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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Selenium 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.41% 4.32% 1.34%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.00% 17.07% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £346 £319 £445
25th Percentile £385 £368 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -32.00% -7.92%
75th Percentile £488 £459 £738
90th Percentile £510 £540 £805
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £448 £425 £625
% change year-on-year +5.29% -32.00% -1.19%

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 50 41 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 23.47% 25.31% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 18 7
10th Percentile £329 £378 £383
25th Percentile £425 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £473 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +6.18% -19.09%
75th Percentile £556 £579 £513
90th Percentile £584 £627 £670
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £475 £445
% change year-on-year - +6.74% -19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.60 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.00 - -
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.40 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £44.00 - -

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium 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 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in Newcastle upon Tyne

Selenium
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Gatling
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) REST Assured
2 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) QA Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) API Testing
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) QA