Unit Testing Jobs in the City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Unit Testing London / City of London
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	119	128	131
Rank change year-on-year	+9	+3
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing	124	146	215
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London	2.41%	2.30%	2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.70%	2.54%	2.32%
Number of salaries quoted	109	130	193
Median salary	£67,500	£60,000	£55,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+12.50%	+9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than	£47,000	£42,500	£42,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£75,000	£79,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£45,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-5.55%	+5.88%

Unit Testing is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills City of London
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	4596	5757	9274
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	89.29%	90.68%	89.28%
Number of salaries quoted	4057	5256	7948
Median salary	£62,500	£60,000	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.16%	+4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,000	£40,000	£39,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£85,000	£80,750	£85,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the City of London citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the City of London

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing in the City of London.

Salary trend for Unit Testing in the City of London

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in the City of London

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Unit Testing in the City of London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the City of London

Unit Testing
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Unit Testing.

1	128 (58.99%)	Agile Software Development
2	87 (40.09%)	C#
2	87 (40.09%)	JavaScript
3	85 (39.17%)	TDD
4	77 (35.48%)	Scrum
5	72 (33.18%)	Finance
6	70 (32.26%)	SQL
7	67 (30.88%)	.NET
8	65 (29.95%)	MVC
9	60 (27.65%)	Java
10	58 (26.73%)	HTML
11	57 (26.27%)	CSS
12	54 (24.88%)	Continuous Integration
13	53 (24.42%)	Web Services
14	48 (22.12%)	OO

14	48 (22.12%)	Test Automation
15	43 (19.82%)	MongoDB
16	41 (18.89%)	AngularJS
17	39 (17.97%)	BDD
17	39 (17.97%)	Git (software)
17	39 (17.97%)	SQL Server
17	39 (17.97%)	Software Engineering
18	36 (16.59%)	REST
19	35 (16.13%)	MySQL
20	34 (15.67%)	QA
20	34 (15.67%)	HTML5
20	34 (15.67%)	Mobile App
21	33 (15.21%)	Microsoft Azure
21	33 (15.21%)	Degree
21	33 (15.21%)	OOP

Unit Testing
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (5.99%)	IIS
2	9 (4.15%)	Confluence
3	6 (2.76%)	Adobe Experience Manager
4	4 (1.84%)	Apache
5	3 (1.38%)	Drupal
5	3 (1.38%)	NServiceBus
6	2 (0.92%)	Elasticsearch
7	1 (0.46%)	Apache Solr
7	1 (0.46%)	Apache Spark
7	1 (0.46%)	CMS
7	1 (0.46%)	Jetty
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle Workflow
7	1 (0.46%)	Sitefinity
7	1 (0.46%)	Tomcat
7	1 (0.46%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	3 (1.38%)	Dynamics CRM
1	3 (1.38%)	NetSuite
2	1 (0.46%)	CSG Singleview
2	1 (0.46%)	Magento
2	1 (0.46%)	Siebel CRM

Cloud Services
1	33 (15.21%)	Microsoft Azure
2	16 (7.37%)	SaaS
2	16 (7.37%)	TestFlight
3	14 (6.45%)	Amazon AWS
4	7 (3.23%)	Force.com
5	6 (2.76%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	3 (1.38%)	Boomi
6	3 (1.38%)	Cloud Computing
7	1 (0.46%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	5 (2.30%)	Internet
1	5 (2.30%)	Intranet
2	4 (1.84%)	HTTP
3	3 (1.38%)	Extranet
4	1 (0.46%)	FTP
4	1 (0.46%)	SMPP
4	1 (0.46%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	43 (19.82%)	MongoDB
2	39 (17.97%)	SQL Server
3	35 (16.13%)	MySQL
4	20 (9.22%)	Relational Database
5	19 (8.76%)	Azure SQL Database
6	18 (8.29%)	NoSQL
7	16 (7.37%)	CouchDB
7	16 (7.37%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	16 (7.37%)	SQLite
8	15 (6.91%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	11 (5.07%)	Apache Cassandra
9	11 (5.07%)	Big Data
9	11 (5.07%)	Hadoop
9	11 (5.07%)	SQL Server 2012
10	10 (4.61%)	Redis
11	7 (3.23%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
12	6 (2.76%)	BigQuery
12	6 (2.76%)	Data Warehouse
12	6 (2.76%)	SQL Server 2016
13	3 (1.38%)	MarkLogic

