Selenium Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Selenium
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Selenium skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Selenium 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.98% - 0.74%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.13% - 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile £305 - £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £312 - £531
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.06%
75th Percentile £331 - £592
90th Percentile £365 - £623
Wales median daily rate £312 - £531
% change year-on-year - - +18.06%

All Development Application Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 31 58 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 12.25% 17.47% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 43 39
10th Percentile £229 £209 £413
25th Percentile £256 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £503 £600
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -16.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £433 £547 £638
90th Percentile £518 £580 £700
Wales median daily rate £419 £501 £575
% change year-on-year -16.46% -12.83% +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.17% -
Wales median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -22.17% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Selenium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Selenium

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Selenium.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Selenium

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
Cardiff - 5 £312 - 2
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Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (80.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (20.00%) Appium
2 1 (20.00%) NUnit
2 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 3 (60.00%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) Blazor
2 3 (60.00%) GWT
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Product Management
2 4 (80.00%) Product Requirements
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Testing
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB