Hybrid/Remote WebDriver Contract Job Trends

Selenium WebDriver
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring WebDriver skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 310 375
Rank change year-on-year +13 +65 +135
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 7 15 30
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.072% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.45% 0.93% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 24
10th Percentile £385 £306 -
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £500 £473
90th Percentile £602 £523 £488
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -5.56% +9.09% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51.63
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £53.75
75th Percentile - - £54.69
90th Percentile - - £54.88
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - £53.75
% change year-on-year - - -10.42%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

WebDriver falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,558 1,608 2,617
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.04% 12.93% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 1,045 1,913
10th Percentile £325 £348 £357
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £609 £625
90th Percentile £653 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 21 89
10th Percentile £31.80 £21.86 £49.60
25th Percentile £57.88 £51.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £67.80 £71.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

WebDriver job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

WebDriver
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver

WebDriver
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

WebDriver daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

WebDriver
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver

WebDriver
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Selenium
2 4 (57.14%) Git
2 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (42.86%) Cucumber
3 3 (42.86%) JIRA
3 3 (42.86%) Postman
4 2 (28.57%) Appium
4 2 (28.57%) GitLab
4 2 (28.57%) NUnit
4 2 (28.57%) SpecFlow
4 2 (28.57%) Zephyr
5 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (14.29%) Gatling
5 1 (14.29%) REST Assured
5 1 (14.29%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
5 1 (14.29%) TestNG
5 1 (14.29%) TestRail
5 1 (14.29%) WebPageTest
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Automation Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Automation Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) QA Automation Tester
2 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium Automation Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Next.js
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) Playwright
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
4 2 (28.57%) BDD
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Product Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) API Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Mobile Development
5 1 (14.29%) Model Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Go
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Duck Creek
1 1 (14.29%) Guidewire