Selenium Job Trends in the North of England

Selenium
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Selenium skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	345	167	245
Rank change year-on-year	-178	+78	-19
Permanent jobs citing Selenium	18	133	63
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.075%	1.47%	0.50%
As % of the Development Applications category	2.20%	24.36%	7.04%
Number of salaries quoted	13	11	30
10^th Percentile	£43,750	£36,250	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£53,750	£49,875	£35,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£70,000	£57,500	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+21.74%	+27.78%	-26.23%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,500	£59,375
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£70,000	£60,917
England median annual salary	£57,500	£60,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.17%	-	-

All Development Application Skills
North of England

Selenium falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	820	546	895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	3.40%	6.05%	7.03%
Number of salaries quoted	505	312	482
10^th Percentile	£38,844	£28,250	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£47,000	£41,250	£43,720
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-	-8.70%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£77,500	£77,500
England median annual salary	£62,500	£62,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-	+4.17%	-7.69%

Selenium Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Selenium relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Selenium Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Selenium.

Selenium Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Selenium in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Selenium in the North of England

Selenium Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-135	14	£70,000	+5.66%	12
Yorkshire	-38	4	£42,500	-20.56%	16
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Selenium Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing Selenium also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region with a requirement for Selenium.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	72.2%	13
2	Cypress.io	66.7%	12
3	Agile	61.1%	11
3	Test Automation	61.1%	11
5	End-to-End Testing	55.6%	10
5	Playwright	55.6%	10
5	QA	55.6%	10
8	Azure	44.4%	8
8	Regression Testing	44.4%	8
10	Git	38.9%	7
10	Java	38.9%	7
10	JavaScript	38.9%	7
10	Problem-Solving	38.9%	7
10	REST	38.9%	7
10	RESTful	38.9%	7
16	Postman	33.3%	6
16	Spring	33.3%	6
18	Accessibility	27.8%	5
18	AWS	27.8%	5
18	Continuous Improvement	27.8%	5
18	DV Cleared	27.8%	5
18	Jenkins	27.8%	5
18	SDLC	27.8%	5
18	Security Cleared	27.8%	5
18	Serverless	27.8%	5
26	API Testing	22.2%	4
26	Python	22.2%	4
26	React	22.2%	4
26	REST Assured	22.2%	4
26	Secure Coding	22.2%	4

Selenium Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cypress.io	66.7%	12
2	Git	38.9%	7
3	Postman	33.3%	6
4	Jenkins	27.8%	5
5	REST Assured	22.2%	4
6	JUnit	16.7%	3
6	Mockito	16.7%	3
8	Appium	11.1%	2
8	JMeter	11.1%	2
8	Ranorex	11.1%	2
11	Android Studio	5.6%	1
11	Bitbucket	5.6%	1
11	Cucumber	5.6%	1
11	JIRA	5.6%	1
11	Visual Studio	5.6%	1