Selenium
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Selenium skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 297 404
Rank change year-on-year -285 +107 -214
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 198 479 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.97% 0.59%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.43% 11.59% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 150 193 343
10th Percentile £41,047 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - -0.80% -3.39%
75th Percentile £72,980 £70,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,467 4,133 7,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.36% 8.38% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,962 2,609 4,924
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +9.32% -9.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,625 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Selenium
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Selenium job vacancy trend in the UK

Selenium
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Selenium.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Selenium

Selenium
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Selenium over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Selenium in the UK

Selenium
Top 16 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 30 July 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
England -258 171 £57,500 -1.96% 46
UK excluding London -255 128 £55,000 -4.35% 36
Work from Home -227 67 £55,395 +0.72% 28
London -44 59 £70,000 +16.67% 18
South West -52 29 £55,000 +4.76% 3
South East -38 28 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Midlands -97 26 £50,000 -24.53% 7
West Midlands -46 25 £50,000 -25.93% 6
North of England -155 16 £61,250 +9.38% 10
Wales -48 15 £47,500 -16.67%
East of England -47 12 £55,000 +3.77% 4
North West -106 7 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Yorkshire -36 6 £59,038 -1.27% 2
North East -54 3 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Scotland -39 2 £48,500 -3.00% 2
East Midlands -65 1 - - 1

