Selenium Contracts in the South East

Selenium
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 140 140
Rank change year-on-year +36 0 +26
Contract jobs citing Selenium 42 57 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.44% 1.04% 1.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.07% 10.50% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 39 48
10th Percentile £402 £413 £393
25th Percentile £500 £513 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +13.21% +14.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £594
90th Percentile £651 £688 £619
England median daily rate £425 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £67.00
25th Percentile - £36.75 £72.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £38.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -48.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £38.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +29.87% -48.67% +50.00%

All Development Application Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 348 543 720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.93% 9.92% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 335 471
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £406 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £555 £619 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 37 37
10th Percentile £47.25 £42.45 £22.16
25th Percentile £49.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £56.47
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +15.11% -1.79%
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £71.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £57.75 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -11.15% +5.69% +17.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Selenium in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Selenium in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Selenium in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley +24 34 £563 -9.96% 77
Berkshire +20 34 £563 -9.96% 48
Surrey - 6 £656 - 20
Hampshire +20 2 - - 35
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) Apache Solr
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (4.76%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 26 (61.90%) Azure
2 13 (30.95%) AWS
3 12 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (11.90%) Azure API Management
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (38.10%) JIRA
2 15 (35.71%) Cucumber
2 15 (35.71%) GitLab
3 14 (33.33%) Jenkins
4 13 (30.95%) REST Assured
5 10 (23.81%) Git
6 9 (21.43%) SonarQube
7 4 (9.52%) JUnit
8 3 (7.14%) Appium
8 3 (7.14%) WebDriver
9 2 (4.76%) Maven
9 2 (4.76%) Postman
9 2 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (2.38%) Cypress.io
10 1 (2.38%) JMeter
10 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 14 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Law
4 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.52%) Electronics
5 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.52%) Marketing
5 4 (9.52%) Police
5 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.76%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Java Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Java Software Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Azure Developer
3 6 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Java Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Lead
5 4 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Product Manager
6 3 (7.14%) QA Manager
6 3 (7.14%) QA Test Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Strategy Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Test Strategy Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Test Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.38%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (40.48%) REST
2 13 (30.95%) Java EE
3 9 (21.43%) ARM Templates
4 5 (11.90%) ADO
5 3 (7.14%) React
6 2 (4.76%) Ajax
6 2 (4.76%) JAXB
6 2 (4.76%) JAX-RS
6 2 (4.76%) JAX-WS
6 2 (4.76%) JSON
6 2 (4.76%) SOAP
6 2 (4.76%) Web Services
6 2 (4.76%) XML
6 2 (4.76%) XSD
6 2 (4.76%) XSL
6 2 (4.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 5 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 5 (11.90%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 29 (69.05%) DevOps
3 19 (45.24%) Continuous Integration
4 17 (40.48%) Agile
5 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (30.95%) CI/CD
6 13 (30.95%) Configuration Management
6 13 (30.95%) Software Architecture
6 13 (30.95%) Software Engineering
6 13 (30.95%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (21.43%) Containerisation
7 9 (21.43%) Decision-Making
7 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (19.05%) Exploratory Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 6 (14.29%) Functional Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Manual Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
9 6 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 31 (73.81%) Java
2 18 (42.86%) Python
3 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
4 6 (14.29%) Bash
5 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.76%) SQL
5 2 (4.76%) XPath
6 1 (2.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 15 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Degree
4 3 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Docker
2 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (21.43%) Ansible
1 9 (21.43%) Docker Swarm
1 9 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 9 (21.43%) Podman
1 9 (21.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle