The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 68 97 99
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +2
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 55 39 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.989% 1.804% 1.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.029% 2.355% 1.572%
Number of salaries quoted 51 34 18
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £40,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1365 1656 1209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.18% 76.60% 69.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1095 1467 1040
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
North West

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Crewe +11 9 £47,500 +11.76%
Warrington +14 8 £30,000 -11.76% 1
Knutsford +6 4 £30,000 +27.65% 2
Chester -11 4 £37,500 +10.29%
Macclesfield -5 2 £28,500 -8.06%
Unit Testing
North West

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 70 (66.67%) SQL
2 48 (45.71%) Java
2 48 (45.71%) JavaScript
3 45 (42.86%) XML
4 43 (40.95%) SOAP
4 43 (40.95%) Web Services
5 42 (40.00%) CSS
5 42 (40.00%) .NET
6 41 (39.05%) Finance
7 37 (35.24%) C#
7 37 (35.24%) ASP.NET
8 36 (34.29%) Spring
9 34 (32.38%) Ajax
10 33 (31.43%) Oracle
11 32 (30.48%) Agile Software Development
11 32 (30.48%) System Testing
12 31 (29.52%) PL/SQL
12 31 (29.52%) WSDL
13 29 (27.62%) SQL Server
14 28 (26.67%) HTML
15 27 (25.71%) Hibernate
16 25 (23.81%) Legal
16 25 (23.81%) Servlets
16 25 (23.81%) JAX-RPC
16 25 (23.81%) Apache
16 25 (23.81%) Java EE
16 25 (23.81%) WebSphere
16 25 (23.81%) Apache Axis
17 23 (21.90%) Data Management
18 22 (20.95%) jQuery

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (42.86%) XML
2 43 (40.95%) SOAP
2 43 (40.95%) Web Services
3 42 (40.00%) CSS
3 42 (40.00%) .NET
4 37 (35.24%) ASP.NET
5 36 (34.29%) Spring
6 34 (32.38%) Ajax
7 31 (29.52%) WSDL
8 28 (26.67%) HTML
9 27 (25.71%) Hibernate
10 25 (23.81%) Servlets
10 25 (23.81%) JAX-RPC
10 25 (23.81%) Java EE
10 25 (23.81%) WebSphere
10 25 (23.81%) Apache Axis
11 22 (20.95%) jQuery
12 18 (17.14%) JSF
12 18 (17.14%) JSP
13 17 (16.19%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 25 (23.81%) Apache
2 7 (6.667%) IIS
3 3 (2.857%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.905%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.952%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.952%) CMS
5 1 (0.952%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.810%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.952%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.952%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.714%) Internet
2 3 (2.857%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.905%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (27.62%) SQL Server
2 19 (18.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (17.14%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (14.29%) MySQL
5 5 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.810%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (3.810%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.810%) IDMS
6 4 (3.810%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.810%) VLDB
6 4 (3.810%) OLTP
6 4 (3.810%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.952%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (18.10%) Subversion
2 12 (11.43%) Ant
3 11 (10.48%) Visual Studio
4 10 (9.524%) JUnit
5 6 (5.714%) Synon
6 3 (2.857%) Maven
6 3 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (2.857%) PHPUnit
6 3 (2.857%) Hudson
6 3 (2.857%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.952%) Eclipse
General
1 41 (39.05%) Finance
2 25 (23.81%) Legal
3 4 (3.810%) Retail
3 4 (3.810%) Back Office
4 1 (0.952%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 99 (94.29%) Developer
2 42 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 24 (22.86%) .NET Developer
4 14 (13.33%) ASP.NET Developer
5 13 (12.38%) Senior Developer
6 12 (11.43%) Software Developer
6 12 (11.43%) C# Developer
7 10 (9.524%) Lead Developer
8 9 (8.571%) Graduate
8 9 (8.571%) C# .NET Developer
9 8 (7.619%) Graduate Developer
10 7 (6.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 7 (6.667%) C# Software Developer
10 7 (6.667%) .NET Software Developer
11 6 (5.714%) Graduate Java Developer
11 6 (5.714%) Java Analyst Developer
11 6 (5.714%) Senior Programmer
11 6 (5.714%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
11 6 (5.714%) Senior Java Programmer
11 6 (5.714%) Senior Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Web 2.0
2 11 (10.48%) Data Integration
2 11 (10.48%) Computer Science
3 6 (5.714%) iSeries
3 6 (5.714%) Derivative
4 4 (3.810%) Replication
5 3 (2.857%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.857%) SaaS
6 2 (1.905%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.952%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.952%) Open Source
7 1 (0.952%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.24%) Windows
2 11 (10.48%) Linux
2 11 (10.48%) UNIX
3 3 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.905%) Windows CE
5 1 (0.952%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.48%) Agile Software Development
1 32 (30.48%) System Testing
2 23 (21.90%) Data Management
3 19 (18.10%) MVC
3 19 (18.10%) Project Management
4 13 (12.38%) Software Engineering
5 10 (9.524%) Web Development
6 9 (8.571%) TDD
6 9 (8.571%) Multithreading
6 9 (8.571%) Integration Testing
7 7 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
7 7 (6.667%) Load Testing
8 6 (5.714%) ETL
8 6 (5.714%) Change Management
9 5 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (4.762%) OO
10 4 (3.810%) AOP
10 4 (3.810%) Performance Testing
10 4 (3.810%) CRM
10 4 (3.810%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 70 (66.67%) SQL
2 48 (45.71%) Java
2 48 (45.71%) JavaScript
3 37 (35.24%) C#
4 31 (29.52%) PL/SQL
5 13 (12.38%) T-SQL
6 12 (11.43%) XPath
7 11 (10.48%) PHP
8 7 (6.667%) Python
9 6 (5.714%) RPG/400
9 6 (5.714%) RPG IV
9 6 (5.714%) VBA
9 6 (5.714%) VB
9 6 (5.714%) RPG
9 6 (5.714%) Perl
10 4 (3.810%) C
10 4 (3.810%) C++
11 3 (2.857%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.952%) Groovy
12 1 (0.952%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Degree
2 3 (2.857%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.714%) QA
Vendors
1 33 (31.43%) Oracle
2 16 (15.24%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.667%) Sencha
4 6 (5.714%) IBM
4 6 (5.714%) JD Edwards
5 4 (3.810%) JBoss
5 4 (3.810%) Teradata
6 3 (2.857%) Google
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