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The table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnit Testing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank104102
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads2339
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.017 %
As % of the category below1.679 %2.849 %
Salaries quoted2129
Average minimum salary£36,261£33,103
Average salary£39,848£37,336
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Average maximum salary£43,435£41,569
UK excluding London average salary£37,611£35,812
% change on same period last year+5.02 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads13701369
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.916 %0.611 %
Salaries quoted12371237
Average minimum salary£35,324£36,124
Average salary£39,082£39,537
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum salary£42,840£42,951
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
Unit Testing South EastUnit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxfordshire Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+1820£40,694+10.23 %
AbingdonUp+72£38,500-3.75 %
Unit Testing South EastUnit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

136 (51.43 %)Java
233 (47.14 %)XML
233 (47.14 %)OO
330 (42.86 %)JUnit
426 (37.14 %)Linux
520 (28.57 %)Eclipse
618 (25.71 %)C++
714 (20.00 %)SQL
813 (18.57 %)Windows
911 (15.71 %)C#
1010 (14.29 %)SQL Server
1010 (14.29 %)Finance
119 (12.86 %)Government
119 (12.86 %)Python
128 (11.43 %)UNIX
128 (11.43 %)Oracle
128 (11.43 %)Perl
128 (11.43 %)Degree
137 (10.00 %).NET
146 (8.571 %)J2EE
146 (8.571 %)C
146 (8.571 %)IIS
146 (8.571 %)OOD
146 (8.571 %)XBRL
146 (8.571 %)Tcl
146 (8.571 %)Education
155 (7.143 %)Tomcat
155 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
155 (7.143 %)JSP
155 (7.143 %)JavaScript

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (47.14 %)XML
27 (10.00 %).NET
36 (8.571 %)J2EE
36 (8.571 %)XBRL
45 (7.143 %)HTML
45 (7.143 %)JSP
54 (5.714 %)MFC
54 (5.714 %)Spring
63 (4.286 %)JSF
63 (4.286 %)Servlets
72 (2.857 %)CSS
72 (2.857 %)J2SE
72 (2.857 %)WebServices
72 (2.857 %)Hibernate
81 (1.429 %)DirectX
81 (1.429 %)WCF
81 (1.429 %)LINQ
81 (1.429 %)SOAP
81 (1.429 %)EJB
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.571 %)IIS
25 (7.143 %)Tomcat
33 (4.286 %)CMS
33 (4.286 %)JBoss
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.429 %)MS Office
11 (1.429 %)Maya
11 (1.429 %)3ds Max
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.429 %)Oracle 11i
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (5.714 %)LAN
14 (5.714 %)WAN
14 (5.714 %)HTTP
14 (5.714 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.429 %)Internet
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (14.29 %)SQL Server
23 (4.286 %)Oracle Reports
23 (4.286 %)Oracle 9i
31 (1.429 %)Crystal Reports
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
130 (42.86 %)JUnit
220 (28.57 %)Eclipse
34 (5.714 %)Visual Studio
43 (4.286 %)Oracle Forms
43 (4.286 %)Ant
52 (2.857 %)Subversion
61 (1.429 %)Flash
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (14.29 %)Finance
29 (12.86 %)Government
36 (8.571 %)Education
43 (4.286 %)Music
52 (2.857 %)Games
52 (2.857 %)Health
52 (2.857 %)Pensions
61 (1.429 %)3D Graphics
61 (1.429 %)Banking
61 (1.429 %)Online Banking
61 (1.429 %)Animation
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
142 (60.00 %)Developer
220 (28.57 %)Java Developer
220 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
319 (27.14 %)Senior Developer
415 (21.43 %)Senior Java Developer
59 (12.86 %)Software Developer
68 (11.43 %)Oracle Developer
68 (11.43 %)Senior Software Engineer
68 (11.43 %)C++ Software Engineer
68 (11.43 %)Java Software Engineer
68 (11.43 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
75 (7.143 %)C++/C# Developer
75 (7.143 %)C++ Software Developer
75 (7.143 %)CSharp Software Developer
75 (7.143 %)C++ Developer
75 (7.143 %)C# Developer
84 (5.714 %)Senior Oracle Developer
93 (4.286 %)Team Leader
93 (4.286 %)Test Team Leader
102 (2.857 %)Test Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (5.714 %)Client/Server
22 (2.857 %)W3C
22 (2.857 %)Mathematics
22 (2.857 %)Computer Science
31 (1.429 %)Multithreading
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (37.14 %)Linux
213 (18.57 %)Windows
38 (11.43 %)UNIX
42 (2.857 %)Windows 2000
42 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (1.429 %)Windows Mobile
51 (1.429 %)HPUX
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (47.14 %)OO
26 (8.571 %)OOD
35 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
35 (7.143 %)System Testing
44 (5.714 %)Agile Software Development
53 (4.286 %)TDD
53 (4.286 %)Configuration Management
53 (4.286 %)Web Development
53 (4.286 %)User Acceptance Testing
53 (4.286 %)Performance Testing
53 (4.286 %)Test Management
62 (2.857 %)Continuous Integration
62 (2.857 %)Release Management
62 (2.857 %)Logistics
62 (2.857 %)Software Engineering
62 (2.857 %)ITIL
62 (2.857 %)Security Cleared
71 (1.429 %)Computer Security
71 (1.429 %)Software Testing
71 (1.429 %)Project Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (51.43 %)Java
218 (25.71 %)C++
314 (20.00 %)SQL
411 (15.71 %)C#
59 (12.86 %)Python
68 (11.43 %)Perl
76 (8.571 %)C
76 (8.571 %)Tcl
85 (7.143 %)JavaScript
92 (2.857 %)PHP
92 (2.857 %)PL/SQL
92 (2.857 %)Shell Script
92 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
92 (2.857 %)PHP5
101 (1.429 %)ActionScript
101 (1.429 %)Jython
101 (1.429 %)DHTML
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (11.43 %)Degree
21 (1.429 %)PhD
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.286 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (11.43 %)Oracle