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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 108 107 42
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -65
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 24 26 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.118% 1.143% 4.670%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.695% 1.595% 7.256%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 67
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1416 1630 1199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 65.98% 71.65% 64.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1103 1373 936
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Berkshire

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 41 (62.12%) OO
2 36 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 32 (48.48%) HTML
4 29 (43.94%) Java
5 25 (37.88%) SQL
6 24 (36.36%) CSS
6 24 (36.36%) Scrum
6 24 (36.36%) Degree
7 22 (33.33%) .NET
8 21 (31.82%) SQL Server
9 20 (30.30%) jQuery
10 19 (28.79%) J2EE
10 19 (28.79%) Ajax
11 18 (27.27%) WebSphere
11 18 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
11 18 (27.27%) C#
11 18 (27.27%) Web Services
11 18 (27.27%) IBM
12 17 (25.76%) OOD
12 17 (25.76%) Finance
13 16 (24.24%) XML
14 15 (22.73%) Perl
14 15 (22.73%) MVC
15 14 (21.21%) ASP.NET
16 13 (19.70%) Java SE
17 12 (18.18%) OOP
17 12 (18.18%) Hibernate
17 12 (18.18%) Spring
18 11 (16.67%) DB2
19 10 (15.15%) Java EE

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 32 (48.48%) HTML
2 24 (36.36%) CSS
3 22 (33.33%) .NET
4 20 (30.30%) jQuery
5 19 (28.79%) J2EE
5 19 (28.79%) Ajax
6 18 (27.27%) WebSphere
6 18 (27.27%) Web Services
7 16 (24.24%) XML
8 14 (21.21%) ASP.NET
9 13 (19.70%) Java SE
10 12 (18.18%) Hibernate
10 12 (18.18%) Spring
11 10 (15.15%) Java EE
12 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (12.12%) JRules
13 8 (12.12%) JPA
14 7 (10.61%) RESTful
14 7 (10.61%) Symfony
14 7 (10.61%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (6.061%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.515%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.515%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (13.64%) MS Office
2 1 (1.515%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.515%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.061%) DNS
3 1 (1.515%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.67%) DB2
3 10 (15.15%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (10.61%) MySQL
5 4 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Visual Studio
1 8 (12.12%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (9.091%) MSI
3 4 (6.061%) InstallShield
3 4 (6.061%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 3 (4.545%) ClearCase
4 3 (4.545%) NUnit
4 3 (4.545%) ClearQuest
5 2 (3.030%) StarTeam
5 2 (3.030%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.515%) Selenium
6 1 (1.515%) MSBuild
6 1 (1.515%) MSTest
6 1 (1.515%) Subversion
6 1 (1.515%) Maven
General
1 17 (25.76%) Finance
2 3 (4.545%) Marketing
3 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.030%) Retail
4 1 (1.515%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (77.27%) Developer
2 15 (22.73%) Java Developer
3 11 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 9 (13.64%) .NET Developer
5 7 (10.61%) Software Engineer
6 6 (9.091%) C# Developer
6 6 (9.091%) PHP Developer
6 6 (9.091%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 6 (9.091%) UI Developer
6 6 (9.091%) UI Programmer
7 5 (7.576%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (7.576%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (7.576%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (7.576%) Lead Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Senior Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Programmer
8 4 (6.061%) Ab Initio Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Perl Developer
8 4 (6.061%) C# Programmer
8 4 (6.061%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.091%) Management Information System
1 6 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 5 (7.576%) SaaS
3 4 (6.061%) DataPower
3 4 (6.061%) Open Source
3 4 (6.061%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.545%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (3.030%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.515%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.515%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.64%) UNIX
2 7 (10.61%) Windows
3 4 (6.061%) AIX
3 4 (6.061%) Solaris
4 2 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (62.12%) OO
2 24 (36.36%) Scrum
3 18 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (25.76%) OOD
5 15 (22.73%) MVC
6 12 (18.18%) OOP
7 10 (15.15%) Multithreading
8 9 (13.64%) UML
9 7 (10.61%) Workflow
10 6 (9.091%) TDD
10 6 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.061%) Configuration Management
11 4 (6.061%) Software Engineering
11 4 (6.061%) OOA/OOD
11 4 (6.061%) RUP
11 4 (6.061%) V-Model
11 4 (6.061%) MVVM
11 4 (6.061%) Waterfall
11 4 (6.061%) Use Case
11 4 (6.061%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 29 (43.94%) Java
3 25 (37.88%) SQL
4 18 (27.27%) C#
5 15 (22.73%) Perl
6 8 (12.12%) T-SQL
7 7 (10.61%) PHP
7 7 (10.61%) Python
7 7 (10.61%) Ruby
8 5 (7.576%) C++
9 4 (6.061%) XAML
9 4 (6.061%) PL/SQL
9 4 (6.061%) Shell Script
10 2 (3.030%) VBScript
10 2 (3.030%) VB
11 1 (1.515%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.515%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.515%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (3.030%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.030%) MCSD
2 2 (3.030%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.061%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (1.515%) Nagios
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) IBM
2 8 (12.12%) ILOG
2 8 (12.12%) Oracle
3 7 (10.61%) Zend
4 5 (7.576%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.061%) Ab Initio
5 4 (6.061%) DevExpress
6 3 (4.545%) JBoss
7 2 (3.030%) Niku
7 2 (3.030%) Borland
7 2 (3.030%) HP
7 2 (3.030%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.515%) Google
Reading, Thames Valley
You will enjoy project and product responsibility while working in a high-technology environment working with some major clients.The role:-Developing high-quality software, on brief and...
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop and web (preferably ASP.Net) applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
A C# ASP.Net Developer interested in joining a development team in small but well established software company, to contribute towards all stages of software lifecycle of web-...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence with Win32 applications will be...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Job Title:- Senior Software Engineer - C# (WPF) Windows applications - Reading, Berkshire... Technical Knowledge for the C# (WPF) Software Engineer role. Candidates must have experience in the following: Current...
Bentley Whitaker
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + 10% bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
This is a stand out opportunity to work on the cutting edge, high value and complex Microsoft Dynamics CRM projects... We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £52000 - £69000 per annum + XRM
Posted: 26 April 2013