Selenium Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Selenium
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 58 103
Rank change year-on-year -54 +45 -5
Contract jobs citing Selenium 6 33 28
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.33% 2.86% 1.38%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.93% 22.76% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 15
10th Percentile £610 £478 £455
25th Percentile £625 £581 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +6.38% +11.90%
75th Percentile £711 £638 £650
90th Percentile £747 £651 £720
South East median daily rate £575 £625 £501
% change year-on-year -8.00% +24.75% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
Berkshire

Selenium falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 205 145 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.13% 12.58% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 79 119
10th Percentile £342 £363 £338
25th Percentile £400 £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £585
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -14.53% +17.00%
75th Percentile £538 £629 £650
90th Percentile £615 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 3 0
10th Percentile £81.27 £49.57 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £51.94 -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £56.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.08% - -
75th Percentile - £68.81 -
90th Percentile - £75.52 -
South East median hourly rate £85.79 £59.13 £62.50
% change year-on-year +45.10% -5.40% +10.91%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Selenium relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Selenium job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Selenium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Selenium

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Selenium.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Selenium

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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
Reading -43 3 £674 +7.80% 1
Wokingham -44 1 - -
Slough - 1 £650 -
Windsor - 1 - -
Selenium
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (16.67%) Appium
2 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) Robot Framework
2 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
2 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Development
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) Jinja
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) NETCONF
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) WebdriverIO
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) API Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) QA Automation
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Groovy
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) Veracode