WebDriver Contract Job Trends in London

Selenium WebDriver
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WebDriver skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	451	359	358
Rank change year-on-year	-92	-1	+66
Contract jobs citing WebDriver	14	12	20
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.068%	0.090%	0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.53%	0.56%	0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	9	15
10^th Percentile	£400	£358	£363
25^th Percentile	£425	£400	£388
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£438	£425	£440
Median % change year-on-year	+2.94%	-3.41%	+3.53%
75^th Percentile	£469	£483	£484
90^th Percentile	£488	£505	£492
England median daily rate	£425	£425	£440
% change year-on-year	-	-3.41%	+6.67%

All Development Application Skills
London

WebDriver falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in London.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	2,657	2,135	2,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	12.97%	15.93%	14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,747	1,460	1,547
10^th Percentile	£363	£356	£363
25^th Percentile	£431	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£656
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£775
England median daily rate	£500	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	12	10
10^th Percentile	£19.20	£36.63	£25.39
25^th Percentile	£40.00	£41.69	£31.71
Median hourly rate	£57.00	£45.00	£46.25
Median % change year-on-year	+26.67%	-2.70%	-19.57%
75^th Percentile	£77.27	£70.00	£68.80
90^th Percentile	£89.63	£107.88	£71.88
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£65.00

WebDriver Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebDriver relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

WebDriver Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebDriver.

WebDriver Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WebDriver in London over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WebDriver in London

WebDriver Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WebDriver.

WebDriver Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the London region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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
Central London	-27	2	£550	+29.41%
WebDriver England

WebDriver Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing WebDriver also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for WebDriver.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Selenium	100.0%	14
1	Test Automation	100.0%	14
3	CI/CD	92.9%	13
4	Java	85.7%	12
5	DevOps	71.4%	10
5	Jenkins	71.4%	10
7	Azure	64.3%	9
7	Azure DevOps	64.3%	9
9	Git	57.1%	8
9	Python	57.1%	8
9	SC Cleared	57.1%	8
9	Security Cleared	57.1%	8
13	Agile	50.0%	7
14	Cucumber	42.9%	6
14	GitLab	42.9%	6
14	JavaScript	42.9%	6
14	Performance Testing	42.9%	6
14	QA	42.9%	6
14	REST Assured	42.9%	6
20	API Testing	35.7%	5
20	BDD	35.7%	5
20	Continuous Improvement	35.7%	5
20	End-to-End Testing	35.7%	5
20	GitHub	35.7%	5
20	REST	35.7%	5
20	SDET	35.7%	5
20	Software Testing	35.7%	5
20	Test Strategy	35.7%	5
20	Validation	35.7%	5
30	Gherkin	28.6%	4

WebDriver Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Selenium	100.0%	14
2	Jenkins	71.4%	10
3	Git	57.1%	8
4	Cucumber	42.9%	6
4	GitLab	42.9%	6
4	REST Assured	42.9%	6
7	JMeter	28.6%	4
7	JUnit	28.6%	4
7	Maven	28.6%	4
7	TestNG	28.6%	4
11	Gradle	21.4%	3
11	JIRA	21.4%	3
11	Postman	21.4%	3
14	Bitbucket	14.3%	2
15	Appium	7.1%	1
15	Browser DevTools	7.1%	1
15	Cypress.io	7.1%	1
15	Gatling	7.1%	1
15	LoadRunner	7.1%	1
15	Newman	7.1%	1