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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 327 249
Rank change year-on-year -181 -78 -56
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 198 368 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.88% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.97% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 133 251 699
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,978
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.49% -3.37%

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 63,352 38,114 76,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.77% 91.23% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 44,748 21,402 54,898
10th Percentile £30,775 £28,898 £29,605
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,927 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,761
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 3 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 3 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 -89 58 £83,750 +24.07% 46
North of England -63 33 £57,687 +4.88% 29
Midlands -39 28 £65,000 +8.33% 17
South West -84 26 £51,250 -10.87% 17
South East -59 25 £50,000 -14.89% 22
East of England -13 18 £61,500 +7.89% 9
West Midlands -31 18 £56,250 -6.25% 7
North West -34 16 £67,500 +28.57% 19
Yorkshire -33 12 £55,000 -35.49% 3
East Midlands -22 10 £66,000 +10.00% 10
North East -51 5 £57,500 +21.05% 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 3 (1.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.01%) IIS
2 2 (1.01%) JBoss
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.51%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (6.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.02%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.51%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.51%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (29.80%) Azure
2 43 (21.72%) AWS
3 38 (19.19%) GitHub
4 29 (14.65%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (12.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 25 (12.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 13 (6.57%) GCP
7 12 (6.06%) Cloud Functions
7 12 (6.06%) Cloud Run
8 11 (5.56%) Power Platform
9 9 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (3.03%) Serverless
12 5 (2.53%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.53%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.02%) Amazon S3
13 4 (2.02%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (2.02%) Figma
14 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.06%) Broadband
2 9 (4.55%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.55%) Modbus
2 9 (4.55%) Profibus
2 9 (4.55%) RS-232
2 9 (4.55%) RS-485
2 9 (4.55%) Wireless
2 9 (4.55%) ZigBee
3 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.14%) SQL Server
2 24 (12.12%) NoSQL
3 16 (8.08%) MongoDB
4 10 (5.05%) MySQL
5 9 (4.55%) Power BI
6 7 (3.54%) Redis
6 7 (3.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.03%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.53%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.52%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 50 (25.25%) Git
2 19 (9.60%) JIRA
3 14 (7.07%) Cypress.io
4 12 (6.06%) CircleCI
5 10 (5.05%) JUnit
6 9 (4.55%) Maven
6 9 (4.55%) Mockito
7 6 (3.03%) GitLab
8 4 (2.02%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.52%) NUnit
9 3 (1.52%) TestRail
10 2 (1.01%) Postman
10 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.51%) MSTest
11 1 (0.51%) utPLSQL
11 1 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 52 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.73%) Finance
3 30 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.11%) Marketing
5 18 (9.09%) Banking
6 15 (7.58%) Manufacturing
7 14 (7.07%) Law
7 14 (7.07%) Legal
8 12 (6.06%) Electronics
9 9 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.54%) Automotive
11 6 (3.03%) Advertising
11 6 (3.03%) Investment Banking
11 6 (3.03%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.53%) Agriculture
12 5 (2.53%) Retail
12 5 (2.53%) Social Housing
13 4 (2.02%) Front Office
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 115 (58.08%) Developer
2 66 (33.33%) Senior
3 40 (20.20%) Software Engineer
4 36 (18.18%) Senior Developer
5 26 (13.13%) Salesforce Developer
6 25 (12.63%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 24 (12.12%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (11.62%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (11.11%) Cloud Developer
10 19 (9.60%) Lead
11 12 (6.06%) Consultant
11 12 (6.06%) Java Developer
12 9 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (4.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.55%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 8 (4.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 7 (3.54%) .NET Developer
14 7 (3.54%) SAP Developer
14 7 (3.54%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (27.78%) REST
2 47 (23.74%) React
3 39 (19.70%) .NET
4 36 (18.18%) SOAP
5 29 (14.65%) HTML
6 27 (13.64%) AngularJS
7 26 (13.13%) Lightning Web Components
7 26 (13.13%) Node.js
8 22 (11.11%) CSS
9 18 (9.09%) Playwright
10 15 (7.58%) RESTful
11 14 (7.07%) React Native
11 14 (7.07%) Spring
12 12 (6.06%) Leaflet
13 11 (5.56%) OAuth
13 11 (5.56%) Vue
14 10 (5.05%) Kafka
14 10 (5.05%) Middleware
14 10 (5.05%) SAP Fiori
15 9 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.66%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (3.54%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.53%) CMDB
7 4 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.52%) PKI
8 3 (1.52%) Robotics
9 2 (1.01%) AS400
9 2 (1.01%) Derivative
9 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.01%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.60%) Linux
2 9 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.02%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.02%) Unix
3 4 (2.02%) Windows
4 3 (1.52%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (1.01%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (61.11%) Agile
2 101 (51.01%) CI/CD
3 77 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (24.75%) Scrum
5 48 (24.24%) Software Engineering
6 45 (22.73%) DevOps
6 45 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (21.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 41 (20.71%) TDD
9 39 (19.70%) Clean Code
10 35 (17.68%) Mentoring
10 35 (17.68%) Sprint Planning
11 34 (17.17%) Test Automation
12 33 (16.67%) Microservices
13 29 (14.65%) System Testing
14 27 (13.64%) Containerisation
15 24 (12.12%) SDLC
15 24 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (11.62%) Computer Science
16 23 (11.62%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 62 (31.31%) SQL
2 48 (24.24%) JavaScript
3 41 (20.71%) Java
4 40 (20.20%) C#
5 30 (15.15%) Python
6 27 (13.64%) C++
7 26 (13.13%) Apex Code
8 25 (12.63%) SOQL
9 17 (8.59%) TypeScript
10 14 (7.07%) C
11 12 (6.06%) PL/SQL
12 9 (4.55%) ABAP
13 8 (4.04%) Bash
14 6 (3.03%) T-SQL
15 4 (2.02%) PowerShell
15 4 (2.02%) Rust
16 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.52%) SOSL
17 2 (1.01%) R
17 2 (1.01%) RPG
Qualifications
1 27 (13.64%) Degree
2 17 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.57%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) HND
7 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.08%) QA
2 6 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.53%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.01%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.01%) GAAP
5 2 (1.01%) IFRS
5 2 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.01%) WCAG
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) MISRA
6 1 (0.51%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (18.18%) Docker
2 10 (5.05%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (5.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.06%) Podman
3 8 (4.04%) Terraform
4 2 (1.01%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.51%) Ansible
5 1 (0.51%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.51%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (13.64%) Salesforce
2 18 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.58%) Oracle
3 15 (7.58%) SAP
4 13 (6.57%) Google
5 7 (3.54%) iManage
6 6 (3.03%) Databricks
6 6 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.02%) Temenos
8 3 (1.52%) Infor
8 3 (1.52%) Intel
9 2 (1.01%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.01%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.01%) Rollbar
9 2 (1.01%) Workday
10 1 (0.51%) Apple
10 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.51%) IBM
10 1 (0.51%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.51%) Zoho