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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 274 265
Rank change year-on-year -87 -9 -17
Contract jobs citing Selenium 269 253 308
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.93% 0.87%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.13% 6.52% 7.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 174 236
10th Percentile £306 £257 £350
25th Percentile £354 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -
75th Percentile £500 £501 £600
90th Percentile £629 £585 £675
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 5,248 3,882 4,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.70% 14.22% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,360 2,665 2,938
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £630
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 234 89 216
10th Percentile £27.64 £39.25 £32.36
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.15 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.17% -1.15% +4.00%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -75 110 £449 +2.81% 21
North of England -62 65 £450 +6.26% 9
Midlands -29 60 £425 +57.41% 9
West Midlands -4 59 £425 +10.82% 7
North West -40 30 £402 +19.64% 7
North East -18 21 £450 +16.88% 1
Yorkshire -56 19 £450 -11.76% 1
South East -79 19 £435 +7.41% 13
South West -30 11 £444 -26.04% 4
East of England -17 6 £410 +26.15% 6
East Midlands -38 1 £415 +54.85% 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 50 (18.59%) Confluence
2 7 (2.60%) SAS
3 5 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.49%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.37%) Appian
7 1 (0.37%) Camunda
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.23%) Shopify
3 3 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 102 (37.92%) Azure
2 88 (32.71%) AWS
3 76 (28.25%) GitHub
4 57 (21.19%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (16.73%) GitHub Actions
6 37 (13.75%) GCP
7 15 (5.58%) BrowserStack
8 11 (4.09%) OpenShift
9 9 (3.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.97%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.97%) Serverless
11 5 (1.86%) SaaS
11 5 (1.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (1.49%) Apigee
12 4 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.49%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.49%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (1.12%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) WebEx
1 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.92%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (7.43%) MongoDB
3 15 (5.58%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.72%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.97%) Big Data
6 6 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.23%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.23%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.12%) Hazelcast
7 3 (1.12%) HBase
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.12%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.74%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.74%) InterSystems Cache
8 2 (0.74%) MySQL
8 2 (0.74%) Power BI
8 2 (0.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 96 (35.69%) Jenkins
2 94 (34.94%) Cucumber
3 90 (33.46%) JIRA
4 75 (27.88%) Git
5 68 (25.28%) GitLab
6 63 (23.42%) Cypress.io
7 62 (23.05%) JUnit
8 61 (22.68%) REST Assured
9 58 (21.56%) WebDriver
10 57 (21.19%) Postman
11 48 (17.84%) JMeter
12 24 (8.92%) Gatling
13 21 (7.81%) TestNG
14 19 (7.06%) Appium
15 18 (6.69%) Zephyr
16 15 (5.58%) Serenity BDD
17 14 (5.20%) SpecFlow
18 11 (4.09%) NUnit
18 11 (4.09%) TeamCity
19 10 (3.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 78 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.36%) Public Sector
4 38 (14.13%) Finance
5 26 (9.67%) Banking
6 9 (3.35%) Military
6 9 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.49%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.12%) Retail
10 2 (0.74%) Back Office
10 2 (0.74%) Legal
10 2 (0.74%) Marketing
10 2 (0.74%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Front Office
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (24.91%) Test Engineer
2 49 (18.22%) Senior
3 43 (15.99%) Lead
4 41 (15.24%) QA Engineer
4 41 (15.24%) Tester
5 33 (12.27%) Test Automation Engineer
6 27 (10.04%) Analyst
7 25 (9.29%) Test Analyst
8 23 (8.55%) Automation Engineer
8 23 (8.55%) Automation Tester
9 18 (6.69%) Test Leader
10 17 (6.32%) QA Automation Engineer
11 15 (5.58%) Lead Test Engineer
12 13 (4.83%) Developer
13 12 (4.46%) Senior Test Engineer
14 11 (4.09%) Senior Tester
15 10 (3.72%) Automation Test Lead
16 9 (3.35%) Quality Engineer
16 9 (3.35%) Senior Automation Tester
16 9 (3.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (34.94%) Playwright
2 41 (15.24%) Spring
3 37 (13.75%) REST
4 33 (12.27%) Kafka
5 28 (10.41%) Gherkin
6 27 (10.04%) WireMock
7 22 (8.18%) Spring Boot
8 18 (6.69%) pytest
9 14 (5.20%) .NET
10 13 (4.83%) Node.js
11 11 (4.09%) Spring Cloud
12 10 (3.72%) JSON
12 10 (3.72%) RESTful
12 10 (3.72%) SOAP
13 7 (2.60%) Pandas
13 7 (2.60%) React
13 7 (2.60%) XML
14 6 (2.23%) HTML
15 5 (1.86%) CSS
15 5 (1.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.43%) Distributed Systems
1 20 (7.43%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.69%) Distributed Architecture
3 14 (5.20%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.12%) Clustering
8 3 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.12%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.12%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.86%) Android
1 5 (1.86%) Linux
1 5 (1.86%) Windows
2 4 (1.49%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.49%) Unix
3 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (88.48%) Test Automation
2 179 (66.54%) CI/CD
3 137 (50.93%) Agile
4 106 (39.41%) DevOps
5 100 (37.17%) Test Strategy
6 84 (31.23%) BDD
7 71 (26.39%) API Testing
7 71 (26.39%) Microservices
8 69 (25.65%) End-to-End Testing
9 66 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (20.45%) Validation
11 53 (19.70%) Performance Testing
12 51 (18.96%) Integration Testing
13 46 (17.10%) Regression Testing
13 46 (17.10%) TDD
14 44 (16.36%) Software Testing
15 43 (15.99%) Observability
15 43 (15.99%) Scrum
16 42 (15.61%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 105 (39.03%) Java
2 64 (23.79%) Python
3 50 (18.59%) JavaScript
4 49 (18.22%) SQL
5 41 (15.24%) C#
6 15 (5.58%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.35%) Bash
9 6 (2.23%) Ruby
10 5 (1.86%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.12%) Go
11 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.12%) Scala
12 2 (0.74%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.37%) COBOL
13 1 (0.37%) Groovy
13 1 (0.37%) R
13 1 (0.37%) Swift
13 1 (0.37%) VB6
13 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (37.55%) Security Cleared
2 83 (30.86%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.81%) ISTQB
4 14 (5.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (5.20%) Degree
5 8 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (47.58%) QA
2 45 (16.73%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.20%) WCAG
4 8 (2.97%) GDPR
5 7 (2.60%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.49%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.37%) GxP
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (25.65%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (22.30%) Kubernetes
2 38 (14.13%) Grafana
3 36 (13.38%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.35%) HP ALM
5 7 (2.60%) Terraform
6 3 (1.12%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.12%) Istio
6 3 (1.12%) Podman
7 2 (0.74%) Ansible
7 2 (0.74%) Kibana
7 2 (0.74%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.81%) Salesforce
3 20 (7.43%) Oracle
4 14 (5.20%) Splunk
5 9 (3.35%) HP
6 4 (1.49%) Citrix
6 4 (1.49%) Micro Focus
6 4 (1.49%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.49%) Talend
7 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.12%) Databricks
7 3 (1.12%) Google
7 3 (1.12%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.12%) OpenText
7 3 (1.12%) Perfecto Mobile
7 3 (1.12%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.74%) IBM
8 2 (0.74%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.74%) UiPath
8 2 (0.74%) VMware