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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 66 92
Rank change year-on-year -50 +26 0
Contract jobs citing Selenium 5 27 35
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.27% 2.38% 1.70%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.60% 20.15% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 21
10th Percentile £605 £500 £425
25th Percentile £613 £613 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.28%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £688
90th Percentile £645 - £713
South East median daily rate £550 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 - £38.50
% change year-on-year - - -42.96%

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 192 134 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.47% 11.82% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 75 132
10th Percentile £320 £357 £350
25th Percentile £400 £415 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -14.93% +15.25%
75th Percentile £526 £600 £650
90th Percentile £600 £638 £688
South East median daily rate £495 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.00% -6.98% -2.27%
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 £83.00 £60.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +37.19% -2.42% +10.25%

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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 1 April 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 -42 2 £600 -4.00% 2
Wokingham -34 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Appium
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Postman
2 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) API Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) QA Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Groovy
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA