Hybrid/Remote Cross-Browser Testing Contract Job Trends

Cross-Browser Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cross-Browser Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 305 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing Cross-Browser Testing 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.044% 0.029% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.032% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £363 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% - -
75th Percentile £400 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £388 £313 £400
% change year-on-year +24.00% -21.88% -3.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cross-Browser Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,132 9,255 14,269
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.94% 90.30% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,612 6,252 9,540
10th Percentile £350 £331 £338
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 196 547
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.81 £15.33
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.88 £23.63
Median hourly rate £56.80 £39.02 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.55% -8.19% -26.09%
75th Percentile £67.38 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

Cross-Browser Testing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cross-Browser Testing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cross-Browser Testing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cross-Browser Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cross-Browser Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cross-Browser Testing

Cross-Browser Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Sitefinity
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) BrowserStack
2 3 (60.00%) GitHub
3 2 (40.00%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Postman
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 3 (60.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (60.00%) Git
2 3 (60.00%) GitLab
3 2 (40.00%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) JMeter
3 2 (40.00%) Newman
3 2 (40.00%) Pa11y
3 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
4 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
4 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
2 1 (20.00%) Playwright
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) API Testing
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) OOP
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Accessibility