Selenium Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Selenium
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Selenium 7 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.62% 3.33% 0.65%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.86% 12.77% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile £338 £368 -
25th Percentile £350 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -28.00%
75th Percentile £500 £469 £475
90th Percentile £535 £555 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £448 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.29% -5.56% -28.00%

All Development Application Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 71 47 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 26.59% 26.11% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 28 7
10th Percentile £359 £321 £383
25th Percentile £425 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £575 £480 £475
90th Percentile £598 £593 £505
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £37.70 - -
25th Percentile £40.25 - -
Median hourly rate £48.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.25 - -
90th Percentile £54.30 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 - -

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Selenium job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Selenium
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Selenium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Selenium

Selenium
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in Newcastle upon Tyne

Selenium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Cucumber
2 4 (57.14%) REST Assured
3 3 (42.86%) JMeter
4 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
4 2 (28.57%) Gatling
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Postman
4 2 (28.57%) TestRail
5 1 (14.29%) Git
5 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Automation Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) QA Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) REST
1 3 (42.86%) WireMock
2 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
3 1 (14.29%) Playwright
3 1 (14.29%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) API Testing
2 5 (71.43%) BDD
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Testing
3 4 (57.14%) QA Automation
3 4 (57.14%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker