The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 33 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 3.333% 1.538% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.301% 2.198% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £27,500 £34,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.86% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 91 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 77.50% 70.00% 55.93%
Number of salaries quoted 81 89 31
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £28,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Manchester

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (75.00%) C
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) PHP
3 4 (50.00%) SOAP
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) RAD
3 4 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) HTTP
3 4 (50.00%) Ruby
3 4 (50.00%) WATIR
3 4 (50.00%) Selenium
3 4 (50.00%) FitNesse
3 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (50.00%) System Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 4 (50.00%) soapUI
3 4 (50.00%) REST
3 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (37.50%) Web Development
4 3 (37.50%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (25.00%) VB
5 2 (25.00%) HTML
5 2 (25.00%) SLA
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 4 (50.00%) SOAP
1 4 (50.00%) Web Services
1 4 (50.00%) XML
1 4 (50.00%) soapUI
1 4 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (37.50%) .NET
3 2 (25.00%) ASP
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) OLTP
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) WATIR
1 4 (50.00%) Selenium
1 4 (50.00%) FitNesse
2 2 (25.00%) MorphX
3 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Test Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (12.50%) DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) RAD
1 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (50.00%) System Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) SSADM
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) MVC
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Load Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) PHP
3 4 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) Ruby
4 2 (25.00%) X++
4 2 (25.00%) VB
5 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) SLA