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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 275 280
Rank change year-on-year -38 +5 -54
Contract jobs citing Selenium 289 222 305
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.91% 0.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.74% 6.73% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 147 232
10th Percentile £317 £268 £351
25th Percentile £383 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -10.53% -10.38%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £575
90th Percentile £638 £630 £673
UK median daily rate £463 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +8.82% -5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £38.50
75th Percentile - - £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - £64.25
% change year-on-year - - -11.38%

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 5,033 3,301 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 13.56% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,359 2,215 2,904
10th Percentile £337 £341 £358
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 65 158
10th Percentile £39.53 £26.75 £30.60
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.18 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.44 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.43 £84.38
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £61.00
% change year-on-year +6.72% +3.69% -0.81%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -41 130 £459 +8.06% 28
Midlands -16 64 £467 +43.33% 10
West Midlands -9 61 £475 +11.76% 6
North of England -64 50 £453 +0.56% 17
Yorkshire -47 31 £500 +17.65% 6
South East -74 22 £550 -12.00% 18
North West -31 14 £426 -2.85% 10
South West -29 13 £475 -8.21% 4
North East -13 7 £350 -30.86% 1
East of England -29 5 £300 -42.86% 10
East Midlands -44 3 £368 +56.38% 4
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 41 (14.19%) Confluence
2 22 (7.61%) SAS
3 6 (2.08%) Apache
4 4 (1.38%) JBoss
4 4 (1.38%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.69%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Shopify
2 3 (1.04%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.69%) Maximo
4 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 105 (36.33%) Azure
2 86 (29.76%) AWS
3 54 (18.69%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (17.99%) GitHub
5 42 (14.53%) GCP
6 29 (10.03%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (9.00%) OpenShift
8 13 (4.50%) Apigee
9 9 (3.11%) BrowserStack
10 8 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.77%) SaaS
10 8 (2.77%) Serverless
11 7 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.42%) Tricentis Tosca
12 6 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.73%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.04%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) DSL
2 1 (0.35%) VoIP
2 1 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (3.81%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.11%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.77%) MySQL
5 7 (2.42%) Big Data
5 7 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.42%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 7 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.04%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.35%) DB2
9 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.35%) Power BI
9 1 (0.35%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 112 (38.75%) Jenkins
2 100 (34.60%) Git
3 99 (34.26%) JIRA
4 91 (31.49%) Cucumber
5 84 (29.07%) GitLab
6 74 (25.61%) Postman
7 68 (23.53%) JUnit
8 60 (20.76%) REST Assured
9 56 (19.38%) Cypress.io
10 46 (15.92%) JMeter
11 43 (14.88%) WebDriver
12 21 (7.27%) TestRail
13 16 (5.54%) SpecFlow
14 15 (5.19%) Appium
14 15 (5.19%) Zephyr
15 12 (4.15%) NUnit
15 12 (4.15%) TestNG
16 11 (3.81%) Gatling
16 11 (3.81%) Robot Framework
17 10 (3.46%) Maven
General
1 92 (31.83%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.22%) Public Sector
3 40 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (13.49%) Finance
5 22 (7.61%) Banking
6 9 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.73%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.73%) Military
10 4 (1.38%) Front Office
10 4 (1.38%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.04%) Marketing
11 3 (1.04%) Retail
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.69%) Police
13 1 (0.35%) Back Office
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (21.45%) Test Engineer
2 53 (18.34%) Lead
2 53 (18.34%) Senior
3 50 (17.30%) Tester
4 34 (11.76%) QA Engineer
5 32 (11.07%) Automation Tester
6 29 (10.03%) Test Automation Engineer
7 26 (9.00%) Test Leader
8 24 (8.30%) Developer
9 22 (7.61%) Test Specialist
10 18 (6.23%) Automation Engineer
10 18 (6.23%) Automation Test Lead
11 15 (5.19%) Lead Test Engineer
11 15 (5.19%) QA Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.84%) Senior Tester
13 12 (4.15%) Analyst
13 12 (4.15%) Senior Automation Tester
13 12 (4.15%) Senior Test Engineer
13 12 (4.15%) Test Automation Specialist
14 11 (3.81%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (28.37%) Playwright
2 68 (23.53%) REST
3 40 (13.84%) Spring
4 34 (11.76%) pytest
5 28 (9.69%) .NET
6 27 (9.34%) Gherkin
7 18 (6.23%) Spring Boot
7 18 (6.23%) WireMock
8 16 (5.54%) HTML
8 16 (5.54%) JSON
8 16 (5.54%) SailPoint
9 15 (5.19%) OpenID
10 14 (4.84%) Lightning Web Components
11 13 (4.50%) LDAP
11 13 (4.50%) React
12 12 (4.15%) RESTful
12 12 (4.15%) Web Services
12 12 (4.15%) XML
13 11 (3.81%) Kafka
13 11 (3.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.23%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.15%) Distributed Architecture
2 12 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.46%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.73%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (1.73%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (1.04%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.69%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.69%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.35%) iPhone
8 1 (0.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.77%) Linux
2 7 (2.42%) Unix
2 7 (2.42%) Windows
3 4 (1.38%) Android
4 2 (0.69%) VMS
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (87.20%) Test Automation
2 180 (62.28%) CI/CD
3 147 (50.87%) Agile
4 110 (38.06%) DevOps
5 96 (33.22%) Test Strategy
6 76 (26.30%) API Testing
7 74 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (24.22%) Test Scripting
9 63 (21.80%) BDD
10 62 (21.45%) Validation
11 60 (20.76%) Regression Testing
12 54 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (17.65%) Microservices
14 50 (17.30%) Scrum
15 49 (16.96%) Software Testing
16 44 (15.22%) End-to-End Testing
17 43 (14.88%) Performance Testing
17 43 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (12.80%) Integration Testing
18 37 (12.80%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 121 (41.87%) Java
2 79 (27.34%) Python
3 62 (21.45%) SQL
4 59 (20.42%) C#
5 58 (20.07%) JavaScript
6 16 (5.54%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.81%) Apex Code
8 9 (3.11%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.08%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.08%) PHP
10 5 (1.73%) Bash
10 5 (1.73%) Ruby
10 5 (1.73%) XPath
11 4 (1.38%) Scala
12 3 (1.04%) Go
13 2 (0.69%) C
13 2 (0.69%) Groovy
13 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.35%) C++
14 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (35.99%) Security Cleared
2 89 (30.80%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.38%) ISTQB
4 18 (6.23%) Degree
5 10 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CFA
9 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.35%) HP APS
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (39.10%) QA
2 21 (7.27%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.77%) WCAG
4 6 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
5 4 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) GxP
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.35%) MiFID
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
7 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (22.15%) Docker
2 3 (1.04%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
2 3 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (21.45%) Kubernetes
2 29 (10.03%) Grafana
3 24 (8.30%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.46%) HP ALM
5 7 (2.42%) Terraform
6 5 (1.73%) Puppet
7 4 (1.38%) Kibana
8 3 (1.04%) Ansible
9 2 (0.69%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.69%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.35%) Podman
10 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (7.27%) Salesforce
2 17 (5.88%) Oracle
2 17 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.84%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.81%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.46%) HP
6 8 (2.77%) Splunk
7 6 (2.08%) Google
8 4 (1.38%) Citrix
8 4 (1.38%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.38%) SAP
8 4 (1.38%) webMethods
8 4 (1.38%) Workday
9 3 (1.04%) Adobe
9 3 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.04%) OpenText
10 2 (0.69%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.69%) Foundry
10 2 (0.69%) IBM
10 2 (0.69%) Red Hat