Selenium WebDriver
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WebDriver skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WebDriver over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 759 705 776
Rank change year-on-year -54 +71 -220
Permanent jobs citing WebDriver 143 271 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.50% 1.87% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 65 134 290
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +0.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% +4.50%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,537 14,458 35,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.62% 14.27% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,706 8,868 15,755
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WebDriver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WebDriver in the UK

WebDriver
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WebDriver.

Salary trend for WebDriver in the UK

WebDriver
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WebDriver over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WebDriver in the UK

WebDriver
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebDriver within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +3 107 £47,500 -9.52% 10
England -43 76 £62,500 -3.85% 12
Scotland -4 64 £35,000 -20.45% 3
London +27 38 £70,000 -12.50% 5
South East +10 29 £47,500 -9.52% 1
Work from Home +17 22 £60,000 -7.69% 11
North of England +31 9 £42,500 -12.82% 2
North West +13 7 £42,500 -20.93% 2
South West -28 4 £37,500 -28.57%
Yorkshire +70 2 £57,500 -
East of England -6 1 £47,500 - 3

WebDriver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 17 (11.89%) Apache
2 4 (2.80%) IIS
3 2 (1.40%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 62 (43.36%) AWS
2 22 (15.38%) Azure
3 13 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.10%) SaaS
5 2 (1.40%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.40%) GCP
5 2 (1.40%) GitHub
5 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.80%) Internet
2 1 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.40%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.40%) MySQL
4 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 142 (99.30%) Selenium
2 86 (60.14%) JUnit
3 76 (53.15%) Cypress.io
4 60 (41.96%) Jasmine
4 60 (41.96%) Karma Test Runner
4 60 (41.96%) Protractor
5 27 (18.88%) Cucumber
6 22 (15.38%) REST Assured
7 20 (13.99%) TestNG
8 17 (11.89%) Visual Studio
9 13 (9.09%) Git
9 13 (9.09%) JMeter
10 11 (7.69%) Jenkins
10 11 (7.69%) JIRA
10 11 (7.69%) NUnit
11 8 (5.59%) Appium
11 8 (5.59%) SoapUI
12 7 (4.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (4.90%) Postman
12 7 (4.90%) TeamCity
General
1 83 (58.04%) Finance
2 66 (46.15%) Banking
3 64 (44.76%) Investment Banking
4 62 (43.36%) Law
5 60 (41.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (9.09%) Social Skills
7 8 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.90%) Financial Institution
9 6 (4.20%) Legal
10 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.40%) Electronics
12 2 (1.40%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (1.40%) Marketing
12 2 (1.40%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (47.55%) Software Engineer
2 60 (41.96%) Java Engineer
2 60 (41.96%) Java Software Engineer
3 33 (23.08%) Lead
4 24 (16.78%) Tester
5 22 (15.38%) Lead Java Engineer
5 22 (15.38%) Lead Software Engineer
6 20 (13.99%) Automation Tester
7 9 (6.29%) Senior
7 9 (6.29%) Test Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Developer
9 7 (4.90%) Analyst
10 6 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (2.80%) .NET Developer
11 4 (2.80%) Automation Test Analyst
11 4 (2.80%) Full Stack .NET Developer
11 4 (2.80%) Full Stack Developer
11 4 (2.80%) Test Analyst
12 3 (2.10%) Developer in Test
12 3 (2.10%) Java Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (55.94%) JSON
2 74 (51.75%) React
3 65 (45.45%) CSS
3 65 (45.45%) HTML
4 64 (44.76%) AngularJS
5 62 (43.36%) Jest
5 62 (43.36%) Node.js
5 62 (43.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 60 (41.96%) Hibernate
6 60 (41.96%) J2EE
6 60 (41.96%) JMS
6 60 (41.96%) jQuery
6 60 (41.96%) Spring
7 25 (17.48%) REST
8 23 (16.08%) .NET
9 16 (11.19%) Apache Commons
9 16 (11.19%) Guava
9 16 (11.19%) Java Concurrency
9 16 (11.19%) WireMock
10 15 (10.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (41.96%) Data Structures
2 21 (14.69%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.20%) Hackathon
3 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.20%) Social Media
4 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.40%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.40%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.40%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.70%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.70%) Linux
1 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (88.81%) Agile
2 91 (63.64%) BDD
3 82 (57.34%) CI/CD
4 72 (50.35%) TDD
5 71 (49.65%) Software Engineering
6 65 (45.45%) Test Automation
7 64 (44.76%) SDLC
8 63 (44.06%) Artificial Intelligence
9 60 (41.96%) Machine Learning
9 60 (41.96%) Multithreading
9 60 (41.96%) Operational Stability
9 60 (41.96%) Web Development
10 45 (31.47%) Community of Practice
11 36 (25.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (23.78%) Software Testing
13 33 (23.08%) SDET
14 31 (21.68%) Continuous Integration
15 25 (17.48%) Scrum
16 23 (16.08%) API Testing
17 22 (15.38%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 113 (79.02%) Java
2 84 (58.74%) JavaScript
3 62 (43.36%) TypeScript
4 29 (20.28%) C#
5 28 (19.58%) SQL
6 11 (7.69%) Python
7 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.80%) XAML
8 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.79%) SC Cleared
1 14 (9.79%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.29%) ISTQB
3 6 (4.20%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (20.98%) QA
2 3 (2.10%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (12.59%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (12.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.80%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.40%) Google
2 2 (1.40%) SAP
2 2 (1.40%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle
3 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.70%) VMware