Selenium Contract Job Trends in England

Selenium
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 265 277
Rank change year-on-year -23 +12 -43
Contract jobs citing Selenium 290 234 300
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.91% 0.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.98% 6.76% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 150 242
10th Percentile £350 £308 £358
25th Percentile £383 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -15.09%
75th Percentile £552 £563 £547
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,848 3,463 4,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.94% 13.39% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,328 2,199 3,090
10th Percentile £340 £331 £363
25th Percentile £409 £409 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -5.89% -6.96%
75th Percentile £588 £633 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 59 202
10th Percentile £39.00 £41.50 £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.62 £48.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.19
90th Percentile £82.85 £80.00 £88.31
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Selenium job vacancy trend in England

Selenium
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Selenium

Selenium
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in England

Selenium
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Selenium

Selenium
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the England region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
London -10 123 £450 +5.88% 25
Midlands -6 68 £477 +34.23% 11
West Midlands -17 62 £481 +30.00% 10
North of England -44 57 £472 +17.88% 16
Yorkshire -46 33 £475 +22.58% 8
South East -55 17 £550 -12.00% 24
North West -27 16 £450 +20.00% 7
South West -25 13 £518 +5.08% 7
North East -14 10 £398 -21.48% 1
East of England -20 7 £300 -42.86% 8
East Midlands -26 6 £360 +10.43% 1
Selenium
UK

