The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 20 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 Southampton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 31 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Selenium 5 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.695% 0.439% -
As % of the Development Applications category 20.00% 7.143% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £355 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +11.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.25
All Development Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
25 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 8.475% 6.140% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
Average daily rate £343 £394 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.01% -26.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £295 £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £435 £558
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +6.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Selenium
Hampshire

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Selenium Daily Rate Trend

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 6 (66.67%) Java
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 6 (66.67%) TDD
2 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Java EE
2 5 (55.56%) FitNesse
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (55.56%) Jasmine
2 5 (55.56%) UNIX
2 5 (55.56%) Apache
2 5 (55.56%) Tomcat
3 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Xcode
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
3 2 (22.22%) Android
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
4 1 (11.11%) TeamSite
4 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (11.11%) CMS
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) SOAP

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 5 (55.56%) Java EE
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Apache
1 5 (55.56%) Tomcat
2 1 (11.11%) TeamSite
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) FitNesse
1 5 (55.56%) Jasmine
2 2 (22.22%) Xcode
3 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Android
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) TDD
2 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) HP
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