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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 259 281
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 -49
Contract jobs citing Selenium 286 243 298
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.91% 0.80%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.06% 6.77% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 156 242
10th Percentile £350 £300 £358
25th Percentile £375 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -15.09%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £547
90th Percentile £650 £638 £636
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £440
% change year-on-year +11.76% -3.41% -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 4,720 3,592 4,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.52% 13.44% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,281 2,228 3,140
10th Percentile £340 £336 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -5.02% -6.43%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 67 204
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.71 £44.98
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.94 £50.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.77
90th Percentile £75.75 £75.65 £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

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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 24 January 2026.

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

Selenium
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

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 24 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 +8 125 £475 +15.15% 23
North of England -44 56 £402 -5.41% 35
Midlands -8 54 £477 +25.39% 25
West Midlands -17 46 £492 +27.79% 7
Yorkshire -45 34 £375 -11.24% 16
South East -53 23 £550 -12.00% 54
North West -31 14 £475 +26.67% 14
South West -19 13 £518 +8.95% 25
North East -8 8 £398 -21.48% 5
East Midlands -19 8 £360 -4.00% 17
East of England -13 5 - - 30
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 32 (11.19%) Confluence
2 17 (5.94%) SAS
3 8 (2.80%) Apache
3 8 (2.80%) JBoss
3 8 (2.80%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.45%) Appian
5 5 (1.75%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.70%) Maximo
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 85 (29.72%) Azure
2 72 (25.17%) AWS
3 50 (17.48%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (10.84%) GitHub
5 27 (9.44%) GCP
6 21 (7.34%) GitHub Actions
6 21 (7.34%) OpenShift
7 13 (4.55%) Tricentis Tosca
8 11 (3.85%) Apigee
9 10 (3.50%) Serverless
10 8 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.80%) SaaS
11 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.10%) Azure AKS
12 6 (2.10%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.75%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) DSL
2 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.90%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.80%) MySQL
3 8 (2.80%) Oracle Database
4 7 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Big Data
7 3 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.05%) DB2
7 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.70%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.35%) Power BI
9 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 97 (33.92%) Cucumber
1 97 (33.92%) Jenkins
2 86 (30.07%) Git
3 80 (27.97%) Postman
4 78 (27.27%) JIRA
5 74 (25.87%) GitLab
6 63 (22.03%) JUnit
7 60 (20.98%) REST Assured
8 56 (19.58%) Cypress.io
9 35 (12.24%) JMeter
10 28 (9.79%) WebDriver
11 20 (6.99%) Bitbucket
12 19 (6.64%) SonarQube
12 19 (6.64%) TestRail
13 18 (6.29%) Maven
14 12 (4.20%) TestNG
15 11 (3.85%) Mockito
15 11 (3.85%) Robot Framework
16 10 (3.50%) Gatling
16 10 (3.50%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.48%) Finance
3 48 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.79%) Banking
5 10 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.10%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.75%) Retail
10 4 (1.40%) Front Office
11 3 (1.05%) Automotive
11 3 (1.05%) Back Office
11 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing
12 2 (0.70%) Military
12 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (20.63%) Tester
2 55 (19.23%) Test Engineer
3 44 (15.38%) Lead
4 42 (14.69%) Senior
5 35 (12.24%) Automation Tester
6 30 (10.49%) Developer
7 28 (9.79%) Test Automation Engineer
8 22 (7.69%) QA Engineer
9 19 (6.64%) Test Leader
10 17 (5.94%) Test Specialist
11 13 (4.55%) Analyst
11 13 (4.55%) QA Leader
12 12 (4.20%) Automation Test Lead
12 12 (4.20%) Test Analyst
13 11 (3.85%) Lead Test Engineer
14 10 (3.50%) Java Developer
14 10 (3.50%) Java Engineer
14 10 (3.50%) Senior Tester
15 9 (3.15%) QA Automation Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (26.57%) REST
2 66 (23.08%) Playwright
3 40 (13.99%) JSON
4 31 (10.84%) .NET
5 29 (10.14%) Spring
6 26 (9.09%) HTML
7 25 (8.74%) XML
8 24 (8.39%) RESTful
9 23 (8.04%) Gherkin
9 23 (8.04%) SOAP
10 22 (7.69%) pytest
10 22 (7.69%) React
11 20 (6.99%) Spring Boot
12 17 (5.94%) OpenID
13 15 (5.24%) SailPoint
14 13 (4.55%) Node.js
14 13 (4.55%) Web Services
15 12 (4.20%) Hibernate
15 12 (4.20%) LDAP
16 11 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.29%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.45%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.75%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.70%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.35%) FMCG
10 1 (0.35%) iPhone
10 1 (0.35%) NHS
10 1 (0.35%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.24%) Linux
2 12 (4.20%) Unix
3 8 (2.80%) Windows
4 5 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.05%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 173 (60.49%) CI/CD
3 153 (53.50%) Agile
4 114 (39.86%) DevOps
5 79 (27.62%) Test Scripting
5 79 (27.62%) Test Strategy
6 76 (26.57%) API Testing
7 72 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (23.78%) Scrum
9 62 (21.68%) Software Testing
10 56 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (19.23%) Regression Testing
12 52 (18.18%) BDD
13 50 (17.48%) Microservices
14 41 (14.34%) Performance Testing
15 39 (13.64%) Software Engineering
16 38 (13.29%) Containerisation
16 38 (13.29%) Sprint Planning
16 38 (13.29%) Validation
17 35 (12.24%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 130 (45.45%) Java
2 69 (24.13%) Python
3 62 (21.68%) JavaScript
4 57 (19.93%) SQL
5 50 (17.48%) C#
6 15 (5.24%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.50%) Scala
8 9 (3.15%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.10%) PHP
10 5 (1.75%) Bash
10 5 (1.75%) XPath
11 4 (1.40%) Go
11 4 (1.40%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.05%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.05%) Ruby
12 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.70%) C
13 2 (0.70%) Groovy
13 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (29.72%) Security Cleared
2 67 (23.43%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.49%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.59%) Degree
5 12 (4.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.70%) MCP
9 1 (0.35%) CFA
9 1 (0.35%) HP APS
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (33.22%) QA
2 23 (8.04%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.94%) WCAG
4 5 (1.75%) GDPR
5 3 (1.05%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.05%) NIST
5 3 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.35%) MiFID
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
7 1 (0.35%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 65 (22.73%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (17.48%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.55%) Ansible
2 13 (4.55%) Grafana
2 13 (4.55%) Puppet
2 13 (4.55%) Terraform
3 7 (2.45%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.75%) HP ALM
4 5 (1.75%) Kibana
4 5 (1.75%) Podman
4 5 (1.75%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.70%) Argo
5 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (7.69%) Oracle
2 18 (6.29%) Salesforce
3 16 (5.59%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.85%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.50%) Splunk
7 8 (2.80%) Veracode
7 8 (2.80%) webMethods
8 7 (2.45%) Cisco
9 6 (2.10%) Google
10 5 (1.75%) HP
11 4 (1.40%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.40%) UiPath
11 4 (1.40%) Workday
12 3 (1.05%) Adobe
12 3 (1.05%) SAP
13 2 (0.70%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.70%) IBM
13 2 (0.70%) Red Hat