Selenium Contract Job Trends in Wales

Selenium
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in 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 34 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Selenium 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.43% - 0.62%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.90% - 5.88%
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
UK median daily rate £425 £484 £500
% change year-on-year -12.14% -3.25% -

All Development Application Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 42 61 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 12.03% 15.37% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 41
10th Percentile £256 £209 £413
25th Percentile £293 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -12.83% +0.88%
75th Percentile £488 £548 £638
90th Percentile - £594 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.17% -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Selenium

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Selenium

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Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales - 5 £312 - 1
Selenium
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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