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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 451 483
Rank change year-on-year +69 +32 +116
Permanent jobs citing WebDriver 26 21 15
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.11% 0.068%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.94% 0.91% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 14
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,150 £38,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,750 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -19.49% +7.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,112 £84,375
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,622 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -36.67% +25.00%

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 1,340 2,297 3,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.34% 11.59% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 812 1,226 2,868
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £89,875 £90,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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

WebDriver
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 4 November 2025.

WebDriver salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Big Data
1 2 (7.69%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 26 (100.00%) Selenium
2 16 (61.54%) JIRA
2 16 (61.54%) Postman
2 16 (61.54%) SoapUI
2 16 (61.54%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (30.77%) Cypress.io
4 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (7.69%) JMeter
4 2 (7.69%) JUnit
5 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (30.77%) Law
3 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Senior
2 10 (38.46%) Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Test Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Senior Test Analyst
4 8 (30.77%) Developer
4 8 (30.77%) Developer in Test
4 8 (30.77%) Software Developer
5 5 (19.23%) Lead
6 3 (11.54%) Test Leader
6 3 (11.54%) Tester
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (61.54%) .NET
1 16 (61.54%) HTML
1 16 (61.54%) SOAP
2 8 (30.77%) Playwright
3 2 (7.69%) Apache Thrift
3 2 (7.69%) JSON
3 2 (7.69%) Kafka
3 2 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (65.38%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (30.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 24 (92.31%) Agile
2 24 (92.31%) Test Scripting
3 17 (65.38%) API Testing
4 16 (61.54%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 16 (61.54%) Mentoring
4 16 (61.54%) Non-Functional Testing
4 16 (61.54%) Scrum
4 16 (61.54%) Test Management
5 10 (38.46%) SDET
5 10 (38.46%) Test Strategy
6 9 (34.62%) Test Automation
7 8 (30.77%) Community of Practice
7 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
7 8 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (30.77%) Sprint Planning
7 8 (30.77%) Sprint Retrospective
7 8 (30.77%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) Java
2 24 (92.31%) C#
3 16 (61.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Degree
2 16 (61.54%) ISTQB
2 16 (61.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 8 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) QA
2 8 (30.77%) Accessibility