Selenium Contracts

Selenium
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Selenium skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Selenium over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 203 228
Rank change year-on-year -71 +25 -27
Contract jobs citing Selenium 378 792 1,167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 1.32% 1.31%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.38% 8.74% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 626 895
10th Percentile £325 £369 £357
25th Percentile £400 £432 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +12.11%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £588
90th Percentile £662 £738 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 13
10th Percentile £42.08 £61.38 £45.25
25th Percentile £50.06 £70.31 £49.50
Median hourly rate £64.25 £75.00 £63.62
Median % change year-on-year -14.33% +17.90% +9.68%
75th Percentile £77.56 - £65.54
90th Percentile £85.03 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year -48.67% +43.88% -10.13%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Selenium is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,120 9,058 15,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.82% 15.15% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,445 6,374 11,232
10th Percentile £356 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 250 212
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £46.20 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +11.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £82.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +12.84% +21.11%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Selenium.

Daily rate trend for Selenium in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Selenium.

Hourly rate trend for Selenium in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Selenium in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -34 315 £500 -4.76% 119
London -19 186 £480 -12.73% 41
UK excluding London -63 144 £463 -7.50% 89
Work from Home -21 138 £450 -10.00% 67
North of England +1 50 £425 -19.05% 16
South East -3 48 £588 +10.07% 32
Yorkshire +13 29 £425 -15.00% 7
North West +12 19 £475 -2.56% 8
Scotland -23 16 £425 -10.53% 10
Midlands -2 12 £400 +5.26% 9
South West +6 11 £538 +2.38% 9
West Midlands +19 9 £575 +35.29% 5
Wales +19 5 £363 -9.38% 5
East Midlands +4 3 £380 +40.74% 4
Northern Ireland +8 2 - -
North East -2 2 £380 -36.67% 1

