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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 56 64 82
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 37 10 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 3.144% 1.403% 1.711%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.405% 1.934% 2.365%
Number of salaries quoted 33 10 15
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +17.74%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £33,850 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 517 761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.37% 72.51% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 709 459 689
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £50,000
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Folkestone +10 7 £35,000 +2.94%
Rochester - 5 £25,000 -
Tunbridge Wells - 5 £45,000 -
Tonbridge -9 1 £45,000 +12.50%
Dover - 1 £38,500 -
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 37 (59.68%) SQL
2 33 (53.23%) C#
2 33 (53.23%) .NET
3 29 (46.77%) SQL Server
3 29 (46.77%) CSS
4 27 (43.55%) ASP.NET
5 26 (41.94%) Agile Software Development
6 25 (40.32%) Finance
7 24 (38.71%) HTML
7 24 (38.71%) System Testing
8 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
9 21 (33.87%) PL/SQL
9 21 (33.87%) MVC
10 20 (32.26%) TDD
10 20 (32.26%) Oracle
11 19 (30.65%) jQuery
12 18 (29.03%) JavaScript
12 18 (29.03%) UNIX
12 18 (29.03%) Internet
13 17 (27.42%) SOA
13 17 (27.42%) SOAP
13 17 (27.42%) Domain-Driven Design
14 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2008
14 16 (25.81%) Configuration Management
15 14 (22.58%) OO
16 13 (20.97%) Hibernate
16 13 (20.97%) Spring
16 13 (20.97%) Java
16 13 (20.97%) Apache
17 12 (19.35%) Banking

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 33 (53.23%) .NET
2 29 (46.77%) CSS
3 27 (43.55%) ASP.NET
4 24 (38.71%) HTML
5 19 (30.65%) jQuery
6 17 (27.42%) SOAP
7 13 (20.97%) Hibernate
7 13 (20.97%) Spring
8 10 (16.13%) J2EE
8 10 (16.13%) REST
9 8 (12.90%) CSS3
9 8 (12.90%) HTML5
9 8 (12.90%) LINQ
9 8 (12.90%) .NET Framework
9 8 (12.90%) WCF
10 7 (11.29%) Ajax
10 7 (11.29%) XML
11 6 (9.677%) Java EE
11 6 (9.677%) Smarty
11 6 (9.677%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 13 (20.97%) Apache
2 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (9.677%) Tomcat
4 2 (3.226%) SAS
4 2 (3.226%) CICS
4 2 (3.226%) GlassFish
5 1 (1.613%) Drupal
5 1 (1.613%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 1 (1.613%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (29.03%) Internet
2 4 (6.452%) Kerberos
3 2 (3.226%) HTTP
4 1 (1.613%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (46.77%) SQL Server
2 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (16.13%) MySQL
4 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (8.065%) DTS
6 4 (6.452%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (6.452%) JasperReports
7 3 (4.839%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (3.226%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (3.226%) DB2
8 2 (3.226%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.613%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.613%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) JIRA
2 7 (11.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (11.29%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (9.677%) Visual Studio
3 6 (9.677%) Subversion
3 6 (9.677%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (6.452%) DbUnit
4 4 (6.452%) Mockito
4 4 (6.452%) EasyMock
4 4 (6.452%) CruiseControl
5 3 (4.839%) Maven
5 3 (4.839%) Eclipse
5 3 (4.839%) Ant
6 2 (3.226%) JUnit
6 2 (3.226%) JProfiler
General
1 25 (40.32%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Legal
2 12 (19.35%) Banking
2 12 (19.35%) Investment Banking
3 7 (11.29%) Telecoms
4 6 (9.677%) Retail
5 5 (8.065%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.452%) Publishing
6 4 (6.452%) Music
7 1 (1.613%) Marketing
7 1 (1.613%) Front Office
7 1 (1.613%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 54 (87.10%) Developer
2 14 (22.58%) .NET Developer
3 13 (20.97%) Web Developer
4 12 (19.35%) C# Developer
5 9 (14.52%) ASP.NET Developer
5 9 (14.52%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 9 (14.52%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (12.90%) Software Developer
7 7 (11.29%) Java Developer
8 6 (9.677%) PHP Developer
8 6 (9.677%) Front-End Developer
9 5 (8.065%) Mobile Developer
9 5 (8.065%) Software Engineer
9 5 (8.065%) .NET Web Developer
10 4 (6.452%) J2EE Software Engineer
10 4 (6.452%) Senior J2EE Software Engineer
10 4 (6.452%) PHP Web Developer
10 4 (6.452%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (6.452%) Analyst
11 3 (4.839%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.065%) W3C
1 5 (8.065%) SaaS
2 4 (6.452%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.226%) Wiki
3 2 (3.226%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.226%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.613%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (29.03%) UNIX
2 6 (9.677%) Linux
3 5 (8.065%) Android
3 5 (8.065%) Windows
4 3 (4.839%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.839%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (38.71%) System Testing
3 21 (33.87%) MVC
4 20 (32.26%) TDD
5 17 (27.42%) SOA
5 17 (27.42%) Domain-Driven Design
6 16 (25.81%) Configuration Management
7 14 (22.58%) OO
8 12 (19.35%) Data Management
9 11 (17.74%) E-Commerce
10 9 (14.52%) Business Analysis
11 7 (11.29%) Enterprise Architecture
12 6 (9.677%) Data Modelling
12 6 (9.677%) Multithreading
12 6 (9.677%) UML
12 6 (9.677%) OOP
13 5 (8.065%) ERP
13 5 (8.065%) Systems Analysis
13 5 (8.065%) Change Management
14 4 (6.452%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (59.68%) SQL
2 33 (53.23%) C#
3 21 (33.87%) PL/SQL
4 18 (29.03%) JavaScript
5 13 (20.97%) Java
6 11 (17.74%) PHP
7 5 (8.065%) T-SQL
8 3 (4.839%) C++
8 3 (4.839%) Shell Script
9 2 (3.226%) COBOL
9 2 (3.226%) VB.NET
9 2 (3.226%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 5 (8.065%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (6.452%) Sun Certification
2 4 (6.452%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (3.226%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (32.26%) Oracle
3 6 (9.677%) JBoss
3 6 (9.677%) Facebook
4 5 (8.065%) Apple
5 4 (6.452%) Sybase
6 2 (3.226%) BMC
6 2 (3.226%) Pega
7 1 (1.613%) Google
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