Selenium Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Selenium
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	96	67	80
Rank change year-on-year	-29	+13	-9
Contract jobs citing Selenium	17	14	8
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire	0.89%	1.38%	0.67%
As % of the Development Applications category	11.11%	10.53%	5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	6	7
10^th Percentile	-	£366	£390
25^th Percentile	£263	£378	£429
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£275	£458	£525
Median % change year-on-year	-39.89%	-12.86%	-8.70%
75^th Percentile	£288	£547	£569
90^th Percentile	-	£600	£588
South East median daily rate	£254	£390	£585
% change year-on-year	-35.00%	-33.33%	+17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	6	0
Median hourly rate	-	£50.00	-
South East median hourly rate	-	£50.00	-

All Development Application Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	153	133	138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire	8.03%	13.12%	11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	107	89	82
10^th Percentile	£320	£379	£357
25^th Percentile	£463	£450	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£500	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+7.40%	-9.09%	+1.85%
75^th Percentile	£646	£575	£587
90^th Percentile	£732	£601	£631
South East median daily rate	£480	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.05%	-	-11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	11	17
10^th Percentile	£44.86	-	£59.35
25^th Percentile	-	-	£62.50
Median hourly rate	£55.00	£50.00	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-28.57%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£95.00	£55.00	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	£71.50
South East median hourly rate	£63.74	£55.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+15.88%	-15.38%	+13.04%

Selenium Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Selenium relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Selenium Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Selenium.

Selenium Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Selenium.

Selenium Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 17 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	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Farnborough	+1	17	£275	-28.10%	1
Selenium South East

Selenium Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Selenium also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region with a requirement for Selenium.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	17
1	Python	100.0%	17
1	Test Automation	100.0%	17
4	Acceptance Criteria	94.1%	16
4	CI/CD	94.1%	16
6	Continuous Improvement	88.2%	15
6	Continuous Integration	88.2%	15
6	Defect Management	88.2%	15
6	Regression Testing	88.2%	15
10	API Testing	82.4%	14
10	Application Security	82.4%	14
10	AWS	82.4%	14
10	Coaching	82.4%	14
10	Containerisation	82.4%	14
10	Continuous Delivery	82.4%	14
10	Data Protection	82.4%	14
10	Data Validation	82.4%	14
10	DV Cleared	82.4%	14
10	Git	82.4%	14
10	Identity Access Management	82.4%	14
10	Infrastructure as Code	82.4%	14
10	Manual Testing	82.4%	14
10	Network Monitoring	82.4%	14
10	Performance Testing	82.4%	14
10	Relational Database	82.4%	14
10	SDLC	82.4%	14
10	Security Cleared	82.4%	14
10	Security Testing	82.4%	14
10	Software Testing	82.4%	14
10	SQL	82.4%	14

Selenium Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Git	82.4%	14
2	Cucumber	17.6%	3
2	SpecFlow	17.6%	3
4	JIRA	11.8%	2