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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 440 462
Rank change year-on-year +106 +22 +110
Permanent jobs citing WebDriver 44 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.064% 0.064%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.62% 0.47% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 42 9 9
10th Percentile £32,750 £43,600 £41,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -26.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £63,625 £70,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,794 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.29% -30.94% +20.00%

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 1,216 2,327 3,023
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.03% 13.59% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 807 1,336 2,570
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,494
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +1.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,389 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

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 31 December 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 (4.55%) Big Data
1 2 (4.55%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 44 (100.00%) Selenium
2 32 (72.73%) JIRA
2 32 (72.73%) Postman
2 32 (72.73%) SoapUI
2 32 (72.73%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (18.18%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.55%) JMeter
4 2 (4.55%) JUnit
4 2 (4.55%) SpecFlow
5 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
General
1 25 (56.82%) Finance
2 23 (52.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (18.18%) Law
3 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (45.45%) Analyst
1 20 (45.45%) Test Analyst
2 13 (29.55%) Senior
3 11 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 11 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 10 (22.73%) Lead
5 7 (15.91%) Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Developer in Test
5 7 (15.91%) Software Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Tester
6 5 (11.36%) Test Leader
7 3 (6.82%) Lead Test Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Automation Tester
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Test Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (72.73%) .NET
1 32 (72.73%) HTML
1 32 (72.73%) SOAP
2 8 (18.18%) Playwright
3 4 (9.09%) REST
4 2 (4.55%) Apache Thrift
4 2 (4.55%) JSON
4 2 (4.55%) Kafka
4 2 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (38.64%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (18.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (95.45%) Agile
2 41 (93.18%) Software Testing
3 40 (90.91%) Test Scripting
4 34 (77.27%) Scrum
5 33 (75.00%) API Testing
6 32 (72.73%) Cross-Browser Testing
6 32 (72.73%) Non-Functional Testing
6 32 (72.73%) Test Management
7 25 (56.82%) Mentoring
8 18 (40.91%) Logistics
9 11 (25.00%) Test Automation
10 10 (22.73%) Test Strategy
11 9 (20.45%) SDET
12 8 (18.18%) Community of Practice
12 8 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
12 8 (18.18%) Sprint Retrospective
12 8 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 42 (95.45%) Java
2 40 (90.91%) C#
3 34 (77.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (90.91%) Degree
2 32 (72.73%) ISTQB
2 32 (72.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
4 8 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) QA
2 8 (18.18%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft