Test Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 52 37
Rank change year-on-year -46 -15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 983 2,250 6,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.92% 5.49% 8.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 5.72% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 747 1,616 3,017
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,175 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,765 39,361 67,763
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.36% 96.08% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 23,348 27,351 41,449
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Test Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Automation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Automation.

Test Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Test Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (2.95%) Confluence
2 21 (2.14%) IIS
3 16 (1.63%) Apache
4 11 (1.12%) CMS
5 8 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.81%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.20%) Moodle
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) Mule
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.10%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Endur
2 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.10%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 323 (32.86%) Azure
2 265 (26.96%) AWS
3 153 (15.56%) SaaS
4 126 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (8.44%) GitHub
6 67 (6.82%) GCP
7 32 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (3.26%) Serverless
8 30 (3.05%) Power Platform
9 29 (2.95%) PaaS
10 20 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (1.83%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.63%) IaaS
14 15 (1.53%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 15 (1.53%) BrowserStack
15 14 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.32%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.93%) DNS
1 19 (1.93%) Internet
2 16 (1.63%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.53%) Firewall
4 10 (1.02%) SNMP
4 10 (1.02%) tcpdump
5 9 (0.92%) 5G
5 9 (0.92%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.92%) WAN
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
7 5 (0.51%) MQTT
8 4 (0.41%) RS-232
8 4 (0.41%) VPN
8 4 (0.41%) Wireless
9 3 (0.31%) Broadband
9 3 (0.31%) HTTP
9 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.10%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 64 (6.51%) MySQL
3 52 (5.29%) MongoDB
4 48 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 43 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (2.24%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.73%) DynamoDB
7 17 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.32%) Big Data
10 9 (0.92%) Redis
11 7 (0.71%) Power BI
12 6 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.61%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.41%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.41%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 179 (18.21%) Selenium
2 151 (15.36%) Git
3 103 (10.48%) Jenkins
4 102 (10.38%) JIRA
5 76 (7.73%) Postman
6 65 (6.61%) Cucumber
7 55 (5.60%) JMeter
8 48 (4.88%) TeamCity
9 47 (4.78%) Cypress.io
9 47 (4.78%) Visual Studio
10 44 (4.48%) SpecFlow
11 37 (3.76%) Team Foundation Server
12 30 (3.05%) Bitbucket
13 28 (2.85%) JUnit
14 25 (2.54%) SoapUI
15 24 (2.44%) Appium
16 23 (2.34%) REST Assured
17 20 (2.03%) Maven
18 18 (1.83%) SonarQube
18 18 (1.83%) WebDriver
General
1 216 (21.97%) Social Skills
2 167 (16.99%) Finance
3 74 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (7.53%) Public Sector
3 74 (7.53%) Retail
4 55 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (5.39%) Law
6 48 (4.88%) Banking
7 35 (3.56%) Aerospace
8 31 (3.15%) Electronics
9 30 (3.05%) Automotive
10 24 (2.44%) Legal
10 24 (2.44%) Marketing
11 19 (1.93%) Games
11 19 (1.93%) Police
12 18 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.73%) Back Office
14 10 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 232 (23.60%) Developer
2 200 (20.35%) Senior
3 174 (17.70%) Software Engineer
4 105 (10.68%) Tester
5 99 (10.07%) Lead
6 82 (8.34%) QA Engineer
7 77 (7.83%) Test Engineer
8 69 (7.02%) Software Developer
9 66 (6.71%) Senior Software Engineer
10 64 (6.51%) Java Engineer
11 58 (5.90%) Senior Developer
12 52 (5.29%) Java Software Engineer
13 49 (4.98%) Automation Tester
14 42 (4.27%) Full Stack Developer
15 41 (4.17%) Analyst
16 40 (4.07%) QA Leader
17 36 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
17 36 (3.66%) Software Tester
18 33 (3.36%) Senior Java Engineer
19 32 (3.26%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (18.01%) .NET
2 95 (9.66%) HTML
3 94 (9.56%) React
4 90 (9.16%) RESTful
5 88 (8.95%) CSS
6 85 (8.65%) REST
7 65 (6.61%) AngularJS
8 51 (5.19%) Node.js
8 51 (5.19%) Web Services
9 47 (4.78%) JSON
10 46 (4.68%) Spring Boot
11 45 (4.58%) .NET Core
11 45 (4.58%) Spring
12 40 (4.07%) ASP.NET
13 36 (3.66%) Playwright
14 32 (3.26%) Vue
15 30 (3.05%) .NET Framework
16 26 (2.64%) XML
17 25 (2.54%) Laravel
18 22 (2.24%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 35 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
3 34 (3.46%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 26 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.24%) Low-Code
9 21 (2.14%) Satnav
9 21 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 20 (2.03%) IoT
11 19 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.73%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.53%) Blog
14 13 (1.32%) Algorithms
15 11 (1.12%) Client/Server
15 11 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
15 11 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (1.12%) Private Cloud
16 10 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 89 (9.05%) Linux
2 67 (6.82%) Windows
3 26 (2.64%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.42%) Android
4 14 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.12%) FreeRTOS
6 11 (1.12%) Unix
7 7 (0.71%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.41%) VMS
10 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.10%) CentOS
11 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (54.02%) Agile
2 335 (34.08%) DevOps
3 289 (29.40%) Software Engineering
4 276 (28.08%) CI/CD
5 231 (23.50%) Software Testing
6 190 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
7 174 (17.70%) Mentoring
8 167 (16.99%) TDD
9 159 (16.17%) Microservices
10 157 (15.97%) Scrum
11 131 (13.33%) BDD
12 129 (13.12%) Continuous Integration
13 128 (13.02%) Coaching
14 110 (11.19%) Code Quality
15 109 (11.09%) Test Scripting
16 101 (10.27%) Full Stack Development
17 98 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
18 89 (9.05%) SDLC
19 82 (8.34%) Unit Testing
20 80 (8.14%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 245 (24.92%) JavaScript
2 244 (24.82%) C#
3 228 (23.19%) Java
4 216 (21.97%) SQL
5 181 (18.41%) Python
6 95 (9.66%) TypeScript
7 65 (6.61%) C
8 48 (4.88%) C++
9 40 (4.07%) PHP
10 34 (3.46%) PowerShell
11 33 (3.36%) Bash
12 21 (2.14%) Perl
13 15 (1.53%) Go
14 12 (1.22%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.12%) Ruby
16 10 (1.02%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.81%) Bicep
18 7 (0.71%) VB.NET
19 6 (0.61%) MATLAB
20 5 (0.51%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 142 (14.45%) Degree
2 115 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 58 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.68%) ISTQB
5 41 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (2.95%) DBS Check
8 27 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 20 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.63%) ISEB
11 9 (0.92%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CIPD
15 4 (0.41%) GIAC
15 4 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PMI Certification
16 3 (0.31%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (30.21%) QA
2 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.14%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.73%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.22%) NCSC
6 7 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.51%) WCAG
9 4 (0.41%) PMO
10 3 (0.31%) SLA
11 2 (0.20%) GDPR
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 122 (12.41%) Docker
2 11 (1.12%) Firmware
3 10 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.41%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 97 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 89 (9.05%) Terraform
3 57 (5.80%) Ansible
4 36 (3.66%) Grafana
5 29 (2.95%) Progress Chef
6 24 (2.44%) Puppet
7 15 (1.53%) Kibana
8 10 (1.02%) Graphite
8 10 (1.02%) HAProxy
8 10 (1.02%) Nagios
8 10 (1.02%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.92%) Salt
10 7 (0.71%) MIIS
11 5 (0.51%) Argo
12 1 (0.10%) cPanel
12 1 (0.10%) Packer
12 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 123 (12.51%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.36%) Google
3 21 (2.14%) Oracle
4 18 (1.83%) Automation Anywhere
5 13 (1.32%) Blue Prism
5 13 (1.32%) UiPath
6 12 (1.22%) Xamarin
7 11 (1.12%) Databricks
8 10 (1.02%) Splunk
9 9 (0.92%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.81%) Dell
10 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.71%) IBM
12 6 (0.61%) Adobe
12 6 (0.61%) OutSystems
13 5 (0.51%) BT
13 5 (0.51%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.51%) iManage
13 5 (0.51%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.41%) VMware