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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 417 240
Rank change year-on-year -126 -177 -61
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 238 234 751
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.55% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.61% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 155 134 334
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £51,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £84,600 £124,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +8.33%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -99 54 £80,000 -10.11% 12
Midlands -30 42 £65,000 +13.04% 11
North of England -89 39 £57,500 +2.22% 24
South West -61 34 £55,000 -4.35% 10
South East -58 31 £51,250 -14.58% 11
West Midlands -35 29 £60,000 +4.35% 7
East of England -24 26 £45,000 -19.28% 6
North East -50 17 £57,500 +21.05% 9
North West -61 14 £71,250 +23.91% 12
East Midlands -24 13 £65,000 +14.54% 4
Yorkshire -35 8 £55,000 -26.67% 5
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 17 (7.14%) IIS
2 5 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.26%) CMS
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) JBoss
5 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Simulink
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (6.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.26%) Shopify
3 2 (0.84%) Maximo
3 2 (0.84%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.42%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 74 (31.09%) Azure
2 41 (17.23%) AWS
3 31 (13.03%) GitHub
4 30 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.46%) Power Automate
6 13 (5.46%) Serverless
7 10 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (4.20%) PowerApps
7 10 (4.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 10 (4.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 9 (3.78%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.94%) Figma
10 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.52%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (2.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.94%) Bluetooth
1 7 (2.94%) Modbus
1 7 (2.94%) Profibus
1 7 (2.94%) RS-232
1 7 (2.94%) RS-485
1 7 (2.94%) Wireless
1 7 (2.94%) ZigBee
2 6 (2.52%) SNMP
3 5 (2.10%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.84%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 37 (15.55%) Relational Database
3 29 (12.18%) MySQL
4 12 (5.04%) MongoDB
4 12 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (5.04%) Redis
5 11 (4.62%) Power BI
6 7 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.68%) SQLite
9 3 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.26%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.84%) Db2
10 2 (0.84%) GIS
10 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 53 (22.27%) Git
2 20 (8.40%) GitLab
3 18 (7.56%) Claude Code
3 18 (7.56%) Jenkins
4 15 (6.30%) JIRA
5 14 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (5.88%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (5.88%) Visual Studio
6 13 (5.46%) NUnit
7 11 (4.62%) JUnit
8 8 (3.36%) Maven
8 8 (3.36%) TeamCity
9 7 (2.94%) Cypress.io
9 7 (2.94%) Mockito
10 5 (2.10%) Eclipse
10 5 (2.10%) Postman
10 5 (2.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (1.68%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.68%) Gatling
11 4 (1.68%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.17%) Finance
3 45 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.82%) Law
5 17 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.72%) Legal
7 15 (6.30%) Public Sector
8 13 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (5.04%) Aerospace
9 12 (5.04%) Electronics
9 12 (5.04%) Marketing
9 12 (5.04%) Military
10 10 (4.20%) Aviation
10 10 (4.20%) Retail
11 7 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.10%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.26%) Automotive
13 3 (1.26%) Avionics
13 3 (1.26%) Banking
13 3 (1.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 137 (57.56%) Developer
2 55 (23.11%) Senior
3 49 (20.59%) Software Engineer
4 26 (10.92%) Senior Developer
5 24 (10.08%) .NET Developer
5 24 (10.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (9.66%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (9.24%) Lead
8 13 (5.46%) Salesforce Developer
9 12 (5.04%) C# Developer
9 12 (5.04%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.62%) Consultant
11 10 (4.20%) Senior Salesforce Developer
12 9 (3.78%) C# .NET Developer
12 9 (3.78%) SAP Developer
12 9 (3.78%) Software Developer
12 9 (3.78%) VB.NET Developer
13 8 (3.36%) Web Developer
14 7 (2.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 7 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.67%) .NET
2 53 (22.27%) REST
3 49 (20.59%) HTML
4 39 (16.39%) CSS
5 32 (13.45%) ASP.NET
6 30 (12.61%) AngularJS
7 28 (11.76%) SOAP
8 27 (11.34%) React
8 27 (11.34%) Spring
9 26 (10.92%) RESTful
10 25 (10.50%) Node.js
11 23 (9.66%) .NET Framework
12 22 (9.24%) jQuery
13 19 (7.98%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (7.14%) .NET Core
14 17 (7.14%) Kafka
15 16 (6.72%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 16 (6.72%) Entity Framework
16 14 (5.88%) LESS
16 14 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.08%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.24%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.36%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.52%) Blog
7 6 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.52%) Robotics
8 5 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.10%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.68%) CMDB
9 4 (1.68%) FPGA
9 4 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.26%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.26%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.87%) Linux
2 16 (6.72%) Windows
3 9 (3.78%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.52%) Unix
5 3 (1.26%) Android
5 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.26%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.84%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (40.76%) Agile
1 97 (40.76%) CI/CD
2 83 (34.87%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (32.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 71 (29.83%) Software Engineering
5 59 (24.79%) DevOps
6 53 (22.27%) Test Automation
7 40 (16.81%) TDD
8 39 (16.39%) Scrum
9 38 (15.97%) AI
9 38 (15.97%) Code Quality
9 38 (15.97%) User Experience
10 36 (15.13%) Integration Testing
11 35 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development
12 33 (13.87%) Sprint Planning
13 32 (13.45%) SDLC
14 31 (13.03%) Mentoring
15 30 (12.61%) Microservices
16 29 (12.18%) Validation
17 28 (11.76%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 71 (29.83%) C#
2 60 (25.21%) JavaScript
3 57 (23.95%) Java
4 52 (21.85%) SQL
5 45 (18.91%) TypeScript
6 37 (15.55%) C++
7 29 (12.18%) C
8 28 (11.76%) Python
9 14 (5.88%) VB.NET
10 13 (5.46%) Apex Code
11 10 (4.20%) ABAP
11 10 (4.20%) SOQL
12 8 (3.36%) PL/SQL
13 7 (2.94%) PHP
14 6 (2.52%) Bash
14 6 (2.52%) Kotlin
15 5 (2.10%) Embedded C
16 4 (1.68%) MATLAB
17 3 (1.26%) Ada
17 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (17.23%) Degree
2 34 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.92%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.36%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.42%) ACCA
9 1 (0.42%) CIMA
9 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) HND
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.42%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.18%) QA
2 10 (4.20%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.10%) GDPR
5 4 (1.68%) WCAG
6 3 (1.26%) MIL-STD-1553
7 2 (0.84%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.84%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) Basel III
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.42%) MISRA
8 1 (0.42%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (15.97%) Docker
2 13 (5.46%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (5.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (10.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.26%) Ansible
3 2 (0.84%) Argo
3 2 (0.84%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Kibana
4 1 (0.42%) logstash
4 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.61%) Oracle
3 19 (7.98%) SAP
4 15 (6.30%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.78%) iManage
6 8 (3.36%) Intel
7 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.10%) Google
9 3 (1.26%) IBM
9 3 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.26%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.84%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.84%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.84%) Talend
10 2 (0.84%) Temenos
10 2 (0.84%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.84%) YouTube
11 1 (0.42%) Infor
11 1 (0.42%) RedGate