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The table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills within the London 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSelenium
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank335442
Rank change on same period last yearUp+107
Matching contract IT job ads7249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.048 %
As % of the category below2.393 %1.278 %
Daily rates quoted316
Average minimum daily rate£329£333
Average daily rate£381£360
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£350
% change on same period last year-8.81 %
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-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
London
Matching contract IT job ads30093834
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.067 %3.781 %
Daily rates quoted13461414
Average minimum daily rate£352£385
Average daily rate£381£408
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£335
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted97120
Average minimum hourly rate£27.44£32.24
Average hourly rate£29.22£34.58
% change on same period last year-15.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.31£33.09
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Selenium EnglandSelenium
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London Selenium Demand Trend

Selenium
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Selenium Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Selenium across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Selenium Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Selenium Hourly Rate Trend

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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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
City of LondonDown-819£370+20.25 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1--
Selenium EnglandSelenium
England

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1102 (56.98 %)FitNesse
276 (42.46 %)Agile Software Development
373 (40.78 %).NET
471 (39.66 %)JavaScript
569 (38.55 %)C#
664 (35.75 %)Scrum
763 (35.20 %)TDD
763 (35.20 %)Java
862 (34.64 %)Spring
959 (32.96 %)UML
1056 (31.28 %)XML
1154 (30.17 %)SQL Server
1249 (27.37 %)SQL
1347 (26.26 %)Continuous Integration
1445 (25.14 %)ASP.NET
1540 (22.35 %)NUnit
1540 (22.35 %)HTML
1639 (21.79 %)OO
1639 (21.79 %)AJAX
1737 (20.67 %)Unit Testing
1836 (20.11 %)Subversion
1933 (18.44 %)NHibernate
1933 (18.44 %)Spring.NET
1933 (18.44 %)BizTalk Server
2032 (17.88 %)QA
2130 (16.76 %)Automated Testing
2130 (16.76 %)Oracle
2228 (15.64 %)Games
2325 (13.97 %)J2EE
2424 (13.41 %)SQL Server 2005

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
173 (40.78 %).NET
262 (34.64 %)Spring
356 (31.28 %)XML
445 (25.14 %)ASP.NET
540 (22.35 %)HTML
639 (21.79 %)AJAX
733 (18.44 %)NHibernate
733 (18.44 %)Spring.NET
825 (13.97 %)J2EE
923 (12.85 %)Hibernate
1020 (11.17 %)WebServices
1020 (11.17 %)GWT
1020 (11.17 %)DWR
1115 (8.380 %)XHTML
1213 (7.263 %)iBATIS
1213 (7.263 %)WCF
1213 (7.263 %)WPF
1213 (7.263 %)WF
1213 (7.263 %)WSE
1312 (6.704 %)CSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (18.44 %)BizTalk Server
221 (11.73 %)WebLogic
313 (7.263 %)SharePoint
48 (4.469 %)Apache
57 (3.911 %)IIS
62 (1.117 %)TeamSite
62 (1.117 %)CMS
71 (0.559 %)ESB
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.235 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (3.352 %)TCP/IP
16 (3.352 %)DNS
23 (1.676 %)Internet
32 (1.117 %)HTTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (30.17 %)SQL Server
224 (13.41 %)SQL Server 2005
322 (12.29 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (7.263 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
413 (7.263 %)Crystal Reports
57 (3.911 %)MySQL
61 (0.559 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.559 %)TOAD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1102 (56.98 %)FitNesse
240 (22.35 %)NUnit
336 (20.11 %)Subversion
422 (12.29 %)JUnit
521 (11.73 %)Eclipse
617 (9.497 %)QuickTest Pro
716 (8.939 %)Ant
813 (7.263 %)ReSharper
911 (6.145 %)TestDirector
1010 (5.587 %)WATIR
118 (4.469 %)WinRunner
118 (4.469 %)LoadRunner
118 (4.469 %)JMeter
127 (3.911 %)IntelliJ
127 (3.911 %)Firebug
136 (3.352 %)Visual Studio
145 (2.793 %)Flash
154 (2.235 %)CruiseControl
162 (1.117 %)JIRA
162 (1.117 %)Bugzilla
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (15.64 %)Games
217 (9.497 %)Finance
313 (7.263 %)Online Games
313 (7.263 %)Banking
412 (6.704 %)Investment Banking
55 (2.793 %)Online Betting
62 (1.117 %)Telecoms
71 (0.559 %)Retail
71 (0.559 %)Multimedia
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
168 (37.99 %)Developer
251 (28.49 %)Analyst
344 (24.58 %)Test Analyst
441 (22.91 %)Tester
527 (15.08 %).NET Developer
618 (10.06 %)Java Developer
715 (8.380 %)QA Analyst
812 (6.704 %)Web Tester
812 (6.704 %)J2EE Developer
99 (5.028 %)Java/J2EE Developer
99 (5.028 %)QA Test Analyst
107 (3.911 %)Web Analyst
107 (3.911 %)Web Test Analyst
107 (3.911 %)Test Engineer
116 (3.352 %)Architect
116 (3.352 %)Senior Analyst
116 (3.352 %)Java Architect
125 (2.793 %)Web Engineer
125 (2.793 %)C# Developer
134 (2.235 %)Manual Tester
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (7.263 %)Derivative
212 (6.704 %)Spread Betting
37 (3.911 %)Computer Science
46 (3.352 %)Contract for Difference
46 (3.352 %)Fixed Income
46 (3.352 %)Equities
54 (2.235 %)Credit Risk
63 (1.676 %)Web 2.0
72 (1.117 %)Streaming Media
81 (0.559 %)N-Tier
81 (0.559 %)W3C
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (5.028 %)UNIX
25 (2.793 %)Linux
34 (2.235 %)Windows
41 (0.559 %)Solaris
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
176 (42.46 %)Agile Software Development
264 (35.75 %)Scrum
363 (35.20 %)TDD
459 (32.96 %)UML
547 (26.26 %)Continuous Integration
639 (21.79 %)OO
737 (20.67 %)Unit Testing
830 (16.76 %)Automated Testing
920 (11.17 %)Refactoring
1017 (9.497 %)Software Testing
1017 (9.497 %)Load Testing
1114 (7.821 %)Web Development
1213 (7.263 %)Performance Testing
1312 (6.704 %)Extreme Programming
148 (4.469 %)OOP
148 (4.469 %)SOA
148 (4.469 %)Software Engineering
148 (4.469 %)Web Testing
148 (4.469 %)Manual Testing
157 (3.911 %)Content Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (39.66 %)JavaScript
269 (38.55 %)C#
363 (35.20 %)Java
449 (27.37 %)SQL
512 (6.704 %)Ruby
69 (5.028 %)Shell Script
77 (3.911 %)PL/SQL
77 (3.911 %)C++
83 (1.676 %)Perl
91 (0.559 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.559 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (10.61 %)ISEB
27 (3.911 %)Degree
33 (1.676 %)ISTQB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
132 (17.88 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.352 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (16.76 %)Oracle
221 (11.73 %)Microsoft
313 (7.263 %)Sybase
313 (7.263 %)Google
43 (1.676 %)VMware
52 (1.117 %)Nokia
52 (1.117 %)ATG
61 (0.559 %)Yahoo!
61 (0.559 %)Empirix
61 (0.559 %)Atlassian