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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 259 263
Rank change year-on-year -50 +4 -38
Contract jobs citing Selenium 286 229 316
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.93% 0.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.62% 6.89% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 155 245
10th Percentile £348 £281 £359
25th Percentile £383 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -16.28%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £550
90th Percentile £645 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -14.89%
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 - - +28.57%

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 5,087 3,322 4,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.59% 13.56% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,448 2,196 2,942
10th Percentile £338 £340 £360
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.24%
75th Percentile £588 £627 £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 184 63 180
10th Percentile £39.00 £26.08 £37.50
25th Percentile £58.01 £51.72 £48.23
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.37 £83.13
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +6.40% +0.81% +0.81%

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 21 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 21 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 -27 124 £463 +8.82% 29
Midlands -11 69 £475 +42.22% 12
West Midlands -7 66 £475 +11.76% 7
North of England -62 52 £465 +12.52% 19
Yorkshire -49 31 £500 +21.21% 8
South East -76 18 £575 -8.00% 20
North West -29 16 £463 +19.05% 9
South West -27 12 £488 -5.80% 4
North East -12 7 £350 -30.86% 2
East of England -19 6 £300 -42.86% 12
East Midlands -36 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 (14.34%) Confluence
2 22 (7.69%) SAS
3 5 (1.75%) Apache
4 4 (1.40%) JBoss
4 4 (1.40%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.05%) Appian
6 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
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 (1.40%) Shopify
2 3 (1.05%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.70%) 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 (33.92%) Azure
2 85 (29.72%) AWS
3 52 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (18.18%) GitHub
4 37 (12.94%) GCP
5 29 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (9.09%) OpenShift
7 13 (4.55%) Apigee
8 10 (3.50%) Tricentis Tosca
9 9 (3.15%) BrowserStack
10 8 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.80%) SaaS
10 8 (2.80%) Serverless
11 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.75%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.40%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) DSL
2 1 (0.35%) VoIP
2 1 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.20%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.85%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.80%) MySQL
4 8 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 7 (2.45%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.40%) Big Data
6 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.35%) DB2
9 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.35%) Power BI
9 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.35%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 109 (38.11%) Jenkins
2 102 (35.66%) Cucumber
3 101 (35.31%) Git
4 94 (32.87%) JIRA
5 85 (29.72%) GitLab
6 75 (26.22%) Postman
7 70 (24.48%) JUnit
8 59 (20.63%) REST Assured
9 56 (19.58%) Cypress.io
10 46 (16.08%) JMeter
11 41 (14.34%) WebDriver
12 21 (7.34%) TestRail
13 15 (5.24%) SpecFlow
14 14 (4.90%) Appium
15 13 (4.55%) Maven
15 13 (4.55%) Zephyr
16 11 (3.85%) Mockito
17 10 (3.50%) Gatling
17 10 (3.50%) Robot Framework
17 10 (3.50%) TestNG
General
1 94 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.08%) Public Sector
3 41 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (13.64%) Finance
5 23 (8.04%) Banking
6 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.40%) Front Office
9 4 (1.40%) Military
9 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.05%) Back Office
10 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.05%) Retail
10 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.70%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (20.63%) Test Engineer
2 55 (19.23%) Lead
3 51 (17.83%) Senior
3 51 (17.83%) Tester
4 33 (11.54%) Automation Tester
5 31 (10.84%) QA Engineer
6 27 (9.44%) Developer
6 27 (9.44%) Test Automation Engineer
7 26 (9.09%) Test Leader
8 22 (7.69%) Test Specialist
9 19 (6.64%) Automation Test Lead
10 15 (5.24%) Lead Test Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Senior Tester
12 13 (4.55%) Analyst
12 13 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.20%) QA Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.20%) Senior Automation Tester
13 12 (4.20%) Test Analyst
13 12 (4.20%) Test Automation Specialist
14 11 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (27.62%) Playwright
2 67 (23.43%) REST
3 43 (15.03%) Spring
4 32 (11.19%) pytest
5 28 (9.79%) .NET
5 28 (9.79%) Gherkin
6 25 (8.74%) JSON
7 21 (7.34%) Spring Boot
8 19 (6.64%) HTML
9 18 (6.29%) OpenID
9 18 (6.29%) WireMock
10 17 (5.94%) React
10 17 (5.94%) XML
11 16 (5.59%) SailPoint
12 14 (4.90%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (4.90%) RESTful
13 13 (4.55%) LDAP
13 13 (4.55%) Web Services
14 12 (4.20%) SOAP
15 10 (3.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.94%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.20%) Distributed Architecture
2 12 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.45%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.05%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.05%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.85%) Linux
2 8 (2.80%) Unix
3 7 (2.45%) Windows
4 4 (1.40%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (84.97%) Test Automation
2 179 (62.59%) CI/CD
3 152 (53.15%) Agile
4 109 (38.11%) DevOps
5 94 (32.87%) Test Strategy
6 78 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (26.57%) API Testing
8 69 (24.13%) Test Scripting
9 63 (22.03%) BDD
10 62 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (20.28%) Validation
12 57 (19.93%) Regression Testing
13 56 (19.58%) Microservices
13 56 (19.58%) Scrum
14 51 (17.83%) Software Testing
15 42 (14.69%) End-to-End Testing
15 42 (14.69%) Performance Testing
15 42 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (13.99%) TDD
17 39 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 124 (43.36%) Java
2 73 (25.52%) Python
3 62 (21.68%) JavaScript
4 57 (19.93%) SQL
5 56 (19.58%) C#
6 16 (5.59%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.85%) Apex Code
8 9 (3.15%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.10%) PHP
10 5 (1.75%) Bash
10 5 (1.75%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.75%) Scala
10 5 (1.75%) XPath
11 4 (1.40%) Ruby
12 3 (1.05%) Go
12 3 (1.05%) Groovy
12 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.70%) C
13 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 101 (35.31%) Security Cleared
2 85 (29.72%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.14%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.59%) Degree
5 10 (3.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.70%) 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
1 107 (37.41%) QA
2 23 (8.04%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.55%) WCAG
4 4 (1.40%) GDPR
4 4 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.05%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) MiFID
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (22.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
2 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (21.68%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.54%) Grafana
3 25 (8.74%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.80%) HP ALM
5 7 (2.45%) Ansible
5 7 (2.45%) Kibana
5 7 (2.45%) Terraform
6 6 (2.10%) Puppet
7 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.70%) Podman
7 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.70%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (6.29%) Oracle
2 17 (5.94%) Salesforce
2 17 (5.94%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.55%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.85%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.80%) HP
5 8 (2.80%) Splunk
6 5 (1.75%) Google
7 4 (1.40%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.40%) Citrix
7 4 (1.40%) Micro Focus
7 4 (1.40%) SAP
7 4 (1.40%) Veracode
7 4 (1.40%) webMethods
7 4 (1.40%) Workday
8 3 (1.05%) Adobe
8 3 (1.05%) Cisco
8 3 (1.05%) UiPath
9 2 (0.70%) IBM
9 2 (0.70%) Red Hat