The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 28 21 33
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +12
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 9 22 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 5.732% 11.58% 0.538%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.824% 16.67% 0.926%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 1
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +7.59%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
102 132 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 64.97% 69.47% 58.06%
Number of salaries quoted 95 114 74
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
Staffordshire

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Stoke-on-Trent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stoke-on-Trent Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 32 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 32 (100.00%) .NET
1 32 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (87.50%) C#
2 28 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 27 (84.38%) CSS
3 27 (84.38%) XML
4 26 (81.25%) ASP.NET
4 26 (81.25%) SOA
4 26 (81.25%) HTML5
5 25 (78.13%) N-Tier
5 25 (78.13%) SEO
5 25 (78.13%) XHTML
5 25 (78.13%) XSLT
5 25 (78.13%) TDD
5 25 (78.13%) Ajax
5 25 (78.13%) Degree
6 24 (75.00%) jQuery
7 23 (71.88%) E-Commerce
8 22 (68.75%) CSS3
8 22 (68.75%) Web Application Development
9 21 (65.63%) MS Excel
9 21 (65.63%) SQL
10 12 (37.50%) JIRA
11 10 (31.25%) Document Management
11 10 (31.25%) MVC
11 10 (31.25%) CMS
11 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
12 7 (21.88%) VB
12 7 (21.88%) Web Development

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 (100.00%) .NET
2 27 (84.38%) CSS
2 27 (84.38%) XML
3 26 (81.25%) ASP.NET
3 26 (81.25%) HTML5
4 25 (78.13%) XHTML
4 25 (78.13%) XSLT
4 25 (78.13%) Ajax
5 24 (75.00%) jQuery
6 22 (68.75%) CSS3
7 3 (9.375%) WCF
7 3 (9.375%) HTML
8 2 (6.250%) WPF
9 1 (3.125%) .NET Remoting
9 1 (3.125%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 10 (31.25%) CMS
2 4 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (65.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (3.125%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) JIRA
2 4 (12.50%) SilkTest
2 4 (12.50%) Selenium
3 2 (6.250%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Developer
2 16 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 12 (37.50%) Senior Developer
3 12 (37.50%) Senior Web Developer
4 10 (31.25%) Team Leader
4 10 (31.25%) Development Team Leader
4 10 (31.25%) .NET Team Leader
4 10 (31.25%) Web Team Leader
5 8 (25.00%) .NET Developer
5 8 (25.00%) C# Developer
5 8 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 8 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (21.88%) Web Development Team Leader
6 7 (21.88%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (21.88%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (21.88%) C# Web Developer
6 7 (21.88%) Senior .NET Web Developer
6 7 (21.88%) Senior VB.NET Developer
6 7 (21.88%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (21.88%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (78.13%) N-Tier
2 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.125%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) SOA
2 25 (78.13%) SEO
2 25 (78.13%) TDD
3 23 (71.88%) E-Commerce
4 22 (68.75%) Web Application Development
5 10 (31.25%) Document Management
5 10 (31.25%) MVC
6 7 (21.88%) Web Development
7 6 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (12.50%) Scrum
8 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Software Architecture
8 4 (12.50%) Automation Testing
9 3 (9.375%) OO
10 1 (3.125%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 28 (87.50%) C#
2 28 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 21 (65.63%) SQL
4 7 (21.88%) VB
4 7 (21.88%) VB6
5 2 (6.250%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (78.13%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) ISEB
3 3 (9.375%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Essential Skills and experience: Degree educated in a relevant Computing or IT discipline - or having equivalent commercial experience Circa 3-5 years+ solid commercial .NET based web applications...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Based on Exp+ Bonus +Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Web Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Computer science background (OO design, design patterns, algorithms) Development experience in C#... Development experience of VB.NET and WPF. Good working knowledge of VB6... Exposure to WCF, SOA,...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
C#, ASP.Net, VB.NET, SQL, Visual Basic, Developer, Systems, Stoke, Staffordshire, ecommerce... The main skills required for the role include: -solid MS SQL server experience (2005 onwards) -...
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013