The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 21 May 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 North East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank - 36 -
Contract jobs citing Selenium 0 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 2.254% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 23.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 0
Average daily rate - £290 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £324 £313 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.60% +13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.25
All Development Applications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
14 47 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 5.166% 9.631% 9.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 18
Average daily rate £285 £338 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.55% +18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £265 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £318
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Selenium
England

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Selenium Daily Rate Trend

Selenium
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Test Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB