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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 297 425
Rank change year-on-year -300 +128 -166
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 197 466 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.94% 0.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.25% 12.36% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 136 171 258
10th Percentile £39,221 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,156 £48,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - -0.80% -3.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £73,438
90th Percentile £88,125 £77,500 £88,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £56,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.49% +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 4,635 3,770 6,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.03% 7.64% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,919 2,245 3,865
10th Percentile £36,975 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,600 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -5.17%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -277 168 £58,500 +1.74% 236
UK excluding London -305 126 £52,500 -7.49% 141
London -58 60 £75,000 +27.66% 128
Work from Home -243 60 £52,500 -4.55% 117
South West -64 27 £48,375 -15.87% 20
Midlands -98 27 £47,500 -24.00% 16
West Midlands -49 25 £47,500 -20.17% 12
South East -68 23 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England -47 16 £55,000 +3.77% 5
Wales -63 15 £47,500 -16.67% 2
North of England -168 15 £65,000 +18.18% 38
North West -126 10 £70,000 +27.27% 21
Yorkshire -47 4 £53,750 -4.02% 10
Scotland -47 3 £48,500 -3.00% 19
East Midlands -86 2 - - 4
North East -68 1 £65,000 +18.18% 7

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 26 (13.20%) Confluence
2 3 (1.52%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Apache
3 2 (1.02%) JBoss
3 2 (1.02%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.02%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Moqups
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 81 (41.12%) Azure
2 78 (39.59%) AWS
3 46 (23.35%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (13.20%) GitHub
5 19 (9.64%) GitHub Actions
6 15 (7.61%) SaaS
7 14 (7.11%) Serverless
8 13 (6.60%) GCP
9 12 (6.09%) BrowserStack
10 11 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (5.08%) OpenShift
12 9 (4.57%) Tricentis Tosca
13 8 (4.06%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (3.05%) Figma
15 4 (2.03%) Amazon S3
15 4 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (2.03%) BlazeMeter
15 4 (2.03%) ChatGPT
16 3 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
16 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.54%) DNS
1 5 (2.54%) HTTP
1 5 (2.54%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.52%) 4G
2 3 (1.52%) 5G
2 3 (1.52%) SSH
3 2 (1.02%) BGP
3 2 (1.02%) DHCP
3 2 (1.02%) OSPF
3 2 (1.02%) VLAN
3 2 (1.02%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) Broadband
4 1 (0.51%) DSL
4 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.60%) NoSQL
2 12 (6.09%) Redis
3 10 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.57%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.06%) MySQL
6 7 (3.55%) SQL Server
7 6 (3.05%) DynamoDB
7 6 (3.05%) InfluxDB
8 4 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.52%) Tableau
9 3 (1.52%) ZAP BI
10 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.51%) Db2
11 1 (0.51%) Power BI
11 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 73 (37.06%) Cypress.io
2 58 (29.44%) Jenkins
2 58 (29.44%) Postman
3 55 (27.92%) Git
4 53 (26.90%) JIRA
5 41 (20.81%) GitLab
6 34 (17.26%) JMeter
7 33 (16.75%) Cucumber
8 30 (15.23%) REST Assured
9 26 (13.20%) JUnit
10 21 (10.66%) Gatling
11 19 (9.64%) Zephyr
12 13 (6.60%) TestRail
13 12 (6.09%) Robot Framework
14 11 (5.58%) SonarQube
15 10 (5.08%) NUnit
15 10 (5.08%) SpecFlow
16 8 (4.06%) Newman
16 8 (4.06%) SoapUI
16 8 (4.06%) TestNG
General
1 46 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.26%) Finance
3 31 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.71%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.55%) Aviation
6 7 (3.55%) Banking
6 7 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.55%) Retail
7 5 (2.54%) Advertising
8 4 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Military
9 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.02%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Front Office
11 1 (0.51%) Marketing
11 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.51%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 50 (25.38%) Senior
