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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 271 269
Rank change year-on-year -80 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Selenium 306 273 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.98% 0.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.85% 6.54% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 199 209
10th Percentile £306 £268 £329
25th Percentile £358 £329 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £638 £651
UK median daily rate £425 £426 £475
% change year-on-year -0.23% -10.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £48.13 -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -28.00%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -28.00%

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 5,233 4,174 4,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.34% 15.05% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,310 2,895 2,769
10th Percentile £352 £325 £350
25th Percentile £415 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £631
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 96 164
10th Percentile £24.10 £38.13 £39.03
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.56 £54.68
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.38 £76.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -61 140 £454 +0.83% 69
Midlands -20 60 £430 +39.84% 20
West Midlands +1 58 £436 -13.18% 15
North of England -67 57 £402 +3.74% 27
South East -71 26 £325 -27.78% 22
North West -56 24 £402 +21.08% 8
North East -26 19 £450 -2.70% 11
Yorkshire -47 17 £350 -17.65% 8
South West -31 14 £425 -24.24% 14
East of England -19 8 £415 +107.32% 6
East Midlands -39 2 £375 +38.89% 5
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 33 (10.78%) Confluence
2 8 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.96%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.98%) Apache
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) SAS
7 1 (0.33%) Appian
7 1 (0.33%) Camunda
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.65%) Shopify
4 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 117 (38.24%) Azure
2 105 (34.31%) AWS
3 78 (25.49%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (23.86%) GitHub
5 40 (13.07%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (7.19%) GCP
7 19 (6.21%) Serverless
8 16 (5.23%) GitHub Copilot
9 14 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (4.25%) Azure Functions
10 13 (4.25%) OpenShift
10 13 (4.25%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.59%) BrowserStack
12 10 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.29%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.96%) SaaS
15 5 (1.63%) Amazon S3
16 4 (1.31%) Amazon EventBridge
16 4 (1.31%) Amazon SQS
16 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.96%) HTTP
2 5 (1.63%) 4G
2 5 (1.63%) 5G
2 5 (1.63%) DNS
2 5 (1.63%) SSH
2 5 (1.63%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.33%) Internet
3 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.50%) MongoDB
2 25 (8.17%) Relational Database
3 17 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.59%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.61%) Apache Cassandra
7 8 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.63%) Big Data
8 5 (1.63%) Hazelcast
8 5 (1.63%) Metadata
8 5 (1.63%) MySQL
8 5 (1.63%) Redis
9 4 (1.31%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.98%) HBase
10 3 (0.98%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.98%) Power BI
11 2 (0.65%) InterSystems Cache
11 2 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 118 (38.56%) Cucumber
2 107 (34.97%) Git
3 92 (30.07%) Jenkins
4 79 (25.82%) GitLab
5 71 (23.20%) Cypress.io
5 71 (23.20%) JIRA
6 68 (22.22%) JUnit
7 66 (21.57%) Postman
8 58 (18.95%) REST Assured
9 48 (15.69%) WebDriver
10 45 (14.71%) Gatling
11 33 (10.78%) JMeter
12 27 (8.82%) TestNG
13 22 (7.19%) SonarQube
14 16 (5.23%) Appium
14 16 (5.23%) Zephyr
15 14 (4.58%) HP UFT
16 13 (4.25%) Maven
17 12 (3.92%) SoapUI
18 11 (3.59%) Serenity BDD
General
1 112 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 61 (19.93%) Finance
3 52 (16.99%) Public Sector
4 50 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (15.69%) Banking
6 11 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.96%) Military
9 4 (1.31%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.65%) Back Office
11 2 (0.65%) Front Office
11 2 (0.65%) Legal
11 2 (0.65%) Police
11 2 (0.65%) Retail
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (20.26%) Test Engineer
