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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 418 235
Rank change year-on-year -108 -183 -53
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 244 228 825
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.53% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.60% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 158 136 400
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £39,613
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year - -4.38% +4.58%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £117,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year - -5.14% +5.42%

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 75,204 38,242 56,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.41% 88.75% 81.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,160 22,012 31,934
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -89 62 £82,500 +3.13% 186
North of England -83 42 £57,500 +15.00% 47
Midlands -40 36 £62,500 +8.70% 33
South West -60 36 £55,000 -4.35% 26
East of England -13 29 £45,000 -19.28% 37
South East -46 29 £55,000 -8.33% 48
West Midlands -39 26 £52,500 -8.70% 23
North West -50 17 £67,500 +31.71% 33
Yorkshire -30 14 £55,000 -26.67% 4
North East -55 11 £57,500 +24.32% 10
East Midlands -35 10 £66,000 +16.30% 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 15 (6.15%) IIS
2 5 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Simulink
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (6.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.64%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.23%) Shopify
4 2 (0.82%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 77 (31.56%) Azure
2 45 (18.44%) AWS
3 31 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (12.70%) GitHub
4 18 (7.38%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.56%) Serverless
6 14 (5.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 14 (5.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 13 (5.33%) Power Automate
8 12 (4.92%) GCP
9 10 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (4.10%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (3.28%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (2.87%) Figma
12 6 (2.46%) Cloud Functions
12 6 (2.46%) Cloud Run
13 5 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.69%) Bluetooth
1 9 (3.69%) Modbus
1 9 (3.69%) Profibus
1 9 (3.69%) RS-232
1 9 (3.69%) RS-485
1 9 (3.69%) Wireless
1 9 (3.69%) ZigBee
2 6 (2.46%) Broadband
2 6 (2.46%) SNMP
3 4 (1.64%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (21.31%) SQL Server
2 35 (14.34%) Relational Database
3 29 (11.89%) MySQL
4 14 (5.74%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.74%) Power BI
5 13 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (4.51%) Redis
7 10 (4.10%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.05%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.64%) SQLite
12 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.23%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (24.18%) Git
2 16 (6.56%) Claude Code
3 15 (6.15%) GitLab
3 15 (6.15%) JIRA
4 13 (5.33%) Cypress.io
4 13 (5.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (4.92%) Jenkins
5 12 (4.92%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (4.51%) JUnit
6 11 (4.51%) NUnit
6 11 (4.51%) Visual Studio
7 8 (3.28%) Maven
8 7 (2.87%) Mockito
9 6 (2.46%) CircleCI
9 6 (2.46%) TeamCity
10 5 (2.05%) Postman
10 5 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (1.64%) Eclipse
12 3 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (1.23%) TestRail
General
1 80 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.90%) Finance
3 45 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.61%) Law
5 20 (8.20%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.97%) Legal
7 16 (6.56%) Marketing
8 14 (5.74%) Electronics
9 10 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.10%) Military
10 9 (3.69%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.69%) Aviation
10 9 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.69%) Retail
11 8 (3.28%) Banking
12 6 (2.46%) Automotive
13 5 (2.05%) Social Housing
14 4 (1.64%) Advertising
14 4 (1.64%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 137 (56.15%) Developer
2 65 (26.64%) Senior
3 54 (22.13%) Software Engineer
4 30 (12.30%) Senior Developer
5 28 (11.48%) Full-Stack Developer
5 28 (11.48%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (9.02%) Lead
7 20 (8.20%) .NET Developer
8 17 (6.97%) Salesforce Developer
9 14 (5.74%) Senior Salesforce Developer
10 13 (5.33%) Consultant
11 11 (4.51%) Cloud Developer
12 9 (3.69%) C# Developer
12 9 (3.69%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) SAP Developer
12 9 (3.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) VB.NET Developer
13 8 (3.28%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (26.23%) .NET
2 60 (24.59%) REST
3 49 (20.08%) HTML
4 39 (15.98%) CSS
5 38 (15.57%) React
6 33 (13.52%) AngularJS
7 32 (13.11%) SOAP
8 30 (12.30%) ASP.NET
9 29 (11.89%) Node.js
9 29 (11.89%) RESTful
10 26 (10.66%) Spring
11 19 (7.79%) .NET Framework
12 18 (7.38%) jQuery
13 17 (6.97%) ASP.NET Web API
13 17 (6.97%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (6.97%) Terraform
14 16 (6.56%) Vue
15 15 (6.15%) .NET Core
15 15 (6.15%) SAP Fiori
16 14 (5.74%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.30%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.97%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.28%) AI Agents
5 8 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.87%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.87%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.46%) Robotics
8 5 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.05%) Blog
8 5 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.64%) CMDB
9 4 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.89%) Linux
2 13 (5.33%) Windows
3 11 (4.51%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.05%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.64%) Android
5 4 (1.64%) Unix
6 3 (1.23%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (44.26%) Agile
2 105 (43.03%) CI/CD
3 87 (35.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 83 (34.02%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (30.33%) Software Engineering
6 58 (23.77%) DevOps
7 52 (21.31%) Test Automation
8 48 (19.67%) Scrum
9 45 (18.44%) Full-Stack Development
10 43 (17.62%) TDD
11 38 (15.57%) AI
12 36 (14.75%) User Experience
13 35 (14.34%) Code Quality
13 35 (14.34%) Mentoring
13 35 (14.34%) SDLC
14 33 (13.52%) Microservices
14 33 (13.52%) Sprint Planning
15 31 (12.70%) Integration Testing
16 27 (11.07%) Computer Science
16 27 (11.07%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 72 (29.51%) JavaScript
2 65 (26.64%) C#
3 63 (25.82%) SQL
4 54 (22.13%) Java
5 44 (18.03%) TypeScript
6 35 (14.34%) C++
6 35 (14.34%) Python
7 26 (10.66%) C
8 17 (6.97%) Apex Code
9 14 (5.74%) SOQL
10 12 (4.92%) VB.NET
11 10 (4.10%) ABAP
12 9 (3.69%) PL/SQL
13 7 (2.87%) Kotlin
13 7 (2.87%) PHP
14 6 (2.46%) Bash
14 6 (2.46%) T-SQL
15 5 (2.05%) PowerShell
16 3 (1.23%) Ada 95
16 3 (1.23%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 38 (15.57%) Degree
2 24 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (6.97%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.28%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) HND
8 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.84%) QA
2 9 (3.69%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.05%) GDPR
4 4 (1.64%) WCAG
5 3 (1.23%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.82%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) Basel III
7 1 (0.41%) GAAP
7 1 (0.41%) IFRS
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (18.03%) Docker
2 13 (5.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (5.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.46%) Podman
3 4 (1.64%) Ansible
4 2 (0.82%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.41%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
5 1 (0.41%) logstash
5 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.66%) Oracle
3 19 (7.79%) Salesforce
3 19 (7.79%) SAP
4 11 (4.51%) Google
5 9 (3.69%) iManage
6 7 (2.87%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.46%) Intel
8 4 (1.64%) Temenos
9 3 (1.23%) IBM
9 3 (1.23%) Infor
9 3 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.82%) Databricks
10 2 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.82%) YouTube
11 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.41%) Informatica
11 1 (0.41%) RedGate
11 1 (0.41%) Talend
11 1 (0.41%) Zoho