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This section looks at the demand for Selenium skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSelenium
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank55-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.660 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£350
% change on same period last year-15.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads53137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.136 %
Daily rates quoted1528
Average minimum daily rate£358£427
Average daily rate£391£450
% change on same period last year-13.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£473
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted930
Average minimum hourly rate£37.64£32.08
Average hourly rate£38.41£33.04
% change on same period last year+16.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.18£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.52
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Selenium East of EnglandSelenium
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Selenium
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Selenium across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Essex Selenium Demand Trend

Selenium
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Selenium Hourly Rate Trend

Selenium
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HarlowNew entry-2--
Selenium East of EnglandSelenium
East of England

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

16 (100.00 %)TestDirector
16 (100.00 %)FitNesse
24 (66.67 %)Pharmaceutical
24 (66.67 %)Java
33 (50.00 %)JavaScript
33 (50.00 %)SQL
33 (50.00 %).NET
33 (50.00 %)WebServices
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
33 (50.00 %)XHTML
33 (50.00 %)WinRunner
33 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro
33 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
33 (50.00 %)Oracle
33 (50.00 %)CSS
33 (50.00 %)HTML
33 (50.00 %)QA
33 (50.00 %)JMeter
33 (50.00 %)Scrum
33 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
33 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
33 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
33 (50.00 %)Ruby
33 (50.00 %)AJAX
33 (50.00 %)Software Testing
33 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
33 (50.00 %)Web Testing
42 (33.33 %)Java EE

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %).NET
13 (50.00 %)WebServices
13 (50.00 %)XHTML
13 (50.00 %)CSS
13 (50.00 %)HTML
13 (50.00 %)AJAX
13 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
22 (33.33 %)Java EE
31 (16.67 %)SOAP
31 (16.67 %)J2EE
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
13 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (100.00 %)TestDirector
16 (100.00 %)FitNesse
23 (50.00 %)WinRunner
23 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (50.00 %)JMeter
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Pharmaceutical
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Tester
23 (50.00 %)Systems Tester
32 (33.33 %)Test Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Software Test Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Systems Test Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
41 (16.67 %)Web Tester
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Scrum
13 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
13 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
13 (50.00 %)Software Testing
13 (50.00 %)Web Testing
21 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)Java
23 (50.00 %)JavaScript
23 (50.00 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)Ruby
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (50.00 %)QA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Oracle