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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 310 268
Rank change year-on-year -187 -42 -78
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 185 387 863
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 1.06% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 123 300 684
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,515 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £106,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 60,225 36,390 71,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.59% 93.48% 85.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38,460 20,470 53,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,372 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -56 74 £85,000 +30.77% 29
North of England -72 30 £65,000 +18.18% 21
South East -79 30 £50,000 -13.04% 16
South West -74 20 £45,000 -21.70% 11
North West -32 18 £67,500 +28.57% 9
Midlands -64 12 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Yorkshire -48 11 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England -28 8 £61,500 +7.89% 13
West Midlands -48 8 £52,500 -12.50% 6
East Midlands -44 4 £65,250 +8.75% 8
North East -44 1 £57,500 +4.55% 7
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 12 (6.49%) Confluence
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.08%) IIS
3 2 (1.08%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.54%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.08%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.08%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.54%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.54%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.81%) Azure
2 45 (24.32%) AWS
3 44 (23.78%) GitHub
4 31 (16.76%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (11.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 22 (11.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 14 (7.57%) GCP
7 13 (7.03%) Power Platform
8 12 (6.49%) Cloud Functions
8 12 (6.49%) Cloud Run
9 8 (4.32%) Serverless
10 7 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.49%) Broadband
2 6 (3.24%) Multicast
3 4 (2.16%) Bluetooth
3 4 (2.16%) Modbus
3 4 (2.16%) Profibus
3 4 (2.16%) RS-232
3 4 (2.16%) RS-485
3 4 (2.16%) Wireless
3 4 (2.16%) ZigBee
4 3 (1.62%) HTTP
5 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.51%) NoSQL
2 24 (12.97%) SQL Server
3 17 (9.19%) MongoDB
4 13 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.86%) MySQL
6 8 (4.32%) DB2
7 6 (3.24%) Power BI
8 5 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.16%) SAP HANA
9 4 (2.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.62%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.62%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.62%) Star Schema
11 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (24.86%) Git
2 27 (14.59%) JIRA
3 12 (6.49%) CircleCI
3 12 (6.49%) Cypress.io
4 11 (5.95%) Bitbucket
4 11 (5.95%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.95%) JUnit
5 10 (5.41%) TeamCity
6 9 (4.86%) Cucumber
6 9 (4.86%) Selenium
7 6 (3.24%) Maven
7 6 (3.24%) Mockito
8 4 (2.16%) GitLab
9 2 (1.08%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.08%) TestRail
9 2 (1.08%) webpack
9 2 (1.08%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.54%) Locust
10 1 (0.54%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.54%) utPLSQL
General
1 49 (26.49%) Finance
2 48 (25.95%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.59%) Banking
5 21 (11.35%) Marketing
6 10 (5.41%) Front Office
7 9 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.70%) Agriculture
8 5 (2.70%) Automotive
8 5 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.70%) Retail
9 4 (2.16%) Advertising
9 4 (2.16%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.16%) Electronics
9 4 (2.16%) Law
9 4 (2.16%) Legal
9 4 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 117 (63.24%) Developer
2 60 (32.43%) Senior
3 34 (18.38%) Senior Developer
4 30 (16.22%) Software Engineer
5 27 (14.59%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (12.43%) Salesforce Developer
7 22 (11.89%) Senior Salesforce Developer
8 21 (11.35%) Cloud Developer
9 20 (10.81%) Java Developer
10 19 (10.27%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (6.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (5.95%) Applications Developer
12 11 (5.95%) Lead
13 9 (4.86%) Consultant
14 8 (4.32%) C++ Developer
15 7 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 7 (3.78%) Java Engineer
16 6 (3.24%) Java Software Engineer
16 6 (3.24%) Lead Developer
16 6 (3.24%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (31.35%) React
2 46 (24.86%) HTML
3 43 (23.24%) CSS
4 42 (22.70%) REST
5 40 (21.62%) .NET
6 27 (14.59%) SOAP
7 24 (12.97%) RESTful
8 23 (12.43%) Lightning Web Components
9 22 (11.89%) AngularJS
10 21 (11.35%) Node.js
11 17 (9.19%) Playwright
11 17 (9.19%) React Native
12 16 (8.65%) Bootstrap
13 13 (7.03%) Spring
14 12 (6.49%) Leaflet
14 12 (6.49%) Vue
15 10 (5.41%) Kafka
16 9 (4.86%) Elastic Stack
16 9 (4.86%) Spring Boot
17 8 (4.32%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.76%) Product Ownership
2 19 (10.27%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.32%) Data Structures
3 8 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.78%) Derivative
4 7 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.70%) Blog
6 5 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.62%) PKI
9 2 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.08%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.51%) Linux
2 6 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.16%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.54%) Android
4 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (68.65%) Agile
2 91 (49.19%) CI/CD
3 57 (30.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (29.73%) Scrum
5 49 (26.49%) DevOps
6 47 (25.41%) Clean Code
6 47 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 40 (21.62%) Software Engineering
8 39 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (20.54%) Sprint Planning
10 36 (19.46%) Test Automation
11 34 (18.38%) Mentoring
11 34 (18.38%) Microservices
12 32 (17.30%) TDD
13 29 (15.68%) Front End Development
13 29 (15.68%) System Testing
14 26 (14.05%) Containerisation
14 26 (14.05%) Integration Testing
15 25 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (12.97%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 65 (35.14%) SQL
2 54 (29.19%) JavaScript
3 48 (25.95%) Java
4 30 (16.22%) Python
5 28 (15.14%) C#
6 23 (12.43%) Apex Code
7 22 (11.89%) SOQL
8 21 (11.35%) C++
9 20 (10.81%) TypeScript
10 9 (4.86%) Bash
10 9 (4.86%) PL/SQL
11 8 (4.32%) C
12 6 (3.24%) Kotlin
12 6 (3.24%) T-SQL
13 5 (2.70%) PowerShell
14 4 (2.16%) R
14 4 (2.16%) Rust
15 3 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.62%) Perl
15 3 (1.62%) RPG
Qualifications
1 22 (11.89%) Degree
2 11 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.54%) OCA
8 1 (0.54%) OCP
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.54%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.19%) QA
2 4 (2.16%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.08%) GAAP
3 2 (1.08%) GDPR
3 2 (1.08%) IFRS
3 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (19.46%) Docker
2 4 (2.16%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (2.16%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.54%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.54%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 20 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.49%) Podman
3 10 (5.41%) Terraform
4 2 (1.08%) Grafana
4 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Argo
5 1 (0.54%) Kibana
5 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (12.43%) Salesforce
2 15 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.57%) Oracle
4 13 (7.03%) Google
5 8 (4.32%) Atlassian
5 8 (4.32%) SAP
6 6 (3.24%) Databricks
6 6 (3.24%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.08%) Adobe
8 2 (1.08%) Apple
8 2 (1.08%) Foundry
8 2 (1.08%) IBM
8 2 (1.08%) Infor
8 2 (1.08%) Rollbar
8 2 (1.08%) Temenos
8 2 (1.08%) Workday
9 1 (0.54%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.54%) Siemens
9 1 (0.54%) Zoho