WebDriver Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WebDriver skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebDriver over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Selenium WebDriver UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	332	364	384
Rank change year-on-year	+32	+20
Contract jobs citing WebDriver	292	303	282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.63%	0.56%	0.50%
As % of the Development Applications category	3.60%	3.63%	3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	184	228	202
Median daily rate	£375	£388	£360
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-3.22%	+7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£286	£275	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£500	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£350	£350
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	1
Median hourly rate	£47.50	-	£13.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	-	£13.50

WebDriver is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	8108	8337	7452
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	17.53%	15.50%	13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	5544	5751	4903
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£313	£293
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£550	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£363
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted	148	125	123
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.45	£37.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+0.11%	+14.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£32.50	£27.00	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£61.69	£50.78	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.25	£42.13	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+2.67%	+13.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing WebDriver as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for WebDriver in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing WebDriver.

Contractor daily rate trend for WebDriver in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing WebDriver over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for WebDriver in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver.

Contractor hourly rate trend for WebDriver in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing WebDriver over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for WebDriver in the UK

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Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the UK over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+36	275	£388	-1.89%	116
London	-9	116	£461	+8.52%	54
South East	+20	43	£369	+5.35%	22
Yorkshire	+37	36	£350	+8.52%	3
Leeds	+41	34	£350	+12.00%	3
West Yorkshire	+39	34	£350	+9.37%	3
City of London	-21	25	£425	-	15
Newcastle upon Tyne	+94	19	£320	+28.00%	2
Tyne and Wear	+92	19	£320	+28.00%	2
North East	+77	19	£320	+28.00%	2
North West	+27	18	£365	+14.06%	12
East Midlands	-	18	£375	-	4
Nottinghamshire	-	15	£375	-	3
South West	+6	14	£350	-12.50%	7
Berkshire	+22	12	£325	-9.72%	2
Manchester	+17	11	£381	+33.77%	8
Nottingham	-	10	£375	-	3
Oxfordshire	0	9	£391	-5.15%
Scotland	+46	7	£350	-	4
Buckinghamshire	-13	7	£375	+56.25%	4
Wiltshire	+6	6	£350	+23.89%
West Midlands	0	6	£466	+16.56%	9
Milton Keynes	-6	6	£375	-16.66%	3
Kent	-	6	£350	-
Edinburgh	+19	5	£350	-
Merseyside	+2	5	£270	-13.60%	1
Swindon	+2	5	£350	+23.89%
Wales	-1	5	£280	-13.84%
South Wales	-3	5	£280	-13.84%
East of England	-6	5	£330	+1.53%	3

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing WebDriver also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for WebDriver.

1	603 (88.55%)	Selenium
2	597 (87.67%)	Test Automation
3	522 (76.65%)	Agile Software Development
4	377 (55.36%)	Java
5	329 (48.31%)	Cucumber
6	321 (47.14%)	BDD
7	221 (32.45%)	TDD
8	214 (31.42%)	Jenkins
9	198 (29.07%)	JavaScript
10	195 (28.63%)	Scrum
11	188 (27.61%)	QA
12	159 (23.35%)	Git (software)
12	159 (23.35%)	JIRA
13	144 (21.15%)	C#
14	141 (20.70%)	HTML

15	137 (20.12%)	Web Services
16	134 (19.68%)	Test Scripting
17	126 (18.50%)	Continuous Integration
18	111 (16.30%)	Finance
19	108 (15.86%)	CSS
20	104 (15.27%)	RESTful
20	104 (15.27%)	Gherkin
21	102 (14.98%)	Python
22	96 (14.10%)	SQL
23	93 (13.66%)	Ruby
24	92 (13.51%)	XML
25	87 (12.78%)	Regression Testing
26	85 (12.48%)	Test Strategy
27	83 (12.19%)	JUnit
27	83 (12.19%)	E-Commerce

