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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 297 422
Rank change year-on-year -305 +125 -167
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 201 463 426
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.94% 0.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.41% 12.33% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 145 173 271
10th Percentile £40,033 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,140 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £77,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -

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 4,558 3,756 6,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.13% 7.66% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,964 2,267 4,133
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,200 £38,050
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £100,000 £96,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.78%

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 4 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 4 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 -248 174 £60,000 +4.35% 165
UK excluding London -297 130 £55,000 -1.79% 117
Work from Home -247 62 £55,000 - 156
London -51 60 £75,000 +30.43% 96
Midlands -91 30 £47,500 -24.00% 16
West Midlands -38 29 £47,500 -20.17% 12
South West -63 28 £50,000 -9.09% 21
South East -54 24 £55,000 -6.38% 22
North of England -170 17 £65,000 +17.12% 24
Wales -60 15 £47,500 -16.67% 1
East of England -42 14 £55,000 +3.77% 5
North West -121 9 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Yorkshire -47 5 £65,000 +16.07% 9
North East -64 3 £65,000 +18.18% 5
Scotland -44 2 £48,500 +4.86% 12
East Midlands -77 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 25 (12.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Apache
3 2 (1.00%) JBoss
3 2 (1.00%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.50%) nginx
4 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Moqups
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 83 (41.29%) Azure
2 80 (39.80%) AWS
3 48 (23.88%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (12.44%) GitHub
5 18 (8.96%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (6.97%) GCP
6 14 (6.97%) SaaS
7 13 (6.47%) BrowserStack
7 13 (6.47%) Serverless
8 11 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (5.47%) OpenShift
9 9 (4.48%) Tricentis Tosca
10 8 (3.98%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (2.49%) Figma
12 4 (1.99%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.99%) BlazeMeter
12 4 (1.99%) ChatGPT
13 3 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.49%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) HTTP
2 2 (1.00%) DNS
2 2 (1.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.50%) 4G
3 1 (0.50%) 5G
3 1 (0.50%) BGP
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) DHCP
3 1 (0.50%) DSL
3 1 (0.50%) OSPF
3 1 (0.50%) SSH
3 1 (0.50%) SSL
3 1 (0.50%) VLAN
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.97%) NoSQL
2 11 (5.47%) Redis
3 9 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.98%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.48%) InfluxDB
5 7 (3.48%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.48%) MySQL
5 7 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.99%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.99%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.99%) ZAP BI
8 3 (1.49%) Tableau
9 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.50%) Db2
Development Applications
1 78 (38.81%) Cypress.io
2 63 (31.34%) Jenkins
3 60 (29.85%) Postman
4 58 (28.86%) Git
5 53 (26.37%) JIRA
6 45 (22.39%) GitLab
7 39 (19.40%) JMeter
8 35 (17.41%) REST Assured
9 32 (15.92%) Cucumber
10 26 (12.94%) JUnit
11 25 (12.44%) Gatling
12 20 (9.95%) Zephyr
13 15 (7.46%) TestRail
14 12 (5.97%) SonarQube
15 11 (5.47%) NUnit
15 11 (5.47%) Robot Framework
16 10 (4.98%) SoapUI
16 10 (4.98%) SpecFlow
17 9 (4.48%) LoadRunner
18 8 (3.98%) Newman
General
1 48 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.41%) Finance
3 31 (15.42%) Public Sector
4 29 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.48%) Aviation
6 7 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.48%) Retail
7 6 (2.99%) Banking
8 5 (2.49%) Advertising
9 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Military
9 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.00%) Law
11 1 (0.50%) Front Office
11 1 (0.50%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 54 (26.87%) Senior
2 36 (17.91%) Test Engineer
3 34 (16.92%) Lead
4 32 (15.92%) QA Engineer
5 21 (10.45%) Test Automation Engineer
6 18 (8.96%) Developer
7 17 (8.46%) Analyst
8 16 (7.96%) Test Leader
8 16 (7.96%) Tester
