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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 292 423
Rank change year-on-year -293 +131 -166
Permanent jobs citing Selenium 201 475 456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.95% 0.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.41% 12.02% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 146 181 296
10th Percentile £40,236 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,140 £67,500 £70,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 4,558 3,952 7,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.18% 7.91% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,956 2,427 4,460
10th Percentile £35,125 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,743 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -5.17%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -257 174 £60,500 +5.22% 60
UK excluding London -272 129 £55,000 - 46
Work from Home -216 63 £55,000 - 34
London -60 61 £70,000 +21.74% 27
Midlands -91 29 £47,500 -24.00% 8
West Midlands -42 28 £47,500 -24.00% 8
South West -63 27 £50,000 -9.09% 11
South East -43 25 £55,000 -4.35% 11
North of England -167 17 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Wales -48 15 £47,500 -16.67%
East of England -42 14 £55,000 +3.77% 2
North West -110 9 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Yorkshire -43 5 £65,000 +16.07% 3
North East -65 3 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Scotland -46 2 £48,500 -3.00% 2
East Midlands -65 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 24 (11.94%) 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 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 84 (41.79%) Azure
2 77 (38.31%) AWS
3 49 (24.38%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.95%) GitHub
5 15 (7.46%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (6.97%) GCP
7 13 (6.47%) BrowserStack
7 13 (6.47%) SaaS
7 13 (6.47%) Serverless
8 11 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (4.98%) OpenShift
10 9 (4.48%) Tricentis Tosca
11 5 (2.49%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (2.49%) Figma
12 4 (1.99%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.99%) BlazeMeter
13 3 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
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 8 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.48%) MySQL
4 7 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.99%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.99%) InfluxDB
6 4 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.99%) ZAP BI
7 3 (1.49%) Tableau
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.50%) Db2
Development Applications
1 75 (37.31%) Cypress.io
2 58 (28.86%) Jenkins
3 57 (28.36%) Postman
4 56 (27.86%) Git
5 51 (25.37%) JIRA
6 40 (19.90%) GitLab
7 35 (17.41%) JMeter
8 33 (16.42%) REST Assured
9 31 (15.42%) Cucumber
10 26 (12.94%) JUnit
11 22 (10.95%) Gatling
12 19 (9.45%) Zephyr
13 14 (6.97%) TestRail
14 12 (5.97%) NUnit
14 12 (5.97%) SonarQube
15 11 (5.47%) SpecFlow
16 10 (4.98%) Robot Framework
17 9 (4.48%) LoadRunner
17 9 (4.48%) SoapUI
18 7 (3.48%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.41%) Finance
3 30 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 29 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.48%) Aviation
7 7 (3.48%) Retail
8 5 (2.49%) Advertising
9 3 (1.49%) Banking
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 35 (17.41%) Test Engineer
3 32 (15.92%) Lead
4 31 (15.42%) QA Engineer
5 21 (10.45%) Test Automation Engineer
6 19 (9.45%) Tester
7 18 (8.96%) Developer
8 17 (8.46%) Analyst
9 16 (7.96%) Test Leader
10 14 (6.97%) Java Engineer
10 14 (6.97%) Senior Developer
11 12 (5.97%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (5.97%) QA Leader
11 12 (5.97%) Test Analyst
12 11 (5.47%) Junior
13 10 (4.98%) Automation Tester
13 10 (4.98%) Senior Test Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Automation Test Analyst
14 9 (4.48%) QA Automation Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (53.23%) Playwright
2 32 (15.92%) REST
3 29 (14.43%) React
4 25 (12.44%) .NET
4 25 (12.44%) Terraform
5 21 (10.45%) HTML
6 20 (9.95%) RESTful
7 19 (9.45%) Spring
7 19 (9.45%) Spring Boot
8 17 (8.46%) CSS
9 16 (7.96%) JSON
9 16 (7.96%) Kafka
9 16 (7.96%) Node.js
10 13 (6.47%) Jest
11 12 (5.97%) pytest
12 11 (5.47%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (3.98%) XML
14 7 (3.48%) Ruby on Rails
15 6 (2.99%) ADO
15 6 (2.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.42%) Product Ownership
2 22 (10.95%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.46%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.98%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.99%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.99%) IoT
10 3 (1.49%) Housing Association
10 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.49%) NHS
10 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.00%) FMCG
12 1 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
12 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.46%) Linux
2 13 (6.47%) Windows
3 6 (2.99%) 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
1 164 (81.59%) Test Automation
2 132 (65.67%) CI/CD
3 126 (62.69%) Agile
4 93 (46.27%) DevOps
5 65 (32.34%) Software Testing
6 58 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (26.87%) Test Strategy
8 53 (26.37%) Mentoring
9 48 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (23.38%) Manual Testing
11 40 (19.90%) AI
11 40 (19.90%) SDLC
12 38 (18.91%) API Testing
12 38 (18.91%) User Acceptance Testing
13 36 (17.91%) BDD
13 36 (17.91%) End-to-End Testing
13 36 (17.91%) Scrum
14 35 (17.41%) Regression Testing
15 29 (14.43%) Performance Testing
15 29 (14.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 84 (41.79%) Java
2 58 (28.86%) Python
3 43 (21.39%) C#
4 34 (16.92%) JavaScript
5 33 (16.42%) SQL
6 17 (8.46%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.48%) Bash
8 7 (3.48%) Ruby
9 6 (2.99%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.49%) Scala
11 4 (1.99%) Go
11 4 (1.99%) Groovy
11 4 (1.99%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.99%) PHP
12 2 (1.00%) Bicep
12 2 (1.00%) C++
12 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 39 (19.40%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.92%) ISTQB
3 27 (13.43%) Degree
3 27 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (2.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.99%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 6 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.49%) ISEB
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
1 100 (49.75%) QA
2 46 (22.89%) Accessibility
3 23 (11.44%) WCAG
4 4 (1.99%) Data Quality
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 20022
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (23.38%) Docker
2 6 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (20.90%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.45%) Grafana
3 9 (4.48%) Ansible
3 9 (4.48%) Kibana
4 8 (3.98%) logstash
5 6 (2.99%) HP Fortify
5 6 (2.99%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.49%) HP ALM
8 2 (1.00%) MIIS
9 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.50%) Control-M
9 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.50%) Nagios
9 1 (0.50%) Packer
9 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.50%) Puppet
9 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (5.97%) Splunk
2 10 (4.98%) Oracle
2 10 (4.98%) Red Hat
3 9 (4.48%) Google
4 8 (3.98%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.48%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.99%) Pega
6 6 (2.99%) SAP
6 6 (2.99%) 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