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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 390 242
Rank change year-on-year -99 -148 -66
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 243 290 815
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.66% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.74% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 162 186 519
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,125 £94,389 £85,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 69,838 39,267 58,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 89.29% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49,329 22,677 38,246
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -90 60 £85,000 +30.77% 114
North of England -72 43 £57,500 +6.98% 46
South West -67 39 £53,500 -6.96% 20
Midlands -33 32 £60,000 - 28
South East -48 31 £50,000 -16.67% 20
East of England -6 27 £48,750 -14.47% 17
West Midlands -21 23 £52,500 -12.50% 15
North West -43 18 £67,500 +28.57% 30
Yorkshire -26 16 £55,000 -35.49% 7
East Midlands -23 9 £68,000 +13.33% 13
North East -58 9 £57,500 +24.32% 12
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 11 (4.53%) IIS
2 3 (1.23%) CMS
2 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.82%) Confluence
3 2 (0.82%) JBoss
4 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.65%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.23%) Shopify
4 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.41%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 76 (31.28%) Azure
2 48 (19.75%) AWS
3 36 (14.81%) GitHub
4 32 (13.17%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.82%) GCP
5 19 (7.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 19 (7.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 13 (5.35%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.35%) Serverless
7 12 (4.94%) Cloud Functions
7 12 (4.94%) Cloud Run
8 9 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.29%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.88%) Figma
10 7 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.06%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.65%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.94%) Broadband
2 9 (3.70%) Bluetooth
2 9 (3.70%) Modbus
2 9 (3.70%) Profibus
2 9 (3.70%) RS-232
2 9 (3.70%) RS-485
2 9 (3.70%) Wireless
2 9 (3.70%) ZigBee
3 6 (2.47%) SNMP
4 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.23%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (20.16%) SQL Server
2 30 (12.35%) Relational Database
3 26 (10.70%) MySQL
4 20 (8.23%) NoSQL
5 19 (7.82%) MongoDB
6 13 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (4.12%) Redis
8 9 (3.70%) Power BI
9 6 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (2.06%) SAP HANA
10 5 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.65%) SQLite
12 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.23%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 62 (25.51%) Git
2 19 (7.82%) Cypress.io
3 18 (7.41%) JIRA
4 12 (4.94%) CircleCI
4 12 (4.94%) Claude Code
5 10 (4.12%) GitLab
6 9 (3.70%) JUnit
6 9 (3.70%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (3.29%) Maven
7 8 (3.29%) NUnit
8 7 (2.88%) Jenkins
8 7 (2.88%) Mockito
9 6 (2.47%) Visual Studio
10 5 (2.06%) Postman
11 4 (1.65%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (1.23%) TestRail
13 2 (0.82%) Mocha
General
1 78 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.99%) Finance
3 44 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.64%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.82%) Law
5 19 (7.82%) Marketing
6 16 (6.58%) Legal
7 14 (5.76%) Electronics
8 12 (4.94%) Banking
9 10 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.70%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.70%) Aviation
10 9 (3.70%) Military
10 9 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.29%) Retail
12 7 (2.88%) Automotive
13 5 (2.06%) Advertising
13 5 (2.06%) Agriculture
13 5 (2.06%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.06%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 140 (57.61%) Developer
2 66 (27.16%) Senior
3 52 (21.40%) Software Engineer
4 32 (13.17%) Senior Developer
5 30 (12.35%) Full-Stack Developer
5 30 (12.35%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (9.05%) Salesforce Developer
7 21 (8.64%) Lead
8 19 (7.82%) .NET Developer
8 19 (7.82%) Senior Salesforce Developer
9 16 (6.58%) Cloud Developer
10 12 (4.94%) Consultant
11 9 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) SAP Developer
11 9 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Web Developer
12 8 (3.29%) VB.NET Developer
13 7 (2.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.10%) .NET
1 61 (25.10%) REST
2 49 (20.16%) React
3 47 (19.34%) HTML
4 36 (14.81%) SOAP
5 35 (14.40%) CSS
6 34 (13.99%) Node.js
7 30 (12.35%) AngularJS
8 28 (11.52%) ASP.NET
9 26 (10.70%) RESTful
10 22 (9.05%) Lightning Web Components
11 20 (8.23%) Spring
12 18 (7.41%) Playwright
13 17 (7.00%) .NET Framework
14 16 (6.58%) Kafka
15 14 (5.76%) Entity Framework
15 14 (5.76%) Vue
16 13 (5.35%) ASP.NET Web API
16 13 (5.35%) OAuth
17 12 (4.94%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.76%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.58%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.29%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.88%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.47%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.47%) Robotics
8 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.65%) Blog
8 4 (1.65%) CMDB
8 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.23%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.23%) Pricing Data
9 3 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.52%) Linux
2 12 (4.94%) Windows
3 11 (4.53%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (2.88%) Unix
5 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.23%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.82%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (48.56%) Agile
2 103 (42.39%) CI/CD
3 91 (37.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 73 (30.04%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (29.63%) Software Engineering
6 52 (21.40%) DevOps
7 49 (20.16%) Full-Stack Development
7 49 (20.16%) Scrum
8 41 (16.87%) Test Automation
9 39 (16.05%) TDD
10 36 (14.81%) Sprint Planning
11 35 (14.40%) Mentoring
12 33 (13.58%) Clean Code
13 32 (13.17%) SDLC
14 31 (12.76%) AI
14 31 (12.76%) Code Quality
14 31 (12.76%) Microservices
14 31 (12.76%) OOP
15 30 (12.35%) Integration Testing
16 28 (11.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 77 (31.69%) JavaScript
2 75 (30.86%) SQL
3 65 (26.75%) C#
4 52 (21.40%) Java
5 42 (17.28%) Python
6 36 (14.81%) C++
6 36 (14.81%) TypeScript
7 24 (9.88%) C
8 22 (9.05%) Apex Code
9 19 (7.82%) SOQL
10 11 (4.53%) ABAP
11 10 (4.12%) PL/SQL
12 8 (3.29%) T-SQL
12 8 (3.29%) VB.NET
13 7 (2.88%) Kotlin
14 6 (2.47%) Bash
14 6 (2.47%) Rust
15 5 (2.06%) PowerShell
16 4 (1.65%) PHP
17 3 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 38 (15.64%) Degree
2 18 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.53%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.29%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) HND
7 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.64%) QA
2 8 (3.29%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.06%) GDPR
4 4 (1.65%) WCAG
5 3 (1.23%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.82%) GAAP
6 2 (0.82%) IFRS
6 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (18.11%) Docker
2 12 (4.94%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (4.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (8.23%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.17%) Terraform
3 12 (4.94%) Podman
4 3 (1.23%) Ansible
5 2 (0.82%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.82%) Grafana
5 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) logstash
Vendors
1 30 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.88%) Oracle
2 24 (9.88%) Salesforce
3 18 (7.41%) SAP
4 17 (7.00%) Google
5 9 (3.70%) iManage
6 6 (2.47%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.06%) Databricks
7 5 (2.06%) Intel
8 4 (1.65%) Temenos
9 3 (1.23%) Infor
9 3 (1.23%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.82%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.82%) Workday
11 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.41%) Informatica
11 1 (0.41%) RedGate
11 1 (0.41%) Zoho