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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 281 296
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -59
Contract jobs citing Selenium 282 253 300
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.82% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.03% 6.21% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 165 239
10th Percentile £304 £318 £362
25th Percentile £351 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £47.75 - £53.13
25th Percentile - £42.50 £55.94
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -26.53% +2.08%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £65.94
90th Percentile £65.00 - £68.38
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +11.11% -26.53% +2.08%

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 4,675 4,072 4,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.22% 13.14% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,265 2,521 3,511
10th Percentile £325 £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 £645
90th Percentile £700 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 114 216
10th Percentile £39.00 £45.00 £45.88
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.09 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.08 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.20 £74.83 £89.38
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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 29 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

Selenium
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 29 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 29 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 +24 122 £453 +2.84% 18
Midlands +5 57 £445 +4.71% 11
North of England -26 47 £350 -17.65% 11
West Midlands +2 44 £490 -15.70% 7
South East -21 28 £420 -28.21% 37
North West -11 22 £329 -12.40% 7
Yorkshire -25 19 £363 -14.71% 3
East Midlands 0 13 £313 -16.67% 3
South West 0 12 £520 +4.00% 5
East of England -9 7 - - 5
North East -7 6 £460 +8.24% 1
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 (10.64%) Confluence
2 17 (6.03%) SAS
3 8 (2.84%) Apache
3 8 (2.84%) JBoss
3 8 (2.84%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.48%) Appian
5 4 (1.42%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.71%) CICS
6 2 (0.71%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Maximo
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (25.18%) Azure
2 57 (20.21%) AWS
3 50 (17.73%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (9.57%) GitHub
5 20 (7.09%) OpenShift
6 18 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (5.32%) GCP
8 13 (4.61%) Serverless
9 10 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.19%) Tricentis Tosca
11 8 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (2.48%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.77%) Apigee
14 5 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.77%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.77%) BrowserStack
15 4 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
15 4 (1.42%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) HTTP
2 2 (0.71%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.26%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.19%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.77%) DB2
4 5 (1.77%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.71%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 1 (0.35%) Big Data
8 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.35%) Power BI
8 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 93 (32.98%) Cucumber
2 79 (28.01%) Jenkins
3 76 (26.95%) Git
4 72 (25.53%) JIRA
5 65 (23.05%) JUnit
6 61 (21.63%) GitLab
6 61 (21.63%) Postman
7 49 (17.38%) Cypress.io
8 41 (14.54%) REST Assured
9 35 (12.41%) JMeter
10 27 (9.57%) Bitbucket
10 27 (9.57%) SonarQube
11 25 (8.87%) Maven
12 21 (7.45%) WebDriver
13 15 (5.32%) Mockito
14 14 (4.96%) Zephyr
15 12 (4.26%) TestNG
15 12 (4.26%) TestRail
16 11 (3.90%) Eclipse
16 11 (3.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.09%) Finance
3 34 (12.06%) Banking
4 33 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 26 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.19%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.13%) Back Office
10 4 (1.42%) Front Office
10 4 (1.42%) Retail
11 3 (1.06%) Automotive
12 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.71%) Marketing
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Police
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (24.11%) Tester
2 52 (18.44%) Test Engineer
3 45 (15.96%) Automation Tester
4 37 (13.12%) Senior
5 35 (12.41%) Lead
6 30 (10.64%) Developer
7 25 (8.87%) Test Automation Engineer
8 21 (7.45%) Analyst
9 18 (6.38%) Test Analyst
10 17 (6.03%) Java Developer
10 17 (6.03%) Test Specialist
11 15 (5.32%) QA Engineer
12 14 (4.96%) QA Leader
12 14 (4.96%) Test Leader
13 11 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
14 10 (3.55%) Senior Tester
15 9 (3.19%) Automation Test Lead
15 9 (3.19%) QA Tester
15 9 (3.19%) Selenium Tester
15 9 (3.19%) Senior Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (24.11%) REST
2 57 (20.21%) Playwright
3 43 (15.25%) JSON
4 32 (11.35%) HTML
5 27 (9.57%) .NET
6 26 (9.22%) React
7 25 (8.87%) SOAP
8 24 (8.51%) Spring
8 24 (8.51%) XML
9 22 (7.80%) Gherkin
9 22 (7.80%) RESTful
10 21 (7.45%) pytest
10 21 (7.45%) Spring Boot
11 19 (6.74%) Hibernate
12 18 (6.38%) Node.js
13 17 (6.03%) Web Services
14 15 (5.32%) CSS
15 13 (4.61%) JPA
16 9 (3.19%) Swagger
17 8 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.19%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.06%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.06%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.71%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.71%) VSAM
8 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.35%) NHS
8 1 (0.35%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.96%) Unix
2 10 (3.55%) Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.13%) Windows
5 4 (1.42%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (81.21%) Test Automation
2 162 (57.45%) CI/CD
3 152 (53.90%) Agile
4 119 (42.20%) DevOps
5 84 (29.79%) Test Strategy
6 78 (27.66%) Test Scripting
7 73 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (24.11%) Scrum
9 67 (23.76%) Software Testing
10 55 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (19.15%) API Testing
12 51 (18.09%) Microservices
13 50 (17.73%) Regression Testing
14 45 (15.96%) BDD
14 45 (15.96%) Performance Testing
15 38 (13.48%) Validation
16 37 (13.12%) Containerisation
17 36 (12.77%) Software Engineering
18 35 (12.41%) Integration Testing
19 34 (12.06%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 121 (42.91%) Java
2 63 (22.34%) Python
3 56 (19.86%) SQL
4 52 (18.44%) JavaScript
5 48 (17.02%) C#
6 12 (4.26%) Scala
7 7 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.13%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.06%) Ruby
9 3 (1.06%) XPath
10 2 (0.71%) Bash
10 2 (0.71%) COBOL
10 2 (0.71%) Groovy
10 2 (0.71%) JCL
10 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.86%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.99%) ISTQB
4 18 (6.38%) Degree
5 12 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.71%) MCP
9 1 (0.35%) HP APS
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (31.21%) QA
2 20 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 17 (6.03%) WCAG
4 3 (1.06%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.06%) NIST
4 3 (1.06%) SLA
5 2 (0.71%) GDPR
5 2 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (22.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 44 (15.60%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.96%) Ansible
3 13 (4.61%) Puppet
3 13 (4.61%) Terraform
4 10 (3.55%) Grafana
5 6 (2.13%) HP ALM
5 6 (2.13%) Kibana
6 5 (1.77%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.42%) Argo
7 4 (1.42%) Podman
7 4 (1.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.71%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.35%) logstash
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (7.45%) Oracle
2 20 (7.09%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.96%) Veracode
4 12 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.90%) UiPath
6 8 (2.84%) Splunk
6 8 (2.84%) webMethods
7 7 (2.48%) Cisco
7 7 (2.48%) Google
8 6 (2.13%) HP
9 5 (1.77%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.77%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.06%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.71%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.71%) IBM
11 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.71%) Siebel
12 1 (0.35%) Cerner
12 1 (0.35%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.35%) Tradeweb