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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 65 55 62
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 2 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.341% 2.065% 0.170%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.985% 10.71% 2.041%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 1
Average salary £29,500 £36,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.62% +11.53%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +11.94%
All Development Applications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
67 112 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 11.41% 19.28% 8.348%
Number of salaries quoted 62 85 48
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £32,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Selenium
West Midlands

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cannock -19 2 £29,500 -18.62%
Selenium
West Midlands

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) VB
2 8 (72.73%) VB.NET
2 8 (72.73%) Scrum
3 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) QA
5 4 (36.36%) WCF
5 4 (36.36%) LINQ
5 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
5 4 (36.36%) MCTS
5 4 (36.36%) NHibernate
5 4 (36.36%) Kanban
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
5 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (36.36%) Software Architecture
5 4 (36.36%) HTML5
5 4 (36.36%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (36.36%) Cucumber
5 4 (36.36%) BDD
5 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 4 (36.36%) SilkTest
5 4 (36.36%) Castle Windsor
5 4 (36.36%) Scrum-ban
5 4 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
5 4 (36.36%) Web Application Development
5 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) WCF
2 4 (36.36%) LINQ
2 4 (36.36%) NHibernate
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (36.36%) HTML5
2 4 (36.36%) Castle Windsor
2 4 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 4 (36.36%) Lucene
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Rhino Mocks
1 4 (36.36%) Cucumber
1 4 (36.36%) SilkTest
1 4 (36.36%) NUnit
2 2 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (9.091%) JIRA
General
1 1 (9.091%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) QA Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) .NET Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Test Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Scrum
2 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Kanban
4 4 (36.36%) Software Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) BDD
4 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum-ban
4 4 (36.36%) Web Application Development
4 4 (36.36%) Automation Testing
4 4 (36.36%) MVC
4 4 (36.36%) TDD
5 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
6 2 (18.18%) CRM
6 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
7 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 1 (9.091%) B2C
7 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) VB
1 8 (72.73%) VB.NET
2 4 (36.36%) VB6
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) MCTS
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (36.36%) MCP
1 4 (36.36%) MCAD
1 4 (36.36%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft