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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 360 406
Rank change year-on-year -8 +46 +90
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 11 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.080% 0.10% 0.074%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.50% 0.73% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 12
10th Percentile £357 £363 -
25th Percentile £390 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +6.67% -21.43%
75th Percentile £487 £478 £476
90th Percentile £507 £488 £566
England median daily rate £425 £435 £400
% change year-on-year -2.30% +8.75% -23.81%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,201 2,198 2,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.05% 14.15% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,512 1,463 2,057
10th Percentile £350 £362 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £667 £688
90th Percentile £737 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 28
10th Percentile £41.10 £25.63 £28.73
25th Percentile £42.50 £31.71 £40.16
Median hourly rate £50.75 £35.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.83% -35.85% +24.69%
75th Percentile £82.50 £55.76 £73.68
90th Percentile £110.00 £66.34 £80.22
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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 job vacancy trend in London

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WebDriver in London

WebDriver
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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 4 November 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
Central London - 2 £425 - 4
WebDriver
England

WebDriver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (18.18%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Selenium
2 4 (36.36%) Appium
2 4 (36.36%) NUnit
3 3 (27.27%) Git
3 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (27.27%) JIRA
3 3 (27.27%) JUnit
3 3 (27.27%) TestNG
3 3 (27.27%) TestRail
3 3 (27.27%) Zephyr
4 2 (18.18%) Cucumber
4 2 (18.18%) JMeter
4 2 (18.18%) SpecFlow
5 1 (9.09%) Postman
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) QA Tester
1 4 (36.36%) Tester
2 3 (27.27%) Automation Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Automation Tester
2 3 (27.27%) QA Automation Tester
2 3 (27.27%) Selenium Automation Tester
2 3 (27.27%) Selenium Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Automation Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer in Test
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Tester
4 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 3 (27.27%) CSS
2 3 (27.27%) HTML
2 3 (27.27%) REST
2 3 (27.27%) SOAP
3 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
3 2 (18.18%) JSON
4 1 (9.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Mobile App
2 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
3 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
4 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Android
1 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 9 (81.82%) CI/CD
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
3 7 (63.64%) DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) API Integration
5 3 (27.27%) BDD
5 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Model Validation
5 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Test Management
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (18.18%) Data Management
6 2 (18.18%) Exploratory Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Product Requirements
6 2 (18.18%) SDET
6 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 5 (45.45%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) Python
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Duck Creek
1 3 (27.27%) Guidewire
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) AppDynamics
3 1 (9.09%) Micro Focus