Development Applications
1	39 (17.97%)	Git (software)
2	25 (11.52%)	JIRA
3	23 (10.60%)	JUnit
4	20 (9.22%)	Jenkins
5	18 (8.29%)	Maven
6	16 (7.37%)	Subversion
6	16 (7.37%)	TeamCity
7	15 (6.91%)	Mockito
7	15 (6.91%)	Selenium
8	14 (6.45%)	Team Foundation Server
9	11 (5.07%)	jMock
10	10 (4.61%)	Hamcrest
10	10 (4.61%)	Jasmine
11	8 (3.69%)	WebDriver
12	7 (3.23%)	Mocha
12	7 (3.23%)	TortoiseSVN
13	6 (2.76%)	gulp
13	6 (2.76%)	NUnit
13	6 (2.76%)	SonarQube
13	6 (2.76%)	Sonatype Nexus

General
1	72 (33.18%)	Finance
2	16 (7.37%)	Banking
3	10 (4.61%)	Advertising
3	10 (4.61%)	Retail
4	9 (4.15%)	Back Office
5	8 (3.69%)	Front Office
5	8 (3.69%)	Investment Banking
5	8 (3.69%)	Marketing
6	5 (2.30%)	Publishing
7	2 (0.92%)	Digital Economy
7	2 (0.92%)	Games
7	2 (0.92%)	Legal
8	1 (0.46%)	Automotive
8	1 (0.46%)	Billing
8	1 (0.46%)	Law
8	1 (0.46%)	Pharmaceutical
8	1 (0.46%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	164 (75.58%)	Developer
2	44 (20.28%)	Senior Developer
3	37 (17.05%)	.NET Developer
4	27 (12.44%)	Java Developer
4	27 (12.44%)	Lead Developer
5	21 (9.68%)	C# Developer
6	20 (9.22%)	JavaScript Developer
7	18 (8.29%)	iOS Developer
8	15 (6.91%)	C# .NET Developer
9	12 (5.53%)	PHP Developer
9	12 (5.53%)	Senior C# Developer
10	11 (5.07%)	QA Engineer
10	11 (5.07%)	Senior .NET Developer
11	10 (4.61%)	Analyst
11	10 (4.61%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11	10 (4.61%)	Senior C# .NET Developer
11	10 (4.61%)	Software Engineer
11	10 (4.61%)	SQL Developer
12	9 (4.15%)	Programmer
12	9 (4.15%)	Senior iOS Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	67 (30.88%)	.NET
2	58 (26.73%)	HTML
3	57 (26.27%)	CSS
4	53 (24.42%)	Web Services
5	41 (18.89%)	AngularJS
6	36 (16.59%)	REST
7	34 (15.67%)	HTML5
8	32 (14.75%)	jQuery
9	31 (14.29%)	ASP.NET
10	29 (13.36%)	React
11	28 (12.90%)	ASP.NET Web API
12	27 (12.44%)	XML
13	24 (11.06%)	SOAP
14	22 (10.14%)	RESTful
15	21 (9.68%)	Spring
16	19 (8.76%)	ASP.NET MVC
17	18 (8.29%)	CSS3
18	17 (7.83%)	Node.js
19	16 (7.37%)	Cocoa
19	16 (7.37%)	Cocoa Touch

