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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 257 287
Rank change year-on-year -33 +30 -57
Contract jobs citing Selenium 278 241 300
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.91% 0.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.90% 6.74% 6.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 153 241
10th Percentile £350 £302 £360
25th Percentile £375 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -15.09%
75th Percentile £562 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +38.89% - -

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 4,712 3,577 4,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.33% 13.50% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,268 2,208 3,178
10th Percentile £340 £340 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 61 200
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.00 £44.26
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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

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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 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in England

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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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Selenium in England

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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 1 February 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 -12 121 £466 +12.85% 32
North of England -42 56 £450 +5.88% 16
Midlands -15 55 £478 +18.09% 3
West Midlands -9 47 £491 +15.53% 3
Yorkshire -38 33 £419 -1.47% 6
South East -48 21 £550 -12.00% 30
North West -26 16 £475 +26.67% 9
South West -24 13 £518 +5.08% 4
North East -10 9 £398 -21.48% 1
East Midlands -16 8 £360 -4.00%
East of England -16 5 - - 10
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 31 (11.15%) Confluence
2 17 (6.12%) SAS
3 8 (2.88%) Apache
3 8 (2.88%) JBoss
3 8 (2.88%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.52%) Appian
5 5 (1.80%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.72%) Maximo
2 2 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 79 (28.42%) Azure
2 70 (25.18%) AWS
3 50 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (11.51%) GitHub
5 26 (9.35%) GCP
6 21 (7.55%) OpenShift
7 18 (6.47%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.68%) Tricentis Tosca
9 11 (3.96%) Apigee
10 10 (3.60%) Serverless
11 8 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.88%) BrowserStack
11 8 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.88%) SaaS
12 7 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.16%) Azure AKS
13 6 (2.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 6 (2.16%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.80%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.44%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) DSL
2 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.47%) MongoDB
2 10 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.88%) MySQL
3 8 (2.88%) Oracle Database
4 7 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.80%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.08%) Big Data
8 3 (1.08%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.72%) DB2
9 2 (0.72%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.36%) Power BI
10 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 97 (34.89%) Jenkins
2 96 (34.53%) Cucumber
3 81 (29.14%) Git
4 80 (28.78%) Postman
5 76 (27.34%) JIRA
6 75 (26.98%) GitLab
7 64 (23.02%) REST Assured
8 59 (21.22%) JUnit
9 52 (18.71%) Cypress.io
10 33 (11.87%) JMeter
11 28 (10.07%) WebDriver
12 19 (6.83%) TestRail
13 18 (6.47%) Bitbucket
13 18 (6.47%) SonarQube
14 17 (6.12%) Maven
15 14 (5.04%) Gatling
16 11 (3.96%) Mockito
16 11 (3.96%) Robot Framework
17 10 (3.60%) Zephyr
18 9 (3.24%) Gradle
General
1 85 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.27%) Public Sector
3 45 (16.19%) Finance
4 29 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.99%) Banking
6 10 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.80%) Retail
11 4 (1.44%) Front Office
12 3 (1.08%) Automotive
12 3 (1.08%) Back Office
12 3 (1.08%) Military
12 3 (1.08%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.72%) Marketing
13 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (21.94%) Tester
2 56 (20.14%) Test Engineer
3 46 (16.55%) Lead
4 39 (14.03%) Senior
5 37 (13.31%) Automation Tester
6 28 (10.07%) Developer
7 26 (9.35%) Test Automation Engineer
8 18 (6.47%) QA Engineer
8 18 (6.47%) Test Leader
9 17 (6.12%) Test Specialist
10 15 (5.40%) Lead Test Engineer
11 14 (5.04%) Analyst
12 13 (4.68%) Test Analyst
13 12 (4.32%) QA Leader
14 11 (3.96%) Automation Test Lead
15 10 (3.60%) Senior Tester
16 9 (3.24%) Automation Engineer
16 9 (3.24%) Java Developer
16 9 (3.24%) QA Automation Engineer
16 9 (3.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (26.98%) REST
2 66 (23.74%) Playwright
3 40 (14.39%) JSON
4 31 (11.15%) .NET
5 30 (10.79%) Spring
6 25 (8.99%) HTML
6 25 (8.99%) XML
7 24 (8.63%) Spring Boot
8 23 (8.27%) Gherkin
8 23 (8.27%) SOAP
9 22 (7.91%) pytest
10 21 (7.55%) React
11 19 (6.83%) RESTful
12 17 (6.12%) OpenID
13 15 (5.40%) SailPoint
14 13 (4.68%) Web Services
15 12 (4.32%) LDAP
15 12 (4.32%) Node.js
16 11 (3.96%) Kafka
16 11 (3.96%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.04%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.52%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.16%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.80%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.36%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.36%) FMCG
10 1 (0.36%) iPhone
10 1 (0.36%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.36%) NHS
10 1 (0.36%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.40%) Linux
2 12 (4.32%) Unix
3 8 (2.88%) Windows
4 5 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.08%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (81.29%) Test Automation
2 166 (59.71%) CI/CD
3 147 (52.88%) Agile
4 110 (39.57%) DevOps
5 80 (28.78%) Test Strategy
6 79 (28.42%) Test Scripting
7 74 (26.62%) API Testing
8 73 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (23.38%) Scrum
10 59 (21.22%) Software Testing
11 52 (18.71%) BDD
11 52 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (17.63%) Microservices
13 48 (17.27%) Regression Testing
14 41 (14.75%) Performance Testing
15 38 (13.67%) Software Engineering
16 37 (13.31%) Validation
17 35 (12.59%) Sprint Planning
18 34 (12.23%) Containerisation
18 34 (12.23%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 128 (46.04%) Java
2 67 (24.10%) Python
3 60 (21.58%) JavaScript
4 57 (20.50%) SQL
5 49 (17.63%) C#
6 16 (5.76%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.60%) Scala
8 9 (3.24%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.16%) PHP
10 5 (1.80%) Bash
10 5 (1.80%) XPath
11 4 (1.44%) Go
11 4 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.08%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.08%) Ruby
12 3 (1.08%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.72%) C
13 2 (0.72%) Groovy
13 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (32.01%) Security Cleared
2 70 (25.18%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.07%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.76%) Degree
5 13 (4.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CFA
9 1 (0.36%) HP APS
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (31.65%) QA
2 29 (10.43%) Accessibility
3 17 (6.12%) WCAG
4 5 (1.80%) GDPR
5 3 (1.08%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.08%) NIST
5 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) MiFID
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (23.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 45 (16.19%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.12%) Grafana
3 13 (4.68%) Ansible
3 13 (4.68%) Puppet
4 12 (4.32%) Terraform
5 11 (3.96%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.80%) HP ALM
6 5 (1.80%) Kibana
6 5 (1.80%) Podman
6 5 (1.80%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.72%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.36%) Argo
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (7.91%) Oracle
2 18 (6.47%) Salesforce
3 14 (5.04%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.04%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.04%) Splunk
4 11 (3.96%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.88%) Veracode
5 8 (2.88%) webMethods
6 7 (2.52%) Cisco
7 5 (1.80%) Google
7 5 (1.80%) HP
8 4 (1.44%) UiPath
8 4 (1.44%) Workday
9 3 (1.08%) Adobe
9 3 (1.08%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.08%) SAP
10 2 (0.72%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.72%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.72%) IBM
10 2 (0.72%) Red Hat