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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 53 37
Rank change year-on-year -48 -16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 992 2,403 5,609
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 5.56% 8.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 5.78% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 749 1,746 2,888
10th Percentile £38,200 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £91,250
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 31,001 41,548 64,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.67% 96.08% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,574 28,801 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,491
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 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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 26 April 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 27 (2.72%) Confluence
2 17 (1.71%) IIS
3 16 (1.61%) Apache
4 11 (1.11%) CMS
5 8 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.81%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.20%) Moodle
9 2 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 21 (2.12%) 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 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.10%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 325 (32.76%) Azure
2 273 (27.52%) AWS
3 154 (15.52%) SaaS
4 125 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (8.77%) GitHub
6 71 (7.16%) GCP
7 33 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (3.33%) Serverless
8 28 (2.82%) PaaS
8 28 (2.82%) Power Platform
9 20 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.71%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.51%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 15 (1.51%) BrowserStack
12 15 (1.51%) IaaS
13 14 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.41%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.81%) DNS
1 18 (1.81%) Internet
2 16 (1.61%) Firewall
2 16 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.01%) SNMP
3 10 (1.01%) tcpdump
4 9 (0.91%) 5G
4 9 (0.91%) SD-WAN
4 9 (0.91%) WAN
5 8 (0.81%) Network Security
6 5 (0.50%) MQTT
6 5 (0.50%) Wireless
7 4 (0.40%) RS-232
7 4 (0.40%) VPN
8 3 (0.30%) Broadband
8 3 (0.30%) HTTP
8 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.20%) MPLS
9 2 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.96%) SQL Server
2 66 (6.65%) MySQL
3 52 (5.24%) MongoDB
4 49 (4.94%) NoSQL
5 44 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.61%) DynamoDB
9 14 (1.41%) Big Data
9 14 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.91%) Redis
11 7 (0.71%) Power BI
12 6 (0.60%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.40%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
15 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 184 (18.55%) Selenium
2 144 (14.52%) Git
3 116 (11.69%) Jenkins
4 104 (10.48%) JIRA
5 79 (7.96%) Postman
6 71 (7.16%) Cucumber
7 60 (6.05%) JMeter
8 51 (5.14%) Cypress.io
9 48 (4.84%) TeamCity
10 45 (4.54%) Visual Studio
11 42 (4.23%) SpecFlow
12 38 (3.83%) Team Foundation Server
13 32 (3.23%) Bitbucket
14 27 (2.72%) JUnit
15 26 (2.62%) SoapUI
16 25 (2.52%) Maven
16 25 (2.52%) REST Assured
17 22 (2.22%) Appium
18 20 (2.02%) GitLab
19 17 (1.71%) WebDriver
General
1 215 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 166 (16.73%) Finance
3 75 (7.56%) Public Sector
4 71 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (7.06%) Retail
6 56 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (5.14%) Banking
7 51 (5.14%) Law
8 35 (3.53%) Aerospace
9 31 (3.13%) Electronics
10 30 (3.02%) Automotive
11 25 (2.52%) Marketing
12 21 (2.12%) Legal
13 20 (2.02%) Games
14 19 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (1.81%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.71%) Police
17 15 (1.51%) Back Office
18 13 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (23.08%) Developer
2 207 (20.87%) Senior
3 173 (17.44%) Software Engineer
4 113 (11.39%) Tester
5 110 (11.09%) Lead
6 86 (8.67%) QA Engineer
7 75 (7.56%) Test Engineer
8 69 (6.96%) Senior Software Engineer
9 68 (6.85%) Software Developer
10 61 (6.15%) Java Engineer
10 61 (6.15%) Senior Developer
11 54 (5.44%) Automation Tester
12 51 (5.14%) Java Software Engineer
13 46 (4.64%) QA Leader
14 43 (4.33%) Full Stack Developer
15 38 (3.83%) Analyst
16 37 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
16 37 (3.73%) Software Tester
17 33 (3.33%) Senior Java Engineer
18 32 (3.23%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (16.73%) .NET
2 97 (9.78%) React
3 95 (9.58%) HTML
4 92 (9.27%) RESTful
