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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 295 432
Rank change year-on-year -315 +137 -170
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 191 463 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.94% 0.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.26% 12.34% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 135 169 255
10th Percentile £39,221 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - -0.80% -3.39%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £77,500 £86,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 4,485 3,752 6,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.95% 7.59% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,847 2,232 3,922
10th Percentile £36,825 £36,825 £38,525
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,900 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £56,643 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.51% +2.99% -5.98%

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 14 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 14 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 -254 163 £57,500 - 161
UK excluding London -298 120 £52,500 -8.70% 98
London -53 60 £75,000 +30.43% 95
Work from Home -243 59 £53,750 -2.27% 101
South West -68 26 £48,375 -15.87% 12
Midlands -105 26 £47,500 -24.00% 12
West Midlands -49 25 £47,500 -20.17% 10
South East -55 22 £55,000 -4.35% 20
East of England -43 15 £55,000 +3.77% 7
Wales -62 15 £47,500 -16.67% 1
North of England -173 14 £65,000 +18.18% 22
North West -120 8 £70,000 +27.27% 14
Yorkshire -35 5 £50,000 -10.71% 5
Scotland -43 2 £48,500 -3.00% 16
North East -65 1 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -77 1 - - 2

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 24 (12.57%) Confluence
2 3 (1.57%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Apache
3 2 (1.05%) JBoss
3 2 (1.05%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.05%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Moqups
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.88%) Azure
2 79 (41.36%) AWS
3 44 (23.04%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (13.09%) GitHub
5 18 (9.42%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (7.33%) SaaS
6 14 (7.33%) Serverless
7 13 (6.81%) GCP
8 12 (6.28%) BrowserStack
9 11 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (5.24%) OpenShift
11 9 (4.71%) Tricentis Tosca
12 8 (4.19%) Anthropic Claude
13 5 (2.62%) Figma
14 4 (2.09%) Amazon S3
14 4 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (2.09%) BlazeMeter
14 4 (2.09%) ChatGPT
15 3 (1.57%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (1.57%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.62%) HTTP
2 4 (2.09%) DNS
2 4 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.57%) 4G
3 3 (1.57%) 5G
3 3 (1.57%) SSH
4 1 (0.52%) BGP
4 1 (0.52%) Broadband
4 1 (0.52%) DHCP
4 1 (0.52%) DSL
4 1 (0.52%) OSPF
4 1 (0.52%) SSL
4 1 (0.52%) VLAN
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.33%) NoSQL
2 13 (6.81%) Redis
3 10 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.71%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.19%) MySQL
6 7 (3.66%) SQL Server
7 6 (3.14%) DynamoDB
7 6 (3.14%) InfluxDB
8 4 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.57%) Tableau
9 3 (1.57%) ZAP BI
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.52%) Db2
11 1 (0.52%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 70 (36.65%) Cypress.io
2 58 (30.37%) Jenkins
3 56 (29.32%) Git
3 56 (29.32%) Postman
4 51 (26.70%) JIRA
5 41 (21.47%) GitLab
6 34 (17.80%) JMeter
7 32 (16.75%) Cucumber
8 28 (14.66%) REST Assured
9 26 (13.61%) JUnit
10 21 (10.99%) Gatling
11 19 (9.95%) Zephyr
12 13 (6.81%) TestRail
13 11 (5.76%) SonarQube
14 10 (5.24%) NUnit
14 10 (5.24%) Robot Framework
14 10 (5.24%) SpecFlow
15 9 (4.71%) SoapUI
16 8 (4.19%) Newman
17 7 (3.66%) TestNG
General
1 45 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.32%) Finance
3 28 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.14%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.66%) Aviation
6 7 (3.66%) Banking
6 7 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.66%) Retail
7 5 (2.62%) Advertising
8 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.57%) Military
8 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.05%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Front Office
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.52%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 51 (26.70%) Senior
2 32 (16.75%) Test Engineer
3 31 (16.23%) Lead
3 31 (16.23%) QA Engineer
4 21 (10.99%) Test Automation Engineer
5 18 (9.42%) Developer
