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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 86 134 84
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -50
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 118 42 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 2.806% 1.118% 2.176%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.617% 1.504% 3.182%
Number of salaries quoted 106 39 76
Average salary £36,000 £34,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% -10.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3262 2792 2734
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.57% 74.29% 68.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2797 2449 2474
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Wigan +19 18 £33,500 +54.02% 1
Altrincham - 8 £33,500 -
Salford +4 6 £40,000 +68.42%
Oldham +3 5 £39,246 +56.98% 2
Bolton +2 5 £27,500 -12.69% 1
Stockport -4 5 £35,000 +2.18%
Cheadle - 3 £28,500 -
Unit Testing
North West

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 167 (65.49%) .NET
2 166 (65.10%) C#
3 148 (58.04%) SQL
4 139 (54.51%) ASP.NET
5 103 (40.39%) MVC
6 102 (40.00%) OO
7 101 (39.61%) JavaScript
8 84 (32.94%) Degree
9 82 (32.16%) SQL Server
10 79 (30.98%) TDD
11 77 (30.20%) Agile Software Development
12 72 (28.24%) XML
13 71 (27.84%) Scrum
14 68 (26.67%) Web Development
15 57 (22.35%) ASP.NET MVC
16 56 (21.96%) CSS
16 56 (21.96%) Java
17 53 (20.78%) T-SQL
17 53 (20.78%) HTML
17 53 (20.78%) .NET Framework
18 45 (17.65%) Computer Science
19 40 (15.69%) Back Office
19 40 (15.69%) jQuery
20 38 (14.90%) WCF
21 36 (14.12%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
22 35 (13.73%) Microsoft
23 33 (12.94%) MySQL
24 31 (12.16%) Software Engineering
25 29 (11.37%) Oracle
26 28 (10.98%) XSLT

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 167 (65.49%) .NET
2 139 (54.51%) ASP.NET
3 72 (28.24%) XML
4 57 (22.35%) ASP.NET MVC
5 56 (21.96%) CSS
6 53 (20.78%) HTML
6 53 (20.78%) .NET Framework
7 40 (15.69%) jQuery
8 38 (14.90%) WCF
9 36 (14.12%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 28 (10.98%) XSLT
11 27 (10.59%) Web Services
11 27 (10.59%) J2EE
12 26 (10.20%) Ajax
12 26 (10.20%) Razor View Engine
13 23 (9.020%) NHibernate
14 20 (7.843%) XHTML
15 19 (7.451%) WinForms
15 19 (7.451%) Ruby on Rails
16 18 (7.059%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 24 (9.412%) IIS
2 9 (3.529%) Windows Azure
3 8 (3.137%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.745%) CMS
5 6 (2.353%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.961%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (1.569%) Apache
8 3 (1.176%) WordPress
9 2 (0.784%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.784%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.784%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.784%) Magento
10 1 (0.392%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.392%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.392%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (4.314%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.392%) MS Office
2 1 (0.392%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (5.098%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.137%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.784%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.392%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.392%) Tridion
4 1 (0.392%) Oracle iRecruitment
4 1 (0.392%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.392%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.569%) HTTP
1 4 (1.569%) CTI
2 2 (0.784%) Internet
3 1 (0.392%) Extranet
3 1 (0.392%) Intranet
3 1 (0.392%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (32.16%) SQL Server
2 33 (12.94%) MySQL
3 17 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (3.922%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (2.745%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (2.353%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.353%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.353%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.961%) DB2
8 4 (1.569%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.176%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.784%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.392%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.392%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (0.392%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (0.392%) OLTP
11 1 (0.392%) Oracle Discoverer
11 1 (0.392%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 26 (10.20%) JUnit
2 23 (9.020%) Git (software)
2 23 (9.020%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (5.490%) Visual Studio
4 12 (4.706%) NUnit
4 12 (4.706%) Rhino Mocks
5 10 (3.922%) Subversion
6 9 (3.529%) Selenium
7 6 (2.353%) CruiseControl
7 6 (2.353%) Maven
7 6 (2.353%) TeamCity
7 6 (2.353%) Moq
8 5 (1.961%) Redmine
8 5 (1.961%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.961%) FitNesse
9 4 (1.569%) WATIR
9 4 (1.569%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.569%) PHPUnit
9 4 (1.569%) Hudson
10 2 (0.784%) Ant
General
1 40 (15.69%) Back Office
2 25 (9.804%) Finance
3 9 (3.529%) Retail
