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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 28 18 9
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -9
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 1 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 1.235% 10.53% 3.846%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.923% 11.43% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
52 35 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 64.20% 92.11% 92.31%
Number of salaries quoted 51 35 24
Average salary £50,000 £39,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.20% -22.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) JSP
1 3 (100.00%) Servlets
1 3 (100.00%) Struts
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSLT
1 3 (100.00%) JBoss
1 3 (100.00%) Swing
1 3 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 3 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) JAXB
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Hibernate
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Castor

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) JSP
1 3 (100.00%) Servlets
1 3 (100.00%) Struts
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSLT
1 3 (100.00%) Swing
1 3 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) JAXB
2 1 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 1 (33.33%) Castor
2 1 (33.33%) JiBX
2 1 (33.33%) XMLBeans
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (100.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (33.33%) Ant
1 1 (33.33%) Subversion
1 1 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 2 (66.67%) J2EE Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) JBoss
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013