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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 257 266
Rank change year-on-year -60 +9 -50
Contract jobs citing Selenium 283 226 310
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.93% 0.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.61% 6.86% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 155 239
10th Percentile £347 £281 £360
25th Percentile £380 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £454
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -6.39% -15.14%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £559
90th Percentile £640 £638 £640
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - £90.00
% change year-on-year - - +26.32%

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 5,044 3,295 4,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.47% 13.55% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,410 2,190 2,929
10th Percentile £337 £340 £360
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -7.08%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 65 173
10th Percentile £39.27 £26.12 £37.50
25th Percentile £58.45 £52.18 £48.31
Median hourly rate £67.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £77.31 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.78 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%

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 March 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

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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 March 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 -30 125 £463 +8.82% 26
Midlands -12 69 £475 +42.22% 11
West Midlands -3 66 £475 +11.76% 6
North of England -64 51 £463 +11.85% 17
Yorkshire -54 31 £500 +21.21% 7
South East -76 17 £563 -10.00% 16
North West -36 16 £463 +19.05% 9
South West -30 12 £488 -5.80% 4
North East -15 6 £350 -30.86% 1
East of England -26 5 £300 -42.86% 11
East Midlands -35 3 £368 +81.93% 5
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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 41 (14.49%) Confluence
2 22 (7.77%) SAS
3 5 (1.77%) Apache
4 4 (1.41%) JBoss
4 4 (1.41%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Shopify
2 3 (1.06%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.71%) Maximo
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 97 (34.28%) Azure
2 85 (30.04%) AWS
3 52 (18.37%) GitHub
4 51 (18.02%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (13.43%) GCP
6 29 (10.25%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (9.19%) OpenShift
8 13 (4.59%) Apigee
9 9 (3.18%) BrowserStack
10 8 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.83%) SaaS
10 8 (2.83%) Serverless
11 7 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.47%) Tricentis Tosca
12 5 (1.77%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (1.41%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.41%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) DSL
2 1 (0.35%) VoIP
2 1 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.24%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.89%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.83%) MySQL
4 8 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 7 (2.47%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.77%) Big Data
7 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.06%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.35%) DB2
10 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.35%) Power BI
10 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.35%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 109 (38.52%) Jenkins
2 102 (36.04%) Git
3 98 (34.63%) Cucumber
4 94 (33.22%) JIRA
5 82 (28.98%) GitLab
6 73 (25.80%) Postman
7 70 (24.73%) JUnit
8 58 (20.49%) REST Assured
9 55 (19.43%) Cypress.io
10 44 (15.55%) JMeter
11 41 (14.49%) WebDriver
12 21 (7.42%) TestRail
13 15 (5.30%) SpecFlow
14 14 (4.95%) Appium
15 13 (4.59%) Maven
15 13 (4.59%) Zephyr
16 11 (3.89%) Mockito
17 10 (3.53%) Gatling
17 10 (3.53%) TestNG
18 9 (3.18%) Serenity BDD
General
1 94 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.90%) Public Sector
3 40 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (13.78%) Finance
5 23 (8.13%) Banking
6 9 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.12%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.41%) Front Office
9 4 (1.41%) Military
10 3 (1.06%) Back Office
10 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.06%) Retail
10 3 (1.06%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.71%) Marketing
11 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.71%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (20.85%) Test Engineer
2 55 (19.43%) Lead
3 51 (18.02%) Senior
4 50 (17.67%) Tester
5 32 (11.31%) Automation Tester
6 31 (10.95%) QA Engineer
7 27 (9.54%) Developer
7 27 (9.54%) Test Automation Engineer
8 26 (9.19%) Test Leader
9 22 (7.77%) Test Specialist
10 19 (6.71%) Automation Test Lead
11 15 (5.30%) Lead Test Engineer
12 14 (4.95%) Senior Tester
13 13 (4.59%) Analyst
13 13 (4.59%) Automation Engineer
14 12 (4.24%) QA Automation Engineer
14 12 (4.24%) Senior Automation Tester
14 12 (4.24%) Test Analyst
14 12 (4.24%) Test Automation Specialist
15 11 (3.89%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (27.92%) Playwright
2 67 (23.67%) REST
3 43 (15.19%) Spring
4 32 (11.31%) pytest
5 29 (10.25%) Gherkin
6 28 (9.89%) .NET
7 23 (8.13%) JSON
8 21 (7.42%) Spring Boot
9 19 (6.71%) HTML
10 18 (6.36%) OpenID
10 18 (6.36%) WireMock
11 17 (6.01%) React
12 16 (5.65%) SailPoint
13 15 (5.30%) XML
14 14 (4.95%) Lightning Web Components
14 14 (4.95%) RESTful
15 13 (4.59%) LDAP
15 13 (4.59%) Web Services
16 12 (4.24%) SOAP
17 10 (3.53%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.01%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.24%) Distributed Architecture
2 12 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.77%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (1.06%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.06%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.71%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.89%) Linux
2 9 (3.18%) Unix
3 7 (2.47%) Windows
4 4 (1.41%) Android
5 2 (0.71%) VMS
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (85.51%) Test Automation
2 175 (61.84%) CI/CD
3 149 (52.65%) Agile
4 107 (37.81%) DevOps
5 93 (32.86%) Test Strategy
6 77 (27.21%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (26.15%) API Testing
8 69 (24.38%) Test Scripting
9 62 (21.91%) BDD
10 60 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (20.49%) Validation
12 57 (20.14%) Regression Testing
13 55 (19.43%) Microservices
14 53 (18.73%) Scrum
15 50 (17.67%) Software Testing
16 42 (14.84%) End-to-End Testing
16 42 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (14.49%) Performance Testing
18 39 (13.78%) TDD
19 37 (13.07%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 124 (43.82%) Java
2 72 (25.44%) Python
3 59 (20.85%) JavaScript
4 57 (20.14%) C#
4 57 (20.14%) SQL
5 16 (5.65%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.89%) Apex Code
7 9 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.12%) PHP
9 5 (1.77%) Bash
9 5 (1.77%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.77%) Scala
9 5 (1.77%) XPath
10 4 (1.41%) Ruby
11 3 (1.06%) Go
11 3 (1.06%) Groovy
11 3 (1.06%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.71%) C
12 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 100 (35.34%) Security Cleared
2 84 (29.68%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.25%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.65%) Degree
5 10 (3.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.35%) CFA
11 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.35%) HP APS
11 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (37.46%) QA
2 22 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.24%) WCAG
4 4 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.41%) GDPR
4 4 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) MiFID
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 61 (21.55%) Docker
2 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
2 3 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (21.91%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.66%) Grafana
3 25 (8.83%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.83%) HP ALM
5 7 (2.47%) Kibana
5 7 (2.47%) Terraform
6 6 (2.12%) Puppet
7 4 (1.41%) Ansible
8 2 (0.71%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.71%) Podman
8 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.71%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (6.36%) Oracle
1 18 (6.36%) Salesforce
2 17 (6.01%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.59%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.89%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.83%) HP
5 8 (2.83%) Splunk
6 6 (2.12%) Google
7 4 (1.41%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.41%) Citrix
7 4 (1.41%) Micro Focus
7 4 (1.41%) SAP
7 4 (1.41%) webMethods
7 4 (1.41%) Workday
8 3 (1.06%) Adobe
8 3 (1.06%) UiPath
9 2 (0.71%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.71%) Foundry
9 2 (0.71%) IBM
9 2 (0.71%) OpenText