Selenium Job Trends

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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 408 334
Rank change year-on-year -37 -74 -129
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 227 312 596
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.63% 0.80%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.86% 5.95% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 195 193 500
10th Percentile £39,550 £41,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.84%
75th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

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 3,876 5,244 7,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.81% 10.54% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 3,026 6,451
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,419 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.37% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% -

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -19 214 £57,500 -11.54% 72
UK excluding London -85 126 £50,000 -16.67% 63
Work from Home +54 99 £52,000 -13.33% 43
London +51 87 £66,250 -3.28% 28
South East -7 70 £50,000 -25.93% 30
South West -3 23 £47,500 -38.31% 6
Midlands -21 13 £60,000 - 7
North of England -31 12 £54,250 +20.56% 11
West Midlands +2 9 £58,750 -11.32% 7
North West -5 6 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Wales +2 5 £48,100 -0.82%
Yorkshire -46 5 £53,500 +64.69% 5
East Midlands -29 4 £60,000 -
East of England +11 2 £52,500 +31.25% 8
North East -6 1 £55,200 +47.20%
Scotland -25 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 17 (7.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.32%) Apache
3 3 (1.32%) Appian
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (4.85%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.32%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.75%) Azure
2 56 (24.67%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (22.47%) AWS
4 22 (9.69%) GitHub
5 12 (5.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 12 (5.29%) BrowserStack
6 10 (4.41%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.41%) SaaS
7 9 (3.96%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.20%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.76%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.32%) MinIO
12 2 (0.88%) Apigee
12 2 (0.88%) AWS Control Tower
12 2 (0.88%) Datadog
12 2 (0.88%) Figma
12 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.29%) DNS
2 5 (2.20%) HTTP
3 2 (0.88%) DSL
4 1 (0.44%) SSH
4 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (10.57%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.61%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.73%) DB2
5 4 (1.76%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.32%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.88%) CockroachDB
7 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.88%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.88%) Tableau
8 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.44%) Big Data
8 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 65 (28.63%) JIRA
2 63 (27.75%) Postman
3 54 (23.79%) Jenkins
4 52 (22.91%) Cypress.io
5 49 (21.59%) WebDriver
6 44 (19.38%) Git
7 43 (18.94%) Cucumber
8 35 (15.42%) SoapUI
9 25 (11.01%) Team Foundation Server
10 24 (10.57%) JMeter
11 23 (10.13%) GitLab
12 22 (9.69%) Robot Framework
13 21 (9.25%) JUnit
14 18 (7.93%) Snyk
15 17 (7.49%) REST Assured
15 17 (7.49%) SpecFlow
16 15 (6.61%) Bitbucket
17 14 (6.17%) Appium
18 13 (5.73%) TeamCity
19 12 (5.29%) LoadRunner
General
1 85 (37.44%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.99%) Finance
3 42 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.37%) Banking
5 13 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.85%) Law
7 10 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.64%) Retail
9 5 (2.20%) Advertising
10 4 (1.76%) Back Office
10 4 (1.76%) Electronics
10 4 (1.76%) Marketing
11 2 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.44%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) International Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Legal
12 1 (0.44%) Publishing
12 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (27.75%) Lead
2 40 (17.62%) Test Engineer
3 38 (16.74%) Senior
4 32 (14.10%) Developer
5 27 (11.89%) Test Automation Engineer
5 27 (11.89%) Test Leader
5 27 (11.89%) Tester
6 25 (11.01%) Analyst
7 24 (10.57%) Test Analyst
8 22 (9.69%) QA Engineer
9 20 (8.81%) QA Leader
10 15 (6.61%) Automation Tester
11 14 (6.17%) QA Automation Engineer
12 13 (5.73%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (5.73%) Java Developer
12 13 (5.73%) Software Developer
13 10 (4.41%) Automation Test Lead
13 10 (4.41%) Senior Test Engineer
14 9 (3.96%) Senior Developer
15 7 (3.08%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (31.72%) Playwright
2 49 (21.59%) HTML
3 45 (19.82%) .NET
4 34 (14.98%) SOAP
5 27 (11.89%) Elastic Stack
6 25 (11.01%) REST
7 23 (10.13%) React
8 21 (9.25%) CSS
9 19 (8.37%) pytest
10 17 (7.49%) RESTful
11 16 (7.05%) Gherkin
12 15 (6.61%) Node.js
13 13 (5.73%) Spring
14 11 (4.85%) Kafka
14 11 (4.85%) Spring Boot
15 8 (3.52%) Django
15 8 (3.52%) Flask
15 8 (3.52%) Web Services
15 8 (3.52%) XML
16 7 (3.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.89%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.61%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (2.20%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.76%) Derivative
8 4 (1.76%) Equities
8 4 (1.76%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.33%) Linux
2 17 (7.49%) Windows
3 5 (2.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.44%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (81.50%) Test Automation
2 126 (55.51%) Agile
3 115 (50.66%) CI/CD
4 93 (40.97%) DevOps
5 76 (33.48%) Software Testing
6 68 (29.96%) Scrum
7 65 (28.63%) API Testing
7 65 (28.63%) Test Management
8 58 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (24.23%) Mentoring
10 53 (23.35%) BDD
11 52 (22.91%) Non-Functional Testing
12 51 (22.47%) Test Scripting
13 45 (19.82%) Test Strategy
14 36 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (15.86%) Manual Testing
14 36 (15.86%) Microservices
15 34 (14.98%) SDLC
16 28 (12.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
17 27 (11.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 116 (51.10%) Java
2 85 (37.44%) SQL
3 72 (31.72%) C#
4 66 (29.07%) Python
5 49 (21.59%) JavaScript
6 27 (11.89%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.52%) Delphi
8 5 (2.20%) Bash
8 5 (2.20%) Go
8 5 (2.20%) PHP
9 3 (1.32%) RPG
10 2 (0.88%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.88%) Scala
11 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.44%) Perl
11 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (23.35%) Degree
2 52 (22.91%) ISTQB
3 43 (18.94%) Security Cleared
4 26 (11.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 25 (11.01%) SC Cleared
6 21 (9.25%) DV Cleared
7 14 (6.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (4.85%) ISEB
9 5 (2.20%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (42.29%) QA
2 36 (15.86%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.76%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.32%) SEPA
5 2 (0.88%) WCAG
6 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 40 (17.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.44%) Firmware
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (13.66%) Kubernetes
2 29 (12.78%) Terraform
3 21 (9.25%) Ansible
4 14 (6.17%) Grafana
5 5 (2.20%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.76%) HP Fortify
7 3 (1.32%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.88%) Control-M
8 2 (0.88%) Nessus
8 2 (0.88%) Packer
9 1 (0.44%) Argo
9 1 (0.44%) CA Service Virtualization
9 1 (0.44%) Kibana
9 1 (0.44%) logstash
9 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (8.37%) Oracle
2 18 (7.93%) Black Duck
2 18 (7.93%) Coverity
3 10 (4.41%) Atlassian
3 10 (4.41%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.64%) Google
4 6 (2.64%) IBM
5 5 (2.20%) Splunk
6 4 (1.76%) Adobe
6 4 (1.76%) SAP
6 4 (1.76%) VMware
7 3 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (1.32%) Blue Prism
7 3 (1.32%) HP
7 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.32%) Siebel
7 3 (1.32%) UiPath
8 2 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.88%) Tealium