The first table below looks at the demand for Selenium skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 39 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 24 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 4.278% 1.000% -
As % of the Development Applications category 32.88% 6.977% -
Number of salaries quoted 21 5 0
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
All Development Applications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
73 86 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.01% 14.33% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 68 58 64
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Selenium
North East

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +12 22 £28,750 -11.53%
Sunderland - 2 £32,500 -
Selenium
North East

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 35 (85.37%) Scrum
2 25 (60.98%) Java
3 20 (48.78%) Software Testing
3 20 (48.78%) QA
4 14 (34.15%) Android
4 14 (34.15%) Mobile App
4 14 (34.15%) ISTQB
4 14 (34.15%) Law
4 14 (34.15%) OOP
5 13 (31.71%) Finance
5 13 (31.71%) Automated Testing
5 13 (31.71%) iPad
5 13 (31.71%) iPhone
6 12 (29.27%) Test Automation
6 12 (29.27%) Open Source
6 12 (29.27%) Social Network
6 12 (29.27%) E-Commerce
7 11 (26.83%) QuickTest Pro
7 11 (26.83%) LoadRunner
7 11 (26.83%) C#
8 10 (24.39%) Linux
8 10 (24.39%) RAD
8 10 (24.39%) TCP/IP
8 10 (24.39%) Automation Testing
9 9 (21.95%) PHP
9 9 (21.95%) .NET
9 9 (21.95%) Ruby
10 8 (19.51%) Symbian
11 7 (17.07%) TDD
11 7 (17.07%) Internet

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (21.95%) .NET
2 7 (17.07%) soapUI
3 5 (12.20%) SOAP
4 2 (4.878%) Spring
4 2 (4.878%) JSF
4 2 (4.878%) Java EE
4 2 (4.878%) Web Services
4 2 (4.878%) XML
5 1 (2.439%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.439%) JPA
5 1 (2.439%) JMS
5 1 (2.439%) HTML
5 1 (2.439%) EJB
5 1 (2.439%) CSS
5 1 (2.439%) JDBC
5 1 (2.439%) JSP
5 1 (2.439%) Servlets
5 1 (2.439%) Hibernate
5 1 (2.439%) TopLink
5 1 (2.439%) XMLBeans
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) TCP/IP
2 7 (17.07%) Internet
2 7 (17.07%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) QuickTest Pro
1 11 (26.83%) LoadRunner
2 5 (12.20%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.878%) JIRA
3 2 (4.878%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.439%) Maven
General
1 14 (34.15%) Law
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (70.73%) Tester
2 14 (34.15%) Automation Tester
3 13 (31.71%) Analyst
3 13 (31.71%) Test Analyst
4 11 (26.83%) Technical Tester
5 6 (14.63%) Test Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) QA Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Java Developer
7 2 (4.878%) QA Engineer
7 2 (4.878%) Developer
8 1 (2.439%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) QA Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Software Tester
8 1 (2.439%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Mobile App
2 13 (31.71%) iPad
2 13 (31.71%) iPhone
3 12 (29.27%) Open Source
3 12 (29.27%) Social Network
4 4 (9.756%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.439%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.439%) W3C
5 1 (2.439%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Android
2 10 (24.39%) Linux
3 1 (2.439%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) Scrum
2 20 (48.78%) Software Testing
3 14 (34.15%) OOP
4 13 (31.71%) Automated Testing
5 12 (29.27%) Test Automation
5 12 (29.27%) E-Commerce
6 10 (24.39%) RAD
6 10 (24.39%) Automation Testing
7 7 (17.07%) TDD
7 7 (17.07%) BDD
8 5 (12.20%) Web Development
8 5 (12.20%) Test Management
9 3 (7.317%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (4.878%) UML
10 2 (4.878%) OO
10 2 (4.878%) Test Scripting
10 2 (4.878%) Manual Testing
10 2 (4.878%) Kanban
10 2 (4.878%) Risk Analysis
11 1 (2.439%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 25 (60.98%) Java
2 11 (26.83%) C#
3 9 (21.95%) PHP
3 9 (21.95%) Ruby
4 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.439%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) ISTQB
2 5 (12.20%) ISEB
3 1 (2.439%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (48.78%) QA
2 1 (2.439%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Symbian
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.878%) JBoss
3 2 (4.878%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
This multi-team agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Ghekins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban... Restful web service integration...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
The main responsibility of this role is to develop and maintain test automation for my clients suite of market-leading products and lead efforts in load, performance and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £29000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The main responsibility of this role is to develop and maintain test automation for my clients suite of market-leading products and lead efforts in load, performance and...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £25000.00 - £29000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
This multi-team agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Ghekins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban. Experience Required Applicants must...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013