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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 55 37
Rank change year-on-year -49 -18 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 960 2,031 6,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.72% 5.35% 8.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 5.57% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 714 1,489 3,191
10th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,491
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 £94,000 £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 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 31,643 36,464 73,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.74% 96.03% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,633 25,914 42,367
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 8 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 (3.02%) Confluence
2 24 (2.50%) IIS
3 14 (1.46%) Apache
4 13 (1.35%) CMS
5 8 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.83%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.42%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.21%) Moodle
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.67%) 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
1 312 (32.50%) Azure
2 255 (26.56%) AWS
3 144 (15.00%) SaaS
4 123 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (7.92%) GitHub
6 55 (5.73%) GCP
7 32 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (3.23%) PaaS
8 31 (3.23%) Serverless
9 29 (3.02%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (1.88%) BrowserStack
10 18 (1.88%) IaaS
11 17 (1.77%) Amazon S3
11 17 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (1.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 14 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.88%) Internet
2 17 (1.77%) DNS
3 14 (1.46%) Firewall
4 13 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.83%) 5G
5 8 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.83%) SNMP
5 8 (0.83%) tcpdump
5 8 (0.83%) WAN
6 7 (0.73%) Network Security
7 5 (0.52%) MQTT
7 5 (0.52%) VPN
8 4 (0.42%) Broadband
8 4 (0.42%) HTTP
8 4 (0.42%) RS-232
8 4 (0.42%) Wireless
9 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.21%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.21%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.10%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.92%) SQL Server
2 62 (6.46%) MySQL
3 50 (5.21%) MongoDB
4 44 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (4.38%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.88%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.15%) Big Data
10 9 (0.94%) Redis
11 7 (0.73%) Power BI
12 6 (0.63%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.63%) GIS
12 6 (0.63%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.42%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.42%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 179 (18.65%) Selenium
2 149 (15.52%) Git
3 101 (10.52%) JIRA
4 88 (9.17%) Jenkins
5 80 (8.33%) Postman
6 56 (5.83%) JMeter
7 55 (5.73%) Cucumber
8 49 (5.10%) TeamCity
8 49 (5.10%) Visual Studio
9 48 (5.00%) Cypress.io
10 47 (4.90%) SpecFlow
11 38 (3.96%) Team Foundation Server
12 31 (3.23%) JUnit
13 27 (2.81%) Appium
14 26 (2.71%) Bitbucket
15 24 (2.50%) REST Assured
15 24 (2.50%) SoapUI
16 19 (1.98%) SonarQube
17 18 (1.88%) WebDriver
18 17 (1.77%) TestNG
General
1 223 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.63%) Finance
3 81 (8.44%) Public Sector
4 78 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (7.92%) Retail
6 55 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (5.31%) Law
8 37 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 37 (3.85%) Banking
9 31 (3.23%) Electronics
10 30 (3.13%) Automotive
11 24 (2.50%) Legal
12 22 (2.29%) Marketing
13 20 (2.08%) Games
14 19 (1.98%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.98%) Police
14 19 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.88%) Back Office
15 18 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 224 (23.33%) Developer
2 188 (19.58%) Senior
3 163 (16.98%) Software Engineer
4 100 (10.42%) Tester
5 89 (9.27%) Lead
6 80 (8.33%) Test Engineer
7 76 (7.92%) QA Engineer
8 68 (7.08%) Software Developer
9 61 (6.35%) Java Engineer
10 57 (5.94%) Senior Developer
10 57 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 50 (5.21%) Automation Tester
12 48 (5.00%) Java Software Engineer
13 47 (4.90%) Analyst
14 43 (4.48%) Full Stack Developer
15 34 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
15 34 (3.54%) QA Leader
15 34 (3.54%) Software Tester
