Test Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Automated Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 55 37
Rank change year-on-year -51 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 962 1,976 6,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.71% 5.27% 8.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 5.49% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 713 1,458 3,187
10th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £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 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 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 June 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 (3.01%) Confluence
2 24 (2.49%) IIS
3 14 (1.46%) Apache
4 13 (1.35%) CMS
5 8 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.83%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.42%) WordPress
9 3 (0.31%) nginx
10 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) JBoss
11 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.10%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Endur
2 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.10%) Findur
3 1 (0.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 309 (32.12%) Azure
2 254 (26.40%) AWS
3 147 (15.28%) SaaS
4 124 (12.89%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (7.80%) GitHub
6 53 (5.51%) GCP
7 32 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (3.22%) PaaS
8 31 (3.22%) Serverless
9 29 (3.01%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (1.87%) BrowserStack
10 18 (1.87%) IaaS
11 17 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.66%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (1.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 14 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.04%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.77%) Internet
2 16 (1.66%) DNS
3 13 (1.35%) Firewall
4 12 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.83%) 5G
5 8 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.83%) WAN
6 7 (0.73%) Network Security
6 7 (0.73%) SNMP
6 7 (0.73%) tcpdump
7 5 (0.52%) HTTP
7 5 (0.52%) MQTT
7 5 (0.52%) VPN
7 5 (0.52%) Wireless
8 4 (0.42%) Broadband
8 4 (0.42%) RS-232
9 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.21%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.21%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 61 (6.34%) MySQL
3 49 (5.09%) MongoDB
4 46 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (4.47%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.14%) Big Data
10 9 (0.94%) Redis
11 7 (0.73%) Power BI
12 6 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.62%) GIS
12 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.42%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.42%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 181 (18.81%) Selenium
2 148 (15.38%) Git
3 102 (10.60%) JIRA
4 88 (9.15%) Jenkins
5 81 (8.42%) Postman
6 57 (5.93%) JMeter
7 56 (5.82%) Cucumber
8 50 (5.20%) TeamCity
9 49 (5.09%) Cypress.io
9 49 (5.09%) Visual Studio
10 48 (4.99%) SpecFlow
11 37 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
12 32 (3.33%) JUnit
13 27 (2.81%) Appium
13 27 (2.81%) Bitbucket
14 24 (2.49%) REST Assured
14 24 (2.49%) SoapUI
15 20 (2.08%) SonarQube
16 19 (1.98%) WebDriver
17 18 (1.87%) TestNG
General
1 225 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.59%) Finance
3 82 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 80 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (8.00%) Retail
6 56 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (5.30%) Law
8 37 (3.85%) Aerospace
9 36 (3.74%) Banking
10 32 (3.33%) Automotive
10 32 (3.33%) Electronics
11 24 (2.49%) Legal
12 22 (2.29%) Marketing
13 20 (2.08%) Games
13 20 (2.08%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.98%) Police
15 18 (1.87%) Back Office
15 18 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (1.87%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 227 (23.60%) Developer
2 190 (19.75%) Senior
3 161 (16.74%) Software Engineer
4 100 (10.40%) Tester
5 88 (9.15%) Lead
6 82 (8.52%) Test Engineer
7 78 (8.11%) QA Engineer
8 69 (7.17%) Software Developer
9 60 (6.24%) Java Engineer
10 58 (6.03%) Senior Developer
11 56 (5.82%) Senior Software Engineer
12 50 (5.20%) Automation Tester
13 48 (4.99%) Analyst
14 47 (4.89%) Java Software Engineer
15 43 (4.47%) Full Stack Developer
16 34 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
16 34 (3.53%) Software Tester
17 33 (3.43%) QA Leader
17 33 (3.43%) Senior Java Engineer
18 32 (3.33%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (19.02%) .NET
2 98 (10.19%) HTML
3 91 (9.46%) CSS
4 89 (9.25%) React
5 83 (8.63%) RESTful
6 76 (7.90%) REST
7 65 (6.76%) AngularJS
