Selenium Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Selenium
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Selenium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 218 266
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 -72
Contract jobs citing Selenium 168 141 149
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.93% 0.95% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.41% 7.29% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 100 124
10th Percentile £302 £347 £358
25th Percentile £356 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £619 £488
90th Percentile £593 £651 £568
UK median daily rate £464 £470 £440
% change year-on-year -1.33% +6.82% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,621 1,934 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.45% 13.02% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,807 1,176 1,682
10th Percentile £320 £325 £360
25th Percentile £400 £399 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -5.41% -2.33%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £600
90th Percentile £643 £656 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.74% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 75 183
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £46.18
25th Percentile £55.88 £54.18 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.80 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.84%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Selenium relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Selenium job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Selenium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Selenium

Selenium
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Selenium in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Selenium in the UK excluding London

Selenium
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Selenium.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Selenium

Selenium
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Selenium in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Selenium in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Midlands +2 56 £475 +11.76% 7
North of England -15 54 £374 -12.12% 18
West Midlands -1 45 £491 -15.53% 3
Yorkshire -28 31 £372 -11.95% 7
South East -48 24 £488 -21.69% 38
North West -24 17 £325 -13.33% 7
South West -17 12 £520 +6.67% 8
East Midlands -9 11 £360 -4.00% 4
Wales - 11 £675 -
North East -3 6 £460 -9.14% 4
East of England -18 6 - - 7
Scotland -4 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland -7 3 - -
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UK

Selenium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (10.12%) SAS
2 10 (5.95%) Confluence
3 8 (4.76%) Apache
3 8 (4.76%) JBoss
3 8 (4.76%) WebLogic
4 5 (2.98%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.19%) Appian
6 1 (0.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.60%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.19%) Maximo
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 54 (32.14%) Azure
2 45 (26.79%) AWS
3 33 (19.64%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (12.50%) OpenShift
5 19 (11.31%) GitHub
6 18 (10.71%) GCP
7 9 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (4.17%) Power Platform
9 7 (4.17%) Serverless
10 6 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.57%) SaaS
11 5 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.98%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.98%) Datadog
11 5 (2.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (2.98%) npm
11 5 (2.98%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) HTTP
1 1 (0.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.95%) MongoDB
2 9 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.17%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.57%) MySQL
5 5 (2.98%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 2 (1.19%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.19%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 57 (33.93%) Cucumber
2 56 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 53 (31.55%) Git
4 46 (27.38%) GitLab
5 45 (26.79%) JUnit
6 39 (23.21%) Postman
7 37 (22.02%) JIRA
8 31 (18.45%) Cypress.io
8 31 (18.45%) REST Assured
9 19 (11.31%) JMeter
10 17 (10.12%) Maven
11 14 (8.33%) Bitbucket
12 13 (7.74%) SonarQube
12 13 (7.74%) WebDriver
13 11 (6.55%) TestRail
14 10 (5.95%) Mockito
15 9 (5.36%) SpecFlow
16 8 (4.76%) Eclipse
16 8 (4.76%) IntelliJ
16 8 (4.76%) MSTest
General
1 49 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.69%) Public Sector
3 22 (13.10%) Finance
4 9 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.76%) Banking
6 4 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.79%) Automotive
7 3 (1.79%) Retail
7 3 (1.79%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.60%) Billing
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.60%) Local Government
9 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (23.21%) Test Engineer
2 37 (22.02%) Lead
3 29 (17.26%) Senior
3 29 (17.26%) Tester
4 26 (15.48%) Automation Tester
5 19 (11.31%) Test Automation Engineer
6 16 (9.52%) Test Specialist
7 13 (7.74%) Developer
7 13 (7.74%) QA Leader
8 12 (7.14%) Test Leader
9 11 (6.55%) Lead Test Engineer
10 10 (5.95%) Analyst
10 10 (5.95%) Automation Test Lead
10 10 (5.95%) Test Analyst
11 9 (5.36%) Java Developer
11 9 (5.36%) Senior Automation Tester
11 9 (5.36%) Senior Tester
12 8 (4.76%) Test Automation Specialist
13 7 (4.17%) Java Engineer
13 7 (4.17%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (33.33%) REST
2 34 (20.24%) Playwright
3 24 (14.29%) JSON
4 22 (13.10%) Spring
5 21 (12.50%) .NET
6 19 (11.31%) HTML
7 17 (10.12%) pytest
8 15 (8.93%) SOAP
9 14 (8.33%) Hibernate
9 14 (8.33%) React
10 13 (7.74%) Gherkin
10 13 (7.74%) OpenID
10 13 (7.74%) Spring Boot
11 12 (7.14%) XML
12 11 (6.55%) Node.js
12 11 (6.55%) SailPoint
13 9 (5.36%) LDAP
13 9 (5.36%) RESTful
13 9 (5.36%) Web Services
14 8 (4.76%) J2SE
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.98%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.19%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.19%) NHS
5 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.60%) FMCG
6 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.60%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.60%) PDA
6 1 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.76%) Unix
2 6 (3.57%) Linux
3 5 (2.98%) Windows
4 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (82.74%) Test Automation
2 94 (55.95%) Agile
2 94 (55.95%) CI/CD
3 77 (45.83%) DevOps
4 64 (38.10%) Test Strategy
5 53 (31.55%) Test Scripting
6 41 (24.40%) Scrum
7 40 (23.81%) API Testing
7 40 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (18.45%) Regression Testing
9 31 (18.45%) Software Testing
10 30 (17.86%) BDD
11 29 (17.26%) Microservices
12 28 (16.67%) Containerisation
13 26 (15.48%) Software Engineering
13 26 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (13.10%) Manual Testing
14 22 (13.10%) TDD
15 21 (12.50%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (40.48%) Java
2 44 (26.19%) Python
3 37 (22.02%) SQL
4 33 (19.64%) C#
4 33 (19.64%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.36%) Scala
6 7 (4.17%) PHP
6 7 (4.17%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.19%) Bash
7 2 (1.19%) Groovy
7 2 (1.19%) XPath
8 1 (0.60%) Go
8 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 40 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.52%) ISTQB
4 11 (6.55%) Degree
5 7 (4.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.60%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (29.17%) QA
2 13 (7.74%) WCAG
3 10 (5.95%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.19%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.19%) NIST
6 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.60%) HL7
6 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.60%) SLA
6 1 (0.60%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 44 (26.19%) Docker
2 3 (1.79%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 31 (18.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.33%) Puppet
3 10 (5.95%) Ansible
3 10 (5.95%) Grafana
4 8 (4.76%) Terraform
5 6 (3.57%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.98%) Kibana
6 5 (2.98%) Podman
6 5 (2.98%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.19%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.60%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 17 (10.12%) Oracle
2 10 (5.95%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.76%) webMethods
4 5 (2.98%) Splunk
4 5 (2.98%) Veracode
5 2 (1.19%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.19%) Cisco
5 2 (1.19%) Google
5 2 (1.19%) IBM
5 2 (1.19%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe
6 1 (0.60%) Brio
6 1 (0.60%) Cerner
6 1 (0.60%) Dundas
6 1 (0.60%) HP
6 1 (0.60%) MEDITECH
6 1 (0.60%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.60%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.60%) Virgin Media