Selenium Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Selenium
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Selenium 10 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.86% 0.56% -
As % of the Development Applications category 6.71% 4.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £230 -
Median % change year-on-year +120.65% - -
75th Percentile £524 - -
90th Percentile £537 - -
South West median daily rate £475 £518 £463
% change year-on-year -8.21% +11.89% -11.90%

All Development Application Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 149 64 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 12.87% 12.03% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 45 51
10th Percentile £400 £319 £400
25th Percentile £450 £388 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +6.06%
75th Percentile £552 £568 £600
90th Percentile £635 £638 £688
South West median daily rate £515 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -6.36% +2.33% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 6 18
10th Percentile £61.25 £62.00 £51.20
25th Percentile - £62.75 £64.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +13.46% +5.69%
75th Percentile £67.88 £83.55 £67.84
90th Percentile £68.00 £86.88 £75.36
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -3.70% +5.88% +3.66%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Selenium job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Selenium

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Selenium

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Cypress.io
2 6 (60.00%) Postman
2 6 (60.00%) REST Assured
3 1 (10.00%) Git
3 1 (10.00%) GitLab
3 1 (10.00%) HP UFT
3 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) JUnit
3 1 (10.00%) NUnit
3 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
1 5 (50.00%) QA Leader
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Flask
1 1 (10.00%) Playwright
1 1 (10.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (70.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (70.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) AI
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
5 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (10.00%) Microservices
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Micro Focus