8 52 (5.41%) Web Services
9 47 (4.89%) Node.js
10 46 (4.78%) .NET Core
11 42 (4.37%) ASP.NET
12 39 (4.05%) Playwright
13 37 (3.85%) JSON
13 37 (3.85%) Spring
14 35 (3.64%) .NET Framework
14 35 (3.64%) Spring Boot
15 33 (3.43%) Vue
16 26 (2.70%) Gherkin
17 25 (2.60%) Laravel
18 21 (2.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.12%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 28 (2.91%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 24 (2.49%) Low-Code
7 22 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 21 (2.18%) IoT
9 19 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.66%) Satnav
11 15 (1.56%) Blog
12 13 (1.35%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.35%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.14%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
14 10 (1.04%) Life Science
15 8 (0.83%) GNSS
16 7 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.17%) Linux
2 54 (5.61%) Windows
3 23 (2.39%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.14%) Android
4 11 (1.14%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (1.04%) Unix
6 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.42%) VMS
10 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (52.70%) Agile
2 328 (34.10%) DevOps
3 283 (29.42%) Software Engineering
4 269 (27.96%) CI/CD
5 236 (24.53%) Software Testing
6 186 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (17.98%) Mentoring
8 151 (15.70%) Scrum
9 145 (15.07%) Microservices
10 144 (14.97%) TDD
11 126 (13.10%) Coaching
12 125 (12.99%) Continuous Integration
13 124 (12.89%) BDD
14 115 (11.95%) Code Quality
15 107 (11.12%) Test Scripting
16 101 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 98 (10.19%) Full Stack Development
18 84 (8.73%) Unit Testing
19 83 (8.63%) SDLC
20 76 (7.90%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 249 (25.88%) C#
2 245 (25.47%) JavaScript
3 206 (21.41%) Java
4 203 (21.10%) SQL
5 172 (17.88%) Python
6 93 (9.67%) TypeScript
7 61 (6.34%) C
8 45 (4.68%) C++
9 38 (3.95%) PHP
10 33 (3.43%) PowerShell
11 26 (2.70%) Bash
12 14 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.35%) Go
14 11 (1.14%) Ruby
15 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 10 (1.04%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.83%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.73%) Bicep
18 6 (0.62%) MATLAB
19 5 (0.52%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 150 (15.59%) Degree
2 125 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.82%) ISTQB
3 56 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (3.22%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.81%) DBS Check
8 24 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.25%) ISEB
10 9 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
11 8 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.73%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.42%) CIPD
15 4 (0.42%) GIAC
16 3 (0.31%) PMI Certification
16 3 (0.31%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (31.60%) QA
2 35 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.77%) ISO 9001
3 17 (1.77%) Software Quality Assurance
4 14 (1.46%) NCSC
5 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.52%) WCAG
7 4 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.31%) SLA
9 2 (0.21%) GDPR
9 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.21%) MISRA
9 2 (0.21%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.21%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 114 (11.85%) Docker
2 12 (1.25%) Firmware
3 8 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.42%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 84 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 82 (8.52%) Terraform
3 49 (5.09%) Ansible
4 33 (3.43%) Grafana
5 21 (2.18%) Progress Chef
6 15 (1.56%) Kibana
7 13 (1.35%) Puppet
8 7 (0.73%) Graphite
8 7 (0.73%) HAProxy
8 7 (0.73%) MIIS
8 7 (0.73%) Nagios
8 7 (0.73%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.31%) Argo
9 3 (0.31%) Packer
9 3 (0.31%) Salt
10 2 (0.21%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.10%) cPanel
11 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 122 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.91%) Google
3 22 (2.29%) Oracle
4 18 (1.87%) Automation Anywhere
5 13 (1.35%) Blue Prism
5 13 (1.35%) UiPath
6 12 (1.25%) Xamarin
7 11 (1.14%) BT
8 9 (0.94%) Databricks
8 9 (0.94%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.73%) Splunk
10 6 (0.62%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.62%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.52%) iManage
11 5 (0.52%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.42%) Coverity
12 4 (0.42%) Facebook
12 4 (0.42%) VMware
13 3 (0.31%) Atlassian