The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 64 47 32
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 1 9 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.157% 2.041% 4.822%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.200% 2.655% 7.278%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 23
Average salary £45,000 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
500 339 316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 78.49% 76.87% 66.25%
Number of salaries quoted 457 323 294
Average salary £37,500 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.23% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
South West

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Unit Testing Salary Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wells - 1 £45,000 -
Unit Testing
South West

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 20 (68.97%) Web Services
1 20 (68.97%) TDD
2 19 (65.52%) XML
3 18 (62.07%) Continuous Integration
4 17 (58.62%) SOAP
4 17 (58.62%) Ant
5 16 (55.17%) XML Schema
5 16 (55.17%) Trapeze
5 16 (55.17%) Hudson
5 16 (55.17%) Degree
5 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
5 16 (55.17%) QA
6 12 (41.38%) JavaScript
7 11 (37.93%) SQL
7 11 (37.93%) HTML
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
7 11 (37.93%) jQuery
7 11 (37.93%) Ajax
8 10 (34.48%) Java
8 10 (34.48%) JUnit
9 9 (31.03%) Visual Studio
9 9 (31.03%) C++
9 9 (31.03%) Hibernate
9 9 (31.03%) Spring
9 9 (31.03%) jMock
9 9 (31.03%) Ext JS
10 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
10 8 (27.59%) Bing Maps
10 8 (27.59%) Google Maps API
10 8 (27.59%) JSTL

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 20 (68.97%) Web Services
2 19 (65.52%) XML
3 17 (58.62%) SOAP
4 16 (55.17%) XML Schema
5 11 (37.93%) HTML
5 11 (37.93%) Ajax
5 11 (37.93%) jQuery
6 9 (31.03%) Ext JS
6 9 (31.03%) Hibernate
6 9 (31.03%) Spring
7 8 (27.59%) JSP
7 8 (27.59%) Google Maps API
7 8 (27.59%) JSTL
7 8 (27.59%) Bing Maps
8 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET
8 5 (17.24%) .NET
9 4 (13.79%) WCF
9 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (10.34%) LINQ
10 3 (10.34%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.448%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.448%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) RDBMS
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 17 (58.62%) Ant
2 16 (55.17%) Hudson
3 10 (34.48%) JUnit
4 9 (31.03%) Visual Studio
4 9 (31.03%) jMock
5 3 (10.34%) Subversion
6 2 (6.897%) CruiseControl
6 2 (6.897%) Jenkins
7 1 (3.448%) Maven
7 1 (3.448%) QUnit
7 1 (3.448%) Git (software)
7 1 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (3.448%) Mercurial
7 1 (3.448%) Eclipse
7 1 (3.448%) WebLogic Workshop
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
1 5 (17.24%) Retail
2 1 (3.448%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (79.31%) Developer
2 17 (58.62%) Software Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Test Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Applications Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Lead Developer
4 2 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (6.897%) .NET Developer
4 2 (6.897%) C# Developer
4 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Test Leader
4 2 (6.897%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.448%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (3.448%) C# Application Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
2 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) UNIX
1 8 (27.59%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Android
2 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) TDD
2 18 (62.07%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
3 8 (27.59%) Data Modelling
4 6 (20.69%) MVC
5 5 (17.24%) Project Management
5 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (17.24%) Business Analysis
5 5 (17.24%) Software Testing
5 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
6 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
7 3 (10.34%) Test Management
8 2 (6.897%) TOGAF
8 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (6.897%) Process Management
8 2 (6.897%) Change Management
8 2 (6.897%) Workflow
8 2 (6.897%) ITIL
9 1 (3.448%) OO
9 1 (3.448%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) JavaScript
2 11 (37.93%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) Java
4 9 (31.03%) C++
5 5 (17.24%) C#
6 2 (6.897%) XQuery
6 2 (6.897%) XPath
7 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) MCSD
2 2 (6.897%) ISEB
2 2 (6.897%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.897%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (55.17%) QA
2 2 (6.897%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (6.897%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Trapeze
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 8 (27.59%) Oracle
3 8 (27.59%) JBoss
3 8 (27.59%) Google
4 2 (6.897%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) Apple
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