Selenium Contracts in London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Selenium skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Selenium England / London
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	120	154	160
Rank change year-on-year	+34	+6
Contract jobs citing Selenium	463	355	336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	2.22%	1.63%	1.46%
As % of the Development Applications category	11.84%	9.38%	10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted	313	254	227
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£342	£320	£306
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£572	£575	£525
UK excluding London median daily rate	£370	£350	£350
% change year-on-year	+5.71%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
Median hourly rate	-	-	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	£48.50	£25.50
% change year-on-year	-2.06%	+90.19%

Selenium is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	3910	3785	3275
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	18.78%	17.38%	14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	2860	2839	2362
Median daily rate	£485	£450	£428
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.77%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£350	£338	£315
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£363
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	8	16
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£43.63	£32.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-8.30%	+34.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£31.35	£31.00	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£55.00	£90.08	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.25	£42.00	£37.04
% change year-on-year	+2.97%	+13.39%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London citing Selenium as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in London

Selenium
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Selenium in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Selenium in London

Selenium
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Selenium in London over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Selenium in London

Selenium
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Selenium in London

Selenium
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the London region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+19	107	£450	+5.88%	35
Croydon	-7	5	-	-
West End of London	+11	4	£400	-15.78%	7
Osterley	-	3	£500	-
Twickenham	-	1	£250	-
Greenwich	-	1	£410	-
Hammersmith	-	1	£325	-
Wimbledon	-	1	£300	-
Selenium England

Selenium
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Selenium also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region with a requirement for Selenium.

1	597 (68.07%)	Agile Software Development
2	540 (61.57%)	Test Automation
3	429 (48.92%)	Java
4	328 (37.40%)	Cucumber
5	278 (31.70%)	BDD
6	272 (31.01%)	JavaScript
7	265 (30.22%)	TDD
8	251 (28.62%)	Jenkins
9	231 (26.34%)	QA
10	228 (26.00%)	WebDriver
11	225 (25.66%)	JIRA
12	210 (23.95%)	Scrum
13	190 (21.66%)	SQL
14	187 (21.32%)	Git (software)
15	177 (20.18%)	HTML

16	173 (19.73%)	AngularJS
17	162 (18.47%)	CSS
18	157 (17.90%)	Finance
19	149 (16.99%)	C#
19	149 (16.99%)	Banking
20	146 (16.65%)	Continuous Integration
21	143 (16.31%)	.NET
22	141 (16.08%)	Node.js
23	135 (15.39%)	DevOps
24	132 (15.05%)	Web Services
25	119 (13.57%)	RESTful
26	118 (13.45%)	E-Commerce
27	113 (12.88%)	JUnit
28	111 (12.66%)	Kanban
29	109 (12.43%)	Spring

Selenium
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	63 (7.18%)	Confluence
2	37 (4.22%)	Tomcat
3	26 (2.96%)	Elasticsearch
4	22 (2.51%)	Oracle SOA Suite
5	19 (2.17%)	Cloud Foundry
6	18 (2.05%)	CMS
6	18 (2.05%)	JBoss
6	18 (2.05%)	WebSphere
7	13 (1.48%)	Mule
8	11 (1.25%)	Apache Solr
8	11 (1.25%)	nginx
9	10 (1.14%)	Adobe Experience Manager
9	10 (1.14%)	Anypoint
9	10 (1.14%)	WebLogic
10	6 (0.68%)	Apache
10	6 (0.68%)	Sitecore CMS
11	4 (0.46%)	Drupal
11	4 (0.46%)	EPiServer
12	3 (0.34%)	MQSeries
13	2 (0.23%)	ATG Dynamo

