The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT jobs advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Brighton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 46 54 58
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 35 25 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 4.563% 3.307% 1.452%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.88% 13.66% 8.750%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 7
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
All Development Applications
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
160 183 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 20.86% 24.21% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 141 161 78
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,600 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Selenium
East Sussex

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Selenium across the Brighton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Brighton Selenium Jobs Demand Trend

Selenium
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Selenium across the Brighton region.

Brighton Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region citing Selenium also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Selenium.

1 36 (67.92%) SQL
2 23 (43.40%) WebDriver
3 21 (39.62%) Cucumber
4 18 (33.96%) QA
4 18 (33.96%) ISTQB
5 17 (32.08%) Automated Testing
5 17 (32.08%) QuickTest Pro
6 15 (28.30%) ISEB
6 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
7 14 (26.42%) Scrum
7 14 (26.42%) Finance
8 13 (24.53%) TDD
8 13 (24.53%) Windows
8 13 (24.53%) HTML
8 13 (24.53%) SQL Server
8 13 (24.53%) Social Media
9 12 (22.64%) JIRA
9 12 (22.64%) Test Scripting
10 10 (18.87%) Degree
10 10 (18.87%) BDD
10 10 (18.87%) C#
10 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
10 10 (18.87%) Ruby
11 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
11 9 (16.98%) SpecFlow
12 8 (15.09%) Test Automation
12 8 (15.09%) jQuery
12 8 (15.09%) Manual Testing
12 8 (15.09%) .NET
12 8 (15.09%) ASP.NET

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region citing Selenium also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Selenium. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (24.53%) HTML
2 8 (15.09%) .NET
2 8 (15.09%) ASP.NET
2 8 (15.09%) CSS
2 8 (15.09%) jQuery
3 6 (11.32%) CSS3
4 5 (9.434%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.547%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.434%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 23 (43.40%) WebDriver
2 21 (39.62%) Cucumber
3 17 (32.08%) QuickTest Pro
4 12 (22.64%) JIRA
5 9 (16.98%) SpecFlow
6 6 (11.32%) Jenkins
6 6 (11.32%) Git (software)
7 5 (9.434%) Visual Studio
8 3 (5.660%) JMeter
9 2 (3.774%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (1.887%) Hudson
10 1 (1.887%) Eclipse
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 6 (11.32%) Marketing
3 3 (5.660%) Games
4 1 (1.887%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Analyst
1 17 (32.08%) Test Analyst
2 15 (28.30%) Tester
3 10 (18.87%) Developer
4 7 (13.21%) Web Tester
5 6 (11.32%) Automation Test Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Automation Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Automated Tester
5 6 (11.32%) Junior Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Junior
6 5 (9.434%) Consultant
6 5 (9.434%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (9.434%) Test Consultant
6 5 (9.434%) Test Automation Consultant
7 4 (7.547%) Automation Tester
8 3 (5.660%) QA Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Junior C# Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Manual Tester
9 2 (3.774%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.53%) Social Media
2 1 (1.887%) Wiki
2 1 (1.887%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.53%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Linux
3 5 (9.434%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Automated Testing
2 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (26.42%) Scrum
4 13 (24.53%) TDD
5 12 (22.64%) Test Scripting
6 10 (18.87%) BDD
7 8 (15.09%) Test Automation
7 8 (15.09%) Manual Testing
7 8 (15.09%) OOD
8 7 (13.21%) V-Model
8 7 (13.21%) Waterfall
9 6 (11.32%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (11.32%) OO
10 5 (9.434%) Automation Testing
11 3 (5.660%) Software Testing
11 3 (5.660%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (3.774%) Web Testing
12 2 (3.774%) Test Management
12 2 (3.774%) DSDM
12 2 (3.774%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (67.92%) SQL
2 10 (18.87%) C#
2 10 (18.87%) Ruby
3 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
4 8 (15.09%) T-SQL
5 7 (13.21%) Java
6 5 (9.434%) C++
7 3 (5.660%) VBScript
7 3 (5.660%) VB
8 1 (1.887%) Perl
8 1 (1.887%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) ISTQB
2 15 (28.30%) ISEB
3 10 (18.87%) Degree
4 2 (3.774%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.96%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.434%) HP
2 5 (9.434%) Oracle
Brighton, East Sussex
You will support the automated test UI suite, writing automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium Webdriver with C#... Exposure to writing and creating automation frameworks using selenium webdriver ...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Hands-on experience of Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber or similar automated testing software... Experience with JIRA. Selenium RC. Continuous Integration utilising Jenkins or similar. ISEB\ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate.
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £30000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Essential Skills: Understanding of ASP.Net and C# Knowledge of CSS, HTML and JavaScript Knowledge of OOD and writing re-usable code. Desirable: JQuery or JS Frameworks BDD:...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30-35k+Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013