Selenium Contracts in the North East

Selenium
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 24 33
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +17
Contract jobs citing Selenium 3 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.06% 3.39% 1.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.77% 16.33% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £333 £321 £430
25th Percentile £353 £389 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £425 £675
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% -37.04% +7.36%
75th Percentile £418 £476 £850
90th Percentile £437 £525 -
England median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

All Development Application Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 52 49 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 18.37% 20.76% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 19 24
10th Percentile £379 £385 £350
25th Percentile £452 £413 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £570 £572 £543
90th Percentile £581 £606 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £37.60 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% - -16.79%
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.40 £65.97 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Selenium in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Selenium in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in the North East over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Tyne and Wear -11 2 £385 -9.41% 4
Durham - 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Appium
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer in Test
2 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDET
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) QA