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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 289 409
Rank change year-on-year -287 +120 -193
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 202 480 496
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.96% 0.59%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.42% 11.78% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 151 192 319
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,140 £69,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% -

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 4,572 4,075 7,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.31% 8.19% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,979 2,542 4,573
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.61% +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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -251 175 £59,500 +3.48% 83
UK excluding London -271 131 £55,000 -3.08% 61
Work from Home -224 68 £55,000 - 46
London -41 60 £72,500 +16.00% 36
South West -56 31 £55,000 +4.76% 9
South East -47 27 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Midlands -108 27 £50,000 -23.08% 14
West Midlands -56 26 £50,000 -21.57% 10
North of England -158 17 £65,000 +16.07% 13
Wales -47 15 £47,500 -16.67%
East of England -49 12 £55,000 +3.77% 2
North West -120 8 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Yorkshire -38 6 £59,038 +4.03% 4
North East -60 3 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Scotland -42 2 £48,500 -3.00% 5
East Midlands -69 1 - - 4

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 23 (11.39%) Confluence
2 4 (1.98%) JBoss
3 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.99%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) nginx
5 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Moqups
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 86 (42.57%) Azure
2 77 (38.12%) AWS
3 51 (25.25%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (10.40%) GitHub
5 15 (7.43%) Serverless
6 14 (6.93%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (6.44%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (6.44%) BrowserStack
8 12 (5.94%) GCP
8 12 (5.94%) SaaS
9 10 (4.95%) OpenShift
10 9 (4.46%) Tricentis Tosca
11 6 (2.97%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.98%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.98%) BlazeMeter
12 4 (1.98%) Figma
13 3 (1.49%) Amazon ECR
13 3 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.49%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) HTTP
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) DSL
2 1 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.45%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.95%) Redis
3 8 (3.96%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.97%) InfluxDB
5 6 (2.97%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.97%) MySQL
5 6 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.98%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.98%) ZAP BI
7 3 (1.49%) Tableau
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.50%) Db2
9 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 72 (35.64%) Cypress.io
2 57 (28.22%) Jenkins
3 55 (27.23%) Postman
4 53 (26.24%) Git
5 51 (25.25%) JIRA
6 38 (18.81%) GitLab
7 33 (16.34%) JMeter
8 30 (14.85%) Cucumber
9 29 (14.36%) REST Assured
10 26 (12.87%) JUnit
11 18 (8.91%) Gatling
11 18 (8.91%) Zephyr
12 14 (6.93%) SpecFlow
12 14 (6.93%) TestRail
13 12 (5.94%) NUnit
13 12 (5.94%) SonarQube
14 9 (4.46%) Robot Framework
14 9 (4.46%) WebDriver
15 8 (3.96%) Appium
15 8 (3.96%) SoapUI
General
1 43 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.31%) Finance
3 30 (14.85%) Public Sector
4 29 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.47%) Aviation
8 6 (2.97%) Retail
9 5 (2.48%) Advertising
10 4 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Military
12 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.99%) Banking
12 2 (0.99%) Law
12 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.50%) Front Office
13 1 (0.50%) Marketing
13 1 (0.50%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 52 (25.74%) Senior
2 37 (18.32%) Lead
3 34 (16.83%) Test Engineer
4 28 (13.86%) QA Engineer
5 20 (9.90%) Developer
5 20 (9.90%) Test Automation Engineer
5 20 (9.90%) Test Leader
6 19 (9.41%) Tester
7 18 (8.91%) Analyst
8 17 (8.42%) QA Leader
9 13 (6.44%) Java Engineer
9 13 (6.44%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.44%) Test Analyst
10 12 (5.94%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (4.95%) Automation Tester
11 10 (4.95%) Senior Test Engineer
12 9 (4.46%) Automation Test Analyst
12 9 (4.46%) Junior
12 9 (4.46%) QA Automation Engineer
12 9 (4.46%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (51.49%) Playwright
2 30 (14.85%) .NET
3 25 (12.38%) React
4 24 (11.88%) REST
5 21 (10.40%) HTML
5 21 (10.40%) Spring Boot
6 18 (8.91%) Node.js
6 18 (8.91%) Spring
7 17 (8.42%) CSS
7 17 (8.42%) RESTful
8 15 (7.43%) JSON
8 15 (7.43%) Kafka
9 14 (6.93%) Jest
10 11 (5.45%) pytest
10 11 (5.45%) XML
11 10 (4.95%) Elastic Stack
12 8 (3.96%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.96%) Gherkin
13 7 (3.47%) Ruby on Rails
14 6 (2.97%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.34%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.40%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.42%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.97%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.98%) IoT
8 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.49%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.49%) NHS
9 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.99%) FMCG
11 1 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.93%) Linux
2 13 (6.44%) Windows
3 6 (2.97%) CentOS
4 4 (1.98%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.98%) Unix
5 3 (1.49%) AIX
6 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (79.70%) Test Automation
2 127 (62.87%) CI/CD
3 126 (62.38%) Agile
4 96 (47.52%) DevOps
5 63 (31.19%) Software Testing
6 56 (27.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (27.72%) Test Strategy
7 51 (25.25%) Manual Testing
7 51 (25.25%) Mentoring
8 44 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (20.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 40 (19.80%) AI
10 40 (19.80%) API Testing
11 38 (18.81%) BDD
11 38 (18.81%) SDLC
12 35 (17.33%) Regression Testing
12 35 (17.33%) Scrum
13 30 (14.85%) End-to-End Testing
14 28 (13.86%) Non-Functional Testing
15 27 (13.37%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (43.07%) Java
2 55 (27.23%) Python
3 44 (21.78%) C#
4 34 (16.83%) JavaScript
5 33 (16.34%) SQL
6 19 (9.41%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.95%) Bash
8 7 (3.47%) Ruby
9 6 (2.97%) Groovy
9 6 (2.97%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.97%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.48%) Scala
11 4 (1.98%) PHP
12 3 (1.49%) Go
13 2 (0.99%) Bicep
13 2 (0.99%) C++
14 1 (0.50%) JCL
14 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (17.33%) ISTQB
1 35 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.36%) Degree
3 27 (13.37%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 5 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.98%) ISEB
8 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.49%) OCP
8 3 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (48.51%) QA
2 46 (22.77%) Accessibility
3 20 (9.90%) WCAG
4 4 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.98%) GDPR
4 4 (1.98%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.49%) NIST
6 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (23.76%) Docker
2 6 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (20.79%) Kubernetes
2 27 (13.37%) Terraform
3 15 (7.43%) Grafana
4 9 (4.46%) Ansible
4 9 (4.46%) Kibana
5 8 (3.96%) logstash
6 7 (3.47%) HP Fortify
7 6 (2.97%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.98%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.49%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.99%) MIIS
11 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.50%) Control-M
11 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.50%) Nagios
11 1 (0.50%) Packer
11 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.50%) Puppet
11 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (5.94%) Splunk
2 11 (5.45%) Oracle
3 10 (4.95%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.47%) Atlassian
4 7 (3.47%) Google
5 6 (2.97%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.97%) VMware
6 5 (2.48%) Pega
6 5 (2.48%) SAP
7 4 (1.98%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.98%) Veracode
7 4 (1.98%) YouTube
8 3 (1.49%) HP
8 3 (1.49%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.50%) IBM
9 1 (0.50%) MarketAxess
9 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.50%) Tradeweb