Selenium Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Selenium
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 30 19 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +21
Contract jobs citing Selenium 2 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.93% 4.91% 2.53%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.44% 21.62% 13.16%
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% +6.72%
75th Percentile £418 £476 £850
90th Percentile £437 £525 -
North East median daily rate £385 £425 £675
% change year-on-year -9.41% -37.04% +7.36%

All Development Application Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 45 37 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 20.93% 22.70% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 18 23
10th Percentile £378 £378 £350
25th Percentile £455 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £549
90th Percentile £584 £600 £775
North East median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.60 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.00 - -
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.40 - -
North East median hourly rate £44.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.72% - -16.79%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in Tyne and Wear

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Selenium in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Selenium in Tyne and Wear

Selenium
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in Tyne and Wear

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Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 2 £385 -9.41% 4
Selenium
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) WireMock
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA