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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	438	349	360
Rank change year-on-year	-89	+11	+62
Contract jobs citing WebDriver	16	12	19
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.078%	0.090%	0.12%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.60%	0.57%	0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	9	14
10^th Percentile	£400	£358	£363
25^th Percentile	£419	£400	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£438	£425	£440
Median % change year-on-year	+2.94%	-3.41%	+3.53%
75^th Percentile	£478	£483	£479
90^th Percentile	£488	£505	£488
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 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	2,679	2,107	2,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	13.10%	15.85%	14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,760	1,440	1,514
10^th Percentile	£363	£356	£363
25^th Percentile	£435	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£642	£662
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	22	12	10
10^th Percentile	£20.95	£36.63	£25.39
25^th Percentile	£41.56	£41.69	£31.71
Median hourly rate	£57.00	£45.00	£46.25
Median % change year-on-year	+26.67%	-2.70%	-15.91%
75^th Percentile	£71.25	£70.00	£68.80
90^th Percentile	£88.66	£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 20 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 20 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	-25	2	£550	+29.41%
WebDriver England

WebDriver Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 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%	16
1	Test Automation	100.0%	16
3	CI/CD	93.8%	15
4	Java	87.5%	14
5	DevOps	75.0%	12
5	Jenkins	75.0%	12
7	Azure	68.8%	11
7	Azure DevOps	68.8%	11
9	SC Cleared	62.5%	10
9	Security Cleared	62.5%	10
11	Agile	56.3%	9
12	Cucumber	50.0%	8
12	Git	50.0%	8
12	Performance Testing	50.0%	8
12	Python	50.0%	8
12	REST Assured	50.0%	8
17	End-to-End Testing	43.8%	7
17	GitHub	43.8%	7
17	REST	43.8%	7
20	API Testing	37.5%	6
20	BDD	37.5%	6
20	Continuous Improvement	37.5%	6
20	GitHub Actions	37.5%	6
20	GitLab	37.5%	6
20	JavaScript	37.5%	6
20	JMeter	37.5%	6
20	Microsoft	37.5%	6
20	QA	37.5%	6
20	Test Strategy	37.5%	6
30	JUnit	31.3%	5

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%	16
2	Jenkins	75.0%	12
3	Cucumber	50.0%	8
3	Git	50.0%	8
3	REST Assured	50.0%	8
6	GitLab	37.5%	6
6	JMeter	37.5%	6
8	JUnit	31.3%	5
8	TestNG	31.3%	5
10	Maven	25.0%	4
11	Gatling	18.8%	3
11	Gradle	18.8%	3
11	JIRA	18.8%	3
11	Postman	18.8%	3
15	Bitbucket	12.5%	2
15	Serenity BDD	12.5%	2
17	Appium	6.3%	1
17	Browser DevTools	6.3%	1
17	Cypress.io	6.3%	1
17	LoadRunner	6.3%	1