Unit Testing Job Trends in the East of England

Unit Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 156 116
Rank change year-on-year +5 -40 +46
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 3 29 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.072% 0.81% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.93% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 9
10th Percentile £59,340 £57,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £62,100 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,950 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,550 £80,000 -
90th Percentile £74,560 - £71,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Unit Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,164 3,111 1,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.75% 86.51% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,847 1,238 1,365
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,350 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,063 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unit Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Unit Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the East of England

Unit Testing
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -15 2 £75,900 - 15
Hertfordshire +11 1 £60,000 -7.69% 23
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos Connection
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos Event Studio
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos Framework Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) OLAP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Software Team Leader
1 2 (66.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Cognos Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) OOD
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) SysML
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos
1 1 (33.33%) IBM