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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 256 260
Rank change year-on-year -191 +4 -73
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 204 445 819
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 1.21% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.29% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 129 343 677
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,231 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £110,250 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £65,515 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.82% +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 52,835 34,435 66,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.52% 93.54% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 32,803 20,217 51,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,561 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £74,852
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -68 77 £86,250 +16.95% 32
South East -65 49 £50,000 -13.04% 31
North of England -80 27 £65,000 +18.18% 36
South West -64 19 £45,000 -21.70% 15
North West -43 16 £65,000 +20.93% 18
Midlands -90 12 £49,500 -17.50% 20
Yorkshire -40 11 £55,000 -2.22% 8
West Midlands -43 7 - - 10
East of England -30 5 £62,000 +8.77% 2
East Midlands -56 5 £49,500 -17.50% 10
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 15 (7.35%) Confluence
2 6 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.47%) Apache
4 2 (0.98%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.98%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) Windchill
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.49%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.96%) SAP CO
2 4 (1.96%) SAP FI
2 4 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.98%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.98%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.49%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (31.86%) Azure
2 46 (22.55%) GitHub
3 43 (21.08%) AWS
4 32 (15.69%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (9.80%) Power Platform
6 18 (8.82%) Serverless
7 15 (7.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 15 (7.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 14 (6.86%) GCP
9 9 (4.41%) Cloud Run
10 8 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (3.43%) PaaS
12 6 (2.94%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.94%) Cloud Functions
13 5 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.45%) Azure App Service
13 5 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (2.45%) Azure Functions
13 5 (2.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.88%) Multicast
2 6 (2.94%) Broadband
3 3 (1.47%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.49%) Modbus
4 1 (0.49%) Profibus
4 1 (0.49%) RS-232
4 1 (0.49%) RS-485
4 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.49%) Wireless
4 1 (0.49%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.14%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 16 (7.84%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (4.90%) MySQL
6 9 (4.41%) DB2
7 7 (3.43%) Power BI
8 5 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.47%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.49%) OLAP
12 1 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.49%) Redis
12 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (25.00%) Git
2 28 (13.73%) JIRA
3 14 (6.86%) Bitbucket
4 13 (6.37%) JUnit
5 11 (5.39%) Jenkins
5 11 (5.39%) TeamCity
6 10 (4.90%) Selenium
7 9 (4.41%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.94%) CircleCI
8 6 (2.94%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.94%) Maven
8 6 (2.94%) Mockito
9 5 (2.45%) GitLab
10 2 (0.98%) webpack
11 1 (0.49%) CMake
11 1 (0.49%) MSTest
11 1 (0.49%) NUnit
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (31.37%) Finance
2 42 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 35 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.27%) Banking
5 22 (10.78%) Marketing
6 16 (7.84%) Front Office
7 9 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.94%) Tech for Good
9 5 (2.45%) Retail
10 4 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.98%) Advertising
11 2 (0.98%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.98%) Law
11 2 (0.98%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (65.20%) Developer
2 50 (24.51%) Senior
3 32 (15.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 29 (14.22%) Senior Developer
5 27 (13.24%) Software Engineer
6 21 (10.29%) Java Developer
7 20 (9.80%) Lead
8 15 (7.35%) .NET Developer
8 15 (7.35%) Cloud Developer
8 15 (7.35%) Salesforce Developer
8 15 (7.35%) Senior Salesforce Developer
9 14 (6.86%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (6.37%) C++ Developer
11 12 (5.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (5.39%) Applications Developer
12 11 (5.39%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 9 (4.41%) Java Engineer
14 8 (3.92%) Lead Developer
15 7 (3.43%) Development Manager
15 7 (3.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (32.35%) React
2 61 (29.90%) .NET
3 59 (28.92%) HTML
4 58 (28.43%) CSS
5 36 (17.65%) REST
6 26 (12.75%) RESTful
7 20 (9.80%) SOAP
8 19 (9.31%) AngularJS
9 17 (8.33%) Bootstrap
9 17 (8.33%) React Native
10 16 (7.84%) Node.js
11 15 (7.35%) .NET Framework
11 15 (7.35%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (6.86%) .NET Core
12 14 (6.86%) ASP.NET
12 14 (6.86%) Vue
13 12 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
13 12 (5.88%) Spring
14 10 (4.90%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (4.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.78%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.82%) Mobile App
3 14 (6.86%) Derivative
4 11 (5.39%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.92%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.43%) Blog
8 5 (2.45%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.47%) Genomics
10 3 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.98%) PKI
11 2 (0.98%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.69%) Linux
2 12 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.96%) Unix
4 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (70.59%) Agile
2 87 (42.65%) CI/CD
3 64 (31.37%) DevOps
4 57 (27.94%) Scrum
5 48 (23.53%) Clean Code
6 47 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (22.06%) Mentoring
8 44 (21.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 44 (21.57%) Test Automation
9 42 (20.59%) Software Engineering
10 39 (19.12%) Microservices
10 39 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (17.16%) Front End Development
11 35 (17.16%) Integration Testing
12 33 (16.18%) Sprint Planning
13 30 (14.71%) Design Patterns
13 30 (14.71%) System Testing
14 28 (13.73%) TDD
15 26 (12.75%) API Integration
16 24 (11.76%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 67 (32.84%) SQL
2 57 (27.94%) JavaScript
3 51 (25.00%) Java
4 40 (19.61%) C#
5 38 (18.63%) Python
6 25 (12.25%) C++
6 25 (12.25%) TypeScript
7 15 (7.35%) Apex Code
7 15 (7.35%) SOQL
8 10 (4.90%) Bash
8 10 (4.90%) C
9 9 (4.41%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.43%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.45%) ABAP
12 4 (1.96%) R
12 4 (1.96%) Rust
13 3 (1.47%) Perl
13 3 (1.47%) PHP
13 3 (1.47%) RPG
13 3 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (15.20%) Degree
2 13 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.90%) Master's Degree
4 9 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.43%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.96%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.49%) OCA
8 1 (0.49%) OCP
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.31%) QA
2 12 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) GAAP
4 1 (0.49%) IFRS
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (18.63%) Docker
2 6 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.49%) Firmware
3 1 (0.49%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.49%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.49%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 22 (10.78%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.35%) Terraform
3 6 (2.94%) Podman
4 3 (1.47%) Kibana
5 2 (0.98%) Grafana
5 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) Argo
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.35%) Oracle
2 15 (7.35%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 12 (5.88%) SAP
4 11 (5.39%) Google
5 10 (4.90%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.43%) Databricks
7 4 (1.96%) IBM
7 4 (1.96%) Telerik
8 2 (0.98%) Adobe
8 2 (0.98%) Foundry
8 2 (0.98%) Rollbar
8 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.98%) Temenos
8 2 (0.98%) Zend
9 1 (0.49%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.49%) Marketo
9 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.49%) Ping Identity