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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 239 256
Rank change year-on-year -195 +17 -74
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 189 586 763
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 1.30% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 1.42% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 124 332 610
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,508 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £124,250 £95,000 £86,250
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 46,773 41,385 57,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.76% 92.14% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 28,477 20,477 45,736
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,100 £75,000
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 12 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 12 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 -101 68 £102,500 +36.67% 39
South East -37 48 £50,000 -9.09% 24
North of England -54 31 £65,000 +23.81% 27
North West -1 25 £65,000 +23.81% 15
Midlands -69 15 £51,250 -19.61% 16
West Midlands -19 9 £55,000 -21.43% 6
South West -52 9 - - 19
Yorkshire -44 6 £75,000 +50.00% 6
East Midlands -45 6 £51,000 -15.00% 10
East of England -5 4 £62,500 -3.85% 10
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 (8.47%) Confluence
2 6 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.59%) Apache
4 2 (1.06%) IIS
4 2 (1.06%) JBoss
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (4.76%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Windchill
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.12%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.12%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.12%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.06%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.53%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.98%) Azure
2 34 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (17.46%) AWS
3 33 (17.46%) GitHub
4 24 (12.70%) Power Platform
5 17 (8.99%) Serverless
6 9 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (4.23%) GCP
7 8 (4.23%) PaaS
7 8 (4.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 8 (4.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 7 (3.70%) Azure Functions
8 7 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.17%) Azure App Service
9 6 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.65%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.35%) Multicast
2 4 (2.12%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.53%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.99%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.88%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.82%) DB2
4 8 (4.23%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.23%) Power BI
5 6 (3.17%) MySQL
6 3 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.53%) Big Data
8 1 (0.53%) Cognos Connection
8 1 (0.53%) Cognos Framework Manager
8 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.53%) KDB
8 1 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (21.69%) Git
2 24 (12.70%) JIRA
3 15 (7.94%) Bitbucket
3 15 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 15 (7.94%) JUnit
4 13 (6.88%) Selenium
5 12 (6.35%) Cucumber
6 11 (5.82%) TeamCity
7 6 (3.17%) GitLab
7 6 (3.17%) Maven
7 6 (3.17%) Mockito
8 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.06%) JMeter
8 2 (1.06%) MSTest
8 2 (1.06%) webpack
9 1 (0.53%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.53%) MLflow
9 1 (0.53%) NUnit
9 1 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (34.92%) Finance
2 36 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 32 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.58%) Banking
5 16 (8.47%) Marketing
6 13 (6.88%) Front Office
7 8 (4.23%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.17%) Tech for Good
9 4 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.12%) Retail
10 2 (1.06%) Billing
10 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.06%) Law
10 2 (1.06%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) Advertising
11 1 (0.53%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (62.43%) Developer
2 44 (23.28%) Senior
3 30 (15.87%) Software Engineer
4 23 (12.17%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (12.17%) Lead
5 22 (11.64%) Java Developer
6 20 (10.58%) Senior Developer
7 15 (7.94%) .NET Developer
7 15 (7.94%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (6.88%) C++ Developer
9 11 (5.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 11 (5.82%) Lead Developer
10 10 (5.29%) Applications Developer
10 10 (5.29%) Java Engineer
11 9 (4.76%) Software Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Cloud Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
12 8 (4.23%) Salesforce Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (34.92%) React
2 64 (33.86%) .NET
3 56 (29.63%) CSS
4 55 (29.10%) HTML
5 33 (17.46%) REST
6 32 (16.93%) RESTful
7 21 (11.11%) AngularJS
8 18 (9.52%) .NET Core
9 14 (7.41%) Bootstrap
9 14 (7.41%) React Native
9 14 (7.41%) SOAP
10 13 (6.88%) FIX Protocol
10 13 (6.88%) Spring
11 12 (6.35%) .NET Framework
11 12 (6.35%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (6.35%) Vue
12 11 (5.82%) ASP.NET
12 11 (5.82%) Gherkin
13 10 (5.29%) Node.js
14 9 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.99%) Mobile App
2 16 (8.47%) Derivative
3 15 (7.94%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.82%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (5.82%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.70%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.70%) Blog
7 6 (3.17%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.59%) Genomics
10 3 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.06%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.06%) Market Risk
11 2 (1.06%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.81%) Linux
2 12 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (67.72%) Agile
2 79 (41.80%) CI/CD
3 61 (32.28%) DevOps
4 55 (29.10%) Scrum
5 52 (27.51%) Software Engineering
6 51 (26.98%) Mentoring
6 51 (26.98%) Microservices
7 42 (22.22%) Test Automation
8 37 (19.58%) Clean Code
8 37 (19.58%) Front End Development
9 36 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (18.52%) Integration Testing
11 33 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (15.87%) Design Patterns
13 30 (15.87%) Sprint Planning
14 29 (15.34%) User Experience
15 28 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (14.29%) TDD
17 26 (13.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.46%) Java
1 50 (26.46%) SQL
2 48 (25.40%) JavaScript
3 37 (19.58%) C#
4 27 (14.29%) Python
5 25 (13.23%) TypeScript
6 20 (10.58%) C++
7 10 (5.29%) Bash
7 10 (5.29%) C
8 8 (4.23%) Apex Code
8 8 (4.23%) SOQL
9 7 (3.70%) Kotlin
9 7 (3.70%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.12%) ABAP
10 4 (2.12%) R
11 3 (1.59%) Erlang
11 3 (1.59%) RPG
12 2 (1.06%) Delphi
12 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.06%) VB6
Qualifications
1 30 (15.87%) Degree
2 14 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.82%) Master's Degree
4 8 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.23%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.12%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.53%) OCA
8 1 (0.53%) OCP
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.64%) QA
2 18 (9.52%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.12%) WCAG
4 2 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.53%) JTAG
5 1 (0.53%) PSD2
System Software
1 33 (17.46%) Docker
2 8 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.53%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.53%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 23 (12.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.35%) Terraform
3 3 (1.59%) Kibana
4 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.53%) Argo
5 1 (0.53%) Grafana
5 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.35%) Atlassian
2 12 (6.35%) Oracle
2 12 (6.35%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.29%) SAP
4 9 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.12%) Databricks
5 4 (2.12%) Google
5 4 (2.12%) IBM
5 4 (2.12%) Telerik
6 2 (1.06%) Adobe
6 2 (1.06%) Cognos
6 2 (1.06%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.06%) Foundry
6 2 (1.06%) Zend
7 1 (0.53%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.53%) Informatica
7 1 (0.53%) Marketo
7 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.53%) Siemens