WebDriver Contract Job Trends in the North East

Selenium WebDriver
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring WebDriver skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.19% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £403 £430
% change year-on-year +5.59% -6.40% -12.24%

All Development Application Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 93 56 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 17.45% 18.48% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 43 6
10th Percentile £350 £327 £438
25th Percentile £400 £362 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -6.74% -14.22%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £549
90th Percentile £575 £587 £574
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 1
10th Percentile £45.18 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £66.25 - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £64.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.65% +3.20% +1.63%

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

WebDriver job vacancy trend in the North East

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing WebDriver.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing WebDriver

WebDriver
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the North East region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £425 -
WebDriver
England

WebDriver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA