Unit Testing Job Trends in England

Unit Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 241 253
Rank change year-on-year -177 +12 -76
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 194 588 774
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 1.28% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 1.39% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 126 323 618
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,250 £42,275
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £123,750 £95,000 £85,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,633 42,349 57,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.04% 91.91% 88.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27,719 20,706 45,408
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -11.30%
75th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in England

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unit Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
London -82 69 £103,750 +38.33% 46
South East -36 49 £50,000 -9.09% 32
North of England -47 32 £65,000 +23.81% 38
North West -10 26 £65,000 +23.81% 22
Midlands -45 15 £51,250 -24.07% 16
South West -32 10 £50,000 -16.67% 15
West Midlands -9 9 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Yorkshire -29 6 £75,000 +50.00% 9
East Midlands -44 6 £51,000 -15.00% 10
East of England 0 4 £62,500 -3.85% 7
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.25%) Confluence
2 6 (3.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.06%) Apache
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.03%) JBoss
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (4.64%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.03%) Windchill
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (5.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.06%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.06%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.06%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.03%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.52%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (36.08%) Azure
2 35 (18.04%) AWS
3 34 (17.53%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (17.01%) GitHub
5 26 (13.40%) Power Platform
6 17 (8.76%) Serverless
7 10 (5.15%) GCP
8 9 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (4.12%) PaaS
9 8 (4.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 8 (4.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (3.61%) Azure Functions
10 7 (3.61%) Entra ID
11 6 (3.09%) Azure App Service
11 6 (3.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.58%) Amazon S3
13 4 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.19%) Multicast
2 4 (2.06%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (18.04%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.70%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.67%) DB2
4 9 (4.64%) Power BI
5 8 (4.12%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.09%) MySQL
7 4 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.03%) Metadata
9 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.52%) Big Data
10 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.52%) KDB
10 1 (0.52%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 41 (21.13%) Git
2 25 (12.89%) JIRA
3 15 (7.73%) Bitbucket
3 15 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 15 (7.73%) JUnit
4 13 (6.70%) Selenium
5 12 (6.19%) Cucumber
6 11 (5.67%) TeamCity
7 6 (3.09%) GitLab
7 6 (3.09%) Maven
7 6 (3.09%) Mockito
8 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.03%) JMeter
8 2 (1.03%) MSTest
8 2 (1.03%) webpack
9 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.52%) MLflow
9 1 (0.52%) NUnit
9 1 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (34.54%) Finance
2 39 (20.10%) Social Skills
3 35 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.31%) Banking
5 16 (8.25%) Marketing
6 13 (6.70%) Front Office
7 9 (4.64%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.09%) Tech for Good
10 5 (2.58%) Retail
11 4 (2.06%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.55%) Law
13 2 (1.03%) Automotive
13 2 (1.03%) Billing
13 2 (1.03%) Electronics
13 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.03%) Local Government
14 1 (0.52%) Advertising
14 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (61.86%) Developer
2 47 (24.23%) Senior
3 31 (15.98%) Software Engineer
4 23 (11.86%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (11.86%) Lead
5 22 (11.34%) Java Developer
6 21 (10.82%) Senior Developer
7 16 (8.25%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (7.73%) .NET Developer
9 13 (6.70%) C++ Developer
10 11 (5.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (5.67%) Lead Developer
11 10 (5.15%) Applications Developer
11 10 (5.15%) Java Engineer
12 9 (4.64%) Software Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Java Software Engineer
13 8 (4.12%) Salesforce Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Senior Salesforce Developer
14 7 (3.61%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (34.02%) React
2 65 (33.51%) .NET
3 56 (28.87%) CSS
4 55 (28.35%) HTML
5 33 (17.01%) REST
5 33 (17.01%) RESTful
6 21 (10.82%) AngularJS
7 18 (9.28%) .NET Core
8 14 (7.22%) Bootstrap
8 14 (7.22%) React Native
8 14 (7.22%) SOAP
8 14 (7.22%) Spring
9 13 (6.70%) FIX Protocol
10 12 (6.19%) .NET Framework
10 12 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
10 12 (6.19%) Vue
11 11 (5.67%) ASP.NET
11 11 (5.67%) Gherkin
12 10 (5.15%) Node.js
12 10 (5.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.76%) Mobile App
2 16 (8.25%) Derivative
3 14 (7.22%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.67%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.61%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.61%) Blog
7 6 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.58%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.55%) Genomics
10 3 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.03%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.03%) Equities
11 2 (1.03%) Market Risk
11 2 (1.03%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.43%) Linux
2 12 (6.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (65.46%) Agile
2 83 (42.78%) CI/CD
3 63 (32.47%) DevOps
4 56 (28.87%) Scrum
5 54 (27.84%) Software Engineering
6 52 (26.80%) Mentoring
7 51 (26.29%) Microservices
8 42 (21.65%) Test Automation
9 37 (19.07%) Clean Code
9 37 (19.07%) Front End Development
10 36 (18.56%) Full-Stack Development
10 36 (18.56%) Integration Testing
11 34 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (15.46%) Design Patterns
14 29 (14.95%) Sprint Planning
14 29 (14.95%) User Experience
15 28 (14.43%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (14.43%) TDD
16 27 (13.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.32%) SQL
2 51 (26.29%) Java
3 48 (24.74%) JavaScript
4 38 (19.59%) C#
5 29 (14.95%) Python
6 25 (12.89%) TypeScript
7 20 (10.31%) C++
8 11 (5.67%) C
9 10 (5.15%) Bash
10 8 (4.12%) Apex Code
10 8 (4.12%) SOQL
11 7 (3.61%) Kotlin
11 7 (3.61%) PL/SQL
12 4 (2.06%) ABAP
12 4 (2.06%) R
13 3 (1.55%) Erlang
13 3 (1.55%) RPG
14 2 (1.03%) Embedded C
14 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
14 2 (1.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 33 (17.01%) Degree
2 15 (7.73%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.19%) Master's Degree
4 9 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.06%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.03%) PhD
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.52%) OCA
8 1 (0.52%) OCP
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.34%) QA
2 18 (9.28%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.06%) WCAG
4 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.03%) ISO 9000
5 2 (1.03%) JTAG
6 1 (0.52%) PSD2
System Software
1 35 (18.04%) Docker
2 8 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.03%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.52%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.52%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 24 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.19%) Terraform
3 3 (1.55%) Kibana
4 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.52%) Argo
5 1 (0.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.70%) Oracle
3 12 (6.19%) Atlassian
3 12 (6.19%) Red Hat
4 10 (5.15%) SAP
5 9 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.58%) Databricks
6 5 (2.58%) IBM
7 4 (2.06%) Google
7 4 (2.06%) Telerik
8 2 (1.03%) Adobe
8 2 (1.03%) Cognos
8 2 (1.03%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.03%) Foundry
8 2 (1.03%) Zend
9 1 (0.52%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.52%) Marketo
9 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.52%) Splunk