Selenium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 36 (12.41%) Confluence
2 22 (7.59%) SAS
3 9 (3.10%) Apache
4 8 (2.76%) JBoss
4 8 (2.76%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.72%) Appian
6 4 (1.38%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.34%) CMS
9 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.69%) Maximo
2 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (30.34%) Azure
2 80 (27.59%) AWS
3 52 (17.93%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (15.17%) GitHub
5 30 (10.34%) GCP
6 27 (9.31%) OpenShift
7 25 (8.62%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.14%) Tricentis Tosca
9 11 (3.79%) Apigee
10 10 (3.45%) Serverless
11 9 (3.10%) BrowserStack
11 9 (3.10%) SaaS
12 8 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (2.07%) Power Platform
15 5 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (1.72%) Azure AKS
16 4 (1.38%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.38%) HTTP
2 1 (0.34%) DSL
2 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.21%) MongoDB
2 15 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.79%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.76%) MySQL
4 8 (2.76%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 7 (2.41%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.38%) Big Data
6 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.03%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.34%) DB2
9 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.34%) Power BI
9 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.34%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 108 (37.24%) Jenkins
2 102 (35.17%) Cucumber
3 99 (34.14%) Git
4 87 (30.00%) Postman
5 84 (28.97%) GitLab
5 84 (28.97%) JIRA
6 71 (24.48%) JUnit
7 64 (22.07%) REST Assured
8 60 (20.69%) Cypress.io
9 43 (14.83%) JMeter
10 33 (11.38%) WebDriver
11 20 (6.90%) TestRail
12 15 (5.17%) Maven
12 15 (5.17%) SonarQube
13 14 (4.83%) Gatling
14 13 (4.48%) SpecFlow
15 11 (3.79%) Mockito
16 10 (3.45%) Bitbucket
16 10 (3.45%) Robot Framework
16 10 (3.45%) Serenity BDD
General
1 95 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 37 (12.76%) Finance
4 32 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.59%) Banking
6 10 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.07%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.38%) Front Office
8 4 (1.38%) Military
8 4 (1.38%) Retail
9 3 (1.03%) Back Office
9 3 (1.03%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Marketing
10 2 (0.69%) Police
11 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (21.38%) Test Engineer
2 54 (18.62%) Lead
2 54 (18.62%) Tester
3 43 (14.83%) Senior
4 33 (11.38%) Automation Tester
5 27 (9.31%) Developer
5 27 (9.31%) Test Automation Engineer
6 23 (7.93%) Test Leader
7 22 (7.59%) QA Engineer
7 22 (7.59%) Test Specialist
8 17 (5.86%) Lead Test Engineer
9 16 (5.52%) Automation Test Lead
10 14 (4.83%) Analyst
11 13 (4.48%) QA Leader
11 13 (4.48%) Test Analyst
12 12 (4.14%) Test Automation Specialist
13 11 (3.79%) Senior Tester
14 10 (3.45%) Java Engineer
15 9 (3.10%) Salesforce Developer
15 9 (3.10%) Senior Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (26.21%) Playwright
2 72 (24.83%) REST
3 42 (14.48%) Spring
4 36 (12.41%) JSON
5 32 (11.03%) pytest
6 29 (10.00%) .NET
7 26 (8.97%) Gherkin
8 24 (8.28%) HTML
8 24 (8.28%) Spring Boot
9 23 (7.93%) XML
10 20 (6.90%) React
11 18 (6.21%) OpenID
12 17 (5.86%) SOAP
13 16 (5.52%) SailPoint
13 16 (5.52%) WireMock
14 13 (4.48%) LDAP
14 13 (4.48%) RESTful
14 13 (4.48%) Web Services
15 12 (4.14%) Lightning Web Components
16 11 (3.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.17%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.76%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.07%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (2.07%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.38%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.69%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.34%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.34%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.83%) Linux
2 12 (4.14%) Unix
3 4 (1.38%) Android
4 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (82.41%) Test Automation
2 183 (63.10%) CI/CD
3 155 (53.45%) Agile
4 119 (41.03%) DevOps
5 93 (32.07%) Test Strategy
6 82 (28.28%) API Testing
7 79 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (26.90%) Test Scripting
9 65 (22.41%) Scrum
10 62 (21.38%) BDD
11 61 (21.03%) Microservices
12 60 (20.69%) Software Testing
13 59 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (17.93%) Validation
15 49 (16.90%) Regression Testing
16 40 (13.79%) Containerisation
17 39 (13.45%) Performance Testing
17 39 (13.45%) TDD
18 37 (12.76%) Sprint Planning
18 37 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (45.52%) Java
2 69 (23.79%) Python
3 64 (22.07%) JavaScript
4 55 (18.97%) SQL
5 50 (17.24%) C#
6 16 (5.52%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.10%) Apex Code
7 9 (3.10%) Scala
8 6 (2.07%) PHP
9 5 (1.72%) Bash
9 5 (1.72%) XPath
10 4 (1.38%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) Groovy
11 3 (1.03%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.03%) Ruby
11 3 (1.03%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.69%) C
12 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (35.17%) Security Cleared
2 84 (28.97%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.31%) ISTQB
4 15 (5.17%) Degree
5 12 (4.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.07%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) CFA
10 1 (0.34%) HP APS
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (34.14%) QA
2 30 (10.34%) Accessibility
3 18 (6.21%) WCAG
4 6 (2.07%) GDPR
5 4 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.03%) EU AI Act
6 3 (1.03%) NIST
7 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) HL7
8 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 70 (24.14%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 27 (9.31%) Grafana
3 19 (6.55%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.14%) Puppet
5 10 (3.45%) Ansible
5 10 (3.45%) Terraform
6 7 (2.41%) Kibana
7 6 (2.07%) HP ALM
8 4 (1.38%) Podman
8 4 (1.38%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.69%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.69%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (6.55%) Oracle
2 18 (6.21%) Salesforce
3 17 (5.86%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.14%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.14%) Splunk
5 11 (3.79%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.76%) webMethods
7 6 (2.07%) HP
7 6 (2.07%) Veracode
8 5 (1.72%) Cisco
8 5 (1.72%) Google
9 4 (1.38%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.38%) Workday
10 3 (1.03%) Adobe
10 3 (1.03%) SAP
10 3 (1.03%) UiPath
11 2 (0.69%) Avaloq
11 2 (0.69%) IBM
11 2 (0.69%) PagerDuty
12 1 (0.34%) AppDynamics