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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 258 264
Rank change year-on-year -108 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Selenium 261 267 300
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.97% 0.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.95% 6.69% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 188 233
10th Percentile £306 £260 £350
25th Percentile £350 £315 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -
75th Percentile £498 £516 £600
90th Percentile £625 £596 £674
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £47.75 £37.33
25th Percentile - - £38.19
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £41.75
Median % change year-on-year - +19.76% -42.41%
75th Percentile - - £45.69
90th Percentile - - £46.78
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -37.93%

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 5,277 3,994 4,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.69% 14.47% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,358 2,771 2,848
10th Percentile £351 £322 £350
25th Percentile £413 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £629
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 95 199
10th Percentile £35.00 £40.90 £31.71
25th Percentile £57.25 £51.03 £51.88
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.45 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.80% - -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -77 106 £447 +1.76% 33
Midlands -24 63 £425 +57.41% 7
West Midlands -3 62 £425 +24.27% 6
North of England -53 58 £402 - 10
North West -49 25 £402 +21.08% 5
North East -24 19 £450 +16.88% 2
Yorkshire -52 17 £400 -15.79% 3
South East -89 17 £435 -3.33% 8
South West -37 11 £444 -26.04% 7
East of England -15 6 £419 +29.01% 4
East Midlands -35 1 £415 +54.28% 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 46 (17.62%) Confluence
2 6 (2.30%) SAS
3 5 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.38%) Appian
7 1 (0.38%) Camunda
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) nginx
7 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.30%) Shopify
3 3 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 104 (39.85%) Azure
2 83 (31.80%) AWS
3 73 (27.97%) GitHub
4 60 (22.99%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (17.62%) GitHub Actions
6 35 (13.41%) GCP
7 12 (4.60%) GitHub Copilot
8 10 (3.83%) BrowserStack
8 10 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.83%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.83%) Serverless
9 8 (3.07%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.30%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.92%) SaaS
11 5 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (1.53%) Apigee
12 4 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.53%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.15%) Datadog
13 3 (1.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) WebEx
1 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.13%) MongoDB
3 11 (4.21%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.07%) Apache Cassandra
4 8 (3.07%) Big Data
5 6 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (1.92%) Hazelcast
7 4 (1.53%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.15%) HBase
8 3 (1.15%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.77%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.77%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.77%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (0.77%) Power BI
9 2 (0.77%) ZAP BI
10 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 94 (36.02%) Cucumber
2 86 (32.95%) Jenkins
3 85 (32.57%) JIRA
4 76 (29.12%) Git
5 64 (24.52%) Cypress.io
5 64 (24.52%) JUnit
6 62 (23.75%) GitLab
7 58 (22.22%) WebDriver
8 54 (20.69%) REST Assured
9 53 (20.31%) Postman
10 44 (16.86%) JMeter
11 25 (9.58%) Gatling
12 22 (8.43%) TestNG
13 18 (6.90%) Appium
13 18 (6.90%) Zephyr
14 13 (4.98%) SpecFlow
15 11 (4.21%) NUnit
15 11 (4.21%) Serenity BDD
16 10 (3.83%) TeamCity
17 9 (3.45%) Maven
General
1 81 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.92%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.86%) Public Sector
4 36 (13.79%) Finance
5 24 (9.20%) Banking
6 10 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.68%) Military
9 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.53%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.77%) Back Office
11 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Legal
11 2 (0.77%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (23.75%) Test Engineer
2 49 (18.77%) Senior
3 41 (15.71%) Lead
4 40 (15.33%) QA Engineer
5 37 (14.18%) Tester
6 33 (12.64%) Test Automation Engineer
7 27 (10.34%) Analyst
8 25 (9.58%) Test Analyst
9 22 (8.43%) Automation Engineer
10 21 (8.05%) Automation Tester
11 20 (7.66%) Test Leader
12 17 (6.51%) QA Automation Engineer
13 13 (4.98%) Developer
14 12 (4.60%) Quality Engineer
15 11 (4.21%) Lead Test Engineer
15 11 (4.21%) Senior Test Engineer
15 11 (4.21%) Senior Tester
16 10 (3.83%) Automation Test Lead
17 9 (3.45%) Senior Automation Tester
17 9 (3.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (37.55%) Playwright
2 38 (14.56%) REST
3 37 (14.18%) Spring
4 30 (11.49%) Gherkin
5 29 (11.11%) Kafka
5 29 (11.11%) WireMock
6 16 (6.13%) .NET
7 15 (5.75%) pytest
7 15 (5.75%) Spring Boot
8 14 (5.36%) Node.js
9 13 (4.98%) JSON
10 11 (4.21%) SOAP
11 8 (3.07%) RESTful
11 8 (3.07%) XML
12 7 (2.68%) Pandas
12 7 (2.68%) React
12 7 (2.68%) Spring Cloud
13 5 (1.92%) HTML
13 5 (1.92%) Jest
13 5 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.05%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (6.90%) Distributed Architecture
2 18 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.98%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.68%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.15%) Clustering
8 3 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.15%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.15%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.07%) Linux
2 5 (1.92%) Windows
3 4 (1.53%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.53%) Unix
4 3 (1.15%) Android
4 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (87.74%) Test Automation
2 174 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 132 (50.57%) Agile
4 103 (39.46%) DevOps
5 99 (37.93%) Test Strategy
6 83 (31.80%) BDD
7 70 (26.82%) API Testing
7 70 (26.82%) End-to-End Testing
8 68 (26.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (24.90%) Microservices
9 65 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (20.69%) Validation
11 53 (20.31%) Integration Testing
12 52 (19.92%) Performance Testing
13 48 (18.39%) Software Testing
13 48 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 47 (18.01%) TDD
15 44 (16.86%) Regression Testing
16 43 (16.48%) Scrum
17 40 (15.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 95 (36.40%) Java
2 63 (24.14%) Python
3 50 (19.16%) JavaScript
4 48 (18.39%) SQL
5 42 (16.09%) C#
6 15 (5.75%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.83%) Bash
9 6 (2.30%) Ruby
10 5 (1.92%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.15%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.77%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.77%) R
13 1 (0.38%) COBOL
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) Swift
13 1 (0.38%) VBA
13 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 98 (37.55%) Security Cleared
2 81 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.81%) ISTQB
4 14 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (4.98%) Degree
6 8 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (48.66%) QA
2 45 (17.24%) Accessibility
3 20 (7.66%) WCAG
4 10 (3.83%) GDPR
5 7 (2.68%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.53%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.53%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.38%) GxP
8 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 70 (26.82%) Docker
2 3 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (22.99%) Kubernetes
2 30 (11.49%) Grafana
2 30 (11.49%) Prometheus
3 9 (3.45%) Terraform
4 8 (3.07%) HP ALM
5 5 (1.92%) Check_MK
5 5 (1.92%) Podman
6 3 (1.15%) Istio
7 2 (0.77%) Ansible
8 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.43%) Salesforce
3 21 (8.05%) Oracle
4 10 (3.83%) Splunk
5 8 (3.07%) HP
6 4 (1.53%) Citrix
6 4 (1.53%) Micro Focus
6 4 (1.53%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.53%) Talend
6 4 (1.53%) VMware
7 3 (1.15%) Databricks
7 3 (1.15%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.15%) OpenText
7 3 (1.15%) Perfecto Mobile
8 2 (0.77%) Foundry
8 2 (0.77%) Google
8 2 (0.77%) IBM
8 2 (0.77%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.77%) SAP
8 2 (0.77%) UiPath