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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 44 48 61
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 15 32 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.261% 4.776% 1.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.989% 6.387% 1.577%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 5
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -34.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,900 £29,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,600 £48,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
376 501 317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 81.74% 74.78% 69.67%
Number of salaries quoted 315 443 256
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 £26,000 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £50,000 £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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool +1 10 £35,000 -6.66%
St Helens - 3 £41,500 -
Wirral +1 1 £40,000 +26.98%
Birkenhead - 1 £27,500 -
Unit Testing
North West

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 22 (46.81%) JavaScript
1 22 (46.81%) OO
2 19 (40.43%) CSS
2 19 (40.43%) Java
3 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
3 18 (38.30%) TDD
4 17 (36.17%) C#
5 15 (31.91%) HTML
6 14 (29.79%) SQL
6 14 (29.79%) .NET
6 14 (29.79%) Oracle
6 14 (29.79%) jQuery
7 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
8 12 (25.53%) Degree
9 11 (23.40%) Web Development
9 11 (23.40%) C++
10 10 (21.28%) Spring
10 10 (21.28%) .NET Framework
11 9 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
11 9 (19.15%) PHP
11 9 (19.15%) Web Services
11 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
12 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
12 8 (17.02%) Scrum
12 8 (17.02%) Software Testing
12 8 (17.02%) System Testing
13 7 (14.89%) Test Scripting
13 7 (14.89%) Resource Management
13 7 (14.89%) QA
13 7 (14.89%) LAMP

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 19 (40.43%) CSS
2 15 (31.91%) HTML
3 14 (29.79%) .NET
3 14 (29.79%) jQuery
4 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
5 10 (21.28%) Spring
5 10 (21.28%) .NET Framework
6 9 (19.15%) Web Services
7 7 (14.89%) LAMP
8 6 (12.77%) Hibernate
8 6 (12.77%) Flash
8 6 (12.77%) Symfony
8 6 (12.77%) HTML5
9 5 (10.64%) Java EE
9 5 (10.64%) J2EE
10 4 (8.511%) JMS
10 4 (8.511%) Struts
10 4 (8.511%) XML
10 4 (8.511%) EJB
10 4 (8.511%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.255%) ESB
3 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.128%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.128%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) HTTP
2 1 (2.128%) Intranet
2 1 (2.128%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.77%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (10.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (10.64%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (2.128%) Informix
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Eclipse
2 4 (8.511%) JBuilder
2 4 (8.511%) NetBeans
2 4 (8.511%) Ant
2 4 (8.511%) JUnit
3 2 (4.255%) Maven
4 1 (2.128%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.128%) CruiseControl
4 1 (2.128%) Subversion
General
1 2 (4.255%) Finance
2 1 (2.128%) Marketing
2 1 (2.128%) Multimedia
2 1 (2.128%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (78.72%) Developer
2 15 (31.91%) Senior Developer
3 11 (23.40%) Java Developer
4 10 (21.28%) Front-End Developer
5 9 (19.15%) .NET Developer
6 7 (14.89%) Software Manager
6 7 (14.89%) Senior .NET Developer
6 7 (14.89%) Quality Manager
6 7 (14.89%) QA Manager
7 4 (8.511%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (6.383%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 3 (6.383%) C++ Developer
8 3 (6.383%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.255%) Analyst
9 2 (4.255%) C# Developer
9 2 (4.255%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (4.255%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 1 (2.128%) Android Developer
10 1 (2.128%) UNIX Developer
10 1 (2.128%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Graphic Design
1 6 (12.77%) Social Media
2 4 (8.511%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.511%) Open Source
3 3 (6.383%) RIA
4 2 (4.255%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.128%) Android
1 1 (2.128%) UNIX
1 1 (2.128%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (46.81%) OO
2 18 (38.30%) TDD
3 11 (23.40%) Web Development
4 9 (19.15%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (17.02%) Scrum
5 8 (17.02%) Software Testing
5 8 (17.02%) System Testing
6 7 (14.89%) Test Scripting
6 7 (14.89%) Resource Management
6 7 (14.89%) MVC
7 6 (12.77%) Regression Testing
7 6 (12.77%) Web Design
7 6 (12.77%) Release Management
7 6 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (10.64%) SOA
9 4 (8.511%) OOD
9 4 (8.511%) AOP
9 4 (8.511%) Waterfall
9 4 (8.511%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 22 (46.81%) JavaScript
2 19 (40.43%) Java
3 17 (36.17%) C#
4 14 (29.79%) SQL
5 11 (23.40%) C++
6 9 (19.15%) PHP
7 5 (10.64%) Ruby
7 5 (10.64%) Python
7 5 (10.64%) T-SQL
8 4 (8.511%) Groovy
9 1 (2.128%) Uniface
9 1 (2.128%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.128%) Perl
9 1 (2.128%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.128%) MCTS
3 1 (2.128%) MCPD
3 1 (2.128%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
2 2 (4.255%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Oracle
2 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.511%) JBoss
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