2 33 (16.75%) QA Engineer
3 32 (16.24%) Lead
3 32 (16.24%) Test Engineer
4 22 (11.17%) Test Automation Engineer
5 19 (9.64%) Developer
6 18 (9.14%) Analyst
7 17 (8.63%) Test Leader
7 17 (8.63%) Tester
8 14 (7.11%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.60%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (6.60%) Test Analyst
10 12 (6.09%) Java Engineer
10 12 (6.09%) Junior
11 10 (5.08%) Automation Test Analyst
11 10 (5.08%) Senior QA Engineer
12 9 (4.57%) Automation Tester
12 9 (4.57%) QA Automation Engineer
12 9 (4.57%) QA Leader
12 9 (4.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (53.30%) Playwright
2 38 (19.29%) REST
3 28 (14.21%) React
4 24 (12.18%) Terraform
5 21 (10.66%) .NET
5 21 (10.66%) RESTful
6 19 (9.64%) HTML
7 18 (9.14%) Spring
7 18 (9.14%) Spring Boot
8 17 (8.63%) CSS
8 17 (8.63%) JSON
8 17 (8.63%) Kafka
9 16 (8.12%) Node.js
10 14 (7.11%) pytest
11 13 (6.60%) Elastic Stack
11 13 (6.60%) Jest
12 9 (4.57%) XML
13 7 (3.55%) ADO
13 7 (3.55%) Ruby on Rails
13 7 (3.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.72%) Product Ownership
2 22 (11.17%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.63%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.05%) Mainframe
6 6 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.03%) IoT
8 4 (2.03%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.52%) NHS
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.02%) FMCG
10 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.66%) Linux
2 13 (6.60%) Windows
3 6 (3.05%) CentOS
3 6 (3.05%) Unix
4 4 (2.03%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.52%) AIX
6 1 (0.51%) Android
6 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (83.76%) Test Automation
2 132 (67.01%) CI/CD
3 124 (62.94%) Agile
4 91 (46.19%) DevOps
5 63 (31.98%) Software Testing
6 56 (28.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (27.41%) Mentoring
8 50 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (25.38%) Test Strategy
9 46 (23.35%) Manual Testing
10 40 (20.30%) SDLC
11 39 (19.80%) AI
11 39 (19.80%) Regression Testing
11 39 (19.80%) User Acceptance Testing
12 37 (18.78%) End-to-End Testing
12 37 (18.78%) Scrum
13 36 (18.27%) API Testing
14 33 (16.75%) Validation
15 32 (16.24%) BDD
16 29 (14.72%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (40.10%) Java
2 59 (29.95%) Python
3 39 (19.80%) JavaScript
3 39 (19.80%) SQL
4 36 (18.27%) C#
5 15 (7.61%) TypeScript
6 11 (5.58%) Bash
7 7 (3.55%) Go
7 7 (3.55%) Ruby
8 6 (3.05%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.54%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.54%) Scala
10 4 (2.03%) Groovy
10 4 (2.03%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.52%) PHP
12 2 (1.02%) C++
13 1 (0.51%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (21.32%) Security Cleared
2 35 (17.77%) ISTQB
3 28 (14.21%) SC Cleared
4 24 (12.18%) Degree
5 9 (4.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (3.55%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.54%) ISEB
9 3 (1.52%) OCP
9 3 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (54.31%) QA
2 39 (19.80%) Accessibility
3 23 (11.68%) WCAG
4 5 (2.54%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.03%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.52%) NIST
6 3 (1.52%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (1.02%) GDPR
8 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (24.37%) Docker
2 6 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (20.81%) Kubernetes
2 20 (10.15%) Grafana
3 9 (4.57%) Ansible
3 9 (4.57%) Kibana
4 8 (4.06%) logstash
5 7 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.05%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.54%) HP Fortify
8 2 (1.02%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.51%) Control-M
9 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.51%) MIIS
9 1 (0.51%) Nagios
9 1 (0.51%) Packer
9 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.51%) Puppet
9 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (5.58%) Splunk
2 10 (5.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.08%) Red Hat
3 9 (4.57%) Oracle
4 8 (4.06%) Google
4 8 (4.06%) SAP
5 7 (3.55%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.55%) Pega
6 6 (3.05%) VMware
7 5 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.03%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.03%) Veracode
8 4 (2.03%) YouTube
9 3 (1.52%) OneLogin
10 2 (1.02%) HP
10 2 (1.02%) IBM
11 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.51%) Informatica
11 1 (0.51%) NCR
11 1 (0.51%) Tradeweb