The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 76 57 60
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +3
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 21 24 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.916% 2.454% 1.779%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.450% 3.550% 2.143%
Number of salaries quoted 19 19 15
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £33,800 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £53,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 676 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.19% 69.12% 83.04%
Number of salaries quoted 772 584 660
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -13 7 £37,500 -11.76%
Luton -5 6 £52,500 +16.66%
Dunstable - 1 £35,000 -
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Unit Testing.

1 45 (83.33%) .NET
2 35 (64.81%) C#
3 31 (57.41%) TDD
4 29 (53.70%) SQL Server
5 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 25 (46.30%) .NET Framework
7 23 (42.59%) Web Services
7 23 (42.59%) XML
8 21 (38.89%) SQL
9 19 (35.19%) Windows
9 19 (35.19%) SOA
9 19 (35.19%) Continuous Integration
9 19 (35.19%) Team Foundation Server
10 18 (33.33%) MVC
10 18 (33.33%) Refactoring
10 18 (33.33%) CSS
10 18 (33.33%) Internet
10 18 (33.33%) MS Excel
10 18 (33.33%) JavaScript
10 18 (33.33%) HTML
11 17 (31.48%) Oracle
11 17 (31.48%) Change Management
11 17 (31.48%) N-Tier
12 16 (29.63%) Degree
12 16 (29.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
13 14 (25.93%) ASP.NET
14 13 (24.07%) VB
14 13 (24.07%) VB6
15 12 (22.22%) SharePoint

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 45 (83.33%) .NET
2 25 (46.30%) .NET Framework
3 23 (42.59%) Web Services
3 23 (42.59%) XML
4 18 (33.33%) CSS
4 18 (33.33%) HTML
5 14 (25.93%) ASP.NET
6 11 (20.37%) ASP.NET MVC
6 11 (20.37%) WCF
7 10 (18.52%) Silverlight
8 7 (12.96%) CSS3
9 6 (11.11%) XHTML
9 6 (11.11%) WinForms
10 5 (9.259%) NHibernate
10 5 (9.259%) LINQ
10 5 (9.259%) ASP
10 5 (9.259%) WF
10 5 (9.259%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 10 (18.52%) SharePoint Server
3 9 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (12.96%) IIS
5 6 (11.11%) Drupal
5 6 (11.11%) Apache
5 6 (11.11%) CMS
6 5 (9.259%) WordPress
6 5 (9.259%) Magento
7 4 (7.407%) Exstream Dialogue
8 3 (5.556%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (1.852%) Papyrus
9 1 (1.852%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 8 (14.81%) DOC1
3 5 (9.259%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 5 (9.259%) Exstream
2 4 (7.407%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (53.70%) SQL Server
2 16 (29.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (20.37%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (16.67%) RDBMS
6 8 (14.81%) GIS
7 7 (12.96%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (9.259%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (9.259%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (9.259%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (7.407%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 19 (35.19%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 6 (11.11%) Visual Studio
4 5 (9.259%) JIRA
4 5 (9.259%) PowerBuilder
4 5 (9.259%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (7.407%) MSTest
6 1 (1.852%) NUnit
General
1 6 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (1.852%) Finance
Job Titles
1 44 (81.48%) Developer
2 19 (35.19%) .NET Developer
3 11 (20.37%) C# Developer
3 11 (20.37%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 8 (14.81%) Architect
5 8 (14.81%) Web Developer
5 8 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (11.11%) Drupal Developer
6 6 (11.11%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 6 (11.11%) PHP Developer
7 5 (9.259%) JavaScript Developer
7 5 (9.259%) PHP Web Developer
7 5 (9.259%) HTML Developer
7 5 (9.259%) CMS Developer
7 5 (9.259%) CSS Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead .NET Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead Developer
8 4 (7.407%) VB Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) N-Tier
2 6 (11.11%) Digital Media
3 5 (9.259%) Wiki
4 4 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.852%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.852%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) TDD
2 19 (35.19%) SOA
2 19 (35.19%) Continuous Integration
3 18 (33.33%) MVC
3 18 (33.33%) Refactoring
4 17 (31.48%) Change Management
5 9 (16.67%) AOP
5 9 (16.67%) OO
6 8 (14.81%) ETL
6 8 (14.81%) Workflow
6 8 (14.81%) Scrum
7 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
7 7 (12.96%) BDD
8 6 (11.11%) Time Management
8 6 (11.11%) Migration
8 6 (11.11%) Web Development
9 5 (9.259%) Kanban
9 5 (9.259%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (9.259%) Data Transformation
10 4 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 35 (64.81%) C#
2 21 (38.89%) SQL
3 18 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 13 (24.07%) VB
4 13 (24.07%) VB6
5 9 (16.67%) XAML
5 9 (16.67%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 6 (11.11%) PHP
7 5 (9.259%) Ruby
7 5 (9.259%) PL/SQL
8 4 (7.407%) T-SQL
8 4 (7.407%) VBScript
9 2 (3.704%) Java
9 2 (3.704%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.852%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (29.63%) Degree
2 4 (7.407%) ISEB
3 1 (1.852%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.852%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) DO-178B
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (31.48%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) Sybase
3 7 (12.96%) XMPie
4 5 (9.259%) HP
5 4 (7.407%) Telerik
6 1 (1.852%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.852%) IBM