Miscellaneous
1	34 (15.67%)	Mobile App
2	18 (8.29%)	Greenfield Project
3	16 (7.37%)	Computer Science
4	9 (4.15%)	Algorithms
4	9 (4.15%)	User Experience
5	8 (3.69%)	Analytical Skills
5	8 (3.69%)	Fintech
6	7 (3.23%)	Hedge funds
7	6 (2.76%)	Derivative
7	6 (2.76%)	Management Information System
8	4 (1.84%)	Data Structures
8	4 (1.84%)	Equities
8	4 (1.84%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	3 (1.38%)	Enterprise Software
9	3 (1.38%)	Fixed Income
9	3 (1.38%)	Semantic Web
10	2 (0.92%)	N-Tier
10	2 (0.92%)	Spread Betting
10	2 (0.92%)	Xbox
11	1 (0.46%)	Social Gaming

Operating Systems
1	25 (11.52%)	Linux
2	22 (10.14%)	Apple iOS
3	12 (5.53%)	Android
4	8 (3.69%)	Windows
5	5 (2.30%)	Unix
6	1 (0.46%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	128 (58.99%)	Agile Software Development
2	85 (39.17%)	TDD
3	77 (35.48%)	Scrum
4	65 (29.95%)	MVC
5	54 (24.88%)	Continuous Integration
6	48 (22.12%)	OO
6	48 (22.12%)	Test Automation
7	39 (17.97%)	BDD
7	39 (17.97%)	Software Engineering
8	33 (15.21%)	OOP
9	27 (12.44%)	SDLC
10	19 (8.76%)	Kanban
11	18 (8.29%)	iOS Development
11	18 (8.29%)	Microservices
11	18 (8.29%)	Multithreading
12	17 (7.83%)	DevOps
12	17 (7.83%)	Front End Development
13	16 (7.37%)	Adaptive Web Design
13	16 (7.37%)	Progressive Enhancement
14	15 (6.91%)	Regression Testing

Programming Languages
1	87 (40.09%)	C#
1	87 (40.09%)	JavaScript
2	70 (32.26%)	SQL
3	60 (27.65%)	Java
4	22 (10.14%)	T-SQL
5	20 (9.22%)	Objective-C
6	16 (7.37%)	Apple Swift
6	16 (7.37%)	PHP
7	14 (6.45%)	Apex Code
7	14 (6.45%)	Python
8	11 (5.07%)	ES6
9	9 (4.15%)	C++
10	8 (3.69%)	Ruby
11	7 (3.23%)	PowerShell
11	7 (3.23%)	SOQL
11	7 (3.23%)	TypeScript
11	7 (3.23%)	VB
12	6 (2.76%)	Groovy
12	6 (2.76%)	PL/SQL
12	6 (2.76%)	Scala

Qualifications
1	33 (15.21%)	Degree
2	5 (2.30%)	Microsoft Certification
3	4 (1.84%)	Computer Science Degree
4	1 (0.46%)	MCP
4	1 (0.46%)	PMI Certification
4	1 (0.46%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	34 (15.67%)	QA
2	9 (4.15%)	ISO 20022
3	7 (3.23%)	ISO 15022
3	7 (3.23%)	SLA
4	2 (0.92%)	MiFID
5	1 (0.46%)	ISO 9001

System Software
1	4 (1.84%)	Docker
2	1 (0.46%)	Apache ZooKeeper

Systems Management
1	7 (3.23%)	Control-M
2	1 (0.46%)	Ansible
2	1 (0.46%)	WebSphere Cast Iron

Vendors
1	22 (10.14%)	Microsoft
2	17 (7.83%)	Oracle
3	14 (6.45%)	Salesforce.com
4	11 (5.07%)	Sybase
5	6 (2.76%)	Adobe
5	6 (2.76%)	Coverity
5	6 (2.76%)	MicroStrategy
5	6 (2.76%)	Redback
5	6 (2.76%)	Xamarin
6	4 (1.84%)	Zend
7	3 (1.38%)	Dell
7	3 (1.38%)	Jitterbit
7	3 (1.38%)	MuleSoft
8	2 (0.92%)	Apple
8	2 (0.92%)	DevExpress
8	2 (0.92%)	FXall
8	2 (0.92%)	Google
8	2 (0.92%)	IBM
8	2 (0.92%)	Reuters
9	1 (0.46%)	ION Trading