9 14 (6.97%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.47%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (6.47%) Java Engineer
11 12 (5.97%) QA Leader
11 12 (5.97%) Test Analyst
12 11 (5.47%) Junior
13 10 (4.98%) Senior QA Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Senior Test Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Automation Test Analyst
14 9 (4.48%) Automation Tester
14 9 (4.48%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (55.22%) Playwright
2 34 (16.92%) REST
3 29 (14.43%) React
4 26 (12.94%) Terraform
5 23 (11.44%) .NET
6 21 (10.45%) HTML
7 20 (9.95%) RESTful
8 19 (9.45%) Spring
8 19 (9.45%) Spring Boot
9 17 (8.46%) CSS
10 16 (7.96%) JSON
10 16 (7.96%) Kafka
10 16 (7.96%) Node.js
11 13 (6.47%) Jest
11 13 (6.47%) pytest
12 12 (5.97%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (3.98%) XML
14 7 (3.48%) ADO
14 7 (3.48%) Ruby on Rails
14 7 (3.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.42%) Product Ownership
2 23 (11.44%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.46%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.99%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.99%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.99%) IoT
8 4 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.49%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.49%) NHS
10 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.00%) Blockchain
10 2 (1.00%) FMCG
11 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.95%) Linux
2 14 (6.97%) Windows
3 7 (3.48%) CentOS
4 5 (2.49%) Kali Linux
4 5 (2.49%) Unix
5 3 (1.49%) AIX
6 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (82.59%) Test Automation
2 136 (67.66%) CI/CD
3 127 (63.18%) Agile
4 92 (45.77%) DevOps
5 67 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 58 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (27.36%) Mentoring
8 52 (25.87%) Test Strategy
9 48 (23.88%) Manual Testing
9 48 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (20.40%) AI
11 40 (19.90%) SDLC
12 39 (19.40%) User Acceptance Testing
13 37 (18.41%) API Testing
13 37 (18.41%) Scrum
14 36 (17.91%) BDD
14 36 (17.91%) End-to-End Testing
15 35 (17.41%) Regression Testing
16 32 (15.92%) Performance Testing
17 29 (14.43%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (41.29%) Java
2 59 (29.35%) Python
3 40 (19.90%) C#
4 36 (17.91%) JavaScript
5 35 (17.41%) SQL
6 16 (7.96%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.98%) Bash
8 7 (3.48%) Go
8 7 (3.48%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.48%) Ruby
9 5 (2.49%) Scala
10 4 (1.99%) Groovy
10 4 (1.99%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.99%) PHP
11 2 (1.00%) Bicep
11 2 (1.00%) C++
11 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 40 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.91%) ISTQB
3 27 (13.43%) Degree
3 27 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 7 (3.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.99%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.99%) ISEB
6 6 (2.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 6 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.49%) OCP
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (51.74%) QA
2 45 (22.39%) Accessibility
3 23 (11.44%) WCAG
4 4 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.99%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.99%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.49%) GDPR
5 3 (1.49%) NIST
6 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (23.88%) Docker
2 7 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (21.39%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.95%) Grafana
3 10 (4.98%) Ansible
3 10 (4.98%) Kibana
4 9 (4.48%) logstash
5 7 (3.48%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.99%) HP Fortify
7 5 (2.49%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.49%) HP ALM
9 2 (1.00%) MIIS
10 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.50%) Control-M
10 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.50%) Nagios
10 1 (0.50%) Packer
10 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.50%) Puppet
10 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (6.47%) Splunk
2 11 (5.47%) Red Hat
3 10 (4.98%) Oracle
4 9 (4.48%) Google
4 9 (4.48%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.98%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.48%) Pega
6 7 (3.48%) SAP
6 7 (3.48%) VMware
7 5 (2.49%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.49%) Veracode
8 4 (1.99%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.99%) YouTube
9 3 (1.49%) HP
9 3 (1.49%) OneLogin
10 2 (1.00%) IBM
11 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.50%) MarketAxess
11 1 (0.50%) NCR
11 1 (0.50%) Tradeweb