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This section looks at the demand for Selenium skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Selenium over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSelenium
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank643958
Rank change on same period last yearUp+315
Matching permanent IT job ads29557
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.159 %0.024 %
As % of the category below1.759 %0.275 %
Salaries quoted26340
Average minimum salary£38,904£32,175
Average salary£43,271£35,488
% change on same period last year+21.93 %
Average maximum salary£47,637£38,800
UK excluding London average salary£34,534£32,188
% change on same period last year+7.29 %
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1677520759
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.031 %8.653 %
Salaries quoted1420316585
Average minimum salary£36,118£37,132
Average salary£39,442£40,473
% change on same period last year-2.54 %
Average maximum salary£42,767£43,815
UK excluding London average salary£34,999£36,000
% change on same period last year-2.78 %

Selenium
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Selenium Demand Trend

Selenium
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK.

Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Selenium over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Selenium Salary Histogram

Selenium
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+291294£43,339+22.12 %
LondonUp+280253£44,994+23.90 %
City of LondonNew entry-69£39,792-
South EastNew entry-27£34,020-
SurreyNew entry-23£33,738-
East of EnglandNew entry-11£37,864-
CambridgeshireNew entry-11£37,864-
CambridgeNew entry-10£37,900-
HammersmithNew entry-6--
HerefordshireNew entry-2£45,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-2£45,000-
BrightonNew entry-2£36,000-
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-2£45,000-
East SussexNew entry-2£36,000-
HampshireNew entry-1£27,500-
CheshireNew entry-1£27,500-
ManchesterUp+241£27,500+10.00 %
ReadingNew entry-1£42,500-
SouthamptonNew entry-1£27,500-
WarringtonNew entry-1£27,500-
BerkshireNew entry-1£42,500-
KnutsfordNew entry-1£27,500-
LiverpoolNew entry-1£27,500-
AltrinchamNew entry-1£27,500-
ChesterNew entry-1£27,500-
EdinburghNew entry-1£25,000-
FarnhamNew entry-1--
ScotlandNew entry-1£25,000-
MerseysideNew entry-1£27,500-
North WestUp+41£27,500+10.00 %

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1275 (55.78 %)QA
2170 (34.48 %)Java
3155 (31.44 %)Agile Software Development
4139 (28.19 %)FitNesse
5121 (24.54 %)SQL
6118 (23.94 %)QuickTest Pro
7117 (23.73 %)JUnit
8110 (22.31 %)Automated Testing
9107 (21.70 %)Scrum
10103 (20.89 %)Subversion
1197 (19.68 %)Test Scripting
1294 (19.07 %)TDD
1392 (18.66 %)JavaScript
1490 (18.26 %)Finance
1584 (17.04 %)Spring
1682 (16.63 %)AJAX
1772 (14.60 %)CSS
1869 (14.00 %)Internet
1967 (13.59 %)Hibernate
2065 (13.18 %).NET
2065 (13.18 %)Oracle
2164 (12.98 %)Eclipse
2263 (12.78 %)Web Development
2362 (12.58 %)TestDirector
2461 (12.37 %)XML
2559 (11.97 %)HTML
2559 (11.97 %)Continuous Integration
2656 (11.36 %)OO
2656 (11.36 %)Degree
2751 (10.34 %)ISEB