2 44 (14.38%) Senior
3 39 (12.75%) Lead
3 39 (12.75%) Tester
4 37 (12.09%) Test Automation Engineer
5 35 (11.44%) QA Engineer
6 33 (10.78%) Analyst
7 30 (9.80%) Test Analyst
8 26 (8.50%) Automation Engineer
9 25 (8.17%) Quality Engineer
10 19 (6.21%) Test Leader
11 17 (5.56%) Automation Tester
11 17 (5.56%) Developer
11 17 (5.56%) Test Manager
12 16 (5.23%) QA Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.59%) QA Tester
14 9 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
14 9 (2.94%) Lead Test Engineer
14 9 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.94%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (43.14%) Playwright
2 51 (16.67%) Kafka
3 45 (14.71%) REST
4 40 (13.07%) Spring
5 37 (12.09%) Gherkin
6 25 (8.17%) WireMock
7 22 (7.19%) JSON
8 21 (6.86%) .NET
8 21 (6.86%) HTML
9 20 (6.54%) Spring Boot
9 20 (6.54%) Terraform
10 19 (6.21%) React
11 17 (5.56%) pytest
12 16 (5.23%) RESTful
12 16 (5.23%) XML
13 15 (4.90%) Node.js
14 14 (4.58%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (3.92%) SOAP
16 10 (3.27%) CSS
17 8 (2.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 17 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.25%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (3.27%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.63%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.98%) Clustering
10 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.98%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.65%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.86%) Linux
2 9 (2.94%) Unix
3 6 (1.96%) Windows
4 4 (1.31%) Android
4 4 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (86.93%) Test Automation
2 217 (70.92%) CI/CD
3 186 (60.78%) Agile
4 124 (40.52%) DevOps
5 109 (35.62%) Test Strategy
6 102 (33.33%) Software Testing
7 96 (31.37%) API Testing
8 94 (30.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (29.41%) BDD
10 74 (24.18%) End-to-End Testing
10 74 (24.18%) Microservices
11 72 (23.53%) Performance Testing
11 72 (23.53%) Scrum
12 71 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (23.20%) SDLC
12 71 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 69 (22.55%) Validation
14 58 (18.95%) Integration Testing
15 56 (18.30%) Manual Testing
16 55 (17.97%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 146 (47.71%) Java
2 95 (31.05%) Python
2 95 (31.05%) SQL
3 71 (23.20%) JavaScript
4 37 (12.09%) C#
5 25 (8.17%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.90%) Bash
7 6 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.96%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.63%) Ruby
9 4 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.98%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.98%) Scala
11 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.65%) PROC SQL
11 2 (0.65%) R
11 2 (0.65%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.33%) Korn
12 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (40.20%) Security Cleared
2 91 (29.74%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.46%) ISTQB
4 28 (9.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (8.82%) DV Cleared
6 20 (6.54%) Degree
7 14 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.96%) ISEB
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (52.29%) QA
2 72 (23.53%) Accessibility
3 40 (13.07%) WCAG
4 13 (4.25%) ISO 20022
5 11 (3.59%) GDPR
6 9 (2.94%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.31%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.98%) NIST
8 3 (0.98%) SEPA
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 95 (31.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 74 (24.18%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.52%) Grafana
3 21 (6.86%) Prometheus
4 12 (3.92%) Ansible
5 8 (2.61%) HP ALM
6 5 (1.63%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.63%) Podman
7 3 (0.98%) Argo
7 3 (0.98%) Istio
7 3 (0.98%) Kibana
8 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.11%) Oracle
3 14 (4.58%) Salesforce
3 14 (4.58%) Splunk
4 12 (3.92%) HP
5 9 (2.94%) IBM
6 5 (1.63%) SAP
7 4 (1.31%) Databricks
7 4 (1.31%) Talend
7 4 (1.31%) UiPath
7 4 (1.31%) VMware
8 3 (0.98%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.98%) Google
8 3 (0.98%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.98%) Perfecto Mobile
9 2 (0.65%) Adobe
9 2 (0.65%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.65%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.65%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.33%) Okta