Selenium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (10.61%) Confluence
2 4 (2.02%) JBoss
3 2 (1.01%) Apache
3 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Moqups
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (41.92%) Azure
2 71 (35.86%) AWS
3 51 (25.76%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (10.10%) GitHub
5 15 (7.58%) Serverless
6 13 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (6.57%) BrowserStack
7 12 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (5.56%) GCP
9 9 (4.55%) SaaS
9 9 (4.55%) Tricentis Tosca
10 8 (4.04%) OpenShift
11 6 (3.03%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.02%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.02%) BlazeMeter
13 3 (1.52%) Amazon ECR
13 3 (1.52%) AWS Step Functions
13 3 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.52%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.02%) HTTP
2 1 (0.51%) Broadband
2 1 (0.51%) DSL
2 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.56%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.05%) Redis
3 8 (4.04%) DynamoDB
3 8 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.03%) InfluxDB
4 6 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.03%) MySQL
4 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.53%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.52%) Tableau
7 2 (1.01%) ZAP BI
8 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.51%) Db2
8 1 (0.51%) Power BI
8 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 70 (35.35%) Cypress.io
2 55 (27.78%) Jenkins
3 52 (26.26%) Git
4 49 (24.75%) Postman
5 48 (24.24%) JIRA
6 35 (17.68%) GitLab
7 33 (16.67%) JMeter
8 28 (14.14%) Cucumber
8 28 (14.14%) REST Assured
9 22 (11.11%) JUnit
10 17 (8.59%) Zephyr
11 16 (8.08%) Gatling
11 16 (8.08%) SpecFlow
12 14 (7.07%) TestRail
13 10 (5.05%) SonarQube
13 10 (5.05%) WebDriver
14 9 (4.55%) NUnit
14 9 (4.55%) Robot Framework
15 8 (4.04%) SoapUI
16 7 (3.54%) Appium
General
1 40 (20.20%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.19%) Finance
3 29 (14.65%) Public Sector
4 28 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.54%) Aviation
8 6 (3.03%) Retail
9 5 (2.53%) Advertising
10 4 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.01%) Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Front Office
12 1 (0.51%) Law
12 1 (0.51%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Military
12 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.51%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 46 (23.23%) Senior
2 38 (19.19%) Lead
3 34 (17.17%) Test Engineer
4 28 (14.14%) QA Engineer
5 21 (10.61%) Test Leader
6 20 (10.10%) Test Automation Engineer
7 19 (9.60%) Developer
7 19 (9.60%) Tester
8 18 (9.09%) Analyst
8 18 (9.09%) QA Leader
9 13 (6.57%) Test Analyst
10 12 (6.06%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (6.06%) Java Engineer
10 12 (6.06%) Senior Developer
11 10 (5.05%) Automation Tester
12 9 (4.55%) Automation Test Analyst
12 9 (4.55%) QA Automation Engineer
12 9 (4.55%) Senior Test Engineer
13 7 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (53.03%) Playwright
2 29 (14.65%) .NET
3 22 (11.11%) HTML
3 22 (11.11%) REST
4 21 (10.61%) React
4 21 (10.61%) Spring Boot
5 17 (8.59%) CSS
5 17 (8.59%) Spring
6 16 (8.08%) Node.js
7 14 (7.07%) JSON
7 14 (7.07%) Kafka
8 13 (6.57%) RESTful
9 12 (6.06%) Jest
9 12 (6.06%) XML
10 9 (4.55%) pytest
11 8 (4.04%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (4.04%) Gherkin
12 7 (3.54%) Ruby on Rails
13 6 (3.03%) AngularJS
13 6 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.66%) Product Ownership
2 18 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 14 (7.07%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (6.57%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (5.05%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.03%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.02%) IoT
9 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.52%) NHS
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.01%) FMCG
10 2 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.51%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.07%) Linux
2 13 (6.57%) Windows
3 6 (3.03%) CentOS
4 5 (2.53%) Unix
5 4 (2.02%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.52%) AIX
7 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (78.79%) Test Automation
2 121 (61.11%) CI/CD
3 120 (60.61%) Agile
4 94 (47.47%) DevOps
5 61 (30.81%) Software Testing
6 55 (27.78%) Test Strategy
7 53 (26.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (24.75%) Mentoring
9 48 (24.24%) Manual Testing
10 43 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (21.72%) User Acceptance Testing
11 40 (20.20%) AI
11 40 (20.20%) BDD
12 38 (19.19%) API Testing
13 37 (18.69%) SDLC
14 36 (18.18%) Regression Testing
15 35 (17.68%) Scrum
16 28 (14.14%) Non-Functional Testing
17 27 (13.64%) Test Management
18 26 (13.13%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (41.92%) Java
2 54 (27.27%) Python
3 44 (22.22%) C#
4 36 (18.18%) SQL
5 34 (17.17%) JavaScript
6 22 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.05%) Bash
8 7 (3.54%) Ruby
9 6 (3.03%) Groovy
9 6 (3.03%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.53%) Scala
11 4 (2.02%) PHP
12 2 (1.01%) Bicep
12 2 (1.01%) C++
12 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.51%) Go
13 1 (0.51%) JCL
13 1 (0.51%) Perl
13 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.18%) ISTQB
2 32 (16.16%) Security Cleared
3 29 (14.65%) Degree
4 24 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.03%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.03%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.02%) ISEB
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.51%) OCP
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (50.00%) QA
2 45 (22.73%) Accessibility
3 16 (8.08%) WCAG
4 4 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.02%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.52%) GDPR
6 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (22.73%) Docker
2 6 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (19.70%) Kubernetes
2 25 (12.63%) Terraform
3 12 (6.06%) Grafana
4 9 (4.55%) Ansible
4 9 (4.55%) Kibana
5 8 (4.04%) logstash
6 7 (3.54%) HP Fortify
7 6 (3.03%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.52%) HP ALM
9 2 (1.01%) MIIS
9 2 (1.01%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.51%) Control-M
10 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.51%) Nagios
10 1 (0.51%) Packer
10 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (6.06%) Splunk
2 11 (5.56%) Oracle
3 9 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.04%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.54%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.54%) Google
6 6 (3.03%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.03%) VMware
7 5 (2.53%) Pega
7 5 (2.53%) SAP
8 4 (2.02%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.02%) Veracode
8 4 (2.02%) YouTube
9 3 (1.52%) HP
9 3 (1.52%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.51%) MarketAxess
10 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.51%) Tradeweb