WebDriver Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WebDriver skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebDriver over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 419 530
Rank change year-on-year +99 +111 -108
Contract jobs citing WebDriver 27 49 92
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.51% 1.32% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 40 64
10th Percentile £360 £400 £338
25th Percentile £363 £413 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +8.43%
75th Percentile £480 £495 £514
90th Percentile £528 £526 £589
UK median daily rate £430 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -4.44% -5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £77.00
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +36.28%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,792 3,722 8,179
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 12.11% 15.10% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 2,671 5,888
10th Percentile £360 £388 £383
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +3.81% +8.25%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 104 109
10th Percentile £25.99 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £43.38 £52.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%
75th Percentile £86.25 £71.90 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.55
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.04% +15.48%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebDriver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WebDriver trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebDriver.

WebDriver daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WebDriver over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

WebDriver daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebDriver.

WebDriver hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
1 11 (40.74%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (25.93%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon S3
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) MariaDB
2 2 (7.41%) MySQL
3 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (92.59%) Selenium
2 10 (37.04%) Cucumber
3 7 (25.93%) Git
3 7 (25.93%) JUnit
3 7 (25.93%) REST Assured
3 7 (25.93%) TestNG
4 6 (22.22%) Visual Studio
5 5 (18.52%) Postman
5 5 (18.52%) SoapUI
5 5 (18.52%) SpecFlow
6 4 (14.81%) Cypress.io
6 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
6 4 (14.81%) JMeter
7 3 (11.11%) Appium
7 3 (11.11%) eggPlant
7 3 (11.11%) Maven
7 3 (11.11%) SOAtest
8 2 (7.41%) GitLab
8 2 (7.41%) Gradle
8 2 (7.41%) WebPageTest
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Back Office
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Tester
2 9 (33.33%) Automation Tester
3 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Test Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Senior
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Consultant
6 3 (11.11%) Developer in Test
6 3 (11.11%) Software Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Test Automation Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) Test Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Automation Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Developer
8 1 (3.70%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Development Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) QA Test Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) .NET
2 6 (22.22%) .NET Framework
2 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
3 4 (14.81%) REST
3 4 (14.81%) XML
4 3 (11.11%) Gherkin
5 2 (7.41%) Chai
5 2 (7.41%) JAXB
5 2 (7.41%) JAX-RS
5 2 (7.41%) Middleware
5 2 (7.41%) Node.js
5 2 (7.41%) Polymer
5 2 (7.41%) React
5 2 (7.41%) SOAP
5 2 (7.41%) Spring
5 2 (7.41%) Spring Boot
5 2 (7.41%) Vue
6 1 (3.70%) Playwright
6 1 (3.70%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.70%) Contactless
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Test Automation
2 15 (55.56%) Agile
3 13 (48.15%) CI/CD
4 11 (40.74%) DevOps
4 11 (40.74%) Software Testing
4 11 (40.74%) Test Scripting
5 10 (37.04%) BDD
6 8 (29.63%) SDET
7 7 (25.93%) Performance Testing
8 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (18.52%) Microservices
8 5 (18.52%) Scrum
8 5 (18.52%) Test Strategy
9 4 (14.81%) B2C
9 4 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (14.81%) Sprint Planning
9 4 (14.81%) TDD
10 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 3 (11.11%) ETL
10 3 (11.11%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (59.26%) C#
2 13 (48.15%) Java
3 9 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (29.63%) SQL
5 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
6 3 (11.11%) Python
7 2 (7.41%) C
7 2 (7.41%) Go
8 1 (3.70%) Bicep
8 1 (3.70%) C++
8 1 (3.70%) Ruby
8 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
8 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (3.70%) VBA
8 1 (3.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.41%) SAP