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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Selenium
Rank 53 57 47
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 5 3 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 1.202% 0.714% 2.404%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.143% 4.348% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 9
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -38.88%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +11.94%
All Development Applications
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
70 69 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 16.83% 16.43% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 53 62 48
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -8.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Selenium
North Yorkshire

Selenium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Selenium Salary Trend

Selenium
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 23 (88.46%) QA
2 19 (73.08%) ISEB
3 18 (69.23%) Test Scripting
4 17 (65.38%) JIRA
5 16 (61.54%) Security Testing
6 15 (57.69%) Performance Testing
6 15 (57.69%) Manual Testing
7 14 (53.85%) SaaS
8 12 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (38.46%) ISTQB
10 9 (34.62%) Automated Testing
11 6 (23.08%) HTML
11 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
11 6 (23.08%) SQL
11 6 (23.08%) CSS
12 5 (19.23%) Bugzilla
12 5 (19.23%) Firebug
12 5 (19.23%) Cucumber
12 5 (19.23%) Test Management
13 4 (15.38%) DOM
13 4 (15.38%) W3C
14 3 (11.54%) LoadRunner
14 3 (11.54%) .NET
14 3 (11.54%) JMeter
14 3 (11.54%) Hudson
14 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
14 3 (11.54%) Open Source
14 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
15 2 (7.692%) Compatibility Testing
15 2 (7.692%) Load Testing

Selenium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 6 (23.08%) HTML
1 6 (23.08%) CSS
2 4 (15.38%) DOM
3 3 (11.54%) .NET
4 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
Development Applications
1 17 (65.38%) JIRA
2 5 (19.23%) Bugzilla
2 5 (19.23%) Firebug
2 5 (19.23%) Cucumber
3 3 (11.54%) LoadRunner
3 3 (11.54%) JMeter
3 3 (11.54%) Hudson
3 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
4 2 (7.692%) FitNesse
5 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (3.846%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) Analyst
2 19 (73.08%) Test Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Test Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Tester
4 3 (11.54%) Junior
4 3 (11.54%) Software Tester
4 3 (11.54%) Junior Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Junior Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Automated Test Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Graduate
6 1 (3.846%) Automation Test Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Automation Tester
6 1 (3.846%) Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) SaaS
2 4 (15.38%) W3C
3 3 (11.54%) Open Source
4 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Test Scripting
2 16 (61.54%) Security Testing
3 15 (57.69%) Performance Testing
3 15 (57.69%) Manual Testing
4 12 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (34.62%) Automated Testing
6 5 (19.23%) Test Management
7 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
8 2 (7.692%) Compatibility Testing
8 2 (7.692%) Load Testing
8 2 (7.692%) BDD
9 1 (3.846%) Regression Testing
9 1 (3.846%) MVC
9 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) C#
2 2 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) ISEB
2 10 (38.46%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (88.46%) QA
2 1 (3.846%) 21 CFR Part 11
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