The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 27 40 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 14 16 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 6.512% 4.020% 0.417%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.77% 5.016% 0.625%
Number of salaries quoted 14 16 0
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
130 319 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 60.47% 80.15% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 124 225 133
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Gloucestershire

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Cheltenham Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 24 (100.00%) SQL
1 24 (100.00%) Oracle
2 20 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 20 (83.33%) T-SQL
2 20 (83.33%) PL/SQL
3 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 12 (50.00%) OO
5 11 (45.83%) C++
6 10 (41.67%) C#
6 10 (41.67%) .NET
6 10 (41.67%) MFC
6 10 (41.67%) Windows
6 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
6 10 (41.67%) VC++
6 10 (41.67%) MVC
6 10 (41.67%) Banking
6 10 (41.67%) Logistics
7 8 (33.33%) .NET Framework
8 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
9 4 (16.67%) XML
9 4 (16.67%) XSD
9 4 (16.67%) XSLT
9 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
9 4 (16.67%) TDD
9 4 (16.67%) Advertising
9 4 (16.67%) PMI
9 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
9 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (16.67%) Test Scripting
9 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 10 (41.67%) .NET
1 10 (41.67%) MFC
1 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
2 8 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 4 (16.67%) XML
3 4 (16.67%) XSD
3 4 (16.67%) XSLT
4 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.167%) COM
5 1 (4.167%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (83.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (41.67%) Banking
2 4 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (83.33%) Developer
2 18 (75.00%) Software Developer
3 10 (41.67%) C++ Developer
3 10 (41.67%) C++ Software Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Systems Test Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Developer
5 2 (8.333%) C# Developer
5 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) OO
2 10 (41.67%) MVC
2 10 (41.67%) Logistics
3 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 4 (16.67%) TDD
3 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 4 (16.67%) V-Model
4 1 (4.167%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) SQL
2 20 (83.33%) T-SQL
2 20 (83.33%) PL/SQL
3 11 (45.83%) C++
4 10 (41.67%) C#
4 10 (41.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Oracle
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Twitter
Cheltenham, South West
Position Software Developer / C# / ASP.netSalary £30,000 - £35,000 DOE + Excellent bonus & benefits packageLocation Gloucester / CheltenhamReference number 39811Software Developer / C# / ASP.netThe BackgroundThis well-established software house,...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013