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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 280 291
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -47
Contract jobs citing Selenium 279 259 305
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.83% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.95% 6.34% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 169 240
10th Percentile £304 £348 £357
25th Percentile £356 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £552 £600 £554
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £451 £459 £448
% change year-on-year -1.69% +2.48% -10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £47.75 - £52.00
25th Percentile - £42.50 £53.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £65.00 - £67.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -8.33%

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 4,691 4,088 4,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.34% 13.07% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,274 2,544 3,543
10th Percentile £329 £348 £375
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £646
90th Percentile £695 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 121 226
10th Percentile £39.00 £37.55 £46.03
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £83.80 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in England

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Selenium in England

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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 November 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
London +2 121 £455 +1.17% 66
Midlands +2 56 £445 +4.71% 14
North of England -18 46 £350 -17.65% 23
West Midlands 0 43 £490 -15.70% 10
South East -29 27 £420 -28.21% 44
North West -7 22 £329 +2.50% 17
Yorkshire -37 18 £363 -14.71% 4
East Midlands 0 13 £313 -16.67% 3
South West -8 13 £529 +11.26% 10
East of England -7 7 - - 4
North East -4 6 £460 +8.24% 2
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 29 (10.39%) Confluence
2 17 (6.09%) SAS
3 8 (2.87%) Apache
3 8 (2.87%) JBoss
3 8 (2.87%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.51%) Appian
5 4 (1.43%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.72%) CICS
6 2 (0.72%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.72%) Maximo
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (26.16%) Azure
2 56 (20.07%) AWS
3 51 (18.28%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (9.68%) GitHub
5 20 (7.17%) OpenShift
6 18 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (5.73%) GCP
8 11 (3.94%) Serverless
9 9 (3.23%) Tricentis Tosca
10 8 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (2.87%) Power Platform
11 7 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.15%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.79%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.79%) Pulumi
14 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.43%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.08%) HTTP
2 2 (0.72%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.30%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.23%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.79%) DB2
4 5 (1.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 4 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.36%) Power BI
7 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 91 (32.62%) Cucumber
2 79 (28.32%) Git
3 77 (27.60%) Jenkins
4 75 (26.88%) JIRA
5 66 (23.66%) JUnit
6 59 (21.15%) Postman
7 58 (20.79%) GitLab
8 46 (16.49%) Cypress.io
9 39 (13.98%) REST Assured
10 34 (12.19%) JMeter
11 27 (9.68%) Bitbucket
12 25 (8.96%) SonarQube
13 23 (8.24%) Maven
14 21 (7.53%) WebDriver
15 16 (5.73%) Zephyr
16 15 (5.38%) Mockito
17 13 (4.66%) TestNG
17 13 (4.66%) TestRail
18 11 (3.94%) Eclipse
18 11 (3.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.28%) Finance
3 34 (12.19%) Banking
4 33 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 27 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.15%) Back Office
10 4 (1.43%) Front Office
10 4 (1.43%) Retail
11 3 (1.08%) Automotive
12 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.72%) Marketing
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 70 (25.09%) Tester
2 50 (17.92%) Test Engineer
3 48 (17.20%) Automation Tester
4 36 (12.90%) Senior
5 32 (11.47%) Lead
6 28 (10.04%) Developer
7 24 (8.60%) Test Automation Engineer
8 21 (7.53%) Analyst
9 18 (6.45%) Test Analyst
10 17 (6.09%) Test Specialist
11 16 (5.73%) Java Developer
12 15 (5.38%) QA Engineer
13 14 (5.02%) QA Leader
14 13 (4.66%) Test Leader
15 12 (4.30%) QA Tester
16 11 (3.94%) Selenium Tester
17 10 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
17 10 (3.58%) Selenium Automation Tester
18 9 (3.23%) Automation Test Lead
18 9 (3.23%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (24.73%) REST
2 58 (20.79%) Playwright
3 43 (15.41%) JSON
4 31 (11.11%) HTML
5 26 (9.32%) .NET
5 26 (9.32%) React
5 26 (9.32%) SOAP
6 24 (8.60%) XML
7 22 (7.89%) Spring
8 21 (7.53%) pytest
8 21 (7.53%) RESTful
9 20 (7.17%) Gherkin
10 19 (6.81%) Hibernate
10 19 (6.81%) Spring Boot
10 19 (6.81%) Web Services
11 16 (5.73%) Node.js
12 15 (5.38%) CSS
13 13 (4.66%) JPA
14 9 (3.23%) Swagger
15 8 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.17%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.94%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.43%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.43%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.08%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.72%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.72%) VSAM
8 1 (0.36%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.02%) Unix
2 10 (3.58%) Linux
3 7 (2.51%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.15%) Windows
5 4 (1.43%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (82.44%) Test Automation
2 161 (57.71%) CI/CD
3 149 (53.41%) Agile
4 120 (43.01%) DevOps
5 83 (29.75%) Test Strategy
6 75 (26.88%) Test Scripting
7 71 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (24.01%) Scrum
9 65 (23.30%) Software Testing
10 53 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (18.28%) API Testing
11 51 (18.28%) Microservices
12 49 (17.56%) Regression Testing
13 44 (15.77%) Performance Testing
14 43 (15.41%) BDD
15 38 (13.62%) Containerisation
16 35 (12.54%) Software Engineering
16 35 (12.54%) Validation
17 34 (12.19%) TDD
18 33 (11.83%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 118 (42.29%) Java
2 63 (22.58%) Python
3 53 (19.00%) SQL
4 51 (18.28%) JavaScript
5 45 (16.13%) C#
6 12 (4.30%) Scala
7 6 (2.15%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.15%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.08%) Ruby
8 3 (1.08%) XPath
9 2 (0.72%) COBOL
9 2 (0.72%) JCL
9 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) Groovy
10 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (25.09%) Security Cleared
2 56 (20.07%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.47%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.73%) Degree
5 12 (4.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.15%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.72%) MCP
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (31.54%) QA
2 21 (7.53%) Accessibility
3 17 (6.09%) WCAG
4 3 (1.08%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.08%) NIST
4 3 (1.08%) SLA
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) HL7
6 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 44 (15.77%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.02%) Ansible
3 13 (4.66%) Puppet
3 13 (4.66%) Terraform
4 10 (3.58%) Grafana
5 6 (2.15%) Kibana
6 5 (1.79%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.43%) Argo
7 4 (1.43%) HP ALM
7 4 (1.43%) Podman
7 4 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.36%) logstash
Vendors
1 21 (7.53%) Oracle
2 20 (7.17%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.02%) Veracode
4 12 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.94%) UiPath
6 8 (2.87%) Splunk
6 8 (2.87%) webMethods
7 7 (2.51%) Cisco
7 7 (2.51%) Google
8 5 (1.79%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.79%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.43%) HP
10 3 (1.08%) Duck Creek
10 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.08%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.72%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.72%) IBM
11 2 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.72%) Siebel
12 1 (0.36%) Cerner