6 17 (8.90%) Analyst
7 16 (8.38%) Test Leader
8 15 (7.85%) Tester
9 14 (7.33%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.81%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (6.81%) Java Engineer
10 13 (6.81%) Test Analyst
11 11 (5.76%) Junior
11 11 (5.76%) Senior QA Engineer
12 10 (5.24%) Automation Test Analyst
13 9 (4.71%) QA Automation Engineer
13 9 (4.71%) QA Leader
13 9 (4.71%) Quality Engineer
13 9 (4.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (53.40%) Playwright
2 35 (18.32%) REST
3 29 (15.18%) React
4 24 (12.57%) Terraform
5 21 (10.99%) .NET
5 21 (10.99%) RESTful
6 20 (10.47%) HTML
7 19 (9.95%) Spring
7 19 (9.95%) Spring Boot
8 18 (9.42%) CSS
8 18 (9.42%) Kafka
9 16 (8.38%) JSON
9 16 (8.38%) Node.js
10 14 (7.33%) pytest
11 13 (6.81%) Elastic Stack
11 13 (6.81%) Jest
12 8 (4.19%) XML
13 7 (3.66%) ADO
13 7 (3.66%) Ruby on Rails
13 7 (3.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.66%) Product Ownership
2 22 (11.52%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.90%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (6.28%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.14%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.14%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.09%) IoT
7 4 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.57%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.57%) NHS
8 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.05%) FMCG
9 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.52%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.47%) Linux
2 13 (6.81%) Windows
3 6 (3.14%) CentOS
4 5 (2.62%) Unix
5 4 (2.09%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.57%) AIX
7 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (83.25%) Test Automation
2 130 (68.06%) CI/CD
3 122 (63.87%) Agile
4 90 (47.12%) DevOps
5 63 (32.98%) Software Testing
6 57 (29.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (28.27%) Mentoring
8 49 (25.65%) Test Strategy
9 48 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (24.61%) Manual Testing
11 39 (20.42%) SDLC
11 39 (20.42%) User Acceptance Testing
12 37 (19.37%) AI
12 37 (19.37%) End-to-End Testing
12 37 (19.37%) Scrum
13 35 (18.32%) API Testing
13 35 (18.32%) Regression Testing
14 33 (17.28%) BDD
15 31 (16.23%) Validation
16 29 (15.18%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 77 (40.31%) Java
2 56 (29.32%) Python
3 38 (19.90%) SQL
4 37 (19.37%) C#
5 36 (18.85%) JavaScript
6 16 (8.38%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.76%) Bash
8 7 (3.66%) Go
8 7 (3.66%) Ruby
9 6 (3.14%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.62%) Scala
11 4 (2.09%) Groovy
11 4 (2.09%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.09%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.57%) PHP
13 2 (1.05%) C++
14 1 (0.52%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 41 (21.47%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.85%) ISTQB
3 28 (14.66%) SC Cleared
4 25 (13.09%) Degree
5 10 (5.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (3.66%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.14%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.62%) ISEB
9 3 (1.57%) OCP
9 3 (1.57%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (53.40%) QA
2 40 (20.94%) Accessibility
3 23 (12.04%) WCAG
4 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.09%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.57%) GDPR
5 3 (1.57%) NIST
5 3 (1.57%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (24.61%) Docker
2 6 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (20.94%) Kubernetes
2 20 (10.47%) Grafana
3 9 (4.71%) Ansible
3 9 (4.71%) Kibana
4 8 (4.19%) logstash
5 7 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.14%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.62%) HP Fortify
8 2 (1.05%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.52%) Control-M
9 1 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.52%) MIIS
9 1 (0.52%) Nagios
9 1 (0.52%) Packer
9 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.52%) Puppet
9 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (5.76%) Splunk
2 10 (5.24%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.24%) Red Hat
3 9 (4.71%) Oracle
4 8 (4.19%) Google
4 8 (4.19%) SAP
5 7 (3.66%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.66%) Pega
6 6 (3.14%) VMware
7 5 (2.62%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.09%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.09%) Veracode
8 4 (2.09%) YouTube
9 3 (1.57%) OneLogin
10 2 (1.05%) HP
10 2 (1.05%) IBM
11 1 (0.52%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.52%) Informatica
11 1 (0.52%) NCR
11 1 (0.52%) Tradeweb