Unit Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Unit Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 163 128
Rank change year-on-year -15 -35 -4
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 625 917 2,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.85% 2.21% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.30% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 417 652 1,102
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £38,525
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £89,852 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Unit Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Unit Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unit Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Unit Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (5.76%) IIS
2 8 (1.28%) Umbraco
3 7 (1.12%) WordPress
4 5 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) JBoss
6 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 16 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.28%) Siebel CRM
3 7 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 235 (37.60%) Azure
2 228 (36.48%) AWS
3 93 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (12.16%) Serverless
5 74 (11.84%) SaaS
6 37 (5.92%) GitHub
7 34 (5.44%) Power Platform
8 27 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.72%) GCP
11 10 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (1.28%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.12%) OCI
14 7 (1.12%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.96%) Azure Functions
15 6 (0.96%) PaaS
16 5 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
16 5 (0.80%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.64%) HTTP
2 2 (0.32%) DNS
2 2 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.16%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) MQTT
3 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (20.64%) SQL Server
2 128 (20.48%) Oracle Database
3 110 (17.60%) PostgreSQL
4 91 (14.56%) Oracle Database 11g
5 58 (9.28%) Relational Database
6 42 (6.72%) RDBMS
7 25 (4.00%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.88%) MySQL
9 16 (2.56%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (1.92%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.76%) Power BI
13 9 (1.44%) MariaDB
14 7 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.12%) OLAP
14 7 (1.12%) OLAP Cube
15 6 (0.96%) GIS
15 6 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.80%) Big Data
16 5 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 158 (25.28%) Git
2 42 (6.72%) Visual Studio
3 36 (5.76%) JDeveloper
4 35 (5.60%) Jasmine
5 30 (4.80%) JIRA
6 29 (4.64%) Karma Test Runner
7 22 (3.52%) Jenkins
7 22 (3.52%) Postman
8 16 (2.56%) NUnit
9 12 (1.92%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.76%) JUnit
11 10 (1.60%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.60%) GitLab
12 9 (1.44%) Mockito
13 8 (1.28%) MSTest
14 7 (1.12%) LabVIEW
15 6 (0.96%) Moq
15 6 (0.96%) Storybook
15 6 (0.96%) TeamCity
16 5 (0.80%) JMeter
General
1 108 (17.28%) Social Skills
2 73 (11.68%) Finance
3 34 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.96%) Legal
5 28 (4.48%) Marketing
6 27 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.40%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.40%) Retail
8 14 (2.24%) Law
9 12 (1.92%) Banking
9 12 (1.92%) Electronics
10 11 (1.76%) Health Technology
11 10 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.12%) Publishing
13 5 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.64%) Advertising
14 4 (0.64%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.64%) Aviation
15 3 (0.48%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 414 (66.24%) Developer
2 196 (31.36%) Senior
3 159 (25.44%) Senior Developer
4 124 (19.84%) Software Engineer
5 91 (14.56%) Database Developer
5 91 (14.56%) PostgreSQL Developer
6 81 (12.96%) .NET Developer
7 79 (12.64%) Senior Database Developer
8 75 (12.00%) C# Developer
9 62 (9.92%) Software Developer
10 55 (8.80%) PHP Developer
11 41 (6.56%) Full Stack Developer
12 36 (5.76%) Ruby Engineer
13 33 (5.28%) Lead
14 26 (4.16%) Senior Software Developer
14 26 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
15 23 (3.68%) Senior .NET Developer
16 22 (3.52%) C# .NET Developer
17 20 (3.20%) Architect
17 20 (3.20%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (36.00%) .NET
2 143 (22.88%) React
3 141 (22.56%) AngularJS
4 84 (13.44%) HTML
5 83 (13.28%) CSS
6 74 (11.84%) .NET Core
7 73 (11.68%) REST
8 71 (11.36%) Node.js
9 70 (11.20%) .NET Framework
10 67 (10.72%) SOAP
11 66 (10.56%) ASP.NET
12 65 (10.40%) RESTful
13 61 (9.76%) Laravel
14 53 (8.48%) Web Services
15 48 (7.68%) XML
16 43 (6.88%) jQuery
16 43 (6.88%) Vue
17 39 (6.24%) Sass
18 36 (5.76%) JSON
19 30 (4.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.72%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (4.16%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (1.44%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.12%) IoT
10 7 (1.12%) SCADA
11 6 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.80%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.64%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.48%) Windows
2 12 (1.92%) Linux
3 11 (1.76%) Android
4 8 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.16%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (44.16%) Agile
2 246 (39.36%) DevOps
3 185 (29.60%) Software Engineering
4 160 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (23.52%) Actionable Insight
6 143 (22.88%) Microservices
7 136 (21.76%) TDD
8 125 (20.00%) Design Patterns
9 117 (18.72%) Secure Coding
10 114 (18.24%) Continuous Integration
11 112 (17.92%) Artificial Intelligence
12 106 (16.96%) Clean Code
13 102 (16.32%) Full Stack Development
14 94 (15.04%) Performance Tuning
15 93 (14.88%) CI/CD
16 92 (14.72%) Migration
17 91 (14.56%) Data Migration
18 85 (13.60%) SOLID
19 82 (13.12%) Test Automation
20 76 (12.16%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 267 (42.72%) JavaScript
2 266 (42.56%) C#
3 243 (38.88%) SQL
4 137 (21.92%) Java
5 105 (16.80%) TypeScript
6 98 (15.68%) Python
7 91 (14.56%) PL/SQL
8 70 (11.20%) PHP
9 65 (10.40%) VB.NET
10 43 (6.88%) Go
11 39 (6.24%) Bash
11 39 (6.24%) T-SQL
12 38 (6.08%) Ruby
13 37 (5.92%) Perl
14 29 (4.64%) C
15 28 (4.48%) VB
15 28 (4.48%) VB6
16 20 (3.20%) C++
17 12 (1.92%) Ada
18 10 (1.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (12.00%) Degree
2 50 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.48%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (19.84%) QA
2 7 (1.12%) GDPR
3 5 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.64%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (8.48%) Docker
2 4 (0.64%) Firmware
2 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.84%) Terraform
3 7 (1.12%) Ansible
4 3 (0.48%) Consul
4 3 (0.48%) Packer
5 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.32%) Podman
5 2 (0.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.16%) Grafana
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 149 (23.84%) Oracle
2 133 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 15 (2.40%) SAP
4 11 (1.76%) IBM
5 8 (1.28%) Siebel
6 7 (1.12%) Zoho
7 6 (0.96%) Cognos
7 6 (0.96%) Google
7 6 (0.96%) Xamarin
8 5 (0.80%) Apple
9 4 (0.64%) Facebook
9 4 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.48%) Adobe
10 3 (0.48%) PayPal
10 3 (0.48%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.48%) WorldPay
11 2 (0.32%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.32%) Hortonworks
11 2 (0.32%) Progress
11 2 (0.32%) Talend