The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank - 56 51
Contract jobs citing Selenium 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - 0.313% 0.225%
As % of the Development Applications category - 3.704% 1.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £308 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.87% +11.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.25
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
39 54 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 9.028% 8.438% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 35 44
Average daily rate £325 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £29.75 £34.00 £22.39
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +51.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.55 £34.00 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.95 £34.00 £30.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Selenium
South East

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Selenium Hourly Rate Trend

Selenium
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Ajax
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) XSL
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) RAD
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 2 (66.67%) Firebug
2 2 (66.67%) Fiddler
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) XSL
1 2 (66.67%) Ajax
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
1 2 (66.67%) Firebug
1 2 (66.67%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) RAD
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA