The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 145 139 58
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -81
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 69 81 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.340% 1.317% 3.292%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.933% 1.880% 4.815%
Number of salaries quoted 63 68 141
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,900 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3570 4308 3468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.35% 70.03% 68.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2733 3626 2877
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Reading +4 24 £40,000 -11.11%
Bracknell -9 19 £45,000 -
Slough 0 5 £45,000 +12.50%
Newbury +3 3 £28,500 +9.61%
Windsor -4 2 £40,000 -20.00%
Maidenhead +13 1 £50,000 -6.97%
Wokingham -4 1 £39,500 -19.38%
Ascot - 1 £27,500 -
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 107 (59.78%) C#
1 107 (59.78%) .NET
2 100 (55.87%) OO
3 84 (46.93%) SQL Server
4 67 (37.43%) JavaScript
5 62 (34.64%) SQL
5 62 (34.64%) Degree
6 59 (32.96%) Scrum
7 57 (31.84%) HTML
8 56 (31.28%) Java
8 56 (31.28%) Finance
9 44 (24.58%) CSS
10 40 (22.35%) ASP.NET
11 35 (19.55%) Computer Science
12 34 (18.99%) XML
12 34 (18.99%) OOD
13 31 (17.32%) Visual Studio
14 30 (16.76%) jQuery
15 29 (16.20%) MVC
16 28 (15.64%) Team Foundation Server
16 28 (15.64%) J2EE
17 27 (15.08%) Agile Software Development
18 26 (14.53%) Silverlight
19 25 (13.97%) Continuous Integration
19 25 (13.97%) Ajax
19 25 (13.97%) MS Excel
20 24 (13.41%) XSLT
20 24 (13.41%) Microsoft
20 24 (13.41%) TDD
21 23 (12.85%) Windows

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 107 (59.78%) .NET
2 57 (31.84%) HTML
3 44 (24.58%) CSS
4 40 (22.35%) ASP.NET
5 34 (18.99%) XML
6 30 (16.76%) jQuery
7 28 (15.64%) J2EE
8 26 (14.53%) Silverlight
9 25 (13.97%) Ajax
10 24 (13.41%) XSLT
11 22 (12.29%) Web Services
12 21 (11.73%) Java SE
13 20 (11.17%) .NET Framework
14 19 (10.61%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (10.61%) Java EE
15 18 (10.06%) WebSphere
16 16 (8.939%) WCF
17 14 (7.821%) Hibernate
17 14 (7.821%) Spring
18 12 (6.704%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.939%) IIS
2 9 (5.028%) Tomcat
3 8 (4.469%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (3.352%) Apache
5 4 (2.235%) WebSphere MQ
6 2 (1.117%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.559%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.559%) MSMQ
Applications
1 25 (13.97%) MS Excel
2 9 (5.028%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.559%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.352%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.235%) DNS
3 1 (0.559%) ATM
3 1 (0.559%) HTTP
3 1 (0.559%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (46.93%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.939%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (6.704%) DB2
4 10 (5.587%) GIS
4 10 (5.587%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (5.028%) MySQL
6 5 (2.793%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.235%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.117%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.559%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.559%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 31 (17.32%) Visual Studio
2 28 (15.64%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (5.028%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 6 (3.352%) MSI
5 4 (2.235%) InstallShield
5 4 (2.235%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 4 (2.235%) NUnit
5 4 (2.235%) Git (software)
6 3 (1.676%) Subversion
6 3 (1.676%) ClearQuest
6 3 (1.676%) ClearCase
7 2 (1.117%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (1.117%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.117%) StarTeam
7 2 (1.117%) Selenium
8 1 (0.559%) Maven
8 1 (0.559%) MSTest
