Selenium Contract Job Trends in England

Selenium
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 271 272
Rank change year-on-year -76 +1 +24
Contract jobs citing Selenium 327 279 271
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.98% 0.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.00% 6.38% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 213 184
10th Percentile £306 £300 £350
25th Percentile £363 £350 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £496 £552 £601
90th Percentile £575 £650 £651
UK median daily rate £438 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
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 - £62.50 -
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 citing development application skills in England.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 5,447 4,375 4,211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 11.74% 15.34% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,459 3,029 2,638
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £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 270 107 149
10th Percentile £22.68 £36.15 £41.51
25th Percentile £50.50 £50.00 £54.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.08 £77.50 £74.00
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 25 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

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 25 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -40 152 £475 +4.34% 87
North of England -64 62 £425 +15.25% 48
Midlands -36 61 £450 +4.65% 21
West Midlands -11 60 £450 -8.54% 18
South East -56 26 £325 -16.67% 42
North West -48 24 £402 +18.24% 13
Yorkshire -37 22 £440 +19.32% 15
North East -27 19 £450 -2.70% 21
South West -35 12 £375 -30.56% 9
East of England -17 8 £415 +107.32% 8
East Midlands -38 1 £335 +21.82% 3
Selenium
UK

Selenium Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cucumber41.9%137
2Git37.0%121
3Jenkins33.3%109
4GitLab27.5%90
5Cypress.io25.4%83
6JUnit24.5%80
7Postman21.4%70
8REST Assured20.2%66
9JIRA19.6%64
10Gatling16.5%54
11WebDriver15.0%49
12JMeter10.4%34
13SonarQube8.9%29
13TestNG8.9%29
15Appium5.8%19
16Maven4.6%15
16Serenity BDD4.6%15
16SoapUI4.6%15
19HP UFT4.3%14
20TestRail3.7%12