16 33 (3.44%) Senior Java Engineer
17 32 (3.33%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (18.96%) .NET
2 97 (10.10%) HTML
3 90 (9.38%) CSS
3 90 (9.38%) React
4 83 (8.65%) RESTful
5 77 (8.02%) REST
6 65 (6.77%) AngularJS
7 52 (5.42%) Web Services
8 48 (5.00%) Node.js
9 46 (4.79%) .NET Core
10 42 (4.38%) ASP.NET
11 39 (4.06%) Playwright
12 38 (3.96%) JSON
13 36 (3.75%) Spring
14 35 (3.65%) Spring Boot
15 34 (3.54%) .NET Framework
16 33 (3.44%) Vue
17 25 (2.60%) Laravel
18 24 (2.50%) Gherkin
19 21 (2.19%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.31%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.02%) Onboarding
4 28 (2.92%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 24 (2.50%) Low-Code
7 22 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 21 (2.19%) IoT
9 20 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.77%) 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 (1.15%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (0.94%) Life Science
15 8 (0.83%) Clustering
15 8 (0.83%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 71 (7.40%) Linux
2 55 (5.73%) Windows
3 23 (2.40%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.15%) Android
4 11 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (1.04%) Unix
6 7 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.63%) Mac OS
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
1 508 (52.92%) Agile
2 329 (34.27%) DevOps
3 282 (29.38%) Software Engineering
4 267 (27.81%) CI/CD
5 235 (24.48%) Software Testing
6 186 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
7 175 (18.23%) Mentoring
8 149 (15.52%) Scrum
9 147 (15.31%) Microservices
10 145 (15.10%) TDD
11 127 (13.23%) Coaching
12 126 (13.13%) Continuous Integration
13 122 (12.71%) BDD
14 116 (12.08%) Code Quality
15 107 (11.15%) Test Scripting
16 102 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
17 98 (10.21%) Full Stack Development
18 85 (8.85%) SDLC
19 83 (8.65%) Unit Testing
20 75 (7.81%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 245 (25.52%) C#
2 243 (25.31%) JavaScript
3 205 (21.35%) Java
4 203 (21.15%) SQL
5 173 (18.02%) Python
6 92 (9.58%) TypeScript
7 61 (6.35%) C
8 46 (4.79%) C++
9 38 (3.96%) PHP
10 34 (3.54%) PowerShell
11 27 (2.81%) Bash
12 14 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.35%) Go
14 12 (1.25%) Perl
15 11 (1.15%) Ruby
16 10 (1.04%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.83%) VB.NET
18 7 (0.73%) Bicep
19 6 (0.63%) MATLAB
20 5 (0.52%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 150 (15.63%) Degree
2 126 (13.13%) Security Cleared
3 57 (5.94%) SC Cleared
4 55 (5.73%) ISTQB
5 48 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.81%) DBS Check
9 24 (2.50%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.35%) ISEB
11 9 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
12 8 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.63%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.42%) CIPD
16 4 (0.42%) GIAC
17 3 (0.31%) PMI Certification
17 3 (0.31%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (31.67%) QA
2 35 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.88%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.77%) ISO 9001
5 14 (1.46%) NCSC
6 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.52%) WCAG
8 4 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.31%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) GDPR
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.21%) PMO
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.10%) MISRA
11 1 (0.10%) MISRA C
System Software
1 114 (11.88%) Docker
2 12 (1.25%) Firmware
3 8 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 84 (8.75%) Kubernetes
2 83 (8.65%) Terraform
3 50 (5.21%) Ansible
4 34 (3.54%) Grafana
5 22 (2.29%) Progress Chef
6 15 (1.56%) Kibana
6 15 (1.56%) Puppet
7 8 (0.83%) Graphite
7 8 (0.83%) HAProxy
7 8 (0.83%) Nagios
7 8 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.73%) MIIS
9 4 (0.42%) Salt
10 3 (0.31%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Packer
12 1 (0.10%) cPanel
12 1 (0.10%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 122 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.02%) Google
3 22 (2.29%) Oracle
4 18 (1.88%) Automation Anywhere
5 13 (1.35%) Blue Prism
5 13 (1.35%) UiPath
6 12 (1.25%) Xamarin
7 11 (1.15%) BT
8 9 (0.94%) Databricks
8 9 (0.94%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.73%) Splunk
10 6 (0.63%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.63%) 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%) IBM
12 4 (0.42%) VMware