The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 54 60 52
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Contract jobs citing Selenium 2 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.343% 0.419% 1.135%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.030% 3.158% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £343 £275 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.54% +3.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £295 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 - £19.00
All Development Applications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
66 95 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 11.32% 13.27% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 37
Average daily rate £350 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 14
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% +8.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £35.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Selenium
East of England

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Selenium across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Cambridgeshire Selenium Jobs Demand Trend

Selenium
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Selenium across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Selenium Daily Rate Trend

Selenium
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Selenium across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Selenium Hourly Rate Trend

Selenium
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge - - - - 4
Peterborough - - - - 1
Selenium
East of England

Selenium
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Selenium also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Selenium.

1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) HTTP
3 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Selenium also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Selenium. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JMeter
1 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Twitter