Selenium Contract Job Trends in Newport

Selenium
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Selenium 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 17.14% - 0.91%
As % of the Development Applications category 66.67% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £638
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.86%
75th Percentile £725 - £644
90th Percentile £733 - -
South Wales median daily rate £675 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -20.93%

All Development Application Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 25.71% 13.24% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 14
10th Percentile - - £302
25th Percentile £638 £606 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +2.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £725 £619 £642
90th Percentile £733 - £705
South Wales median daily rate £375 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -23.47% -6.67% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £20.24 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -22.17% -

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Selenium job vacancy trend in Newport

Selenium
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Selenium

Selenium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) GitHub
3 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JMeter
1 6 (100.00%) MSTest
1 6 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Automation Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Automation Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (66.67%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) API Testing
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
6 1 (16.67%) SDET
6 1 (16.67%) SOLID
6 1 (16.67%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft