The first table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 69 53 66
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +13
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 7 9 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.004% 1.622% 0.614%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.429% 2.163% 0.911%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 2
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +27.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £42,500 £33,050
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £42,500 £33,450
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
490 416 439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 70.30% 74.95% 67.43%
Number of salaries quoted 460 373 389
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bury St Edmunds - 4 £30,000 -
Ipswich - 3 £27,500 -
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (85.71%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
2 4 (57.14%) Eclipse
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) JDBC
2 4 (57.14%) JSP
2 4 (57.14%) SOAP
2 4 (57.14%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) Subversion
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 4 (57.14%) Git (software)
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) OO
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Selenium
4 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
4 2 (28.57%) SpecFlow
5 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (14.29%) NHibernate
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 4 (57.14%) J2EE
1 4 (57.14%) JDBC
1 4 (57.14%) JSP
1 4 (57.14%) SOAP
1 4 (57.14%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (14.29%) NHibernate
3 1 (14.29%) WCF
3 1 (14.29%) LINQ
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Eclipse
1 4 (57.14%) Subversion
1 4 (57.14%) Git (software)
2 2 (28.57%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) SpecFlow
3 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Java Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Automation Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) OO
2 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Experience in the following technologies are essential: ASP.NET (vb.net/c#) XHTML, CSS3, JQuery/Javascript. Web Services (experience creating) Window Forms Applications (winforms) SQL Server and Transactional...
Gate Hampton Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
The technology is focused on the latest .NET stack including MVC 4, WCF, ORMs such as nHibernate and Entity Framework, unit testing and TFS. They are an Agile...
TRG
Salary: 45000 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
The technology is focused on the latest .NET stack including MVC 4, WCF, ORMs such as nHibernate and Entity Framework, unit testing and TFS... Experience Sought: * C#, ASP...
TRG
Salary: £45000 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013