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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 273 307
Rank change year-on-year -9 +34 -73
Contract jobs citing Selenium 286 257 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.88% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.06% 6.65% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 175 213
10th Percentile £313 £313 £363
25th Percentile £360 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £601
UK median daily rate £457 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -3.84% +7.95% -14.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

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 4,723 3,867 4,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.19% 13.30% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,285 2,428 3,340
10th Percentile £333 £341 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £644
90th Percentile £700 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 86 207
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.59 £45.88
25th Percentile £54.81 £54.09 £49.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 £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 15 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 -12 127 £451 +6.12% 22
Midlands -3 56 £475 +11.76% 7
North of England -23 50 £374 -12.12% 20
West Midlands -3 45 £491 -15.53% 4
Yorkshire -29 27 £372 -11.95% 10
South East -37 24 £488 -21.37% 34
North West -16 17 £325 -31.58% 8
South West -13 12 £520 +4.00% 9
East Midlands -7 11 £360 -4.00% 3
East of England -16 7 - - 6
North East -10 6 £460 -9.14% 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 30 (10.49%) Confluence
2 17 (5.94%) SAS
3 8 (2.80%) Apache
3 8 (2.80%) JBoss
3 8 (2.80%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.45%) Appian
5 5 (1.75%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.70%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Maximo
1 2 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (27.62%) Azure
2 65 (22.73%) AWS
3 51 (17.83%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (9.79%) GitHub
5 23 (8.04%) GCP
6 21 (7.34%) GitHub Actions
6 21 (7.34%) OpenShift
7 13 (4.55%) Serverless
8 11 (3.85%) Tricentis Tosca
9 10 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (3.50%) SaaS
10 9 (3.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (2.80%) Apigee
11 8 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.80%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.10%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.75%) Datadog
14 5 (1.75%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.40%) HTTP
2 2 (0.70%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) DSL
3 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.20%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.80%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.10%) MySQL
6 5 (1.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 3 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.05%) DB2
7 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.70%) Power BI
8 2 (0.70%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 96 (33.57%) Cucumber
2 88 (30.77%) Jenkins
3 76 (26.57%) Git
4 75 (26.22%) JIRA
5 70 (24.48%) Postman
6 65 (22.73%) GitLab
7 64 (22.38%) JUnit
8 52 (18.18%) Cypress.io
9 51 (17.83%) REST Assured
10 34 (11.89%) JMeter
11 25 (8.74%) Bitbucket
11 25 (8.74%) SonarQube
12 22 (7.69%) Maven
13 19 (6.64%) TestRail
13 19 (6.64%) WebDriver
14 15 (5.24%) Zephyr
15 13 (4.55%) Gradle
16 12 (4.20%) Mockito
16 12 (4.20%) TestNG
17 11 (3.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 82 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.53%) Finance
3 37 (12.94%) Public Sector
4 34 (11.89%) Banking
5 21 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.80%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.80%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.10%) Back Office
10 4 (1.40%) Front Office
10 4 (1.40%) Retail
11 3 (1.05%) Automotive
11 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing
12 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.70%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Billing
13 1 (0.35%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (23.08%) Tester
2 53 (18.53%) Test Engineer
3 42 (14.69%) Automation Tester
4 39 (13.64%) Lead
5 38 (13.29%) Senior
6 29 (10.14%) Developer
7 28 (9.79%) Test Automation Engineer
8 21 (7.34%) Analyst
9 18 (6.29%) Test Analyst
10 17 (5.94%) Test Specialist
11 15 (5.24%) QA Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) Test Leader
12 14 (4.90%) Java Developer
12 14 (4.90%) QA Leader
13 11 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.85%) Automation Test Lead
14 10 (3.50%) Senior Tester
15 9 (3.15%) Lead Test Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Senior Automation Tester
16 8 (2.80%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (24.48%) REST
2 63 (22.03%) Playwright
3 42 (14.69%) JSON
4 32 (11.19%) .NET
5 27 (9.44%) HTML
6 26 (9.09%) Spring
6 26 (9.09%) XML
7 24 (8.39%) SOAP
8 23 (8.04%) React
9 22 (7.69%) Gherkin
9 22 (7.69%) RESTful
10 21 (7.34%) pytest
11 20 (6.99%) Spring Boot
12 16 (5.59%) Hibernate
13 15 (5.24%) Node.js
14 13 (4.55%) Web Services
15 12 (4.20%) OpenID
16 11 (3.85%) CSS
17 10 (3.50%) JPA
18 9 (3.15%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.10%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.75%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.40%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.35%) NHS
9 1 (0.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.24%) Linux
2 14 (4.90%) Unix
3 8 (2.80%) Windows
4 7 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.40%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (80.42%) Test Automation
2 166 (58.04%) CI/CD
3 156 (54.55%) Agile
4 123 (43.01%) DevOps
5 86 (30.07%) Test Strategy
6 79 (27.62%) Test Scripting
7 68 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (23.43%) Scrum
9 62 (21.68%) API Testing
10 61 (21.33%) Software Testing
11 53 (18.53%) Regression Testing
12 51 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (17.13%) BDD
14 48 (16.78%) Microservices
15 43 (15.03%) Performance Testing
16 40 (13.99%) Validation
17 39 (13.64%) Containerisation
18 38 (13.29%) Software Engineering
19 36 (12.59%) TDD
20 34 (11.89%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 122 (42.66%) Java
2 72 (25.17%) Python
3 61 (21.33%) SQL
4 54 (18.88%) JavaScript
5 47 (16.43%) C#
6 12 (4.20%) Scala
7 7 (2.45%) PHP
7 7 (2.45%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.10%) Apex Code
9 5 (1.75%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.75%) XPath
10 3 (1.05%) Bash
10 3 (1.05%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.05%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.05%) Ruby
11 2 (0.70%) C
11 2 (0.70%) Groovy
11 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 74 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.28%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.84%) ISTQB
4 19 (6.64%) Degree
5 12 (4.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.70%) MCP
11 1 (0.35%) HP APS
11 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (31.12%) QA
2 21 (7.34%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.94%) WCAG
4 3 (1.05%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) NIST
4 3 (1.05%) SLA
5 2 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) MiFID
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 66 (23.08%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 48 (16.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.59%) Terraform
3 15 (5.24%) Ansible
4 14 (4.90%) Puppet
5 11 (3.85%) Grafana
6 6 (2.10%) Kibana
6 6 (2.10%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.75%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.75%) Podman
7 5 (1.75%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.40%) Argo
9 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.35%) logstash
10 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (8.39%) Oracle
2 18 (6.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.24%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.85%) Veracode
5 10 (3.50%) Splunk
6 8 (2.80%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.80%) webMethods
7 7 (2.45%) Cisco
7 7 (2.45%) Google
7 7 (2.45%) UiPath
8 5 (1.75%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.75%) HP
9 3 (1.05%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.70%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.70%) IBM
10 2 (0.70%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.70%) Siebel
10 2 (0.70%) Workday
11 1 (0.35%) Databricks