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
184 (17.04 %)Spring
282 (16.63 %)AJAX
372 (14.60 %)CSS
467 (13.59 %)Hibernate
565 (13.18 %).NET
661 (12.37 %)XML
759 (11.97 %)HTML
850 (10.14 %)JSP
946 (9.331 %)XHTML
1042 (8.519 %)J2EE
1132 (6.491 %)Java EE
1231 (6.288 %)Servlets
1329 (5.882 %)SOAP
1329 (5.882 %)GWT
1329 (5.882 %)DWR
1420 (4.057 %)Django
1516 (3.245 %)WebServices
1516 (3.245 %)J2SE
1516 (3.245 %)LAMP
1615 (3.043 %)MVC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
130 (6.085 %)WebLogic
218 (3.651 %)Tomcat
313 (2.637 %)Flash Media Server
410 (2.028 %)Apache
59 (1.826 %)Jetty
62 (0.406 %)CMS
62 (0.406 %)IIS
62 (0.406 %)JBoss
71 (0.203 %)TeamSite
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.014 %)MS Excel
15 (1.014 %)MS Visio
21 (0.203 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
169 (14.00 %)Internet
29 (1.826 %)Broadband
35 (1.014 %)HTTP
41 (0.203 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.203 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (9.331 %)MySQL
212 (2.434 %)SQL Server
39 (1.826 %)RDBMS
39 (1.826 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (1.623 %)Oracle 10g
55 (1.014 %)TOAD
61 (0.203 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.203 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.203 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.203 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.203 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1139 (28.19 %)FitNesse
2118 (23.94 %)QuickTest Pro
3117 (23.73 %)JUnit
4103 (20.89 %)Subversion
564 (12.98 %)Eclipse
662 (12.58 %)TestDirector
747 (9.533 %)LoadRunner
846 (9.331 %)WATIR
941 (8.316 %)Ant
1039 (7.911 %)WinRunner
1133 (6.694 %)IntelliJ
1133 (6.694 %)CruiseControl
1228 (5.680 %)Watij
1321 (4.260 %)Flash
1420 (4.057 %)WebLOAD
1511 (2.231 %)JMeter
1610 (2.028 %)JIRA
179 (1.826 %)Rational Robot
186 (1.217 %)Bugzilla
195 (1.014 %)jMock
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (18.26 %)Finance
216 (3.245 %)Banking
314 (2.840 %)Law
314 (2.840 %)Advertising
413 (2.637 %)Marketing
511 (2.231 %)Games
68 (1.623 %)Publishing
77 (1.420 %)Front Office
86 (1.217 %)Investment Banking
86 (1.217 %)Insurance
93 (0.609 %)Retail
93 (0.609 %)Education
102 (0.406 %)Multimedia
102 (0.406 %)Pensions
111 (0.203 %)Music
111 (0.203 %)Health
111 (0.203 %)Telecoms
111 (0.203 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1159 (32.25 %)Tester
2119 (24.14 %)Developer
3109 (22.11 %)Analyst
490 (18.26 %)Test Analyst
579 (16.02 %)QA Engineer
677 (15.62 %)Java Developer
756 (11.36 %)Senior Developer
847 (9.533 %)QA Tester
941 (8.316 %)Test Manager
1036 (7.302 %)QA Analyst
1134 (6.897 %)Senior Java Developer
1230 (6.085 %)Senior QA Engineer
1328 (5.680 %)Test Engineer
1424 (4.868 %)Web Manager
1523 (4.665 %)Senior Test Engineer
1621 (4.260 %)Applications Manager
1719 (3.854 %)QA Test Analyst
1719 (3.854 %)J2EE Developer
1818 (3.651 %)Senior Analyst
1818 (3.651 %)Web Tester
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (7.302 %)Computer Science
226 (5.274 %)French Language
317 (3.448 %)Italian Language
317 (3.448 %)Spanish Language
411 (2.231 %)Web 2.0
510 (2.028 %)Spread Betting
69 (1.826 %)Derivative
77 (1.420 %)IPTV
77 (1.420 %)Exotic Derivative
77 (1.420 %)Client/Server
83 (0.609 %)Equities
83 (0.609 %)W3C
83 (0.609 %)Social Network
92 (0.406 %)DTV
92 (0.406 %)Streaming Video
92 (0.406 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.406 %)N-Tier
101 (0.203 %)Interactive TV
101 (0.203 %)Streaming Media
101 (0.203 %)RIA
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (8.925 %)Linux
235 (7.099 %)UNIX
36 (1.217 %)Windows
41 (0.203 %)Solaris
41 (0.203 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.203 %)Windows XP
41 (0.203 %)Mac OS X
41 (0.203 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1155 (31.44 %)Agile Software Development
2110 (22.31 %)Automated Testing
3107 (21.70 %)Scrum
497 (19.68 %)Test Scripting
594 (19.07 %)TDD
663 (12.78 %)Web Development
759 (11.97 %)Continuous Integration
856 (11.36 %)OO
945 (9.128 %)User Acceptance Testing
1043 (8.722 %)Load Testing
1138 (7.708 %)E-Commerce
1237 (7.505 %)Manual Testing
1335 (7.099 %)Regression Testing
1432 (6.491 %)UML
1531 (6.288 %)Performance Testing
1531 (6.288 %)Software Testing
1629 (5.882 %)Extreme Programming
1629 (5.882 %)Project Management
1727 (5.477 %)Web Testing
1823 (4.665 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1170 (34.48 %)Java
2121 (24.54 %)SQL
392 (18.66 %)JavaScript
436 (7.302 %)Python
533 (6.694 %)Ruby
623 (4.665 %)C#
715 (3.043 %)DHTML
812 (2.434 %)PHP
99 (1.826 %)ActionScript
108 (1.623 %)C++
117 (1.420 %)Perl
125 (1.014 %)VBScript
134 (0.811 %)Transact-SQL
134 (0.811 %)C
142 (0.406 %)VB
142 (0.406 %)Shell Script
142 (0.406 %)Groovy
151 (0.203 %)VBA
151 (0.203 %)VB.NET
151 (0.203 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
156 (11.36 %)Degree
251 (10.34 %)ISEB
39 (1.826 %)ISEB Practitioner
46 (1.217 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1275 (55.78 %)QA
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (13.18 %)Oracle
220 (4.057 %)Adobe
39 (1.826 %)Microsoft
42 (0.406 %)Segue
42 (0.406 %)Sun
42 (0.406 %)Vignette
42 (0.406 %)Citrix
51 (0.203 %)Empirix
51 (0.203 %)Motorola
51 (0.203 %)Compuware
51 (0.203 %)HP