Applications
1	20 (2.28%)	Microsoft Excel
2	13 (1.48%)	OmniGraffle
3	12 (1.37%)	Adobe Creative Suite
4	3 (0.34%)	Microsoft Office
5	2 (0.23%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	2 (0.23%)	Mingle
5	2 (0.23%)	MS Visio
5	2 (0.23%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	19 (2.17%)	Payment Gateway
2	12 (1.37%)	Magento
3	7 (0.80%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	4 (0.46%)	Eloqua
5	3 (0.34%)	Dynamics CRM
6	2 (0.23%)	FastStats
7	1 (0.11%)	CSG Singleview
7	1 (0.11%)	IntelliMatch
7	1 (0.11%)	Oracle Applications
7	1 (0.11%)	Sonata
7	1 (0.11%)	Tercero

Cloud Services
1	60 (6.84%)	Amazon AWS
2	54 (6.16%)	Microsoft Azure
3	51 (5.82%)	GitHub
4	20 (2.28%)	PaaS
5	12 (1.37%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
6	11 (1.25%)	IaaS
6	11 (1.25%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
7	10 (1.14%)	BrowserStack
8	8 (0.91%)	Basecamp
9	5 (0.57%)	SaaS
9	5 (0.57%)	Sauce Labs
10	4 (0.46%)	Adobe Analytics
10	4 (0.46%)	Bluemix
10	4 (0.46%)	IBM Cloud
11	3 (0.34%)	Azure Active Directory
11	3 (0.34%)	Google Play
11	3 (0.34%)	Loggly
12	2 (0.23%)	AWS CloudFormation
12	2 (0.23%)	Slack
12	2 (0.23%)	vREST

Communications & Networking
1	26 (2.96%)	Internet
2	21 (2.39%)	HTTP
3	3 (0.34%)	DNS
3	3 (0.34%)	Intranet
3	3 (0.34%)	LDAP
3	3 (0.34%)	NetScaler
3	3 (0.34%)	SSL
4	2 (0.23%)	PuTTY
4	2 (0.23%)	SMS
5	1 (0.11%)	Firewall
5	1 (0.11%)	SNMP
5	1 (0.11%)	WinSCP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	64 (7.30%)	Relational Database
2	46 (5.25%)	MongoDB
3	35 (3.99%)	DB2
4	25 (2.85%)	RDBMS
4	25 (2.85%)	SQL Server
5	22 (2.51%)	MySQL
6	19 (2.17%)	Big Data
6	19 (2.17%)	Endeca
7	17 (1.94%)	Redis
8	15 (1.71%)	NoSQL
9	13 (1.48%)	DbVisualizer
10	12 (1.37%)	Oracle Database
11	9 (1.03%)	PostgreSQL
12	7 (0.80%)	Couchbase
12	7 (0.80%)	Hadoop
13	6 (0.68%)	Data Warehouse
13	6 (0.68%)	SQL Server 2012
14	5 (0.57%)	SQL Server 2008
15	4 (0.46%)	HBase
15	4 (0.46%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	328 (37.40%)	Cucumber
2	251 (28.62%)	Jenkins
3	228 (26.00%)	WebDriver
4	225 (25.66%)	JIRA
5	187 (21.32%)	Git (software)
6	113 (12.88%)	JUnit
7	95 (10.83%)	Maven
8	65 (7.41%)	gulp
8	65 (7.41%)	Jasmine
9	61 (6.96%)	Subversion
10	57 (6.50%)	JMeter
10	57 (6.50%)	SpecFlow
11	56 (6.39%)	SoapUI
11	56 (6.39%)	TeamCity
12	52 (5.93%)	JBehave
13	50 (5.70%)	Protractor
14	46 (5.25%)	Grunt
14	46 (5.25%)	HP UFT
14	46 (5.25%)	Hudson
15	45 (5.13%)	Mockito

General
1	157 (17.90%)	Finance
2	149 (16.99%)	Banking
3	107 (12.20%)	Retail
4	35 (3.99%)	Investment Banking
5	27 (3.08%)	Games
6	24 (2.74%)	Front Office
7	18 (2.05%)	Marketing
8	17 (1.94%)	Retail Banking
9	16 (1.82%)	Telecoms
10	13 (1.48%)	Advertising
11	9 (1.03%)	Publishing
12	8 (0.91%)	Legal
13	7 (0.80%)	Electronics
13	7 (0.80%)	Manufacturing
14	5 (0.57%)	Law
15	2 (0.23%)	Back Office
15	2 (0.23%)	Financial Institution
15	2 (0.23%)	International Banking
15	2 (0.23%)	Music Industry
15	2 (0.23%)	Wholesale Banking

Job Titles
1	352 (40.14%)	Developer
2	179 (20.41%)	Tester
3	134 (15.28%)	Automation Tester
4	109 (12.43%)	Analyst
5	97 (11.06%)	Java Developer
6	92 (10.49%)	Test Analyst
7	85 (9.69%)	JavaScript Developer
8	82 (9.35%)	Angular Developer
9	71 (8.10%)	Test Engineer
10	65 (7.41%)	QA Engineer
11	58 (6.61%)	Senior Developer
12	54 (6.16%)	Developer in Test
13	49 (5.59%)	Full Stack Developer
14	48 (5.47%)	Automation Test Analyst
14	48 (5.47%)	Selenium Tester
15	39 (4.45%)	DevOps Engineer
15	39 (4.45%)	Test Automation Engineer
16	37 (4.22%)	Selenium Automation Tester
17	34 (3.88%)	Node.js Developer
18	32 (3.65%)	QA Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	177 (20.18%)	HTML
2	173 (19.73%)	AngularJS
3	162 (18.47%)	CSS
4	143 (16.31%)	.NET
5	141 (16.08%)	Node.js
6	132 (15.05%)	Web Services
7	119 (13.57%)	RESTful
8	109 (12.43%)	Spring
9	105 (11.97%)	SOAP
10	98 (11.17%)	HTML5
11	88 (10.03%)	React
12	84 (9.58%)	XML
13	73 (8.32%)	REST
14	66 (7.53%)	Gherkin
15	63 (7.18%)	CSS3
15	63 (7.18%)	J2EE
16	56 (6.39%)	ASP.NET
16	56 (6.39%)	jQuery
17	53 (6.04%)	JSON
18	51 (5.82%)	ASP.NET MVC

Miscellaneous
1	47 (5.36%)	Greenfield Project
2	45 (5.13%)	Analytical Skills
3	44 (5.02%)	Mobile App
4	42 (4.79%)	User Experience
5	31 (3.53%)	Enterprise Software
6	27 (3.08%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
7	20 (2.28%)	iPad
8	19 (2.17%)	Social Media
9	17 (1.94%)	Fintech
10	14 (1.60%)	Computer Science
10	14 (1.60%)	Fixed Income
11	10 (1.14%)	Data Centre
11	10 (1.14%)	Data Structures
12	8 (0.91%)	Derivative
13	7 (0.80%)	Online Banking
14	5 (0.57%)	Cloud Native
14	5 (0.57%)	Equities
14	5 (0.57%)	Linux Command Line
14	5 (0.57%)	Mobile Banking
15	4 (0.46%)	OTC Derivatives

Operating Systems
1	86 (9.81%)	Unix
2	80 (9.12%)	Linux
3	27 (3.08%)	Android
3	27 (3.08%)	Apple iOS
4	17 (1.94%)	Windows
5	7 (0.80%)	CentOS
6	5 (0.57%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	2 (0.23%)	Oracle Linux
7	2 (0.23%)	Ubuntu
7	2 (0.23%)	Windows Server
8	1 (0.11%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.11%)	OpenVMS
8	1 (0.11%)	Solaris
8	1 (0.11%)	VMS
8	1 (0.11%)	Windows Server 2003
8	1 (0.11%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	597 (68.07%)	Agile Software Development
2	540 (61.57%)	Test Automation
3	278 (31.70%)	BDD
4	265 (30.22%)	TDD
5	210 (23.95%)	Scrum
6	146 (16.65%)	Continuous Integration
7	135 (15.39%)	DevOps
8	118 (13.45%)	E-Commerce
9	111 (12.66%)	Kanban
10	100 (11.40%)	Microservices
11	98 (11.17%)	Test Scripting
12	92 (10.49%)	MVC
13	81 (9.24%)	Regression Testing
14	80 (9.12%)	OO
15	73 (8.32%)	Test Strategy
16	67 (7.64%)	Performance Testing
17	65 (7.41%)	Unit Testing
18	63 (7.18%)	Mentoring
18	63 (7.18%)	Open Source
19	59 (6.73%)	API Testing

