The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 92 89 99
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 55 40 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.093% 1.909% 0.987%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.79% 10.20% 7.004%
Number of salaries quoted 55 35 18
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +13.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,900 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
All Development Applications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
430 392 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 16.36% 18.71% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 337 350 226
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Selenium
West Yorkshire

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Selenium across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds Selenium Salary Histogram

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 72 (45.57%) Java
1 72 (45.57%) QA
2 65 (41.14%) QuickTest Pro
3 64 (40.51%) Agile Software Development
4 62 (39.24%) Cucumber
5 59 (37.34%) Test Automation
6 49 (31.01%) ISEB
7 47 (29.75%) JUnit
8 43 (27.22%) Test Management
9 41 (25.95%) XML
9 41 (25.95%) BDD
10 38 (24.05%) Test Scripting
11 36 (22.78%) Automated Testing
11 36 (22.78%) .NET
12 35 (22.15%) SQL
13 34 (21.52%) SOAP
14 33 (20.89%) TDD
15 32 (20.25%) J2EE
15 32 (20.25%) Scrum
16 31 (19.62%) MySQL
16 31 (19.62%) Web Services
17 30 (18.99%) Oracle
17 30 (18.99%) JavaScript
17 30 (18.99%) Tomcat
17 30 (18.99%) FitNesse
18 29 (18.35%) JBoss
19 28 (17.72%) Microsoft
20 26 (16.46%) Logistics
20 26 (16.46%) ISTQB
21 25 (15.82%) E-Commerce

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 41 (25.95%) XML
2 36 (22.78%) .NET
3 34 (21.52%) SOAP
4 32 (20.25%) J2EE
5 31 (19.62%) Web Services
6 19 (12.03%) Hibernate
6 19 (12.03%) Spring
7 16 (10.13%) JAXB
7 16 (10.13%) jQuery
7 16 (10.13%) Apache Wicket
7 16 (10.13%) JPA
7 16 (10.13%) JMS
7 16 (10.13%) Spring Integration
8 15 (9.494%) soapUI
9 13 (8.228%) WebSphere
9 13 (8.228%) HTML
10 12 (7.595%) XSD
11 10 (6.329%) WSDL
12 6 (3.797%) Ajax
13 5 (3.165%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 30 (18.99%) Tomcat
2 14 (8.861%) Apache
3 13 (8.228%) WebLogic
4 10 (6.329%) iPlanet
4 10 (6.329%) ATG Dynamo
5 1 (0.633%) CMS
5 1 (0.633%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.633%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 10 (6.329%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.633%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.329%) HTTP
2 1 (0.633%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (19.62%) MySQL
2 24 (15.19%) SQL Server
3 13 (8.228%) DB2
4 12 (7.595%) GIS
5 2 (1.266%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 65 (41.14%) QuickTest Pro
2 62 (39.24%) Cucumber
3 47 (29.75%) JUnit
4 30 (18.99%) FitNesse
5 23 (14.56%) Team Foundation Server
6 21 (13.29%) SpecFlow
7 19 (12.03%) JMeter
8 18 (11.39%) LoadRunner
9 16 (10.13%) JBehave
9 16 (10.13%) Maven
10 9 (5.696%) WebDriver
11 4 (2.532%) DbUnit
12 2 (1.266%) JIRA
12 2 (1.266%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.633%) Eclipse
13 1 (0.633%) TestDirector
13 1 (0.633%) WebLOAD
13 1 (0.633%) OpenSTA
General
1 17 (10.76%) Finance
2 3 (1.899%) Retail
3 1 (0.633%) Investment Banking
3 1 (0.633%) Retail Banking
3 1 (0.633%) Banking
3 1 (0.633%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (44.94%) Tester
2 59 (37.34%) Analyst
3 57 (36.08%) Test Analyst
4 29 (18.35%) Developer
4 29 (18.35%) Automated Tester
5 26 (16.46%) Web Tester
6 24 (15.19%) Java Developer
7 18 (11.39%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 16 (10.13%) J2EE Developer
9 12 (7.595%) Automation Tester
10 10 (6.329%) Automation Analyst
10 10 (6.329%) Senior Developer
10 10 (6.329%) Automation Test Analyst
11 8 (5.063%) Agile Test Analyst
11 8 (5.063%) Automated Test Analyst
12 7 (4.430%) Technical Tester
13 6 (3.797%) QA Analyst
14 5 (3.165%) QA Tester
14 5 (3.165%) Test Leader
14 5 (3.165%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.899%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.266%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.266%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.39%) UNIX
2 17 (10.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.633%) SUSE
3 1 (0.633%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.633%) openSUSE
3 1 (0.633%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (40.51%) Agile Software Development
2 59 (37.34%) Test Automation
3 43 (27.22%) Test Management
4 41 (25.95%) BDD
5 38 (24.05%) Test Scripting
6 36 (22.78%) Automated Testing
7 33 (20.89%) TDD
8 32 (20.25%) Scrum
9 26 (16.46%) Logistics
10 25 (15.82%) E-Commerce
11 19 (12.03%) Software Testing
12 18 (11.39%) Usability Testing
13 16 (10.13%) Test Strategy
13 16 (10.13%) Enterprise Architecture
13 16 (10.13%) Technical Architecture
14 15 (9.494%) User Stories
15 13 (8.228%) Stress Testing
15 13 (8.228%) Unit Testing
16 11 (6.962%) Manual Testing
17 9 (5.696%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (45.57%) Java
2 35 (22.15%) SQL
3 30 (18.99%) JavaScript
4 16 (10.13%) C#
5 2 (1.266%) C
6 1 (0.633%) PHP
6 1 (0.633%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (31.01%) ISEB
2 26 (16.46%) ISTQB
3 5 (3.165%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (45.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 18 (11.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (18.99%) Oracle
2 29 (18.35%) JBoss
3 28 (17.72%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.13%) HP
5 13 (8.228%) ATG
6 10 (6.329%) BEA
6 10 (6.329%) IBM
7 7 (4.430%) hybris
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They need someone to implement and maintain Automated Test systems, so you need excellent skills in maintaining, designing and building these systems. This role will involve working on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Tester, Software Tester, ISEB, Test Cases, Automated testing, UAT testing, Leeds, West YorkshireTest Analyst required for a permanent position based in Leeds... Degree educated or suitable...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013