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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 286 269
Rank change year-on-year -64 -17 +18
Contract jobs citing Selenium 325 255 288
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.91% 0.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.99% 5.96% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 193 198
10th Percentile £306 £272 £334
25th Percentile £363 £340 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £494 £550 £603
90th Percentile £575 £638 £651
UK median daily rate £430 £435 £488
% change year-on-year -1.15% -10.77% +7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £48.13 -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

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 5,428 4,278 4,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.59% 15.20% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,441 2,975 2,713
10th Percentile £354 £325 £350
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 97 159
10th Percentile £22.68 £33.90 £41.51
25th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £54.66
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.50 £72.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -41 151 £475 +5.32% 94
North of England -64 64 £402 +5.44% 39
Midlands -27 60 £445 +30.88% 23
West Midlands -2 58 £450 -15.29% 21
North West -49 26 £402 +18.24% 12
South East -70 25 £254 -35.00% 41
Yorkshire -42 22 £400 +6.67% 12
North East -24 19 £450 -2.70% 15
South West -31 14 £425 -24.24% 7
East of England -25 8 £415 +107.32% 5
East Midlands -32 2 £375 +36.36% 2
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 26 (8.00%) Confluence
2 8 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.85%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.62%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.62%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) Appian
7 1 (0.31%) Camunda
7 1 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 130 (40.00%) Azure
2 111 (34.15%) AWS
3 86 (26.46%) GitHub
4 81 (24.92%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (13.85%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (7.69%) GCP
7 20 (6.15%) GitHub Copilot
8 19 (5.85%) Serverless
9 16 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (4.00%) Azure Functions
10 13 (4.00%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.69%) OpenShift
12 11 (3.38%) BrowserStack
13 10 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.46%) SaaS
15 7 (2.15%) Power Platform
16 5 (1.54%) Amazon S3
17 4 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (1.23%) Amazon EventBridge
17 4 (1.23%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.85%) HTTP
2 5 (1.54%) 4G
2 5 (1.54%) 5G
2 5 (1.54%) DNS
2 5 (1.54%) SSH
2 5 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
3 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.92%) MongoDB
2 26 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (5.54%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.38%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.85%) Redis
8 5 (1.54%) Big Data
8 5 (1.54%) Hazelcast
8 5 (1.54%) Metadata
8 5 (1.54%) MySQL
9 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.23%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.92%) HBase
10 3 (0.92%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.92%) Power BI
11 2 (0.62%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 2 (0.62%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 133 (40.92%) Cucumber
2 118 (36.31%) Git
3 99 (30.46%) Jenkins
4 83 (25.54%) GitLab
5 80 (24.62%) Cypress.io
6 78 (24.00%) JUnit
7 69 (21.23%) Postman
8 65 (20.00%) JIRA
9 61 (18.77%) REST Assured
10 50 (15.38%) Gatling
11 47 (14.46%) WebDriver
12 33 (10.15%) JMeter
13 30 (9.23%) TestNG
14 27 (8.31%) SonarQube
15 17 (5.23%) Appium
16 15 (4.62%) SoapUI
17 14 (4.31%) HP UFT
18 13 (4.00%) Maven
19 12 (3.69%) Serenity BDD
19 12 (3.69%) TestRail
General
1 129 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.31%) Finance
3 60 (18.46%) Public Sector
4 52 (16.00%) Banking
5 48 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.46%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.85%) Military
9 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.23%) Social Housing
11 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Back Office
