Selenium Contracts in the Thames Valley

Selenium
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 105 121
Rank change year-on-year +40 +16 +20
Contract jobs citing Selenium 37 40 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.45% 1.49% 1.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.90% 15.44% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 26
10th Percentile £500 £455 £363
25th Percentile £500 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £544
Median % change year-on-year - +14.94% +14.47%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £608
90th Percentile - £703 £619
South East median daily rate £625 £588 £534
% change year-on-year +6.38% +10.07% +11.20%

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 177 259 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.71% 9.64% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 158 212
10th Percentile £359 £329 £363
25th Percentile £452 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.04% +12.37%
75th Percentile £589 £650 £629
90th Percentile £638 £688 £723
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 2
10th Percentile £26.28 - £53.13
25th Percentile £34.43 £46.25 £55.94
Median hourly rate £48.00 £55.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -10.20% -6.49%
75th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £65.94
90th Percentile £73.60 - £68.38
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £62.50 £56.24
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.14% +2.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Selenium in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Selenium in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Selenium in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Selenium in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +29 37 £625 - 5
Selenium
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (67.57%) Azure
2 13 (35.14%) AWS
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) Azure API Management
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Functions
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (8.11%) Serverless
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Jenkins
2 13 (35.14%) Cucumber
2 13 (35.14%) GitLab
2 13 (35.14%) JIRA
2 13 (35.14%) REST Assured
3 11 (29.73%) Git
4 9 (24.32%) SonarQube
5 1 (2.70%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Law
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.81%) Electronics
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 4 (10.81%) Police
5 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Azure Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Java Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Java Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Java Developer
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 3 (8.11%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Python Developer
5 2 (5.41%) React Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Lead
6 1 (2.70%) Test Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) Java EE
1 13 (35.14%) REST
2 9 (24.32%) ARM Templates
3 6 (16.22%) ADO
4 3 (8.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Algorithms
1 6 (16.22%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (13.51%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (83.78%) Test Automation
2 27 (72.97%) DevOps
3 18 (48.65%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (40.54%) Agile
5 13 (35.14%) Configuration Management
5 13 (35.14%) Software Architecture
5 13 (35.14%) Software Engineering
5 13 (35.14%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
7 9 (24.32%) Containerisation
7 9 (24.32%) Decision-Making
7 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (24.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (16.22%) Exploratory Testing
8 6 (16.22%) Functional Testing
8 6 (16.22%) Mathematics
8 6 (16.22%) Optimization Problems
8 6 (16.22%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (16.22%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (78.38%) Java
2 22 (59.46%) Python
3 7 (18.92%) Bash
3 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Ansible
1 9 (24.32%) Docker Swarm
1 9 (24.32%) Kubernetes
1 9 (24.32%) Podman
1 9 (24.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) SAP