Selenium Contracts in Berkshire

Selenium
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Selenium skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Selenium over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 85 89
Rank change year-on-year +29 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Selenium 37 39 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.15% 1.97% 1.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.87% 19.21% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 24
10th Percentile £500 £455 £363
25th Percentile £500 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £614
90th Percentile - £703 £619
South East median daily rate £625 £588 £534
% change year-on-year +6.38% +10.07% +11.20%

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 143 203 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 12.19% 10.23% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 125 158
10th Percentile £400 £333 £363
25th Percentile £476 £425 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.97% +12.00% +13.51%
75th Percentile £595 £650 £618
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £50.20 - -
25th Percentile £53.50 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.87%
75th Percentile £72.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.80 - -
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £62.50 £56.24
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.14% +2.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Selenium in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Selenium in Berkshire

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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 May 2025. 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 +25 28 £625 -3.85% 4
Wokingham - 6 £500 -
Selenium
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (67.57%) Azure
2 13 (35.14%) AWS
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) Azure API Management
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Functions
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (8.11%) Serverless
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Jenkins
2 13 (35.14%) Cucumber
2 13 (35.14%) GitLab
2 13 (35.14%) JIRA
2 13 (35.14%) REST Assured
3 11 (29.73%) Git
4 9 (24.32%) SonarQube
5 1 (2.70%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Law
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.81%) Electronics
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 4 (10.81%) Police
5 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Azure Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Java Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Java Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Java Developer
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 3 (8.11%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Python Developer
5 2 (5.41%) React Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Lead
6 1 (2.70%) Test Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) Java EE
1 13 (35.14%) REST
2 9 (24.32%) ARM Templates
3 6 (16.22%) ADO
4 3 (8.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Algorithms
1 6 (16.22%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (13.51%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (83.78%) Test Automation
2 27 (72.97%) DevOps
3 18 (48.65%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (40.54%) Agile
5 13 (35.14%) Configuration Management
5 13 (35.14%) Software Architecture
5 13 (35.14%) Software Engineering
5 13 (35.14%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
7 9 (24.32%) Containerisation
7 9 (24.32%) Decision-Making
7 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (24.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (16.22%) Exploratory Testing
8 6 (16.22%) Functional Testing
8 6 (16.22%) Mathematics
8 6 (16.22%) Optimization Problems
8 6 (16.22%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (16.22%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (78.38%) Java
2 22 (59.46%) Python
3 7 (18.92%) Bash
3 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Ansible
1 9 (24.32%) Docker Swarm
1 9 (24.32%) Kubernetes
1 9 (24.32%) Podman
1 9 (24.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) SAP