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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 64 77
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +15
Contract jobs citing Selenium 12 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.52% 1.01% 0.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.43% 7.62% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 2
10th Percentile £463 £338 £366
25th Percentile £500 £413 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £455 £463
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -1.62% +5.71%
75th Percentile £546 £500 £516
90th Percentile £552 £523 £529
South West median daily rate £539 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +10.46% +2.63% -

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 115 105 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.59% 13.21% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 41 65
10th Percentile £325 £350 £371
25th Percentile £450 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £578 £570 £600
90th Percentile £638 £600 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 33 24
10th Percentile £15.60 £62.00 -
25th Percentile £62.19 £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - £74.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £64.07 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.48% +7.69% -

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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 4 November 2025.

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:

Development Applications
1 11 (91.67%) Cypress.io
2 10 (83.33%) Postman
2 10 (83.33%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Finance
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Lead
1 9 (75.00%) QA Leader
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) QA Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 11 (91.67%) Software Testing
2 11 (91.67%) Test Strategy
3 10 (83.33%) Test Scripting
4 6 (50.00%) AI
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) API Testing
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Minimum Viable Product
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) SDET
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA