Selenium Contracts in London

Selenium
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Selenium skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Selenium over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 213 200
Rank change year-on-year -36 -13 +54
Contract jobs citing Selenium 104 185 352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.83% 1.04% 1.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.73% 7.96% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 146 282
10th Percentile £318 £331 £406
25th Percentile £380 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -11.14% -
75th Percentile £463 £575 £695
90th Percentile £576 £638 £800
England median daily rate £425 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Development Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,814 2,325 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.46% 13.04% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 1,656 3,172
10th Percentile £350 £363 £413
25th Percentile £419 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £725
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 39
10th Percentile £22.93 £22.90 £48.20
25th Percentile £26.04 £25.99 £56.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -36.52% +29.21%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.31 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £71.25 £86.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Selenium in London.

Daily rate trend for Selenium in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Selenium in London.

Hourly rate trend for Selenium in London

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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 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London -27 18 £425 -15.00% 9
West London - 7 £400 - 2
South London +9 3 £380 +26.67%
Selenium
England

Selenium
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.77%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) JBoss
2 3 (2.88%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.92%) nginx
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.96%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.92%) NEC Housing
1 2 (1.92%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 34 (32.69%) AWS
2 19 (18.27%) Azure
3 14 (13.46%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (7.69%) GitHub
5 4 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.88%) SaaS
6 3 (2.88%) Tricentis Tosca
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.92%) BrowserStack
7 2 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.92%) GCP
7 2 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.92%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.96%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) SSH
2 1 (0.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.88%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.92%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.92%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.96%) Big Data
5 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.96%) MS Access
5 1 (0.96%) Power BI
5 1 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (44.23%) Jenkins
2 33 (31.73%) Postman
3 30 (28.85%) JIRA
4 26 (25.00%) Git
5 22 (21.15%) Cucumber
6 21 (20.19%) JMeter
7 20 (19.23%) REST Assured
8 17 (16.35%) JUnit
9 12 (11.54%) Appium
9 12 (11.54%) Cypress.io
9 12 (11.54%) GitLab
10 9 (8.65%) SpecFlow
10 9 (8.65%) WebDriver
11 7 (6.73%) Gatling
12 5 (4.81%) HP UFT
13 4 (3.85%) Bitbucket
13 4 (3.85%) LoadRunner
13 4 (3.85%) SoapUI
13 4 (3.85%) SonarQube
13 4 (3.85%) TestComplete
General
1 38 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.58%) Finance
4 7 (6.73%) Banking
4 7 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Automotive
7 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Marketing
7 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Test Engineer
2 20 (19.23%) Tester
3 18 (17.31%) Senior
4 16 (15.38%) Developer
5 14 (13.46%) Automation Tester
6 13 (12.50%) Senior Test Engineer
7 12 (11.54%) Python Engineer
7 12 (11.54%) QA Engineer
8 11 (10.58%) Analyst
8 11 (10.58%) Test Automation Engineer
9 9 (8.65%) Lead
9 9 (8.65%) Software Developer
9 9 (8.65%) Test Analyst
10 8 (7.69%) Developer in Test
11 6 (5.77%) Java Automation Tester
12 5 (4.81%) Automation Test Analyst
12 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
13 4 (3.85%) Java Developer
13 4 (3.85%) QA Analyst
13 4 (3.85%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (25.96%) REST
2 18 (17.31%) pytest
3 13 (12.50%) Playwright
4 9 (8.65%) .NET
5 7 (6.73%) Kafka
6 6 (5.77%) HTML
6 6 (5.77%) React
7 5 (4.81%) CSS
7 5 (4.81%) Gherkin
7 5 (4.81%) RESTful
7 5 (4.81%) SOAP
8 4 (3.85%) AngularJS
8 4 (3.85%) JSON
8 4 (3.85%) Play Framework
8 4 (3.85%) Spring Boot
8 4 (3.85%) Swagger
8 4 (3.85%) WireMock
9 3 (2.88%) Jest
9 3 (2.88%) JSP
9 3 (2.88%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Data Structures
1 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.92%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (1.92%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.96%) FMCG
5 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Life Science
5 1 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.96%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Android
3 4 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.88%) Linux
4 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (82.69%) Test Automation
2 57 (54.81%) CI/CD
3 40 (38.46%) Agile
4 31 (29.81%) Test Scripting
5 30 (28.85%) API Testing
6 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (25.00%) Test Strategy
8 25 (24.04%) Software Testing
9 22 (21.15%) DevOps
10 21 (20.19%) Scrum
10 21 (20.19%) SDET
11 19 (18.27%) BDD
11 19 (18.27%) Manual Testing
11 19 (18.27%) Regression Testing
12 18 (17.31%) Performance Testing
13 15 (14.42%) Integration Testing
14 12 (11.54%) Computer Science
14 12 (11.54%) Open Source
15 9 (8.65%) Security Testing
16 8 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (51.92%) Java
2 45 (43.27%) Python
3 25 (24.04%) JavaScript
4 18 (17.31%) C#
5 14 (13.46%) SQL
6 11 (10.58%) TypeScript
7 6 (5.77%) PHP
8 5 (4.81%) Ruby
9 4 (3.85%) C++
9 4 (3.85%) Scala
10 3 (2.88%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.88%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.92%) RPG
12 1 (0.96%) Bash
12 1 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 32 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (11.54%) Degree
3 10 (9.62%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (47.12%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
2 1 (0.96%) GxP
2 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.96%) NIST
2 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.96%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (0.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.77%) Docker
2 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.88%) Ansible
3 2 (1.92%) Terraform
4 1 (0.96%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.85%) Bloomberg
2 4 (3.85%) Reuters
3 3 (2.88%) Informatica
3 3 (2.88%) Oracle
3 3 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.88%) SAP
3 3 (2.88%) UiPath
4 2 (1.92%) Databricks
4 2 (1.92%) NEC
5 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.96%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.96%) Okta
5 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.96%) Splunk
5 1 (0.96%) Virgin Media