8 1 (0.559%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.559%) JUnit
8 1 (0.559%) Xcode
General
1 56 (31.28%) Finance
2 15 (8.380%) Financial Institution
3 11 (6.145%) Advertising
4 6 (3.352%) Publishing
4 6 (3.352%) Legal
4 6 (3.352%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.676%) Marketing
6 2 (1.117%) Retail
6 2 (1.117%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.559%) Back Office
7 1 (0.559%) Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (76.54%) Developer
2 47 (26.26%) .NET Developer
3 36 (20.11%) C# Developer
4 29 (16.20%) Software Developer
4 29 (16.20%) C# .NET Developer
5 25 (13.97%) Java Developer
6 20 (11.17%) Junior
7 19 (10.61%) Software Engineer
8 14 (7.821%) Senior Developer
9 13 (7.263%) ASP.NET Developer
10 12 (6.704%) Programmer
10 12 (6.704%) Applications Developer
11 11 (6.145%) Graduate
11 11 (6.145%) Junior Developer
11 11 (6.145%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 10 (5.587%) C# Software Developer
12 10 (5.587%) Analyst
13 9 (5.028%) Junior Software Engineer
13 9 (5.028%) Graduate Software Engineer
13 9 (5.028%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.55%) Computer Science
2 16 (8.939%) N-Tier
3 10 (5.587%) Mathematics
4 8 (4.469%) Open Source
4 8 (4.469%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.352%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.793%) Blog
6 5 (2.793%) PMI
6 5 (2.793%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.793%) SaaS
6 5 (2.793%) DataPower
7 4 (2.235%) Inversion of Control
8 2 (1.117%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.559%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.559%) iPhone
9 1 (0.559%) Informatics
9 1 (0.559%) iPad
9 1 (0.559%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.85%) Windows
2 10 (5.587%) UNIX
3 7 (3.911%) Linux
4 5 (2.793%) AIX
4 5 (2.793%) Solaris
5 2 (1.117%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.117%) Android
6 1 (0.559%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.559%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (55.87%) OO
2 59 (32.96%) Scrum
3 34 (18.99%) OOD
4 29 (16.20%) MVC
5 27 (15.08%) Agile Software Development
6 25 (13.97%) Continuous Integration
7 24 (13.41%) TDD
8 22 (12.29%) OOP
9 20 (11.17%) OOA/OOD
10 19 (10.61%) Automated Testing
11 17 (9.497%) Refactoring
12 16 (8.939%) Software Engineering
13 14 (7.821%) BDD
14 12 (6.704%) V-Model
14 12 (6.704%) Waterfall
14 12 (6.704%) UML
14 12 (6.704%) RUP
15 11 (6.145%) Multithreading
16 10 (5.587%) Quality Management
16 10 (5.587%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 107 (59.78%) C#
2 67 (37.43%) JavaScript
3 62 (34.64%) SQL
4 56 (31.28%) Java
5 22 (12.29%) C++
6 17 (9.497%) Perl
7 13 (7.263%) VB.NET
8 9 (5.028%) Python
8 9 (5.028%) T-SQL
8 9 (5.028%) PHP
9 8 (4.469%) C
10 7 (3.911%) Ruby
11 6 (3.352%) VB
12 5 (2.793%) Shell Script
13 4 (2.235%) XAML
13 4 (2.235%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.117%) Objective-C
14 2 (1.117%) VBScript
15 1 (0.559%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.559%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (34.64%) Degree
2 5 (2.793%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.117%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.117%) MCSD
3 2 (1.117%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.117%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.559%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.793%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.117%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (0.559%) Nagios
Vendors
1 24 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.06%) IBM
3 13 (7.263%) Oracle
4 8 (4.469%) ILOG
5 7 (3.911%) Zend
6 5 (2.793%) Ab Initio
6 5 (2.793%) Google
7 4 (2.235%) DevExpress
7 4 (2.235%) JBoss
8 2 (1.117%) Borland
8 2 (1.117%) HP
8 2 (1.117%) Fujitsu
8 2 (1.117%) Niku
9 1 (0.559%) Informatica
9 1 (0.559%) Apple
9 1 (0.559%) Sybase
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