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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 237 238
Rank change year-on-year -166 +1 -79
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 197 594 673
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 1.24% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.36% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 121 320 533
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £95,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%

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 42,425 43,642 44,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.74% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,405 21,401 34,519
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 12 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 12 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 -79 71 £102,500 +36.67% 31
South East -23 44 £50,000 -14.89% 55
North of England -33 37 £65,000 +23.81% 38
North West +22 30 £65,000 +23.81% 20
Midlands -45 18 £57,500 -4.17% 27
West Midlands -7 12 £57,500 -17.86% 7
South West -24 11 £50,000 -13.04% 25
Yorkshire -21 7 £66,250 +47.22% 13
East Midlands -42 6 £51,000 -15.00% 20
East of England -5 3 £67,950 -2.93% 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
5 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
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
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 67 (34.01%) Azure
2 34 (17.26%) AWS
3 28 (14.21%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (13.20%) GitHub
4 26 (13.20%) Power Platform
5 19 (9.64%) Serverless
6 12 (6.09%) GCP
7 10 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (4.57%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.55%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.55%) PaaS
10 6 (3.05%) Azure App Service
10 6 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (3.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (3.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (2.54%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.09%) Multicast
2 4 (2.03%) HTTP
3 1 (0.51%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.51%) UWB
3 1 (0.51%) Wideband
3 1 (0.51%) Wireless
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%) Relational Database
8 6 (3.05%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.52%) Redis
12 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.02%) Metadata
13 1 (0.51%) Big Data
13 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.51%) KDB
13 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (20.30%) Git
2 24 (12.18%) 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%) Moq
14 1 (0.51%) WebDriver
General
1 62 (31.47%) Finance
2 47 (23.86%) Social Skills
3 35 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.12%) Banking
5 14 (7.11%) Marketing
6 13 (6.60%) Front Office
7 11 (5.58%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.06%) Retail
9 7 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.54%) Tech for Good
11 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
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
1 118 (59.90%) Developer
2 47 (23.86%) Senior
3 34 (17.26%) Software Engineer
4 23 (11.68%) Lead
5 22 (11.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 19 (9.64%) Java Developer
6 19 (9.64%) Senior Developer
7 17 (8.63%) .NET Developer
8 15 (7.61%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (7.11%) Software Developer
10 12 (6.09%) C++ Developer
11 11 (5.58%) Lead Developer
12 10 (5.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 9 (4.57%) Applications Developer
13 9 (4.57%) Java Engineer
14 8 (4.06%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 8 (4.06%) Java Software Engineer
15 7 (3.55%) Development Engineer
15 7 (3.55%) Senior Development Engineer
15 7 (3.55%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (32.49%) .NET
2 63 (31.98%) React
3 53 (26.90%) CSS
4 52 (26.40%) HTML
5 36 (18.27%) RESTful
6 35 (17.77%) REST
7 23 (11.68%) .NET Core
8 22 (11.17%) AngularJS
9 15 (7.61%) .NET Framework
10 13 (6.60%) ASP.NET
10 13 (6.60%) FIX Protocol
10 13 (6.60%) SOAP
11 12 (6.09%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (6.09%) Kafka
11 12 (6.09%) Spring
11 12 (6.09%) Vue
12 11 (5.58%) Gherkin
13 10 (5.08%) ASP.NET Web API
13 10 (5.08%) Node.js
14 9 (4.57%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.61%) Derivative
2 13 (6.60%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.55%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.55%) Blog
7 6 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.05%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.52%) CMDB
10 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.52%) Genomics
11 2 (1.02%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.02%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.21%) Linux
2 12 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (59.90%) Agile
2 80 (40.61%) CI/CD
3 61 (30.96%) DevOps
4 58 (29.44%) Scrum
5 53 (26.90%) Mentoring
5 53 (26.90%) Software Engineering
6 48 (24.37%) Microservices
7 39 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (19.80%) Test Automation
8 38 (19.29%) Integration Testing
9 37 (18.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (17.77%) Full-Stack Development
11 34 (17.26%) Front End Development
12 31 (15.74%) Clean Code
12 31 (15.74%) Containerisation
13 29 (14.72%) Design Patterns
13 29 (14.72%) User Experience
14 27 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
14 27 (13.71%) SDLC
15 26 (13.20%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 56 (28.43%) SQL
2 55 (27.92%) Java
3 52 (26.40%) JavaScript
4 45 (22.84%) C#
5 31 (15.74%) Python
6 29 (14.72%) TypeScript
7 19 (9.64%) C++
8 12 (6.09%) C
9 8 (4.06%) Bash
10 7 (3.55%) Kotlin
11 6 (3.05%) Apex Code
11 6 (3.05%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.05%) SOQL
12 4 (2.03%) ABAP
12 4 (2.03%) R
13 3 (1.52%) Erlang
13 3 (1.52%) RPG
14 2 (1.02%) Embedded C
14 2 (1.02%) Perl
14 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (19.29%) Degree
2 17 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.11%) Master's Degree
4 12 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.03%) PhD
7 4 (2.03%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.51%) OCA
10 1 (0.51%) OCP
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.17%) QA
2 17 (8.63%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.03%) WCAG
4 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.02%) ISO 9000
4 2 (1.02%) JTAG
4 2 (1.02%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 38 (19.29%) 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 25 (12.69%) 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 24 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.11%) Atlassian
2 14 (7.11%) Oracle
3 12 (6.09%) Red Hat
4 10 (5.08%) SAP
5 7 (3.55%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.54%) Databricks
6 5 (2.54%) IBM
7 4 (2.03%) Google
7 4 (2.03%) Telerik
8 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.02%) Adobe
9 2 (1.02%) Cognos
9 2 (1.02%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.02%) Foundry
9 2 (1.02%) Zend
10 1 (0.51%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.51%) Informatica
10 1 (0.51%) Siemens
10 1 (0.51%) Splunk