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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 335 248
Rank change year-on-year -166 -87 -53
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 199 345 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.86% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.93% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 134 247 711
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,900 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -3.36%

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 62,143 37,121 76,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 92.27% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 43,798 20,470 55,428
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,822 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -86 59 £82,500 +22.22% 28
North of England -57 34 £61,343 +11.53% 15
Midlands -30 28 £65,000 +8.33% 10
South East -68 25 £50,000 -13.04% 15
South West -79 25 £50,000 -13.04% 10
West Midlands -23 18 £56,250 -6.25% 4
East of England -17 17 £61,500 +7.89% 7
North West -20 17 £67,500 +28.57% 6
Yorkshire -35 12 £55,000 -35.49% 3
East Midlands -27 10 £66,000 +10.00% 6
North East -45 5 £57,500 +21.05% 6
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 3 (1.51%) Confluence
1 3 (1.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.01%) IIS
2 2 (1.01%) JBoss
3 1 (0.50%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (6.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.01%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.50%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.66%) Azure
2 44 (22.11%) AWS
3 40 (20.10%) GitHub
4 31 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (13.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 26 (13.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 13 (6.53%) GCP
6 13 (6.53%) Power Platform
7 12 (6.03%) Cloud Functions
7 12 (6.03%) Cloud Run
8 9 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (3.02%) Serverless
11 5 (2.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.51%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (2.01%) Figma
13 3 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.03%) Broadband
2 9 (4.52%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.52%) Modbus
2 9 (4.52%) Profibus
2 9 (4.52%) RS-232
2 9 (4.52%) RS-485
2 9 (4.52%) Wireless
2 9 (4.52%) ZigBee
3 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.07%) SQL Server
2 24 (12.06%) NoSQL
3 16 (8.04%) MongoDB
4 10 (5.03%) MySQL
5 9 (4.52%) Power BI
6 7 (3.52%) Redis
6 7 (3.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.51%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.51%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.51%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.50%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 50 (25.13%) Git
2 18 (9.05%) JIRA
3 14 (7.04%) Cypress.io
4 12 (6.03%) CircleCI
5 11 (5.53%) JUnit
6 10 (5.03%) Maven
6 10 (5.03%) Mockito
7 5 (2.51%) GitLab
8 4 (2.01%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.51%) NUnit
9 3 (1.51%) TestRail
10 2 (1.01%) Postman
10 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.50%) utPLSQL
11 1 (0.50%) XCUITest
General
1 53 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.11%) Finance
3 31 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.56%) Marketing
5 18 (9.05%) Banking
6 14 (7.04%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.53%) Law
7 13 (6.53%) Legal
8 12 (6.03%) Electronics
9 9 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.52%) Automotive
10 7 (3.52%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.02%) Advertising
11 6 (3.02%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.51%) Agriculture
12 5 (2.51%) Retail
12 5 (2.51%) Social Housing
13 4 (2.01%) Front Office
14 3 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 118 (59.30%) Developer
2 67 (33.67%) Senior
3 38 (19.10%) Senior Developer
4 37 (18.59%) Software Engineer
5 27 (13.57%) Salesforce Developer
6 26 (13.07%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 25 (12.56%) Full-Stack Developer
8 23 (11.56%) Cloud Developer
8 23 (11.56%) Senior Software Engineer
9 20 (10.05%) Lead
10 13 (6.53%) Java Developer
11 12 (6.03%) Consultant
12 9 (4.52%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (4.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 9 (4.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 7 (3.52%) .NET Developer
13 7 (3.52%) Web Developer
14 6 (3.02%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (28.14%) REST
2 48 (24.12%) React
3 42 (21.11%) .NET
4 36 (18.09%) SOAP
5 30 (15.08%) HTML
6 27 (13.57%) AngularJS
6 27 (13.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 25 (12.56%) Node.js
8 23 (11.56%) CSS
9 18 (9.05%) Playwright
10 15 (7.54%) React Native
10 15 (7.54%) RESTful
11 14 (7.04%) Spring
12 12 (6.03%) Leaflet
13 11 (5.53%) Vue
14 10 (5.03%) Kafka
14 10 (5.03%) Middleware
14 10 (5.03%) OAuth
15 9 (4.52%) Bootstrap
15 9 (4.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.58%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.03%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.03%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (4.52%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (3.52%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.51%) CMDB
7 5 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.51%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.51%) PKI
10 2 (1.01%) AS400
10 2 (1.01%) Derivative
10 2 (1.01%) Equities
10 2 (1.01%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.55%) Linux
2 9 (4.52%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.01%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.01%) Unix
4 3 (1.51%) Windows
5 2 (1.01%) Android
5 2 (1.01%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (62.31%) Agile
2 101 (50.75%) CI/CD
3 76 (38.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (25.63%) Scrum
5 47 (23.62%) DevOps
6 46 (23.12%) Software Engineering
7 45 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (22.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 43 (21.61%) TDD
10 41 (20.60%) Clean Code
11 38 (19.10%) Sprint Planning
12 36 (18.09%) Mentoring
13 34 (17.09%) Microservices
14 33 (16.58%) Test Automation
15 31 (15.58%) System Testing
16 28 (14.07%) Containerisation
17 25 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 24 (12.06%) SDLC
19 23 (11.56%) Data Architecture
19 23 (11.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.16%) SQL
2 48 (24.12%) JavaScript
3 41 (20.60%) C#
3 41 (20.60%) Java
4 29 (14.57%) Python
5 27 (13.57%) Apex Code
6 26 (13.07%) C++
6 26 (13.07%) SOQL
7 17 (8.54%) TypeScript
8 15 (7.54%) C
9 13 (6.53%) PL/SQL
10 9 (4.52%) Bash
11 8 (4.02%) ABAP
12 6 (3.02%) T-SQL
13 4 (2.01%) PowerShell
13 4 (2.01%) Rust
14 3 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.51%) R
14 3 (1.51%) SOSL
15 2 (1.01%) RPG
Qualifications
1 26 (13.07%) Degree
2 17 (8.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (7.04%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) HND
7 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) QA
2 6 (3.02%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.51%) GDPR
4 4 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.01%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.01%) GAAP
5 2 (1.01%) IFRS
5 2 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.01%) WCAG
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (18.59%) Docker
2 10 (5.03%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (5.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (9.05%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.03%) Podman
3 8 (4.02%) Terraform
4 2 (1.01%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.50%) Ansible
5 1 (0.50%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.50%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (14.07%) Salesforce
2 19 (9.55%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.04%) Oracle
4 14 (7.04%) SAP
5 13 (6.53%) Google
6 6 (3.02%) Databricks
6 6 (3.02%) iManage
6 6 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.01%) Temenos
8 3 (1.51%) Infor
9 2 (1.01%) Intel
9 2 (1.01%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.01%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.01%) Rollbar
9 2 (1.01%) Workday
10 1 (0.50%) Apple
10 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.50%) Foundry
10 1 (0.50%) IBM
10 1 (0.50%) Zoho