Selenium
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Selenium skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Selenium over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 207 192
Rank change year-on-year -194 -15 -24
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 638 1,815 3,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 1.82% 2.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.69% 12.73% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 458 993 1,878
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £86,042 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £89,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Selenium is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,532 14,256 37,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.54% 14.33% 22.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,651 8,729 15,975
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Selenium.

Salary trend for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Selenium over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -186 512 £60,500 -0.82% 133
UK excluding London -187 452 £57,500 +4.55% 108
Work from Home -126 240 £62,500 +4.17% 74
South East -39 195 £60,500 +5.22% 40
London -147 163 £80,000 +14.29% 43
Scotland -66 82 £35,000 -38.88% 10
North of England -152 64 £50,000 -13.04% 31
South West -103 55 £60,250 +20.50% 5
Yorkshire -47 34 £53,500 +18.89% 12
North West -76 27 £47,500 -20.83% 17
Midlands -136 27 £50,000 -7.41% 16
Wales +9 23 £50,000 -7.40% 2
West Midlands -57 15 £49,000 -9.26% 12
East Midlands -85 12 £62,500 +19.05% 4
East of England -38 6 £57,500 +9.52% 3
North East -43 3 £52,500 -16.00% 2

Selenium
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (3.92%) Confluence
2 19 (2.98%) Apache
3 4 (0.63%) nginx
4 3 (0.47%) CMS
4 3 (0.47%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.16%) Drupal
5 1 (0.16%) JBoss
5 1 (0.16%) PrestaShop
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) Magento
1 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (28.37%) AWS
2 165 (25.86%) Azure
3 89 (13.95%) SaaS
4 60 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (7.84%) GCP
6 22 (3.45%) GitHub
7 18 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (2.66%) BrowserStack
9 15 (2.35%) OpenShift
10 10 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.25%) Slack
12 7 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.10%) Pulumi
12 7 (1.10%) Sauce Labs
13 6 (0.94%) BlazeMeter
13 6 (0.94%) Serverless
14 5 (0.78%) Datadog
15 4 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.63%) IBM Cloud
16 3 (0.47%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.04%) Network Security
2 4 (0.63%) Internet
3 2 (0.31%) Firewall
3 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) DHCP
4 1 (0.16%) DNS
4 1 (0.16%) HTTP
4 1 (0.16%) Multicast
4 1 (0.16%) SSL
4 1 (0.16%) VLAN
4 1 (0.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.43%) NoSQL
2 35 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 30 (4.70%) Relational Database
4 19 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.35%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.88%) Redis
7 10 (1.57%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.57%) MySQL
8 8 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.47%) Big Data
9 3 (0.47%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.16%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 196 (30.72%) Cypress.io
2 167 (26.18%) Git
3 161 (25.24%) Cucumber
4 141 (22.10%) Jenkins
5 140 (21.94%) WebDriver
6 121 (18.97%) JUnit
7 112 (17.55%) Postman
8 97 (15.20%) JIRA
9 73 (11.44%) Jasmine
10 65 (10.19%) Protractor
11 61 (9.56%) JMeter
12 60 (9.40%) Karma Test Runner
13 44 (6.90%) SoapUI
14 43 (6.74%) Visual Studio
15 42 (6.58%) SpecFlow
16 39 (6.11%) REST Assured
16 39 (6.11%) TestNG
17 37 (5.80%) Appium
18 32 (5.02%) TeamCity
19 27 (4.23%) NUnit
General
1 163 (25.55%) Finance
2 105 (16.46%) Social Skills
3 87 (13.64%) Banking
4 86 (13.48%) Law
5 84 (13.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (10.50%) Investment Banking
7 24 (3.76%) Aerospace
8 23 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 12 (1.88%) Games
11 12 (1.88%) Turkish Language
12 9 (1.41%) Marketing
13 7 (1.10%) Automotive
13 7 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.10%) Retail
14 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.94%) Multimedia
14 6 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 152 (23.82%) Lead
2 123 (19.28%) Developer
3 113 (17.71%) Senior
4 90 (14.11%) Software Engineer
5 88 (13.79%) Tester
6 67 (10.50%) Java Engineer
7 65 (10.19%) Java Software Engineer
8 60 (9.40%) Automation Tester
9 54 (8.46%) Test Engineer
10 47 (7.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 46 (7.21%) QA Engineer
12 44 (6.90%) Analyst
