WebPageTest Contract Job Trends

WebPageTest
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring WebPageTest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 557 619
Rank change year-on-year -26 +62 +193
Contract jobs citing WebPageTest 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.011% 0.007%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.018% 0.084% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £273 -
25th Percentile - £288 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -23.53% -21.84%
75th Percentile - £344 £438
90th Percentile - £348 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - -21.84%

All Development Application Skills
UK

WebPageTest 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,478 4,752 6,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.20% 13.04% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,779 2,943 4,190
10th Percentile £331 £341 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £627 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £513
% change year-on-year -2.56% -4.88% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 121 226
10th Percentile £29.50 £33.07 £45.88
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.44 £87.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

WebPageTest
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WebPageTest relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

WebPageTest job vacancy trend in the UK

WebPageTest
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WebPageTest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WebPageTest

WebPageTest
Top 1 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebPageTest within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Work from Home +7 1 £650 +85.71%

WebPageTest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility