The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 61 43 40
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -3
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 6 11 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.079% 2.494% 4.530%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.444% 15.71% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 25
Average salary £31,000 £27,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.72% -25.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £26,500 £24,100
10% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £28,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +11.94%
All Development Applications
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
135 70 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 24.28% 15.87% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 119 69 123
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Selenium
South Wales

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Selenium across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Selenium Salary Histogram

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) SOAP
2 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) Manual Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) soapUI
3 4 (36.36%) REST
3 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
3 4 (36.36%) Android
3 4 (36.36%) BDD
3 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
3 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (36.36%) WebDriver
3 4 (36.36%) Maven
3 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) Handset
3 4 (36.36%) Regression Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
4 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) C#
4 3 (27.27%) J2EE
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Load Testing

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (45.45%) SOAP
1 5 (45.45%) Web Services
1 5 (45.45%) soapUI
2 4 (36.36%) REST
3 3 (27.27%) J2EE
4 1 (9.091%) .NET
4 1 (9.091%) XML
4 1 (9.091%) JSON
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
1 4 (36.36%) WebDriver
1 4 (36.36%) Maven
2 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (9.091%) CruiseControl
3 1 (9.091%) JMeter
3 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (9.091%) LoadRunner
3 1 (9.091%) Ant
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Handset
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 3 (27.27%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
4 1 (9.091%) iPhone
4 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Android
1 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) Manual Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
3 4 (36.36%) BDD
3 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Regression Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Load Testing
5 2 (18.18%) System Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) SOA
5 2 (18.18%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) Web Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
4 1 (9.091%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... ISTQB/ISEB qualified to intermediate...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013