13 36 (5.64%) Senior Developer
14 34 (5.33%) Java Developer
14 34 (5.33%) Test Analyst
15 31 (4.86%) Test Leader
16 28 (4.39%) QA Leader
17 25 (3.92%) Lead Software Engineer
18 23 (3.61%) Test Automation Engineer
19 22 (3.45%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (26.02%) React
2 118 (18.50%) Jest
3 112 (17.55%) HTML
4 111 (17.40%) CSS
5 104 (16.30%) Spring
6 93 (14.58%) REST
7 90 (14.11%) JSON
8 86 (13.48%) .NET
9 83 (13.01%) AngularJS
10 68 (10.66%) jQuery
11 65 (10.19%) Node.js
12 63 (9.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 60 (9.40%) Hibernate
13 60 (9.40%) J2EE
13 60 (9.40%) JMS
14 46 (7.21%) Playwright
15 41 (6.43%) HTML5
16 39 (6.11%) RESTful
17 34 (5.33%) CSS3
17 34 (5.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.40%) Data Structures
2 21 (3.29%) Algorithms
3 20 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.82%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.57%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.25%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.10%) IoT
10 6 (0.94%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.94%) Hackathon
10 6 (0.94%) Social Media
11 5 (0.78%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.78%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.78%) Replication
12 3 (0.47%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.88%) Windows
2 10 (1.57%) Android
3 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.47%) Linux
5 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (60.97%) Test Automation
2 377 (59.09%) Agile
3 210 (32.92%) CI/CD
4 180 (28.21%) BDD
5 152 (23.82%) Software Testing
6 144 (22.57%) Software Engineering
7 136 (21.32%) DevOps
8 127 (19.91%) Artificial Intelligence
9 121 (18.97%) TDD
10 118 (18.50%) API Testing
11 103 (16.14%) SDET
12 99 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
12 99 (15.52%) Scrum
12 99 (15.52%) Test Scripting
13 98 (15.36%) Test Strategy
14 89 (13.95%) SDLC
15 84 (13.17%) Machine Learning
16 83 (13.01%) Mentoring
17 81 (12.70%) Web Development
18 75 (11.76%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 280 (43.89%) Java
2 240 (37.62%) JavaScript
3 174 (27.27%) C#
4 151 (23.67%) TypeScript
5 145 (22.73%) SQL
6 66 (10.34%) Python
7 42 (6.58%) PHP
8 13 (2.04%) C++
8 13 (2.04%) Kotlin
9 9 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.10%) Bash
10 7 (1.10%) Bicep
11 6 (0.94%) Go
12 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.63%) Ruby
13 3 (0.47%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.47%) XAML
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
14 1 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 112 (17.55%) Degree
2 60 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 53 (8.31%) ISTQB
4 31 (4.86%) DV Cleared
4 31 (4.86%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.45%) ISEB
6 17 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.63%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.31%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.31%) HND
10 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.16%) CCNA
10 1 (0.16%) CCNP
10 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.16%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (39.03%) QA
2 37 (5.80%) WCAG
3 15 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.72%) GDPR
5 8 (1.25%) PSD2
6 2 (0.31%) PMO
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 148 (23.20%) Docker
2 5 (0.78%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.47%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 130 (20.38%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.39%) Terraform
3 17 (2.66%) Ansible
4 9 (1.41%) Progress Chef
4 9 (1.41%) Puppet
5 7 (1.10%) MIIS
6 5 (0.78%) Argo
6 5 (0.78%) Kibana
7 4 (0.63%) Nagios
8 3 (0.47%) Control-M
8 3 (0.47%) logstash
8 3 (0.47%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.31%) Consul
9 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.16%) Iperf
10 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.16%) Nmap
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (7.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.17%) Google
3 28 (4.39%) Oracle
4 8 (1.25%) Duck Creek
4 8 (1.25%) Splunk
5 7 (1.10%) Databricks
6 5 (0.78%) New Relic
7 4 (0.63%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.63%) IBM
7 4 (0.63%) VMware
8 3 (0.47%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.47%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.47%) SAP
9 2 (0.31%) Finsemble
9 2 (0.31%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.16%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.16%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.16%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.16%) SaltStack
10 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow