6 1 (0.19%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) Firewall
6 1 (0.19%) Multicast
6 1 (0.19%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.22%) Power BI
3 27 (5.04%) NoSQL
4 25 (4.66%) MySQL
4 25 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.54%) Tableau
7 17 (3.17%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.61%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.49%) MariaDB
10 8 (1.49%) Metadata
11 7 (1.31%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.12%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.75%) Essbase
15 3 (0.56%) Pinecone
16 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
16 2 (0.37%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 70 (13.06%) JIRA
2 66 (12.31%) Selenium
3 59 (11.01%) Jenkins
4 55 (10.26%) Git
5 41 (7.65%) Cypress.io
5 41 (7.65%) Oracle Forms
6 24 (4.48%) TeamCity
7 19 (3.54%) Postman
8 13 (2.43%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.24%) JUnit
10 11 (2.05%) WebDriver
11 10 (1.87%) GitLab
11 10 (1.87%) JMeter
12 7 (1.31%) Storybook
13 6 (1.12%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.12%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.12%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.12%) TestRail
14 5 (0.93%) Appium
14 5 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 219 (40.86%) Finance
2 182 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 74 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.38%) Law
5 47 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (6.90%) Banking
7 30 (5.60%) Back Office
8 27 (5.04%) Financial Institution
8 27 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 27 (5.04%) Retail
9 19 (3.54%) Marketing
10 15 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.24%) Legal
12 10 (1.87%) Games
13 9 (1.68%) Front Office
14 8 (1.49%) Automotive
15 6 (1.12%) Electronics
15 6 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.56%) Billing
Job Titles
1 153 (28.54%) Senior
2 102 (19.03%) Developer
3 84 (15.67%) Lead
4 45 (8.40%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.21%) Applications Engineer
6 42 (7.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (7.28%) QA Engineer
8 35 (6.53%) Test Engineer
9 33 (6.16%) Senior Developer
10 26 (4.85%) Lead Developer
10 26 (4.85%) QA Automation Engineer
11 25 (4.66%) Analyst
11 25 (4.66%) Test Automation Engineer
12 22 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
12 22 (4.10%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 21 (3.92%) SaaS Developer
13 21 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
14 20 (3.73%) Tester
15 18 (3.36%) .NET Developer
15 18 (3.36%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (16.23%) RESTful
2 71 (13.25%) React
3 57 (10.63%) JSON
4 50 (9.33%) .NET
5 49 (9.14%) SOAP
6 46 (8.58%) REST
7 39 (7.28%) XML
8 36 (6.72%) OAuth
8 36 (6.72%) Playwright
9 35 (6.53%) OAuth2
10 32 (5.97%) Node.js
11 25 (4.66%) Next.js
12 23 (4.29%) CSS
12 23 (4.29%) Lightning Web Components
13 21 (3.92%) HTML
14 19 (3.54%) .NET Framework
15 17 (3.17%) Entity Framework
15 17 (3.17%) SAML
15 17 (3.17%) Spring
16 16 (2.99%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 126 (23.51%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.33%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.28%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.73%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.87%) GNSS
8 10 (1.87%) NHS
9 9 (1.68%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.12%) Satnav
12 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.66%) Linux
2 19 (3.54%) Apple iOS
3 18 (3.36%) Android
4 12 (2.24%) Windows
5 9 (1.68%) Unix
5 9 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.56%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (57.46%) CI/CD
2 284 (52.99%) Agile
3 244 (45.52%) DevOps
4 167 (31.16%) Mentoring
5 164 (30.60%) Coaching
6 134 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 133 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (22.20%) AI
9 118 (22.01%) Asset Management
10 108 (20.15%) Clean Code
11 96 (17.91%) Observability
11 96 (17.91%) Software Engineering
12 95 (17.72%) Analytics
13 87 (16.23%) Microservices
14 76 (14.18%) Sprint Planning
15 70 (13.06%) Sprint Retrospective
16 62 (11.57%) ERP
17 61 (11.38%) Data Modelling
18 57 (10.63%) Test Strategy
19 50 (9.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 157 (29.29%) Python
2 143 (26.68%) SQL
3 127 (23.69%) Java
4 76 (14.18%) C#
5 74 (13.81%) JavaScript
6 67 (12.50%) TypeScript
7 39 (7.28%) Shell Script
8 37 (6.90%) PL/SQL
9 32 (5.97%) PowerShell
10 22 (4.10%) Apex Code
10 22 (4.10%) PHP
11 19 (3.54%) Bicep
12 13 (2.43%) C
13 12 (2.24%) Bash
13 12 (2.24%) Go
14 9 (1.68%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.31%) C++
16 6 (1.12%) Delphi
17 5 (0.93%) Groovy
18 4 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 57 (10.63%) Degree
2 42 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.34%) Security Cleared
4 28 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.48%) ISTQB
6 18 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.68%) CEH
9 7 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.31%) CISA
10 6 (1.12%) CGEIT
10 6 (1.12%) CISM
10 6 (1.12%) CISSP
10 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.12%) FFIEC
10 6 (1.12%) SANS
11 4 (0.75%) ISEB
12 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (22.95%) QA
2 40 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (7.09%) Accessibility
4 26 (4.85%) NIST
5 22 (4.10%) GDPR
6 16 (2.99%) ISO 9001
7 14 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 12 (2.24%) WCAG
9 9 (1.68%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.49%) NCSC
11 7 (1.31%) SLA
12 6 (1.12%) COBIT
13 5 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.56%) GRC
15 1 (0.19%) Section 508
15 1 (0.19%) SEPA
15 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 46 (8.58%) Docker
2 37 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.93%) vSphere
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 104 (19.40%) Terraform
2 62 (11.57%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (5.78%) Grafana
5 16 (2.99%) Ansible
6 5 (0.93%) Argo
7 4 (0.75%) logstash
8 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 79 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.19%) Oracle
3 28 (5.22%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.73%) Okta
5 19 (3.54%) VMware
6 18 (3.36%) Databricks
7 14 (2.61%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.24%) Commvault
9 7 (1.31%) Apple
9 7 (1.31%) SAP
10 5 (0.93%) Google
10 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.75%) Hyperion
11 4 (0.75%) Workday
12 3 (0.56%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.56%) Foundry
12 3 (0.56%) IBM
12 3 (0.56%) iManage
12 3 (0.56%) Qualys
13 2 (0.37%) Splunk