WebDriver Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Selenium WebDriver
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.20% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £425 - -

All Development Application Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 88 47 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 18.03% 20.52% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 41 5
10th Percentile £350 £325 £435
25th Percentile £400 £361 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £454
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% +1.32% -21.04%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £549
90th Percentile £574 £590 -
North East median daily rate £475 £460 £493
% change year-on-year +3.26% -6.74% -14.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £54.63 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £66.25 - £46.18
% change year-on-year - - -5.76%

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

WebDriver job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing WebDriver.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing WebDriver

WebDriver
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £425 -
WebDriver
North East

WebDriver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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