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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 25 30 12
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -18
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 4 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 3.390% 0.787% 4.167%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.167% 1.075% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £27,204 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.27% -4.10%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
96 93 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 81.36% 73.23% 54.17%
Number of salaries quoted 89 91 22
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,800 £22,500 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £46,000 £36,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Lancashire

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 6 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) Visual Studio
3 4 (66.67%) XML
3 4 (66.67%) C++
4 3 (50.00%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) VB
4 3 (50.00%) COM
4 3 (50.00%) OO
4 3 (50.00%) VC++
4 3 (50.00%) ClearCase
4 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (50.00%) Military
4 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (50.00%) VB6
4 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (33.33%) Web Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Ajax
5 2 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (33.33%) MVC
5 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) COM
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) Ajax
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) SOAP
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) soapUI
5 1 (16.67%) REST
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Visual Studio
2 3 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (16.67%) WATIR
3 1 (16.67%) Selenium
3 1 (16.67%) FitNesse
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OO
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Web Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) RAD
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) VC++
3 3 (50.00%) VB6
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) PHP
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
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