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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 423 235
Rank change year-on-year -103 -188 -49
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 236 227 791
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.53% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.59% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 151 135 356
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,500 £40,549
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

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 76,388 38,475 54,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.58% 89.15% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 53,883 21,744 29,840
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,267
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -81 56 £82,500 +3.13% 181
North of England -89 40 £57,500 +9.52% 61
Midlands -37 37 £62,500 +8.70% 42
South West -63 35 £55,000 -4.35% 30
South East -62 30 £55,000 -8.33% 52
East of England -9 27 £45,000 -19.28% 28
West Midlands -38 27 £52,500 -8.70% 23
North West -59 16 £67,500 +28.57% 42
North East -56 14 £57,500 +21.05% 10
Yorkshire -30 10 £55,000 -26.67% 10
East Midlands -34 10 £65,000 +14.54% 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 (6.78%) IIS
2 5 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) JBoss
5 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Simulink
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (6.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.27%) Shopify
3 2 (0.85%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.42%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 75 (31.78%) Azure
2 43 (18.22%) AWS
3 30 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (11.86%) GitHub
5 16 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.51%) Power Automate
6 13 (5.51%) Serverless
7 12 (5.08%) GCP
7 12 (5.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 12 (5.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 10 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (4.24%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.81%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (2.97%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.97%) Figma
10 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.54%) Cloud Run
11 6 (2.54%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.39%) Bluetooth
1 8 (3.39%) Modbus
1 8 (3.39%) Profibus
1 8 (3.39%) RS-232
1 8 (3.39%) RS-485
1 8 (3.39%) Wireless
1 8 (3.39%) ZigBee
2 6 (2.54%) Broadband
2 6 (2.54%) SNMP
3 4 (1.69%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.42%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.61%) SQL Server
2 36 (15.25%) Relational Database
3 29 (12.29%) MySQL
4 16 (6.78%) MongoDB
5 13 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (5.08%) Power BI
6 12 (5.08%) Redis
7 9 (3.81%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (2.12%) SAP HANA
9 5 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.69%) SQLite
11 3 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.85%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.42%) GIS
13 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (24.15%) Git
2 17 (7.20%) Claude Code
2 17 (7.20%) GitLab
3 14 (5.93%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.93%) JIRA
3 14 (5.93%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (5.51%) Cypress.io
4 13 (5.51%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (4.66%) JUnit
5 11 (4.66%) NUnit
5 11 (4.66%) Visual Studio
6 8 (3.39%) Maven
7 7 (2.97%) Mockito
8 6 (2.54%) CircleCI
8 6 (2.54%) TeamCity
9 5 (2.12%) Postman
9 5 (2.12%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (1.69%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.27%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 77 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.76%) Finance
3 44 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.90%) Law
5 19 (8.05%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.20%) Legal
7 14 (5.93%) Marketing
8 13 (5.51%) Electronics
9 11 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.66%) Military
9 11 (4.66%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.81%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.81%) Aviation
10 9 (3.81%) Retail
11 8 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.12%) Automotive
12 5 (2.12%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.69%) Banking
14 3 (1.27%) Advertising
14 3 (1.27%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 131 (55.51%) Developer
2 60 (25.42%) Senior
3 51 (21.61%) Software Engineer
4 27 (11.44%) Senior Developer
5 26 (11.02%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (10.17%) Full-Stack Developer
7 22 (9.32%) .NET Developer
7 22 (9.32%) Lead
8 15 (6.36%) Salesforce Developer
9 13 (5.51%) Consultant
10 12 (5.08%) Senior Salesforce Developer
11 10 (4.24%) C# Developer
11 10 (4.24%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.81%) Cloud Developer
12 9 (3.81%) SAP Developer
12 9 (3.81%) VB.NET Developer
13 8 (3.39%) Embedded Engineer
13 8 (3.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 8 (3.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 8 (3.39%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (27.97%) .NET
2 57 (24.15%) REST
3 46 (19.49%) HTML
4 36 (15.25%) CSS
5 35 (14.83%) React
6 31 (13.14%) AngularJS
6 31 (13.14%) ASP.NET
7 30 (12.71%) Node.js
8 29 (12.29%) SOAP
9 27 (11.44%) RESTful
10 25 (10.59%) Spring
11 20 (8.47%) .NET Framework
12 19 (8.05%) jQuery
13 18 (7.63%) ASP.NET Web API
14 15 (6.36%) .NET Core
14 15 (6.36%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 15 (6.36%) Kafka
14 15 (6.36%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (6.36%) SAP Fiori
15 14 (5.93%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.44%) Product Ownership
2 21 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.78%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.81%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.39%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.39%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.54%) Blog
7 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.54%) Robotics
8 5 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.69%) CMDB
9 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.27%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.27%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.71%) Linux
2 13 (5.51%) Windows
3 10 (4.24%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.69%) Android
4 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.69%) Unix
5 3 (1.27%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (42.80%) Agile
1 101 (42.80%) CI/CD
2 83 (35.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 80 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (30.08%) Software Engineering
5 58 (24.58%) DevOps
6 49 (20.76%) Test Automation
7 46 (19.49%) Scrum
8 40 (16.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 40 (16.95%) TDD
9 37 (15.68%) AI
9 37 (15.68%) User Experience
10 36 (15.25%) Code Quality
11 34 (14.41%) SDLC
12 32 (13.56%) Integration Testing
12 32 (13.56%) Microservices
12 32 (13.56%) Sprint Planning
13 31 (13.14%) Mentoring
14 27 (11.44%) Validation
15 25 (10.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.81%) JavaScript
2 65 (27.54%) C#
3 55 (23.31%) SQL
4 52 (22.03%) Java
5 44 (18.64%) TypeScript
6 34 (14.41%) C++
7 29 (12.29%) Python
8 26 (11.02%) C
9 15 (6.36%) Apex Code
10 13 (5.51%) VB.NET
11 12 (5.08%) SOQL
12 10 (4.24%) ABAP
13 8 (3.39%) PL/SQL
14 7 (2.97%) Kotlin
14 7 (2.97%) PHP
15 6 (2.54%) Bash
16 4 (1.69%) PowerShell
16 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
17 3 (1.27%) Ada
17 3 (1.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 36 (15.25%) Degree
2 28 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.39%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.42%) HND
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.02%) QA
2 9 (3.81%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.12%) GDPR
4 4 (1.69%) WCAG
5 3 (1.27%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (0.85%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.85%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) Basel III
7 1 (0.42%) GAAP
7 1 (0.42%) IFRS
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.42%) MISRA
7 1 (0.42%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (18.22%) Docker
2 12 (5.08%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (5.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (10.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.54%) Podman
3 4 (1.69%) Ansible
4 2 (0.85%) Argo
4 2 (0.85%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.42%) Kibana
5 1 (0.42%) logstash
5 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.44%) Oracle
3 18 (7.63%) SAP
4 17 (7.20%) Salesforce
5 11 (4.66%) Google
6 9 (3.81%) iManage
7 7 (2.97%) Intel
8 6 (2.54%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.27%) IBM
9 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.85%) Infor
10 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.85%) Talend
10 2 (0.85%) Temenos
10 2 (0.85%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.85%) YouTube
11 1 (0.42%) Databricks
11 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.42%) Workday