Selenium
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Selenium skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Selenium over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 273 212 177
Rank change year-on-year -61 -35 -60
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 631 2,197 2,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.21% 1.80% 2.18%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.22% 10.06% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 492 1,520 1,999
10th Percentile £42,874 £41,250 £37,478
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,917 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £84,000 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,318 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.40% +10.00% +4.17%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Selenium is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,842 21,844 25,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.09% 17.87% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,216 12,549 16,287
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,548 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% +10.00% -

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Selenium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Selenium.

Salary trend for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Selenium over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Selenium within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England -42 573 £60,500 +0.83% 136
UK excluding London -30 365 £56,318 +2.40% 89
Work from Home -67 269 £67,500 +12.50% 99
London -39 253 £75,000 +7.14% 63
South East +49 153 £60,000 +7.14% 37
North of England +24 71 £61,000 +22.00% 19
South West +3 66 £48,750 -10.55% 9
North West +68 44 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Scotland -22 36 £56,318 -10.19% 6
Midlands +69 21 £49,000 -6.67% 4
Yorkshire +3 21 £65,000 +30.00% 8
East Midlands +46 11 £49,000 -14.78% 2
East of England +26 11 £60,000 +10.09% 10
West Midlands +70 10 £49,000 -2.00% 2
Wales -17 7 £32,500 -45.83% 3
North East +37 6 £65,000 +36.84%
Northern Ireland +22 4 £50,000 -9.09% 1