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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	61 (8.96%)	Confluence
2	27 (3.96%)	CMS
3	21 (3.08%)	Elasticsearch
4	20 (2.94%)	Sitecore CMS
5	16 (2.35%)	WebSphere
6	14 (2.06%)	Tomcat
7	11 (1.62%)	Apache Spark
8	6 (0.88%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	6 (0.88%)	WebLogic
9	4 (0.59%)	nginx
10	3 (0.44%)	Apache
10	3 (0.44%)	ATG Dynamo
10	3 (0.44%)	ColdFusion
11	2 (0.29%)	JBoss
11	2 (0.29%)	Jetty
12	1 (0.15%)	Apache TomEE
12	1 (0.15%)	Drupal
12	1 (0.15%)	IIS
12	1 (0.15%)	Oracle HTTP Server
12	1 (0.15%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	3 (0.44%)	Mingle
2	1 (0.15%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	13 (1.91%)	Magento
2	6 (0.88%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	2 (0.29%)	Dynamics CRM
4	1 (0.15%)	CSG Singleview
4	1 (0.15%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	25 (3.67%)	Amazon AWS
2	20 (2.94%)	Sauce Labs
3	18 (2.64%)	GitHub
4	11 (1.62%)	BrowserStack
4	11 (1.62%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
4	11 (1.62%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
5	10 (1.47%)	Basecamp
6	9 (1.32%)	Microsoft Azure
7	3 (0.44%)	Heroku
8	2 (0.29%)	vREST
9	1 (0.15%)	Amazon CloudWatch
9	1 (0.15%)	Amazon EC2
9	1 (0.15%)	Amazon ElastiCache
9	1 (0.15%)	Amazon ELB
9	1 (0.15%)	Google App Engine
9	1 (0.15%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	1 (0.15%)	Route 53
9	1 (0.15%)	SaaS
9	1 (0.15%)	Slack
9	1 (0.15%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	43 (6.31%)	Internet
2	31 (4.55%)	HTTP
3	5 (0.73%)	TCP/IP
4	4 (0.59%)	Ethernet
5	2 (0.29%)	DSL
6	1 (0.15%)	DHCP
6	1 (0.15%)	DNS
6	1 (0.15%)	DOCSIS
6	1 (0.15%)	FTP
6	1 (0.15%)	IPsec
6	1 (0.15%)	MGCP
6	1 (0.15%)	Skype
6	1 (0.15%)	SMS
6	1 (0.15%)	SSL
6	1 (0.15%)	VoIP
6	1 (0.15%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	23 (3.38%)	PostgreSQL
2	22 (3.23%)	Relational Database
3	19 (2.79%)	Redis
4	17 (2.50%)	MongoDB
5	16 (2.35%)	Hadoop
6	14 (2.06%)	MySQL
7	13 (1.91%)	DB2
7	13 (1.91%)	DbVisualizer
7	13 (1.91%)	RDBMS
8	11 (1.62%)	Apache Hive
9	8 (1.17%)	SQL Server
10	6 (0.88%)	Big Data
11	5 (0.73%)	Oracle Database
11	5 (0.73%)	Oracle Database 11g
11	5 (0.73%)	Oracle Database 12c
12	3 (0.44%)	Data Warehouse
12	3 (0.44%)	Hazelcast
12	3 (0.44%)	HBase
12	3 (0.44%)	InterSystems Cache
13	1 (0.15%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	603 (88.55%)	Selenium
2	329 (48.31%)	Cucumber
3	214 (31.42%)	Jenkins
4	159 (23.35%)	Git (software)
4	159 (23.35%)	JIRA
5	83 (12.19%)	JUnit
6	81 (11.89%)	SoapUI
7	65 (9.54%)	Subversion
8	64 (9.40%)	SpecFlow
9	58 (8.52%)	gulp
10	54 (7.93%)	Jasmine
10	54 (7.93%)	Maven
11	47 (6.90%)	Protractor
12	46 (6.75%)	JMeter
13	37 (5.43%)	RSpec
13	37 (5.43%)	webpack
14	35 (5.14%)	TeamCity
15	34 (4.99%)	Mockito
16	32 (4.70%)	Appium
17	31 (4.55%)	Grunt

General
1	111 (16.30%)	Finance
2	42 (6.17%)	Games
3	40 (5.87%)	Banking
4	39 (5.73%)	Retail
5	24 (3.52%)	Marketing
6	12 (1.76%)	Investment Banking
6	12 (1.76%)	Telecoms
7	9 (1.32%)	Manufacturing
8	8 (1.17%)	Front Office
8	8 (1.17%)	Retail Banking
9	6 (0.88%)	Advertising
9	6 (0.88%)	Corporate Banking
9	6 (0.88%)	Electronics
10	4 (0.59%)	Automotive
11	3 (0.44%)	Back Office
11	3 (0.44%)	Law
11	3 (0.44%)	Publishing
12	2 (0.29%)	German Language
12	2 (0.29%)	Music Industry
13	1 (0.15%)	Digital Economy

Job Titles
1	224 (32.89%)	Tester
2	185 (27.17%)	Automation Tester
3	152 (22.32%)	Developer
4	110 (16.15%)	Analyst
5	99 (14.54%)	Test Analyst
6	89 (13.07%)	Test Engineer
7	87 (12.78%)	Selenium Tester
8	81 (11.89%)	Selenium Automation Tester
9	67 (9.84%)	Automation Test Analyst
10	63 (9.25%)	Test Automation Engineer
11	59 (8.66%)	QA Engineer
12	51 (7.49%)	Developer in Test
13	50 (7.34%)	Java Automation Tester
14	39 (5.73%)	JavaScript Developer
15	36 (5.29%)	QA Tester
16	32 (4.70%)	Java Developer
17	30 (4.41%)	Agile Tester
18	29 (4.26%)	Selenium Test Analyst
19	27 (3.96%)	Test Leader
20	26 (3.82%)	Java Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	141 (20.70%)	HTML
2	137 (20.12%)	Web Services
3	108 (15.86%)	CSS
4	104 (15.27%)	Gherkin
4	104 (15.27%)	RESTful
5	92 (13.51%)	XML
6	80 (11.75%)	AngularJS
6	80 (11.75%)	REST
7	78 (11.45%)	Node.js
8	77 (11.31%)	.NET
9	67 (9.84%)	JSON
10	65 (9.54%)	SOAP
11	64 (9.40%)	Sass
12	61 (8.96%)	React
13	59 (8.66%)	HTML5
14	49 (7.20%)	CSS3
15	32 (4.70%)	LESS
16	25 (3.67%)	Spring
17	20 (2.94%)	Hibernate
18	19 (2.79%)	Play Framework

Miscellaneous
1	58 (8.52%)	Analytical Skills
2	34 (4.99%)	Greenfield Project
2	34 (4.99%)	Mobile App
3	30 (4.41%)	User Experience
4	20 (2.94%)	Computer Science
5	14 (2.06%)	Smartphone
6	11 (1.62%)	Linux Command Line
7	8 (1.17%)	Video on Demand
8	5 (0.73%)	Driving Licence
8	5 (0.73%)	Fintech
8	5 (0.73%)	W3C
9	3 (0.44%)	Enterprise Software
9	3 (0.44%)	iPad
10	2 (0.29%)	Digital Media
10	2 (0.29%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
10	2 (0.29%)	Mainframe
10	2 (0.29%)	Online Games
10	2 (0.29%)	PlayStation
10	2 (0.29%)	Reference Data
11	1 (0.15%)	Handset

Operating Systems
1	47 (6.90%)	Unix
2	37 (5.43%)	Linux
3	20 (2.94%)	Android
3	20 (2.94%)	Apple iOS
3	20 (2.94%)	Windows
4	10 (1.47%)	Mac OS X