5 87 (8.77%) REST
6 86 (8.67%) CSS
7 63 (6.35%) AngularJS
8 56 (5.65%) Node.js
9 50 (5.04%) Spring Boot
10 48 (4.84%) JSON
11 46 (4.64%) Web Services
12 45 (4.54%) Spring
13 43 (4.33%) .NET Core
14 38 (3.83%) Playwright
15 37 (3.73%) ASP.NET
16 32 (3.23%) Vue
17 30 (3.02%) .NET Framework
18 28 (2.82%) XML
19 25 (2.52%) jQuery
19 25 (2.52%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
3 34 (3.43%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.62%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.42%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.42%) Virtual Team
6 21 (2.12%) Low-Code
6 21 (2.12%) Mobile App
6 21 (2.12%) Satnav
7 20 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (1.92%) IoT
9 18 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.51%) Blog
11 13 (1.31%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.11%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
12 11 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.01%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 101 (10.18%) Linux
2 68 (6.85%) Windows
3 27 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.51%) Android
4 15 (1.51%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.21%) Unix
7 11 (1.11%) FreeRTOS
8 7 (0.71%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.40%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (54.33%) Agile
2 332 (33.47%) DevOps
3 290 (29.23%) CI/CD
4 288 (29.03%) Software Engineering
5 232 (23.39%) Software Testing
6 188 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
7 180 (18.15%) Mentoring
8 168 (16.94%) TDD
9 163 (16.43%) Microservices
10 154 (15.52%) Scrum
11 131 (13.21%) BDD
12 130 (13.10%) Coaching
13 125 (12.60%) Continuous Integration
14 112 (11.29%) Test Scripting
15 110 (11.09%) Code Quality
16 105 (10.58%) Full Stack Development
17 91 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 89 (8.97%) SDLC
19 84 (8.47%) Unit Testing
20 83 (8.37%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 259 (26.11%) JavaScript
2 240 (24.19%) Java
3 234 (23.59%) C#
4 221 (22.28%) SQL
5 188 (18.95%) Python
6 98 (9.88%) TypeScript
7 63 (6.35%) C
8 46 (4.64%) PHP
9 44 (4.44%) C++
10 37 (3.73%) Bash
11 36 (3.63%) PowerShell
12 27 (2.72%) Perl
13 17 (1.71%) Go
13 17 (1.71%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.21%) Ruby
15 10 (1.01%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.81%) Bicep
17 7 (0.71%) VB.NET
18 6 (0.60%) MATLAB
19 5 (0.50%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 135 (13.61%) Degree
2 119 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.33%) ISTQB
5 38 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (2.72%) DBS Check
8 25 (2.52%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.92%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.71%) ISEB
11 9 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.40%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.40%) CIPD
14 4 (0.40%) GIAC
15 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.30%) OCP
15 3 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (30.34%) QA
2 28 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.12%) Software Quality Assurance
4 15 (1.51%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.21%) NCSC
6 7 (0.71%) PMO
7 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.50%) WCAG
9 3 (0.30%) SLA
10 2 (0.20%) GDPR
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 132 (13.31%) Docker
2 11 (1.11%) Firmware
3 10 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (0.91%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.40%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.20%) OpenSIPS
9 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 107 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 96 (9.68%) Terraform
3 61 (6.15%) Ansible
4 36 (3.63%) Grafana
5 31 (3.13%) Progress Chef
6 27 (2.72%) Puppet
7 16 (1.61%) Kibana
8 11 (1.11%) Salt
9 10 (1.01%) Graphite
9 10 (1.01%) HAProxy
9 10 (1.01%) Nagios
9 10 (1.01%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.71%) MIIS
11 5 (0.50%) Argo
12 1 (0.10%) Consul
12 1 (0.10%) cPanel
12 1 (0.10%) Packer
12 1 (0.10%) Podman
12 1 (0.10%) Rancher
Vendors
1 119 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.02%) Google
3 18 (1.81%) Automation Anywhere
4 17 (1.71%) Oracle
5 13 (1.31%) Blue Prism
5 13 (1.31%) Databricks
5 13 (1.31%) UiPath
6 12 (1.21%) Xamarin
7 10 (1.01%) Splunk
8 9 (0.91%) Dell
8 9 (0.91%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.81%) IBM
10 6 (0.60%) Adobe
10 6 (0.60%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.50%) iManage
11 5 (0.50%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.50%) VMware
12 4 (0.40%) Apple
12 4 (0.40%) Facebook