12 2 (0.62%) Legal
12 2 (0.62%) Local Government
12 2 (0.62%) Police
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
13 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 66 (20.31%) Test Engineer
2 47 (14.46%) Senior
3 45 (13.85%) Lead
4 41 (12.62%) Tester
5 38 (11.69%) Test Automation Engineer
6 37 (11.38%) QA Engineer
7 33 (10.15%) Quality Engineer
8 30 (9.23%) Automation Engineer
9 29 (8.92%) Analyst
10 26 (8.00%) Test Analyst
11 22 (6.77%) Test Leader
12 18 (5.54%) Automation Tester
12 18 (5.54%) QA Automation Engineer
13 17 (5.23%) Developer
14 16 (4.92%) Test Manager
15 12 (3.69%) QA Tester
16 10 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
16 10 (3.08%) QA Leader
16 10 (3.08%) Senior Test Engineer
17 9 (2.77%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (45.23%) Playwright
2 52 (16.00%) Kafka
3 50 (15.38%) REST
4 44 (13.54%) Spring
5 41 (12.62%) Gherkin
6 30 (9.23%) WireMock
7 26 (8.00%) React
8 25 (7.69%) JSON
8 25 (7.69%) RESTful
8 25 (7.69%) Terraform
9 22 (6.77%) HTML
9 22 (6.77%) Spring Boot
10 19 (5.85%) .NET
10 19 (5.85%) Node.js
11 18 (5.54%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (4.92%) pytest
12 16 (4.92%) XML
13 11 (3.38%) SOAP
14 10 (3.08%) CSS
15 9 (2.77%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
7 6 (1.85%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.92%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.92%) Clustering
9 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.92%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.77%) Linux
2 9 (2.77%) Unix
3 6 (1.85%) Windows
4 4 (1.23%) Android
4 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.23%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (88.92%) Test Automation
2 240 (73.85%) CI/CD
3 209 (64.31%) Agile
4 135 (41.54%) DevOps
5 117 (36.00%) Test Strategy
6 115 (35.38%) Software Testing
7 107 (32.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (32.31%) API Testing
9 99 (30.46%) BDD
10 87 (26.77%) Microservices
11 82 (25.23%) Scrum
12 79 (24.31%) End-to-End Testing
12 79 (24.31%) SDLC
12 79 (24.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 77 (23.69%) Performance Testing
14 73 (22.46%) Validation
15 72 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
16 61 (18.77%) Manual Testing
16 61 (18.77%) Security Testing
17 60 (18.46%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 162 (49.85%) Java
2 103 (31.69%) Python
3 95 (29.23%) SQL
4 80 (24.62%) JavaScript
5 38 (11.69%) C#
6 31 (9.54%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.62%) Bash
8 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.23%) Ruby
10 4 (1.23%) Scala
11 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.62%) PROC SQL
11 2 (0.62%) R
11 2 (0.62%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.31%) COBOL
12 1 (0.31%) Korn
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 127 (39.08%) Security Cleared
2 94 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.08%) ISTQB
4 30 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (8.31%) DV Cleared
6 19 (5.85%) Degree
7 12 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.85%) ISEB
10 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (53.85%) QA
2 83 (25.54%) Accessibility
3 47 (14.46%) WCAG
4 12 (3.69%) ISO 20022
5 11 (3.38%) GDPR
6 8 (2.46%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.92%) NIST
7 3 (0.92%) SEPA
7 3 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 110 (33.85%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (28.31%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.08%) Grafana
3 21 (6.46%) Prometheus
4 12 (3.69%) Ansible
5 6 (1.85%) HP ALM
6 5 (1.54%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.54%) Podman
7 3 (0.92%) Argo
7 3 (0.92%) Istio
7 3 (0.92%) Kibana
8 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.85%) Oracle
3 14 (4.31%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.00%) Splunk
5 10 (3.08%) HP
5 10 (3.08%) IBM
6 6 (1.85%) SAP
7 4 (1.23%) Databricks
7 4 (1.23%) UiPath
7 4 (1.23%) VMware
8 3 (0.92%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.92%) Google
8 3 (0.92%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.92%) Perfecto Mobile
9 2 (0.62%) Adobe
9 2 (0.62%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.62%) Qualtrics
9 2 (0.62%) SimCorp
10 1 (0.31%) Okta
10 1 (0.31%) Veracode