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.97%) Confluence
2 9 (2.38%) CMS
3 6 (1.59%) nginx
4 4 (1.06%) Apache
4 4 (1.06%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.79%) Camunda
5 3 (0.79%) Drupal
5 3 (0.79%) IIS
5 3 (0.79%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.53%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) Appian
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (1.59%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.53%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 107 (28.31%) Azure
2 70 (18.52%) AWS
3 68 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (7.14%) GitHub
5 18 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 14 (3.70%) Serverless
7 11 (2.91%) BrowserStack
8 10 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (2.38%) PaaS
10 8 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (2.12%) GCP
11 7 (1.85%) SaaS
12 5 (1.32%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.32%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.32%) Sauce Labs
13 4 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.85%) Kerberos
2 6 (1.59%) HTTP
3 5 (1.32%) SSL
4 3 (0.79%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) MQTT
5 1 (0.26%) SSH
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.12%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.12%) MySQL
4 7 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (1.06%) Redis
8 3 (0.79%) Big Data
8 3 (0.79%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.79%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (34.13%) Cucumber
2 99 (26.19%) Jenkins
3 69 (18.25%) JIRA
4 68 (17.99%) Git
5 61 (16.14%) WebDriver
6 58 (15.34%) REST Assured
7 55 (14.55%) JMeter
8 54 (14.29%) Postman
9 51 (13.49%) SpecFlow
10 48 (12.70%) JUnit
11 41 (10.85%) Cypress.io
12 38 (10.05%) TestNG
13 36 (9.52%) SonarQube
14 32 (8.47%) Appium
15 31 (8.20%) GitLab
16 26 (6.88%) SoapUI
17 24 (6.35%) Visual Studio
18 19 (5.03%) Bitbucket
19 17 (4.50%) Maven
20 12 (3.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 102 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (11.90%) Finance
4 38 (10.05%) Banking
5 31 (8.20%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.29%) Law
7 13 (3.44%) Police
8 8 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.85%) Back Office
9 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.85%) Prime Brokerage
9 7 (1.85%) Retail
10 6 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.32%) Front Office
12 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.53%) Automotive
14 2 (0.53%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (15.61%) Tester
2 57 (15.08%) Developer
3 54 (14.29%) Senior
4 52 (13.76%) Test Engineer
5 48 (12.70%) Analyst
6 47 (12.43%) Automation Tester
7 42 (11.11%) Test Analyst
8 30 (7.94%) Test Automation Engineer
9 29 (7.67%) Lead
10 28 (7.41%) Java Engineer
11 23 (6.08%) Test Manager
12 21 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (5.56%) Senior Test Analyst
13 18 (4.76%) Software Engineer
14 16 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
14 16 (4.23%) QA Engineer
15 14 (3.70%) Java Developer
16 13 (3.44%) Full Stack Developer
17 12 (3.17%) Senior Test Engineer
17 12 (3.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (16.93%) REST
2 57 (15.08%) .NET
3 30 (7.94%) .NET Framework
4 27 (7.14%) AngularJS
4 27 (7.14%) React
5 25 (6.61%) Java EE
6 21 (5.56%) Spring
6 21 (5.56%) XML
7 20 (5.29%) Gherkin
8 19 (5.03%) Node.js
8 19 (5.03%) Playwright
9 17 (4.50%) Spring Boot
10 16 (4.23%) HTML
10 16 (4.23%) SOAP
11 14 (3.70%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.70%) ARM Templates
11 14 (3.70%) CSS
11 14 (3.70%) RESTful
12 13 (3.44%) Kafka
12 13 (3.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 9 (2.38%) Equities
4 8 (2.12%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.12%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.59%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.53%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.53%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.53%) PKI
8 2 (0.53%) W3C
9 1 (0.26%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.14%) Linux
2 18 (4.76%) Windows
3 12 (3.17%) Unix
4 10 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.12%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.85%) Android
7 4 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (1.06%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.53%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 153 (40.48%) Agile
3 130 (34.39%) DevOps
4 121 (32.01%) CI/CD
5 78 (20.63%) BDD
6 74 (19.58%) Software Testing
7 71 (18.78%) Continuous Integration
8 65 (17.20%) Test Scripting
9 63 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (14.02%) Scrum
11 52 (13.76%) Test Strategy
12 42 (11.11%) Software Engineering
13 40 (10.58%) SDET
13 40 (10.58%) TDD
14 37 (9.79%) Microservices
15 36 (9.52%) Performance Testing
16 33 (8.73%) Test Management
17 31 (8.20%) Manual Testing
17 31 (8.20%) SDLC
18 29 (7.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 193 (51.06%) Java
2 99 (26.19%) C#
3 65 (17.20%) Python
4 57 (15.08%) JavaScript
5 43 (11.38%) SQL
6 26 (6.88%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.76%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.44%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.12%) VBScript
10 7 (1.85%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.32%) Bash
11 5 (1.32%) Scala
12 4 (1.06%) Groovy
12 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.79%) C++
14 2 (0.53%) C
14 2 (0.53%) Ruby
14 2 (0.53%) Swift
14 2 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 104 (27.51%) Security Cleared
2 89 (23.54%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.56%) ISTQB
4 16 (4.23%) Degree
5 11 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.12%) ISEB
8 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (19.84%) QA
2 36 (9.52%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.17%) WCAG
4 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.53%) HL7
System Software
1 50 (13.23%) Docker
2 22 (5.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) iptables
Systems Management
1 50 (13.23%) Kubernetes
2 42 (11.11%) Ansible
3 38 (10.05%) Terraform
4 13 (3.44%) Docker Swarm
5 12 (3.17%) Podman
6 9 (2.38%) HP ALM
7 7 (1.85%) Grafana
8 5 (1.32%) Puppet
9 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.79%) Kibana
10 3 (0.79%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.79%) Netcool
10 3 (0.79%) Packer
11 2 (0.53%) logstash
12 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 40 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.99%) Oracle
3 14 (3.70%) HP
4 9 (2.38%) IBM
4 9 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.12%) Splunk
5 8 (2.12%) VMware
6 7 (1.85%) Okta
7 6 (1.59%) SAP
8 5 (1.32%) Perfecto Mobile
8 5 (1.32%) Wind River
9 4 (1.06%) Checkmarx
9 4 (1.06%) Optimizely
9 4 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.79%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.79%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.79%) Google
10 3 (0.79%) IBM Sterling
10 3 (0.79%) Micro Focus
10 3 (0.79%) Red Hat