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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 396 282
Rank change year-on-year -29 -114 -66
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 228 349 560
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.63% 1.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.28% 6.09% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 194 222 473
10th Percentile £40,150 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £45,375 £48,750 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £69,688 £79,938 £91,934
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% +6.82%

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 3,631 5,731 6,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.09% 10.32% 12.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 3,354 5,141
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% +4.55%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 -2 218 £57,500 -11.54% 393
UK excluding London -54 139 £52,500 -12.50% 356
Work from Home +61 104 £52,500 -12.50% 90
London +65 80 £67,500 -1.46% 66
South East -19 77 £50,000 -33.33% 101
Midlands +5 21 £60,000 - 53
North of England -11 17 £57,500 +27.78% 81
South West +13 15 £45,000 -10.00% 49
West Midlands +27 14 £57,500 -0.40% 30
North West +5 8 £61,500 +36.67% 42
East Midlands -14 7 £60,000 - 20
Yorkshire -20 7 £55,500 +53.14% 36
Wales +5 5 £48,100 -0.82% 8
East of England +23 3 £60,000 +60.00% 53
North East +13 2 £55,200 -4.77% 3
Scotland -14 1 - - 12

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 18 (7.89%) Confluence
2 7 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.63%) Appian
4 5 (2.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (4.82%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.32%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (29.82%) Azure
2 58 (25.44%) AWS
3 57 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (9.65%) GitHub
5 16 (7.02%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.70%) SaaS
7 12 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.51%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.51%) BrowserStack
9 8 (3.51%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.63%) MinIO
11 5 (2.19%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.75%) Serverless
13 3 (1.32%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) DNS
2 2 (0.88%) HTTP
3 1 (0.44%) SSH
3 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.09%) SQL Server
3 16 (7.02%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.70%) DB2
5 5 (2.19%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.32%) Mixpanel
6 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.88%) Big Data
7 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.88%) Tableau
8 1 (0.44%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 75 (32.89%) Postman
2 73 (32.02%) JIRA
3 59 (25.88%) Jenkins
4 55 (24.12%) WebDriver
5 48 (21.05%) Cucumber
6 44 (19.30%) Git
7 43 (18.86%) Cypress.io
8 41 (17.98%) SoapUI
9 30 (13.16%) Team Foundation Server
10 28 (12.28%) JMeter
11 24 (10.53%) GitLab
11 24 (10.53%) Robot Framework
12 21 (9.21%) JUnit
12 21 (9.21%) Snyk
13 18 (7.89%) REST Assured
14 16 (7.02%) Appium
14 16 (7.02%) Bitbucket
15 14 (6.14%) LoadRunner
16 13 (5.70%) SpecFlow
16 13 (5.70%) TeamCity
General
1 83 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 70 (30.70%) Finance
3 48 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.33%) Banking
5 16 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.70%) Law
7 11 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.51%) Retail
9 5 (2.19%) Electronics
10 4 (1.75%) Advertising
10 4 (1.75%) Back Office
10 4 (1.75%) Legal
10 4 (1.75%) Marketing
11 2 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.44%) iGaming
12 1 (0.44%) International Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (28.07%) Lead
2 47 (20.61%) Senior
3 36 (15.79%) Test Engineer
4 33 (14.47%) Developer
5 32 (14.04%) Analyst
6 31 (13.60%) Test Analyst
7 27 (11.84%) Tester
8 26 (11.40%) Test Automation Engineer
9 24 (10.53%) Test Leader
10 22 (9.65%) QA Engineer
11 19 (8.33%) QA Leader
12 17 (7.46%) Automation Engineer
12 17 (7.46%) QA Automation Engineer
13 15 (6.58%) Automation Tester
14 14 (6.14%) Software Developer
15 12 (5.26%) Automation Test Lead
15 12 (5.26%) Java Developer
15 12 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (5.26%) Senior Developer
15 12 (5.26%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (24.12%) Playwright
2 53 (23.25%) HTML
3 48 (21.05%) .NET
4 39 (17.11%) SOAP
5 25 (10.96%) Elastic Stack
6 23 (10.09%) CSS
6 23 (10.09%) React
6 23 (10.09%) REST
7 21 (9.21%) RESTful
8 20 (8.77%) pytest
9 16 (7.02%) Gherkin
10 15 (6.58%) Kafka
10 15 (6.58%) Node.js
11 12 (5.26%) Spring
12 10 (4.39%) Spring Boot
13 8 (3.51%) Django
13 8 (3.51%) Flask
14 7 (3.07%) Middleware
15 6 (2.63%) Apache NiFi
15 6 (2.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.84%) Product Ownership
2 25 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 15 (6.58%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.51%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 7 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.75%) Derivative
7 4 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.75%) Equities
7 4 (1.75%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.32%) W3C
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.53%) Linux
2 16 (7.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (79.82%) Test Automation
2 136 (59.65%) Agile
3 113 (49.56%) CI/CD
4 95 (41.67%) DevOps
5 82 (35.96%) Software Testing
6 76 (33.33%) Test Management
7 73 (32.02%) API Testing
8 72 (31.58%) Scrum
9 67 (29.39%) Mentoring
10 58 (25.44%) Non-Functional Testing
10 58 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (25.44%) Test Scripting
11 54 (23.68%) BDD
12 50 (21.93%) Test Strategy
13 42 (18.42%) Microservices
14 38 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (16.23%) SDLC
16 33 (14.47%) Manual Testing
17 31 (13.60%) Cross-Browser Testing
18 29 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 120 (52.63%) Java
2 92 (40.35%) SQL
3 81 (35.53%) C#
4 63 (27.63%) Python
5 50 (21.93%) JavaScript
6 21 (9.21%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.51%) Delphi
8 7 (3.07%) Go
8 7 (3.07%) PHP
9 3 (1.32%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) RPG
10 2 (0.88%) Groovy
10 2 (0.88%) Scala
11 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 60 (26.32%) ISTQB
2 57 (25.00%) Degree
3 41 (17.98%) Security Cleared
4 31 (13.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 23 (10.09%) SC Cleared
6 22 (9.65%) DV Cleared
7 13 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 11 (4.82%) ISEB
10 4 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (40.79%) QA
2 26 (11.40%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.75%) WCAG
4 3 (1.32%) SEPA
5 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (14.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Firmware
2 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (12.72%) Kubernetes
1 29 (12.72%) Terraform
2 21 (9.21%) Ansible
3 12 (5.26%) Grafana
4 4 (1.75%) HP Fortify
4 4 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.32%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.88%) Control-M
6 2 (0.88%) Nessus
7 1 (0.44%) Argo
7 1 (0.44%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (9.21%) Black Duck
2 20 (8.77%) Coverity
3 14 (6.14%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.14%) Oracle
4 9 (3.95%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.07%) UiPath
6 6 (2.63%) BiZZdesign
6 6 (2.63%) IBM
6 6 (2.63%) VMware
7 5 (2.19%) Adobe
7 5 (2.19%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.75%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.75%) SAP
8 4 (1.75%) Splunk
9 3 (1.32%) HP
9 3 (1.32%) Siebel
9 3 (1.32%) Tealium
10 2 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.88%) Google
11 1 (0.44%) New Relic