Playwright Contracts in England

Playwright
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Playwright skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Playwright over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 501 582
Rank change year-on-year +79 +81 +164
Contract jobs citing Playwright 63 41 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.16% 0.55% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 36 65
10th Percentile £370 £356 £420
25th Percentile £400 £375 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £528 £506 £665
90th Percentile £586 £580 £695
UK median daily rate £438 £450 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -21.74% +27.78%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Playwright falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Playwright
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Playwright as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Playwright in England

Playwright
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Playwright in England.

Daily rate trend for Playwright in England

Playwright
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Playwright in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Playwright in England

Playwright
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Playwright within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 35 £438 -2.27% 48
North of England +20 10 £475 +5.56% 19
South East +52 8 £500 +17.65% 13
North West +18 8 £445 -1.11% 14
South West +45 3 £525 -11.02% 9
Midlands +24 3 £307 +61.71% 7
Yorkshire +8 2 £475 +11.76% 4
East Midlands - 2 £202 - 3
West Midlands +14 1 £413 +117.11% 4
East of England - 1 £575 - 12
Playwright
UK

Playwright
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.98%) Azure
2 14 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (20.63%) AWS
4 4 (6.35%) GCP
4 4 (6.35%) GitHub
5 2 (3.17%) Apigee
5 2 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.59%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.59%) npm
6 1 (1.59%) SaaS
6 1 (1.59%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (36.51%) Cypress.io
1 23 (36.51%) Selenium
2 14 (22.22%) Postman
3 12 (19.05%) Git
3 12 (19.05%) GitLab
3 12 (19.05%) Jenkins
4 11 (17.46%) Cucumber
4 11 (17.46%) REST Assured
5 10 (15.87%) JIRA
6 9 (14.29%) SpecFlow
7 7 (11.11%) Appium
8 6 (9.52%) CircleCI
8 6 (9.52%) JMeter
9 5 (7.94%) HP UFT
9 5 (7.94%) TestComplete
10 4 (6.35%) Gatling
10 4 (6.35%) NeoLoad
10 4 (6.35%) NUnit
10 4 (6.35%) SoapUI
11 2 (3.17%) Zephyr
General
1 21 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 9 (14.29%) Finance
5 6 (9.52%) Banking
6 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.17%) Electronics
7 2 (3.17%) Health Technology
7 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.17%) Marketing
7 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Test Engineer
2 11 (17.46%) Senior
3 10 (15.87%) Developer
4 9 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Tester
5 8 (12.70%) Automation Tester
6 7 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Analyst
7 6 (9.52%) Test Analyst
7 6 (9.52%) Test Automation Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Developer in Test
8 4 (6.35%) Java Automation Tester
8 4 (6.35%) Java Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Software Developer
8 4 (6.35%) Software Test Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Lead
9 3 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.29%) .NET
1 9 (14.29%) React
2 8 (12.70%) Node.js
2 8 (12.70%) REST
3 7 (11.11%) Jest
4 4 (6.35%) AngularJS
4 4 (6.35%) GraphQL
4 4 (6.35%) Play Framework
4 4 (6.35%) RESTful
5 3 (4.76%) CSS
5 3 (4.76%) Gherkin
5 3 (4.76%) HTML
5 3 (4.76%) pytest
6 2 (3.17%) Next.js
6 2 (3.17%) Puppeteer
7 1 (1.59%) gRPC
7 1 (1.59%) NgRx
7 1 (1.59%) React Native
7 1 (1.59%) RxJS
7 1 (1.59%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.17%) NHS
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.59%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (92.06%) Test Automation
2 33 (52.38%) Agile
3 30 (47.62%) CI/CD
4 20 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 16 (25.40%) API Testing
6 16 (25.40%) Manual Testing
7 15 (23.81%) BDD
7 15 (23.81%) DevOps
8 13 (20.63%) Performance Testing
8 13 (20.63%) Scrum
8 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
9 12 (19.05%) Integration Testing
9 12 (19.05%) Test Strategy
10 11 (17.46%) SDET
11 10 (15.87%) User Experience
12 8 (12.70%) Microservices
12 8 (12.70%) Scenario Testing
12 8 (12.70%) Software Engineering
13 7 (11.11%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.03%) JavaScript
2 24 (38.10%) Java
3 23 (36.51%) TypeScript
4 20 (31.75%) Python
5 14 (22.22%) C#
6 10 (15.87%) SQL
7 5 (7.94%) PHP
8 4 (6.35%) C++
8 4 (6.35%) Ruby
8 4 (6.35%) Scala
9 2 (3.17%) Bash
10 1 (1.59%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.59%) Swift
10 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.94%) Degree
4 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (38.10%) QA
2 8 (12.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Grafana
1 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (6.35%) Bloomberg
1 4 (6.35%) Reuters
2 3 (4.76%) Google
3 2 (3.17%) Brio
3 2 (3.17%) PagerDuty
3 2 (3.17%) SAP
3 2 (3.17%) Virgin Media
4 1 (1.59%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.59%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) Salesforce