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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 348 261
Rank change year-on-year -169 -87 -73
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 226 340 815
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.78% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.87% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 151 223 545
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,300 £83,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 67,066 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,315 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -91 60 £83,750 +28.85% 38
North of England -63 40 £57,500 +6.98% 28
South West -75 34 £53,500 -6.96% 10
Midlands -44 31 £60,000 - 19
South East -50 28 £52,500 -12.50% 19
East of England -21 23 £55,000 -3.51% 10
West Midlands -31 22 £52,500 -12.50% 10
North West -33 17 £67,500 +29.19% 19
Yorkshire -27 15 £55,000 -31.36% 4
East Midlands -25 9 £68,000 +13.33% 9
North East -50 8 £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 7 (3.10%) IIS
2 3 (1.33%) CMS
2 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (6.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.77%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.33%) Shopify
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.88%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.44%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.44%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 68 (30.09%) Azure
2 44 (19.47%) AWS
3 39 (17.26%) GitHub
4 29 (12.83%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (9.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 22 (9.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 17 (7.52%) GCP
7 13 (5.75%) Power Platform
8 12 (5.31%) Cloud Functions
8 12 (5.31%) Cloud Run
8 12 (5.31%) Serverless
9 9 (3.98%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.54%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.65%) Figma
11 6 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.21%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.77%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.31%) Broadband
2 9 (3.98%) Bluetooth
2 9 (3.98%) Modbus
2 9 (3.98%) Profibus
2 9 (3.98%) RS-232
2 9 (3.98%) RS-485
2 9 (3.98%) Wireless
2 9 (3.98%) ZigBee
3 4 (1.77%) SNMP
3 4 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.70%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.73%) NoSQL
3 21 (9.29%) MySQL
4 19 (8.41%) MongoDB
4 19 (8.41%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (4.42%) Redis
6 9 (3.98%) Power BI
7 6 (2.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (2.21%) SAP HANA
8 5 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.33%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.33%) SQLite
9 3 (1.33%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 59 (26.11%) Git
2 19 (8.41%) JIRA
3 17 (7.52%) Cypress.io
4 12 (5.31%) CircleCI
5 10 (4.42%) JUnit
6 9 (3.98%) GitLab
7 8 (3.54%) Claude Code
8 7 (3.10%) Maven
8 7 (3.10%) Mockito
9 6 (2.65%) Jenkins
9 6 (2.65%) NUnit
10 5 (2.21%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (2.21%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.77%) Postman
11 4 (1.77%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (1.33%) TestRail
13 2 (0.88%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 67 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.35%) Finance
3 37 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.85%) Marketing
5 19 (8.41%) Law
5 19 (8.41%) Manufacturing
6 16 (7.08%) Banking
6 16 (7.08%) Legal
7 14 (6.19%) Electronics
8 9 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.10%) Automotive
9 7 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.10%) Military
10 6 (2.65%) Advertising
10 6 (2.65%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.21%) Agriculture
11 5 (2.21%) Aviation
11 5 (2.21%) Retail
11 5 (2.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 135 (59.73%) Developer
2 60 (26.55%) Senior
3 43 (19.03%) Software Engineer
4 32 (14.16%) Senior Developer
5 28 (12.39%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (10.62%) Senior Software Engineer
7 23 (10.18%) Salesforce Developer
8 22 (9.73%) Senior Salesforce Developer
9 21 (9.29%) Lead
10 19 (8.41%) Cloud Developer
11 14 (6.19%) .NET Developer
12 12 (5.31%) Consultant
13 9 (3.98%) Embedded Engineer
13 9 (3.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 9 (3.98%) Java Developer
13 9 (3.98%) SAP Developer
13 9 (3.98%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 9 (3.98%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 9 (3.98%) Web Developer
14 7 (3.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (26.55%) REST
2 51 (22.57%) .NET
3 49 (21.68%) React
4 39 (17.26%) HTML
5 36 (15.93%) SOAP
6 34 (15.04%) Node.js
7 29 (12.83%) CSS
8 28 (12.39%) AngularJS
9 24 (10.62%) RESTful
10 23 (10.18%) Lightning Web Components
11 21 (9.29%) ASP.NET
12 18 (7.96%) Playwright
13 17 (7.52%) Spring
14 14 (6.19%) Vue
15 13 (5.75%) .NET Framework
15 13 (5.75%) Kafka
15 13 (5.75%) OAuth
16 12 (5.31%) Leaflet
16 12 (5.31%) SAP Fiori
17 11 (4.87%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.16%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.19%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.98%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.54%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.10%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.65%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.77%) CMDB
9 4 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.77%) Robotics
10 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.33%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.33%) PKI
11 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.62%) Linux
2 11 (4.87%) FreeRTOS
3 10 (4.42%) Windows
4 5 (2.21%) Unix
5 4 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.33%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (51.77%) Agile
2 100 (44.25%) CI/CD
3 88 (38.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (26.11%) Software Engineering
6 48 (21.24%) Scrum
7 47 (20.80%) DevOps
8 45 (19.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 39 (17.26%) Test Automation
10 37 (16.37%) TDD
11 36 (15.93%) Clean Code
12 34 (15.04%) Sprint Planning
13 33 (14.60%) Mentoring
14 31 (13.72%) Microservices
15 28 (12.39%) Code Quality
15 28 (12.39%) SDLC
16 27 (11.95%) AI
16 27 (11.95%) OOP
17 26 (11.50%) Integration Testing
18 25 (11.06%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (31.86%) SQL
2 68 (30.09%) JavaScript
3 57 (25.22%) C#
4 47 (20.80%) Java
5 37 (16.37%) Python
6 33 (14.60%) C++
7 28 (12.39%) TypeScript
8 23 (10.18%) Apex Code
9 22 (9.73%) SOQL
10 19 (8.41%) C
11 11 (4.87%) ABAP
12 9 (3.98%) PL/SQL
13 7 (3.10%) T-SQL
14 6 (2.65%) Bash
15 5 (2.21%) PowerShell
15 5 (2.21%) Rust
16 4 (1.77%) VB.NET
17 3 (1.33%) Perl
17 3 (1.33%) PHP
17 3 (1.33%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 35 (15.49%) Degree
2 17 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.75%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.10%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) HND
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.85%) QA
2 6 (2.65%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.21%) GDPR
4 4 (1.77%) WCAG
5 2 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.88%) GAAP
5 2 (0.88%) IFRS
5 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.44%) MISRA
6 1 (0.44%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (17.26%) Docker
2 12 (5.31%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (5.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.31%) Podman
2 12 (5.31%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.88%) Grafana
3 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.44%) Ansible
4 1 (0.44%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.44%) Kibana
4 1 (0.44%) logstash
Vendors
1 26 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.06%) Salesforce
3 19 (8.41%) Oracle
4 18 (7.96%) SAP
5 17 (7.52%) Google
6 9 (3.98%) iManage
7 6 (2.65%) Databricks
7 6 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.21%) Intel
9 4 (1.77%) Temenos
10 3 (1.33%) Infor
10 3 (1.33%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.88%) Rollbar
11 2 (0.88%) Workday
12 1 (0.44%) Apple
12 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.44%) IBM
12 1 (0.44%) Informatica
12 1 (0.44%) Zoho