Processes & Methodologies
1	597 (87.67%)	Test Automation
2	522 (76.65%)	Agile Software Development
3	321 (47.14%)	BDD
4	221 (32.45%)	TDD
5	195 (28.63%)	Scrum
6	134 (19.68%)	Test Scripting
7	126 (18.50%)	Continuous Integration
8	87 (12.78%)	Regression Testing
9	85 (12.48%)	Test Strategy
10	83 (12.19%)	E-Commerce
11	81 (11.89%)	OO
12	74 (10.87%)	API Testing
13	66 (9.69%)	OOP
14	64 (9.40%)	User Stories
15	58 (8.52%)	Kanban
16	57 (8.37%)	Web Testing
17	54 (7.93%)	Manual Testing
17	54 (7.93%)	Software Testing
18	50 (7.34%)	Exploratory Testing
18	50 (7.34%)	Software Engineering

Programming Languages
1	377 (55.36%)	Java
2	198 (29.07%)	JavaScript
3	144 (21.15%)	C#
4	102 (14.98%)	Python
5	96 (14.10%)	SQL
6	93 (13.66%)	Ruby
7	74 (10.87%)	Scala
8	36 (5.29%)	PHP
9	29 (4.26%)	Groovy
10	21 (3.08%)	Bash Shell
11	16 (2.35%)	ES6
12	15 (2.20%)	TypeScript
13	14 (2.06%)	C++
14	12 (1.76%)	Apple Swift
15	11 (1.62%)	Apex Code
15	11 (1.62%)	SOQL
16	8 (1.17%)	PowerShell
17	6 (0.88%)	Perl
17	6 (0.88%)	Shell Script
18	5 (0.73%)	ECMAScript

Qualifications
1	45 (6.61%)	ISTQB
2	38 (5.58%)	ISEB
3	26 (3.82%)	Degree
4	19 (2.79%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	13 (1.91%)	Security Cleared
6	10 (1.47%)	SC Cleared
7	5 (0.73%)	Computer Science Degree
8	4 (0.59%)	Master's Degree
9	3 (0.44%)	HNC
10	2 (0.29%)	BPSS Clearance
10	2 (0.29%)	DBS Check
11	1 (0.15%)	DV Cleared
11	1 (0.15%)	HND
11	1 (0.15%)	ISEB Practitioner
11	1 (0.15%)	Numerate Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	188 (27.61%)	QA
2	20 (2.94%)	WCAG
3	8 (1.17%)	WAI
4	5 (0.73%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	2 (0.29%)	PMO
6	1 (0.15%)	ISO 13485
6	1 (0.15%)	MiFID

System Software
1	40 (5.87%)	Docker
2	11 (1.62%)	Apache Flume
3	5 (0.73%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.29%)	HDFS
4	2 (0.29%)	Virtual Machines
5	1 (0.15%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	20 (2.94%)	HP Quality Center
2	9 (1.32%)	HP Fortify
3	6 (0.88%)	Puppet
4	4 (0.59%)	Opscode Chef
5	3 (0.44%)	Ansible
5	3 (0.44%)	Kibana
5	3 (0.44%)	Nagios
6	1 (0.15%)	Business Desktop Deployment
6	1 (0.15%)	CA Service Virtualization
6	1 (0.15%)	Fluentd
6	1 (0.15%)	Grafana
6	1 (0.15%)	logstash
6	1 (0.15%)	Marathon
6	1 (0.15%)	Mesos
6	1 (0.15%)	Prometheus
6	1 (0.15%)	Rundeck
6	1 (0.15%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	36 (5.29%)	Oracle
2	29 (4.26%)	HP
3	25 (3.67%)	Microsoft
4	24 (3.52%)	Sitecore
5	22 (3.23%)	Atlassian
6	19 (2.79%)	Salesforce.com
7	14 (2.06%)	hybris
7	14 (2.06%)	Splunk
8	13 (1.91%)	IBM
9	9 (1.32%)	CA Agile Central
10	7 (1.03%)	SAP
11	6 (0.88%)	SOASTA, Inc
12	5 (0.73%)	ATG
12	5 (0.73%)	VMware
13	4 (0.59%)	TOWER Software
14	3 (0.44%)	Charles River
14	3 (0.44%)	Google
14	3 (0.44%)	Perforce
15	2 (0.29%)	Siebel
16	1 (0.15%)	Adobe