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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 244 238
Rank change year-on-year -177 -6 -72
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 197 596 711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 1.24% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.37% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 120 320 559
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,508 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £95,000 £85,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -2.44%

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 43,416 43,635 47,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.86% 90.97% 89.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26,088 21,348 36,647
10th Percentile £28,748 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -76 73 £103,750 +38.33% 33
South East -11 44 £50,000 -16.67% 58
North of England -30 36 £65,000 +23.81% 43
North West +1 29 £65,000 +23.81% 25
Midlands -35 17 £55,000 -13.73% 28
West Midlands -3 11 £57,500 -17.86% 5
South West -31 11 £60,000 - 23
Yorkshire -16 7 £66,250 +35.90% 14
East Midlands -43 6 £51,000 -15.00% 22
East of England +1 3 £67,950 +0.67% 19
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 (8.12%) Confluence
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (2.54%) Apache
4 4 (2.03%) Camunda
5 2 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.02%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.51%) CMS
6 1 (0.51%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) JBoss
6 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (4.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.02%) Windchill
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.03%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.03%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.03%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.02%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.51%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (34.52%) Azure
2 35 (17.77%) AWS
3 30 (15.23%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (14.72%) GitHub
5 26 (13.20%) Power Platform
6 19 (9.64%) Serverless
7 12 (6.09%) GCP
8 10 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.57%) Azure Functions
10 7 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.55%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.55%) PaaS
10 7 (3.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 7 (3.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 6 (3.05%) Azure App Service
11 6 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.54%) Amazon S3
13 4 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.09%) Multicast
2 4 (2.03%) HTTP
3 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.78%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.61%) MongoDB
3 12 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (5.58%) DB2
5 9 (4.57%) Power BI
6 8 (4.06%) MySQL
7 7 (3.55%) NoSQL
8 6 (3.05%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.52%) Redis
11 2 (1.02%) Metadata
11 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.51%) Big Data
12 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.51%) KDB
12 1 (0.51%) OLAP
12 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (20.30%) Git
2 25 (12.69%) JIRA
3 21 (10.66%) Bitbucket
4 20 (10.15%) Jenkins
5 15 (7.61%) JUnit
6 13 (6.60%) GitLab
6 13 (6.60%) Selenium
7 12 (6.09%) Cucumber
8 11 (5.58%) TeamCity
9 6 (3.05%) Maven
9 6 (3.05%) Mockito
9 6 (3.05%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (2.03%) MSTest
12 3 (1.52%) NUnit
13 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
13 2 (1.02%) JMeter
13 2 (1.02%) webpack
14 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
14 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
General
1 64 (32.49%) Finance
2 48 (24.37%) Social Skills
3 38 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.63%) Banking
5 15 (7.61%) Marketing
6 13 (6.60%) Front Office
7 11 (5.58%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.55%) Retail
9 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.54%) Tech for Good
11 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.52%) Law
13 2 (1.02%) Automotive
13 2 (1.02%) Billing
13 2 (1.02%) Electronics
13 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.02%) Local Government
14 1 (0.51%) Games
14 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (60.41%) Developer
2 48 (24.37%) Senior
3 34 (17.26%) Software Engineer
4 23 (11.68%) Lead
5 22 (11.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 20 (10.15%) Senior Developer
7 19 (9.64%) Java Developer
8 16 (8.12%) .NET Developer
8 16 (8.12%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (6.60%) C++ Developer
9 13 (6.60%) Software Developer
10 11 (5.58%) Lead Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Applications Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 9 (4.57%) Java Engineer
13 8 (4.06%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 8 (4.06%) Java Software Engineer
14 7 (3.55%) Agile Developer
14 7 (3.55%) Senior Salesforce Developer
14 7 (3.55%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (32.99%) .NET
2 64 (32.49%) React
3 54 (27.41%) CSS
4 53 (26.90%) HTML
5 35 (17.77%) REST
5 35 (17.77%) RESTful
6 22 (11.17%) .NET Core
6 22 (11.17%) AngularJS
7 15 (7.61%) .NET Framework
8 13 (6.60%) ASP.NET
8 13 (6.60%) FIX Protocol
8 13 (6.60%) SOAP
9 12 (6.09%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (6.09%) Kafka
9 12 (6.09%) Spring
9 12 (6.09%) Vue
10 11 (5.58%) Bootstrap
10 11 (5.58%) Gherkin
10 11 (5.58%) React Native
11 10 (5.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.12%) Derivative
2 14 (7.11%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.09%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.55%) AI Agents
7 7 (3.55%) Blog
7 7 (3.55%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.05%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.52%) Genomics
11 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.02%) CMDB
12 2 (1.02%) Credit Risk
12 2 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (1.02%) Market Risk
12 2 (1.02%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.72%) Linux
2 12 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (60.91%) Agile
2 84 (42.64%) CI/CD
3 62 (31.47%) DevOps
4 59 (29.95%) Scrum
5 54 (27.41%) Mentoring
6 53 (26.90%) Software Engineering
7 49 (24.87%) Microservices
8 41 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (19.29%) Test Automation
10 36 (18.27%) Front End Development
11 35 (17.77%) Integration Testing
12 34 (17.26%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (16.75%) Clean Code
14 31 (15.74%) Containerisation
15 29 (14.72%) Design Patterns
15 29 (14.72%) User Experience
16 28 (14.21%) Continuous Integration
17 27 (13.71%) SDLC
17 27 (13.71%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 58 (29.44%) SQL
2 54 (27.41%) Java
3 52 (26.40%) JavaScript
4 43 (21.83%) C#
5 32 (16.24%) Python
6 28 (14.21%) TypeScript
7 19 (9.64%) C++
8 11 (5.58%) C
9 9 (4.57%) Bash
10 7 (3.55%) Apex Code
10 7 (3.55%) Kotlin
10 7 (3.55%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.55%) SOQL
11 4 (2.03%) ABAP
11 4 (2.03%) R
12 3 (1.52%) Erlang
12 3 (1.52%) RPG
12 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.02%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.02%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (18.78%) Degree
2 16 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.11%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.57%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.03%) PhD
7 4 (2.03%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.51%) OCA
9 1 (0.51%) OCP
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.17%) QA
2 17 (8.63%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.03%) WCAG
4 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.02%) ISO 9000
5 2 (1.02%) JTAG
6 1 (0.51%) PSD2
6 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (19.80%) Docker
2 8 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.51%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.51%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.51%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 26 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.58%) Terraform
3 5 (2.54%) Kibana
4 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.51%) Argo
5 1 (0.51%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.11%) Atlassian
2 14 (7.11%) Oracle
3 12 (6.09%) Red Hat
4 10 (5.08%) SAP
5 8 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.54%) Databricks
6 5 (2.54%) IBM
7 4 (2.03%) Google
7 4 (2.03%) Telerik
8 2 (1.02%) Adobe
8 2 (1.02%) Cognos
8 2 (1.02%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.02%) Foundry
8 2 (1.02%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.02%) Zend
9 1 (0.51%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.51%) Marketo
9 1 (0.51%) Splunk