Hybrid/Remote WebDriver Job Trends

Selenium WebDriver
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WebDriver skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 418 553
Rank change year-on-year +11 +135 +8
Permanent jobs citing WebDriver 16 9 25
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% 0.058% 0.072%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.14% 0.52% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 19
10th Percentile £31,700 £40,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,919 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -29.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile - £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £43,337 £51,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.44% -14.58% -7.69%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,400 1,738 3,653
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.90% 11.18% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 915 1,126 2,777
10th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.73% -6.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%

WebDriver
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

WebDriver job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver

WebDriver
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WebDriver over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

WebDriver salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.25%) BrowserStack
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (93.75%) Selenium
2 9 (56.25%) Postman
3 8 (50.00%) JIRA
4 7 (43.75%) SoapUI
4 7 (43.75%) SpecFlow
4 7 (43.75%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (18.75%) Cucumber
5 3 (18.75%) Git
6 2 (12.50%) JMeter
6 2 (12.50%) NUnit
6 2 (12.50%) REST Assured
6 2 (12.50%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
7 1 (6.25%) Appium
7 1 (6.25%) GitLab
7 1 (6.25%) HP UFT
7 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
7 1 (6.25%) JUnit
7 1 (6.25%) TestNG
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) QA Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Test Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Database Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Database Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) SEO Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) QA Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (75.00%) .NET
2 7 (43.75%) HTML
2 7 (43.75%) REST
2 7 (43.75%) SOAP
3 5 (31.25%) JSON
3 5 (31.25%) Playwright
3 5 (31.25%) XML
4 2 (12.50%) Nightwatchjs
4 2 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
2 13 (81.25%) Software Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Scrum
3 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
4 8 (50.00%) API Testing
4 8 (50.00%) Test Management
4 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 7 (43.75%) BDD
5 7 (43.75%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 7 (43.75%) Logistics
5 7 (43.75%) Non-Functional Testing
5 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
6 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
7 5 (31.25%) AI
7 5 (31.25%) Exploratory Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Fintech
7 5 (31.25%) Functional Testing
7 5 (31.25%) QA Automation
8 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
9 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) C#
2 13 (81.25%) Java
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) Groovy
4 1 (6.25%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
1 9 (56.25%) ISTQB
2 7 (43.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 2 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
2 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (6.25%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) HP Quality Center