Programming Languages
1	429 (48.92%)	Java
2	272 (31.01%)	JavaScript
3	190 (21.66%)	SQL
4	149 (16.99%)	C#
5	88 (10.03%)	Python
6	65 (7.41%)	Ruby
7	36 (4.10%)	Shell Script
8	34 (3.88%)	ES6
9	29 (3.31%)	Perl
10	19 (2.17%)	Bash Shell
10	19 (2.17%)	Scala
11	16 (1.82%)	PL/SQL
12	15 (1.71%)	VBA
13	14 (1.60%)	PHP
14	13 (1.48%)	Groovy
15	12 (1.37%)	R
16	11 (1.25%)	Apex Code
16	11 (1.25%)	SOQL
16	11 (1.25%)	XPath
17	9 (1.03%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	37 (4.22%)	ISTQB
2	36 (4.10%)	Security Cleared
3	30 (3.42%)	ISEB
4	26 (2.96%)	Degree
5	16 (1.82%)	SC Cleared
6	12 (1.37%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
7	10 (1.14%)	DV Cleared
8	7 (0.80%)	Computer Science Degree
9	2 (0.23%)	BPSS Clearance
9	2 (0.23%)	ISEB Practitioner
10	1 (0.11%)	CTC Cleared
10	1 (0.11%)	Postgraduate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	231 (26.34%)	QA
2	20 (2.28%)	MiFID
3	12 (1.37%)	EMIR
4	11 (1.25%)	Dodd-Frank
5	2 (0.23%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	1 (0.11%)	PCI DSS
6	1 (0.11%)	PMO

System Software
1	81 (9.24%)	Docker
2	6 (0.68%)	Virtual Machines
3	5 (0.57%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.23%)	Active Directory
4	2 (0.23%)	HDFS
4	2 (0.23%)	Hyper-V
4	2 (0.23%)	KVM
4	2 (0.23%)	LXC
5	1 (0.11%)	Squid
5	1 (0.11%)	VirtualBox
5	1 (0.11%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	53 (6.04%)	Ansible
2	42 (4.79%)	Puppet
3	35 (3.99%)	Opscode Chef
4	18 (2.05%)	HP Quality Center
5	14 (1.60%)	Nagios
6	6 (0.68%)	Rancher
6	6 (0.68%)	Terraform
7	5 (0.57%)	Graphite
8	4 (0.46%)	CA Service Virtualization
8	4 (0.46%)	Kubernetes
8	4 (0.46%)	logstash
8	4 (0.46%)	Rundeck
9	3 (0.34%)	ZABBIX
10	2 (0.23%)	Business Desktop Deployment
10	2 (0.23%)	Forefront Identity Manager
10	2 (0.23%)	Kibana
10	2 (0.23%)	OpenAM
10	2 (0.23%)	SCOrch
11	1 (0.11%)	ITRS Geneos
11	1 (0.11%)	yum

Vendors
1	85 (9.69%)	Oracle
2	28 (3.19%)	Splunk
3	25 (2.85%)	Microsoft
4	24 (2.74%)	Salesforce.com
5	23 (2.62%)	ATG
6	22 (2.51%)	HP
6	22 (2.51%)	IBM
7	21 (2.39%)	Atlassian
8	20 (2.28%)	AppDynamics
9	17 (1.94%)	Adobe
10	16 (1.82%)	MuleSoft
10	16 (1.82%)	New Relic
10	16 (1.82%)	Perforce
11	14 (1.60%)	hybris
12	10 (1.14%)	CA Agile Central
13	9 (1.03%)	Telerik
14	8 (0.91%)	Apple
14	8 (0.91%)	Google
14	8 (0.91%)	Murex
14	8 (0.91%)	Sybase