WebDriver Job Trends in the South East

Selenium WebDriver
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WebDriver skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 285 285
Rank change year-on-year +53 0 +86
Permanent jobs citing WebDriver 35 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.10% 0.068%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.49% 0.76% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 35 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,750 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +7.95% -29.60%
75th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -17.39% -25.81% +19.23%

All Development Application Skills
South East

WebDriver falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 637 1,186 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.12% 13.20% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 369 643 697
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,150 £83,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WebDriver relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

WebDriver job vacancy trend in the South East

WebDriver
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebDriver.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WebDriver

WebDriver
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WebDriver in the South East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WebDriver in the South East

WebDriver
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +22 16 £47,500 -
Surrey - 16 £42,500 -
Berkshire -1 12 £42,500 -10.53%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £57,500 -
Kent - 4 £42,250 -
Hampshire - 2 £37,500 -
West Sussex - 1 £70,000 -
WebDriver
England

WebDriver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.86%) AWS
1 1 (2.86%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (100.00%) Selenium
2 30 (85.71%) JIRA
2 30 (85.71%) Postman
2 30 (85.71%) SoapUI
2 30 (85.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (11.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.86%) Appium
4 1 (2.86%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.86%) Git
4 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.86%) JUnit
4 1 (2.86%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (2.86%) REST Assured
4 1 (2.86%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.86%) TestNG
General
1 23 (65.71%) Finance
2 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.43%) Law
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Analyst
1 20 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 12 (34.29%) Senior
3 10 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) Senior Test Analyst
4 7 (20.00%) Lead
5 4 (11.43%) Test Leader
5 4 (11.43%) Tester
6 3 (8.57%) Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Developer in Test
6 3 (8.57%) Lead Test Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) QA Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Test Automation Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (85.71%) .NET
1 30 (85.71%) HTML
1 30 (85.71%) SOAP
2 5 (14.29%) Playwright
3 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Agile
1 35 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 33 (94.29%) Software Testing
3 31 (88.57%) API Testing
4 30 (85.71%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 30 (85.71%) Non-Functional Testing
4 30 (85.71%) Scrum
4 30 (85.71%) Test Management
5 23 (65.71%) Mentoring
6 17 (48.57%) Logistics
7 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 4 (11.43%) Community of Practice
8 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
8 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (11.43%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (11.43%) Sprint Retrospective
8 4 (11.43%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (11.43%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) Java
2 34 (97.14%) C#
3 31 (88.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) Degree
2 30 (85.71%) ISTQB
2 30 (85.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 4 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) QA
2 4 (11.43%) Accessibility