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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 262 274
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 -48
Contract jobs citing Selenium 293 235 305
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.92% 0.80%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.93% 6.89% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 150 244
10th Percentile £350 £308 £361
25th Percentile £379 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -15.09%
75th Percentile £552 £571 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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 4,945 3,411 4,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.97% 13.36% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,388 2,179 3,076
10th Percentile £340 £331 £363
25th Percentile £409 £410 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -3.77% -7.83%
75th Percentile £588 £636 £638
90th Percentile £696 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 60 204
10th Percentile £39.00 £27.38 £37.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.34 £47.73
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £80.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +1.63%

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

Selenium
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 1 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

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 1 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 -14 123 £475 +11.76% 27
Midlands -5 71 £475 +33.80% 14
West Midlands -3 65 £478 +29.26% 11
North of England -45 56 £472 +10.94% 17
Yorkshire -54 33 £475 +11.76% 9
South East -63 17 £550 -12.00% 25
North West -39 16 £463 +23.33% 6
South West -24 14 £515 -0.48% 11
North East -7 9 £350 -30.86% 2
East of England -25 7 £300 -42.86% 15
East Midlands -24 6 £360 +10.43% 3
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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 39 (13.31%) Confluence
2 22 (7.51%) SAS
3 9 (3.07%) Apache
4 8 (2.73%) JBoss
4 8 (2.73%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.71%) Appian
6 3 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.02%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.68%) Maximo
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.68%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 91 (31.06%) Azure
2 83 (28.33%) AWS
3 52 (17.75%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (16.04%) GitHub
5 32 (10.92%) GCP
6 27 (9.22%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (8.87%) OpenShift
8 12 (4.10%) Tricentis Tosca
9 11 (3.75%) Apigee
10 10 (3.41%) Serverless
11 9 (3.07%) BrowserStack
12 8 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.39%) SaaS
14 6 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (1.71%) Power Platform
16 4 (1.37%) Azure AKS
16 4 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (1.37%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.34%) DSL
2 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.80%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.75%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.73%) MySQL
4 8 (2.73%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 7 (2.39%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.37%) Big Data
6 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.02%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.34%) DB2
9 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.34%) Power BI
9 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.34%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 110 (37.54%) Jenkins
2 106 (36.18%) Cucumber
3 102 (34.81%) Git
4 86 (29.35%) JIRA
5 85 (29.01%) GitLab
5 85 (29.01%) Postman
6 74 (25.26%) JUnit
7 62 (21.16%) REST Assured
8 59 (20.14%) Cypress.io
9 43 (14.68%) JMeter
10 37 (12.63%) WebDriver
11 19 (6.48%) TestRail
12 15 (5.12%) SpecFlow
13 14 (4.78%) SonarQube
14 13 (4.44%) Gatling
14 13 (4.44%) Maven
15 11 (3.75%) Mockito
16 10 (3.41%) Robot Framework
16 10 (3.41%) Serenity BDD
17 9 (3.07%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.70%) Public Sector
3 38 (12.97%) Finance
4 31 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.51%) Banking
6 10 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.37%) Front Office
10 4 (1.37%) Military
11 3 (1.02%) Back Office
11 3 (1.02%) Retail
12 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.68%) Marketing
12 2 (0.68%) Police
12 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (20.14%) Test Engineer
2 58 (19.80%) Lead
3 57 (19.45%) Tester
4 45 (15.36%) Senior
5 35 (11.95%) Automation Tester
6 27 (9.22%) Developer
7 25 (8.53%) Test Automation Engineer
7 25 (8.53%) Test Leader
8 23 (7.85%) QA Engineer
9 22 (7.51%) Test Specialist
10 18 (6.14%) Automation Test Lead
11 17 (5.80%) Lead Test Engineer
12 13 (4.44%) QA Leader
12 13 (4.44%) Senior Tester
13 12 (4.10%) Analyst
13 12 (4.10%) Test Automation Specialist
14 11 (3.75%) Senior Automation Tester
14 11 (3.75%) Test Analyst
15 10 (3.41%) Java Engineer
16 9 (3.07%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (26.96%) Playwright
2 72 (24.57%) REST
3 45 (15.36%) Spring
4 35 (11.95%) JSON
5 32 (10.92%) pytest
6 31 (10.58%) .NET
7 27 (9.22%) Gherkin
8 24 (8.19%) HTML
8 24 (8.19%) XML
9 23 (7.85%) Spring Boot
10 20 (6.83%) React
11 18 (6.14%) OpenID
11 18 (6.14%) WireMock
12 17 (5.80%) SOAP
13 16 (5.46%) SailPoint
14 14 (4.78%) RESTful
15 13 (4.44%) LDAP
15 13 (4.44%) Web Services
16 12 (4.10%) Lightning Web Components
17 11 (3.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.44%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.73%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.73%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.05%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.68%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.34%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.34%) iPhone
10 1 (0.34%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.44%) Linux
1 13 (4.44%) Unix
2 4 (1.37%) Android
2 4 (1.37%) Windows
3 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (82.25%) Test Automation
2 188 (64.16%) CI/CD
3 155 (52.90%) Agile
4 118 (40.27%) DevOps
5 97 (33.11%) Test Strategy
6 81 (27.65%) API Testing
7 76 (25.94%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (25.94%) Test Scripting
8 68 (23.21%) BDD
9 66 (22.53%) Scrum
10 63 (21.50%) Microservices
11 60 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (19.80%) Software Testing
13 56 (19.11%) Validation
14 50 (17.06%) Regression Testing
15 43 (14.68%) TDD
16 39 (13.31%) Containerisation
17 38 (12.97%) Performance Testing
17 38 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (12.63%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 132 (45.05%) Java
2 73 (24.91%) Python
3 64 (21.84%) JavaScript
4 58 (19.80%) SQL
5 53 (18.09%) C#
6 17 (5.80%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.07%) Apex Code
7 9 (3.07%) Scala
8 6 (2.05%) PHP
9 5 (1.71%) Bash
9 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.71%) XPath
10 4 (1.37%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.02%) Go
11 3 (1.02%) Groovy
11 3 (1.02%) Ruby
11 3 (1.02%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.68%) C
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (33.79%) Security Cleared
2 82 (27.99%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.22%) ISTQB
4 14 (4.78%) Degree
5 12 (4.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) CFA
10 1 (0.34%) HP APS
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (35.15%) QA
2 28 (9.56%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.80%) WCAG
4 6 (2.05%) GDPR
5 4 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.02%) EU AI Act
6 3 (1.02%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) HL7
8 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 72 (24.57%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 61 (20.82%) Kubernetes
2 29 (9.90%) Grafana
3 21 (7.17%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.75%) Puppet
5 9 (3.07%) Ansible
5 9 (3.07%) Terraform
6 7 (2.39%) Kibana
7 6 (2.05%) HP ALM
8 3 (1.02%) Podman
8 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.68%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.68%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (6.48%) Oracle
2 17 (5.80%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.46%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.44%) Microsoft
5 11 (3.75%) Splunk
6 9 (3.07%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.73%) webMethods
8 6 (2.05%) HP
8 6 (2.05%) Veracode
9 5 (1.71%) Cisco
9 5 (1.71%) Google
10 4 (1.37%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.37%) Workday
11 3 (1.02%) Adobe
11 3 (1.02%) SAP
11 3 (1.02%) UiPath
12 2 (0.68%) Avaloq
12 2 (0.68%) IBM
12 2 (0.68%) PagerDuty
13 1 (0.34%) AppDynamics