Selenium
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (5.07%) Confluence
2 9 (1.43%) IIS
3 5 (0.79%) nginx
3 5 (0.79%) WebSphere
3 5 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.48%) Apache
4 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.48%) Luigi
4 3 (0.48%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.48%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 193 (30.59%) Azure
2 120 (19.02%) Azure DevOps
3 103 (16.32%) AWS
4 70 (11.09%) SaaS
5 65 (10.30%) GitHub
6 40 (6.34%) OpenShift
7 29 (4.60%) GCP
8 20 (3.17%) BrowserStack
9 12 (1.90%) IaaS
9 12 (1.90%) Serverless
10 9 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.27%) PaaS
12 7 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.95%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 4 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.33%) HTTP
2 10 (1.58%) SSL
2 10 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.95%) Internet
3 6 (0.95%) PuTTY
3 6 (0.95%) WinSCP
4 3 (0.48%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.32%) SSH
5 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
6 1 (0.16%) IPv4
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.45%) MongoDB
2 46 (7.29%) Elasticsearch
3 40 (6.34%) NoSQL
4 34 (5.39%) SQL Server
5 24 (3.80%) JasperReports
5 24 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
6 20 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.43%) MySQL
8 9 (1.43%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.79%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.79%) Redis
11 4 (0.63%) Power BI
12 3 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.48%) Big Data
12 3 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
13 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 239 (37.88%) Jenkins
2 221 (35.02%) Cucumber
3 149 (23.61%) Postman
4 142 (22.50%) Cypress.io
5 122 (19.33%) Git
6 115 (18.23%) JIRA
7 70 (11.09%) JMeter
8 64 (10.14%) SoapUI
8 64 (10.14%) SpecFlow
9 58 (9.19%) WebDriver
10 55 (8.72%) Maven
11 42 (6.66%) Robot Framework
12 35 (5.55%) JUnit
13 34 (5.39%) REST Assured
14 31 (4.91%) Visual Studio
15 30 (4.75%) Appium
16 27 (4.28%) SonarQube
17 25 (3.96%) Bitbucket
17 25 (3.96%) Serenity BDD
17 25 (3.96%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 111 (17.59%) Finance
2 88 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 59 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.92%) Banking
6 48 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.65%) Retail
8 17 (2.69%) Aerospace
9 13 (2.06%) Games
9 13 (2.06%) Marketing
10 12 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.74%) Tech for Good
12 9 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.43%) Legal
13 8 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.27%) Publishing
14 7 (1.11%) Aviation
14 7 (1.11%) Electronics
15 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 152 (24.09%) Senior
2 109 (17.27%) Developer
3 99 (15.69%) Tester
4 96 (15.21%) Lead
5 75 (11.89%) Automation Tester
6 71 (11.25%) QA Engineer
7 56 (8.87%) Software Engineer
7 56 (8.87%) Test Engineer
8 54 (8.56%) Analyst
9 50 (7.92%) Senior Developer
10 40 (6.34%) Automation Engineer
11 38 (6.02%) .NET Developer
12 35 (5.55%) Test Automation Engineer
13 33 (5.23%) QA Automation Engineer
14 31 (4.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 27 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
15 27 (4.28%) Senior .NET Developer
16 26 (4.12%) Full Stack Developer
17 24 (3.80%) Senior VB.NET Developer
17 24 (3.80%) VB.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (21.24%) REST
2 120 (19.02%) .NET
3 81 (12.84%) React
4 62 (9.83%) HTML
4 62 (9.83%) Web Services
5 52 (8.24%) CSS
6 51 (8.08%) Jest
7 48 (7.61%) Spring
8 46 (7.29%) JSON
9 45 (7.13%) HTML5
10 44 (6.97%) Playwright
10 44 (6.97%) XML
11 42 (6.66%) .NET Framework
12 39 (6.18%) AngularJS
13 38 (6.02%) RESTful
14 36 (5.71%) Gherkin
15 34 (5.39%) SOAP
16 33 (5.23%) CSS3
17 27 (4.28%) Kafka
18 22 (3.49%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.83%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.12%) Client/Server
3 15 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (1.90%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.27%) Credit Risk
6 8 (1.27%) PKI
7 6 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 6 (0.95%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.79%) Hedge funds
8 5 (0.79%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.63%) FMCG
9 4 (0.63%) Online Games
10 3 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.32%) Equities
11 2 (0.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.56%) Windows
2 43 (6.81%) Linux
3 24 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (3.65%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.90%) Unix
6 6 (0.95%) Android
6 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.32%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (60.54%) Test Automation
2 365 (57.84%) Agile
3 229 (36.29%) DevOps
4 199 (31.54%) CI/CD
5 163 (25.83%) BDD
6 156 (24.72%) API Testing
7 134 (21.24%) Software Testing
8 126 (19.97%) Test Strategy
9 113 (17.91%) TDD
10 111 (17.59%) SDET
11 107 (16.96%) Scrum
12 98 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
13 81 (12.84%) Continuous Integration
13 81 (12.84%) Manual Testing
14 79 (12.52%) Software Engineering
15 76 (12.04%) Test Scripting
16 69 (10.94%) Mentoring
17 68 (10.78%) SDLC
18 67 (10.62%) Clean Code
19 58 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 294 (46.59%) Java
2 232 (36.77%) JavaScript
3 205 (32.49%) C#
4 197 (31.22%) SQL
5 134 (21.24%) Python
6 77 (12.20%) TypeScript
7 43 (6.81%) C++
8 41 (6.50%) PowerShell
9 29 (4.60%) PHP
10 24 (3.80%) VB.NET
11 22 (3.49%) VBScript
12 16 (2.54%) T-SQL
13 15 (2.38%) Bash
14 8 (1.27%) Groovy
15 6 (0.95%) Scala
16 5 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.79%) Ruby
16 5 (0.79%) SOQL
16 5 (0.79%) XAML
17 4 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 119 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 80 (12.68%) Degree
3 71 (11.25%) SC Cleared
4 52 (8.24%) ISTQB
5 31 (4.91%) ISEB
6 16 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (39.14%) QA
2 39 (6.18%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.12%) WCAG
4 10 (1.58%) Software Quality Assurance
5 9 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.16%) GDPR
6 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 141 (22.35%) Docker
2 26 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) IAG
4 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 141 (22.35%) Kubernetes
2 39 (6.18%) Terraform
3 30 (4.75%) Ansible
4 21 (3.33%) Puppet
5 18 (2.85%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.38%) Kibana
6 15 (2.38%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.22%) Nagios
8 5 (0.79%) Control-M
8 5 (0.79%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.63%) Fortio
9 4 (0.63%) Istio
9 4 (0.63%) Kiali
10 3 (0.48%) Consul
10 3 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.32%) Argo
11 2 (0.32%) logstash
11 2 (0.32%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.16%) SELinux
Vendors
1 33 (5.23%) Oracle
2 30 (4.75%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.12%) VMware
4 22 (3.49%) Splunk
5 21 (3.33%) Dynatrace
6 20 (3.17%) New Relic
7 17 (2.69%) Google
7 17 (2.69%) Veracode
8 12 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.58%) HP
10 8 (1.27%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.95%) SAP
12 5 (0.79%) Databricks
13 4 (0.63%) Checkmarx
13 4 (0.63%) OpenText
13 4 (0.63%) Siebel
14 3 (0.48%) IBM
14 3 (0.48%) Xamarin
15 2 (0.32%) Sitecore
16 1 (0.16%) Alteryx