Selenium Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 92 104 93
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -11
Contract jobs citing Selenium 4 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.238% 0.223% 0.054%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.857% 2.488% 0.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 140 201 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.328% 8.945% 6.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 105 67
Average daily rate £325 £313 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £366
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +20.68%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Selenium Daily Rate Trend

Selenium
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Coventry - 2 - -
Warwickshire - 2 £325 -
Worcestershire - 2 £325 -
Selenium
England

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (45.45%) SQL
1 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
1 5 (45.45%) Manual Testing
1 5 (45.45%) System Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (36.36%) QA
2 4 (36.36%) Android
3 3 (27.27%) iPhone
3 3 (27.27%) Telematics
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Internet
3 3 (27.27%) Client/Server
3 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
4 2 (18.18%) Use Case
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Automotive
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) VB
4 2 (18.18%) COBOL
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) TDD
4 2 (18.18%) BDD
4 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
4 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 (18.18%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) Java EE
2 1 (9.091%) J2EE
2 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (9.091%) JBehave
2 1 (9.091%) WebDriver
2 1 (9.091%) Cucumber
2 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (9.091%) FitNesse
2 1 (9.091%) JIRA
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (18.18%) Electronics
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Tester
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Test Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Java Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Mobile Tester
5 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Web Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Web Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) iPhone
1 3 (27.27%) Telematics
1 3 (27.27%) Client/Server
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.091%) Open Source
2 1 (9.091%) Smartphone
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Android
2 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
1 5 (45.45%) Manual Testing
1 5 (45.45%) System Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) Use Case
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) TDD
4 2 (18.18%) BDD
5 1 (9.091%) User Stories
5 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (9.091%) Kanban
5 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Validation
5 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Extreme Programming
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) COBOL
3 1 (9.091%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.091%) VBScript
3 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
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