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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 424 236
Rank change year-on-year -90 -188 -53
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 242 226 821
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.53% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.59% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 156 135 396
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,950 £39,563
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year - -4.38% +4.58%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £118,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year - -5.14% +5.42%

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 75,111 38,102 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.73% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,062 21,909 31,807
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -7.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -93 60 £82,500 +3.13% 211
North of England -79 42 £57,500 +15.00% 57
Midlands -45 36 £62,500 +8.70% 36
South West -58 36 £55,000 -4.35% 31
East of England -15 29 £45,000 -19.28% 38
South East -55 29 £55,000 -8.33% 55
West Midlands -40 26 £52,500 -8.70% 23
North West -57 17 £67,500 +31.71% 40
Yorkshire -30 14 £55,000 -26.67% 5
North East -53 11 £57,500 +24.32% 12
East Midlands -32 10 £66,000 +16.30% 13
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 (6.20%) IIS
2 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) CMS
4 2 (0.83%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Simulink
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (6.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.24%) Shopify
2 3 (1.24%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.83%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 77 (31.82%) Azure
2 45 (18.60%) AWS
3 31 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (12.81%) GitHub
4 18 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.61%) Serverless
6 14 (5.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 14 (5.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 13 (5.37%) Power Automate
8 12 (4.96%) GCP
9 10 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (4.13%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (3.31%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (2.89%) Figma
12 6 (2.48%) Cloud Functions
12 6 (2.48%) Cloud Run
13 5 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.72%) Bluetooth
1 9 (3.72%) Modbus
1 9 (3.72%) Profibus
1 9 (3.72%) RS-232
1 9 (3.72%) RS-485
1 9 (3.72%) Wireless
1 9 (3.72%) ZigBee
2 6 (2.48%) Broadband
2 6 (2.48%) SNMP
3 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.07%) SQL Server
2 35 (14.46%) Relational Database
3 29 (11.98%) MySQL
4 14 (5.79%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.79%) Power BI
5 13 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (4.55%) Redis
7 10 (4.13%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.07%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.65%) SQLite
12 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.24%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.41%) GIS
14 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (24.38%) Git
2 16 (6.61%) Claude Code
3 15 (6.20%) GitLab
4 14 (5.79%) JIRA
5 13 (5.37%) Cypress.io
5 13 (5.37%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (4.96%) Jenkins
6 12 (4.96%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (4.55%) JUnit
7 11 (4.55%) NUnit
7 11 (4.55%) Visual Studio
8 8 (3.31%) Maven
9 7 (2.89%) Mockito
10 6 (2.48%) CircleCI
10 6 (2.48%) TeamCity
11 5 (2.07%) Postman
11 5 (2.07%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (1.65%) Eclipse
13 3 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (1.24%) TestRail
General
1 78 (32.23%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.66%) Finance
3 44 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.68%) Law
5 20 (8.26%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.02%) Legal
7 16 (6.61%) Marketing
8 14 (5.79%) Electronics
9 10 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.13%) Military
10 9 (3.72%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.72%) Aviation
10 9 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.72%) Retail
11 7 (2.89%) Banking
12 6 (2.48%) Automotive
13 5 (2.07%) Social Housing
14 4 (1.65%) Advertising
14 4 (1.65%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 135 (55.79%) Developer
2 65 (26.86%) Senior
3 54 (22.31%) Software Engineer
4 30 (12.40%) Senior Developer
5 28 (11.57%) Full-Stack Developer
5 28 (11.57%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (9.09%) Lead
7 20 (8.26%) .NET Developer
8 17 (7.02%) Salesforce Developer
9 14 (5.79%) Senior Salesforce Developer
10 13 (5.37%) Consultant
11 11 (4.55%) Cloud Developer
12 9 (3.72%) C# Developer
12 9 (3.72%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) SAP Developer
12 9 (3.72%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) VB.NET Developer
13 8 (3.31%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (26.45%) .NET
2 59 (24.38%) REST
3 49 (20.25%) HTML
4 39 (16.12%) CSS
5 38 (15.70%) React
6 33 (13.64%) AngularJS
7 31 (12.81%) SOAP
8 30 (12.40%) ASP.NET
9 29 (11.98%) Node.js
9 29 (11.98%) RESTful
10 26 (10.74%) Spring
11 19 (7.85%) .NET Framework
12 18 (7.44%) jQuery
13 17 (7.02%) ASP.NET Web API
13 17 (7.02%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (7.02%) Terraform
14 16 (6.61%) Vue
15 15 (6.20%) .NET Core
15 15 (6.20%) SAP Fiori
16 14 (5.79%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.40%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (7.02%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.31%) AI Agents
5 8 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.89%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.89%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.48%) Robotics
8 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.07%) Blog
8 5 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.65%) CMDB
9 4 (1.65%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.98%) Linux
2 13 (5.37%) Windows
3 11 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.65%) Android
5 4 (1.65%) Unix
6 3 (1.24%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (44.21%) Agile
2 105 (43.39%) CI/CD
3 87 (35.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 82 (33.88%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (30.58%) Software Engineering
6 58 (23.97%) DevOps
7 52 (21.49%) Test Automation
8 47 (19.42%) Scrum
9 45 (18.60%) Full-Stack Development
10 43 (17.77%) TDD
11 38 (15.70%) AI
12 36 (14.88%) User Experience
13 35 (14.46%) Code Quality
13 35 (14.46%) Mentoring
13 35 (14.46%) SDLC
14 33 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
15 32 (13.22%) Microservices
16 31 (12.81%) Integration Testing
17 27 (11.16%) Validation
18 26 (10.74%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 72 (29.75%) JavaScript
2 65 (26.86%) C#
3 61 (25.21%) SQL
4 53 (21.90%) Java
5 44 (18.18%) TypeScript
6 35 (14.46%) C++
7 34 (14.05%) Python
8 26 (10.74%) C
9 17 (7.02%) Apex Code
10 14 (5.79%) SOQL
11 12 (4.96%) VB.NET
12 10 (4.13%) ABAP
13 8 (3.31%) PL/SQL
14 7 (2.89%) Kotlin
14 7 (2.89%) PHP
15 6 (2.48%) Bash
15 6 (2.48%) T-SQL
16 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
17 3 (1.24%) Rust
17 3 (1.24%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 37 (15.29%) Degree
2 24 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) HND
7 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.92%) QA
2 9 (3.72%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
4 4 (1.65%) WCAG
5 3 (1.24%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (0.83%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) Basel III
7 1 (0.41%) GAAP
7 1 (0.41%) IFRS
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA
7 1 (0.41%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (18.18%) Docker
2 13 (5.37%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (5.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.48%) Podman
3 4 (1.65%) Ansible
4 2 (0.83%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.41%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
5 1 (0.41%) logstash
5 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.33%) Oracle
3 19 (7.85%) Salesforce
3 19 (7.85%) SAP
4 11 (4.55%) Google
5 9 (3.72%) iManage
6 6 (2.48%) Intel
6 6 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.24%) IBM
7 3 (1.24%) Infor
7 3 (1.24%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.24%) Temenos
8 2 (0.83%) Databricks
8 2 (0.83%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.83%) YouTube
9 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.41%) Informatica
9 1 (0.41%) RedGate
9 1 (0.41%) Talend
9 1 (0.41%) Zoho