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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 255 302
Rank change year-on-year -37 +47 -68
Contract jobs citing Selenium 275 236 277
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.89% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.98% 6.65% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 150 225
10th Percentile £322 £308 £358
25th Percentile £372 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £564 £597 £538
90th Percentile £650 £646 £612
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £440
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.27% -16.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +38.89% - -

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 4,598 3,549 4,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.68% 13.35% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,175 2,212 3,096
10th Percentile £333 £333 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -6.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £640
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £538
% change year-on-year -0.25% -6.74% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 64 193
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £44.85
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.31 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £81.85 £75.95 £90.00
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 13 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Selenium in England

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 13 January 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 -24 117 £463 +8.94% 26
Midlands -7 54 £477 +23.77% 23
North of England -34 53 £375 -11.24% 41
West Midlands -7 44 £492 +21.48% 5
Yorkshire -24 33 £375 -10.71% 22
South East -48 23 £550 -12.00% 61
North West -25 13 £402 +7.20% 14
South West -23 12 £520 +9.47% 26
East Midlands -9 10 £360 -4.00% 18
North East -5 7 £445 -12.10% 5
East of England -14 6 - - 31
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 30 (10.91%) Confluence
2 17 (6.18%) SAS
3 8 (2.91%) Apache
3 8 (2.91%) JBoss
3 8 (2.91%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.55%) Appian
5 5 (1.82%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Maximo
1 2 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (28.00%) Azure
2 68 (24.73%) AWS
3 46 (16.73%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (10.55%) GitHub
5 23 (8.36%) GCP
6 21 (7.64%) OpenShift
7 20 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.00%) Serverless
8 11 (4.00%) Tricentis Tosca
9 10 (3.64%) Apigee
10 9 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.91%) SaaS
12 7 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (2.55%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.18%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.82%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.45%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) DSL
2 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.36%) MongoDB
2 11 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.91%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.18%) MySQL
5 5 (1.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
6 3 (1.09%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.09%) DB2
6 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.73%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.73%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.36%) Power BI
8 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 92 (33.45%) Cucumber
1 92 (33.45%) Jenkins
2 80 (29.09%) Git
3 72 (26.18%) JIRA
3 72 (26.18%) Postman
4 66 (24.00%) GitLab
5 61 (22.18%) JUnit
6 54 (19.64%) REST Assured
7 52 (18.91%) Cypress.io
8 31 (11.27%) JMeter
9 22 (8.00%) WebDriver
10 21 (7.64%) Bitbucket
11 19 (6.91%) SonarQube
11 19 (6.91%) TestRail
12 18 (6.55%) Maven
13 13 (4.73%) TestNG
14 11 (4.00%) Robot Framework
14 11 (4.00%) Zephyr
15 10 (3.64%) Gatling
15 10 (3.64%) Gradle
General
1 82 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.82%) Finance
3 44 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 31 (11.27%) Banking
5 23 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.91%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.91%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.45%) Retail
9 3 (1.09%) Automotive
9 3 (1.09%) Back Office
9 3 (1.09%) Front Office
9 3 (1.09%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.73%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Marketing
10 2 (0.73%) Military
10 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (20.73%) Test Engineer
2 56 (20.36%) Tester
3 43 (15.64%) Lead
4 35 (12.73%) Automation Tester
4 35 (12.73%) Senior
5 30 (10.91%) Test Automation Engineer
6 28 (10.18%) Developer
7 20 (7.27%) QA Engineer
8 18 (6.55%) Test Leader
9 17 (6.18%) Analyst
9 17 (6.18%) Test Specialist
10 15 (5.45%) Test Analyst
11 14 (5.09%) QA Leader
12 12 (4.36%) Automation Test Lead
13 11 (4.00%) Lead Test Engineer
14 10 (3.64%) Java Developer
15 9 (3.27%) Automation Engineer
15 9 (3.27%) Java Engineer
15 9 (3.27%) Senior Tester
16 8 (2.91%) Senior Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (25.82%) REST
2 58 (21.09%) Playwright
3 40 (14.55%) JSON
4 32 (11.64%) .NET
5 25 (9.09%) HTML
5 25 (9.09%) Spring
5 25 (9.09%) XML
6 23 (8.36%) Gherkin
7 22 (8.00%) pytest
7 22 (8.00%) SOAP
8 21 (7.64%) RESTful
9 19 (6.91%) React
10 17 (6.18%) Spring Boot
11 16 (5.82%) OpenID
12 14 (5.09%) Web Services
13 13 (4.73%) Node.js
13 13 (4.73%) SailPoint
14 12 (4.36%) Hibernate
15 11 (4.00%) LDAP
16 9 (3.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.82%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.82%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.45%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.73%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.73%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.36%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.36%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.36%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.45%) Linux
2 12 (4.36%) Unix
3 8 (2.91%) Windows
4 5 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.09%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (81.09%) Test Automation
2 163 (59.27%) CI/CD
3 146 (53.09%) Agile
4 111 (40.36%) DevOps
5 77 (28.00%) Test Scripting
5 77 (28.00%) Test Strategy
6 70 (25.45%) API Testing
7 68 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (23.64%) Scrum
9 57 (20.73%) Software Testing
10 52 (18.91%) Regression Testing
11 51 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (17.45%) BDD
13 45 (16.36%) Microservices
14 40 (14.55%) Validation
15 39 (14.18%) Performance Testing
16 38 (13.82%) Containerisation
17 36 (13.09%) Software Engineering
18 34 (12.36%) Integration Testing
19 33 (12.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 120 (43.64%) Java
2 69 (25.09%) Python
3 58 (21.09%) SQL
4 55 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 46 (16.73%) C#
6 11 (4.00%) Scala
7 8 (2.91%) Apex Code
7 8 (2.91%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.55%) PHP
9 5 (1.82%) XPath
10 4 (1.45%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.09%) Bash
11 3 (1.09%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.09%) Ruby
12 2 (0.73%) C
12 2 (0.73%) Groovy
12 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 79 (28.73%) Security Cleared
2 60 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.55%) ISTQB
4 17 (6.18%) Degree
5 12 (4.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.73%) MCP
11 1 (0.36%) CFA
11 1 (0.36%) HP APS
11 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (33.09%) QA
2 21 (7.64%) Accessibility
3 18 (6.55%) WCAG
4 5 (1.82%) GDPR
5 3 (1.09%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.09%) NIST
5 3 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) MiFID
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 65 (23.64%) Docker
2 3 (1.09%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 47 (17.09%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.09%) Ansible
3 13 (4.73%) Puppet
3 13 (4.73%) Terraform
4 11 (4.00%) Grafana
5 5 (1.82%) Kibana
5 5 (1.82%) Podman
5 5 (1.82%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.45%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.73%) Argo
7 2 (0.73%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (8.00%) Oracle
2 17 (6.18%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.82%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.36%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.64%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.64%) Splunk
6 8 (2.91%) Veracode
6 8 (2.91%) webMethods
7 7 (2.55%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) Google
8 5 (1.82%) UiPath
9 4 (1.45%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.45%) HP
10 3 (1.09%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.73%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.73%) IBM
11 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.73%) Workday
12 1 (0.36%) Databricks