4 5 (1.961%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.569%) Games
5 4 (1.569%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.176%) Marketing
7 2 (0.784%) Automotive
7 2 (0.784%) Electronics
7 2 (0.784%) Banking
Job Titles
1 213 (83.53%) Developer
2 85 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 75 (29.41%) .NET Developer
4 65 (25.49%) C# .NET Developer
5 53 (20.78%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 51 (20.00%) Senior Developer
7 48 (18.82%) ASP.NET Developer
8 42 (16.47%) Software Developer
9 31 (12.16%) Java Developer
10 27 (10.59%) Senior C# Developer
11 23 (9.020%) Senior .NET Developer
12 22 (8.627%) Web Developer
13 21 (8.235%) Analyst
13 21 (8.235%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
14 18 (7.059%) Java Software Developer
15 12 (4.706%) Consultant
16 11 (4.314%) .NET Web Developer
17 10 (3.922%) C# Web Developer
17 10 (3.922%) Analyst Developer
17 10 (3.922%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 24 (9.412%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.314%) FMCG
4 7 (2.745%) N-Tier
5 5 (1.961%) Blackberry
6 2 (0.784%) LIMS
6 2 (0.784%) AS400
6 2 (0.784%) iSeries
7 1 (0.392%) iPad
7 1 (0.392%) Open Source
7 1 (0.392%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.392%) iPhone
7 1 (0.392%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.392%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.392%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.392%) Replication
7 1 (0.392%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.20%) Windows
2 9 (3.529%) Android
2 9 (3.529%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.353%) UNIX
3 6 (2.353%) Solaris
4 5 (1.961%) Linux
4 5 (1.961%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (40.39%) MVC
2 102 (40.00%) OO
3 79 (30.98%) TDD
4 77 (30.20%) Agile Software Development
5 71 (27.84%) Scrum
6 68 (26.67%) Web Development
7 31 (12.16%) Software Engineering
8 28 (10.98%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (10.20%) CRM
10 23 (9.020%) E-Commerce
10 23 (9.020%) UML
11 20 (7.843%) Pair Programming
12 18 (7.059%) OOP
13 15 (5.882%) Waterfall
14 12 (4.706%) User Acceptance Testing
15 11 (4.314%) Integration Testing
15 11 (4.314%) Time Management
15 11 (4.314%) Configuration Management
16 10 (3.922%) Automated Testing
16 10 (3.922%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 166 (65.10%) C#
2 148 (58.04%) SQL
3 101 (39.61%) JavaScript
4 56 (21.96%) Java
5 53 (20.78%) T-SQL
6 25 (9.804%) VB.NET
7 24 (9.412%) Ruby
8 23 (9.020%) C
9 13 (5.098%) PHP
10 12 (4.706%) C++
11 9 (3.529%) Python
12 7 (2.745%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.353%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.569%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.569%) Bash shell
15 2 (0.784%) PHP5
15 2 (0.784%) RPG
15 2 (0.784%) Perl
15 2 (0.784%) COBOL
15 2 (0.784%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 84 (32.94%) Degree
2 6 (2.353%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.961%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.176%) ISEB
4 3 (1.176%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.392%) HNC
5 1 (0.392%) HND
5 1 (0.392%) MCAD
5 1 (0.392%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.314%) QA
2 2 (0.784%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.392%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 35 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.37%) Oracle
3 10 (3.922%) SAP
4 6 (2.353%) Zend
5 5 (1.961%) HP
6 2 (0.784%) JBoss
6 2 (0.784%) Unisys
6 2 (0.784%) Epicor
6 2 (0.784%) Infor
7 1 (0.392%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.392%) Facebook
7 1 (0.392%) Rackspace
7 1 (0.392%) Adobe
7 1 (0.392%) IBM
7 1 (0.392%) Google
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This role will give you the opportunity to learn from a talented team which will improve your skills and career opportunities; however, it is in a fast paced...
greywood
Salary: £25000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
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This role will give you the opportunity to learn from a talented team which will improve your skills and career opportunities; however, it is in a fast paced...
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Salary: £25000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
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Our highly successful client based near Manchester is currently looking for a number of Analyst Developers with good C# and SQL Server Experience. Skills/ Technologies Required: *Experience of...
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
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Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
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Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Attendance Bonus
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Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
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Salary: Market related
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Salary: Market related
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