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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 294 402
Rank change year-on-year -288 +108 -223
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 196 479 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.97% 0.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.44% 11.46% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 148 194 352
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - -0.80% -3.39%
75th Percentile £72,660 £70,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £81,500 £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 4,418 4,179 7,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.36% 8.45% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,950 2,646 5,060
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,906 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.73% -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,063
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 27 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 27 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 -243 169 £57,500 - 54
UK excluding London -247 127 £55,000 -4.35% 40
Work from Home -226 65 £56,000 +1.82% 34
London -25 58 £70,000 +21.74% 22
South West -47 30 £55,000 +4.76% 3
South East -31 26 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Midlands -94 26 £50,000 -24.53% 8
West Midlands -47 25 £50,000 -25.93% 7
North of England -150 16 £61,250 +9.38% 15
Wales -44 15 £47,500 -16.67%
East of England -33 12 £55,000 +3.77% 4
North West -117 7 £57,500 - 7
Yorkshire -40 6 £59,038 -1.27% 4
North East -52 3 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Scotland -40 2 £48,500 -3.00% 1
East Midlands -71 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 (10.71%) Confluence
2 4 (2.04%) JBoss
3 2 (1.02%) Apache
3 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Moqups
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (42.35%) Azure
2 70 (35.71%) AWS
3 52 (26.53%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (10.20%) GitHub
5 15 (7.65%) Serverless
6 13 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (6.63%) BrowserStack
7 12 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (5.61%) GCP
9 9 (4.59%) Tricentis Tosca
10 8 (4.08%) OpenShift
10 8 (4.08%) SaaS
11 6 (3.06%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.04%) BlazeMeter
13 3 (1.53%) Amazon ECR
13 3 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.53%) AWS Step Functions
13 3 (1.53%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.53%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.04%) HTTP
2 1 (0.51%) Broadband
2 1 (0.51%) DSL
2 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.61%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.10%) Redis
3 8 (4.08%) DynamoDB
3 8 (4.08%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.06%) InfluxDB
4 6 (3.06%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.06%) MySQL
4 6 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.55%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.53%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.53%) Tableau
7 2 (1.02%) 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 71 (36.22%) Cypress.io
2 55 (28.06%) Jenkins
3 51 (26.02%) Git
4 49 (25.00%) Postman
5 48 (24.49%) JIRA
6 35 (17.86%) GitLab
7 33 (16.84%) JMeter
8 28 (14.29%) Cucumber
8 28 (14.29%) REST Assured
9 22 (11.22%) JUnit
10 17 (8.67%) Zephyr
11 16 (8.16%) Gatling
12 15 (7.65%) SpecFlow
13 14 (7.14%) TestRail
14 10 (5.10%) SonarQube
14 10 (5.10%) WebDriver
15 9 (4.59%) Robot Framework
16 8 (4.08%) NUnit
16 8 (4.08%) SoapUI
17 7 (3.57%) Maven
General
1 40 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.39%) Finance
3 29 (14.80%) Public Sector
4 27 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.57%) Aviation
8 6 (3.06%) Retail
9 5 (2.55%) Advertising
10 4 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.02%) 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 45 (22.96%) Senior
2 39 (19.90%) Lead
3 34 (17.35%) Test Engineer
4 28 (14.29%) QA Engineer
5 22 (11.22%) Test Leader
6 20 (10.20%) Test Automation Engineer
7 19 (9.69%) Developer
7 19 (9.69%) QA Leader
7 19 (9.69%) Tester
8 17 (8.67%) Analyst
9 12 (6.12%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (6.12%) Java Engineer
9 12 (6.12%) Senior Developer
9 12 (6.12%) Test Analyst
10 10 (5.10%) Automation Tester
11 9 (4.59%) QA Automation Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Senior Test Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Automation Test Analyst
13 7 (3.57%) QA Analyst
13 7 (3.57%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (54.08%) Playwright
2 27 (13.78%) .NET
3 22 (11.22%) HTML
4 21 (10.71%) React
4 21 (10.71%) REST
4 21 (10.71%) Spring Boot
5 17 (8.67%) CSS
5 17 (8.67%) Spring
6 16 (8.16%) Node.js
7 14 (7.14%) Kafka
8 13 (6.63%) JSON
9 12 (6.12%) RESTful
9 12 (6.12%) XML
10 11 (5.61%) Jest
11 9 (4.59%) pytest
12 8 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (3.57%) Gherkin
13 7 (3.57%) Ruby on Rails
14 6 (3.06%) HTML5
14 6 (3.06%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.31%) Product Ownership
2 18 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.63%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (5.10%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.06%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.53%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.53%) IoT
8 3 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.53%) NHS
8 3 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.02%) FMCG
9 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.14%) Linux
2 13 (6.63%) Windows
3 6 (3.06%) CentOS
4 5 (2.55%) Unix
5 4 (2.04%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.53%) AIX
7 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (79.08%) Test Automation
2 121 (61.73%) CI/CD
3 118 (60.20%) Agile
4 93 (47.45%) DevOps
5 60 (30.61%) Software Testing
6 55 (28.06%) Test Strategy
7 53 (27.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (24.49%) Manual Testing
9 47 (23.98%) Mentoring
10 44 (22.45%) User Acceptance Testing
11 41 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (19.90%) AI
12 39 (19.90%) API Testing
12 39 (19.90%) BDD
13 38 (19.39%) SDLC
14 37 (18.88%) Regression Testing
15 35 (17.86%) Scrum
16 28 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
17 27 (13.78%) Test Management
18 26 (13.27%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (41.84%) Java
2 52 (26.53%) Python
3 41 (20.92%) C#
4 36 (18.37%) SQL
5 34 (17.35%) JavaScript
6 22 (11.22%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.10%) Bash
8 7 (3.57%) Ruby
9 6 (3.06%) Groovy
9 6 (3.06%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.06%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.55%) Scala
11 4 (2.04%) PHP
12 2 (1.02%) Bicep
12 2 (1.02%) C++
12 2 (1.02%) 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 (18.37%) ISTQB
2 32 (16.33%) Security Cleared
3 28 (14.29%) Degree
4 24 (12.24%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.06%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.04%) ISEB
9 3 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.53%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.51%) OCP
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (50.51%) QA
2 46 (23.47%) Accessibility
3 16 (8.16%) WCAG
4 4 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.04%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.53%) GDPR
6 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (22.45%) Docker
2 6 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (19.39%) Kubernetes
2 24 (12.24%) Terraform
3 12 (6.12%) Grafana
4 9 (4.59%) Ansible
4 9 (4.59%) Kibana
5 8 (4.08%) logstash
6 7 (3.57%) HP Fortify
7 6 (3.06%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.53%) HP ALM
9 2 (1.02%) MIIS
9 2 (1.02%) 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 (6.12%) Splunk
2 11 (5.61%) Oracle
3 9 (4.59%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.08%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.57%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.57%) Google
6 6 (3.06%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.06%) VMware
7 5 (2.55%) Pega
7 5 (2.55%) SAP
8 4 (2.04%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.04%) Veracode
8 4 (2.04%) YouTube
9 3 (1.53%) HP
9 3 (1.53%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.51%) New Relic
10 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.51%) Tradeweb