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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 369 256
Rank change year-on-year -143 -113 -71
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 228 335 803
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.77% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.86% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 153 219 533
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £98,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 67,626 39,031 60,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 89.63% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 47,761 22,628 41,205
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,478
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 August 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 August 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 -90 59 £85,000 +25.93% 54
North of England -67 41 £57,500 +6.98% 30
South West -81 34 £53,500 -6.96% 10
Midlands -42 31 £60,000 - 17
South East -52 29 £52,500 -12.50% 22
East of England -9 23 £55,000 -3.51% 9
West Midlands -36 22 £52,500 -12.50% 10
North West -32 18 £67,500 +29.19% 22
Yorkshire -28 15 £55,000 -31.36% 3
East Midlands -32 9 £68,000 +13.33% 7
North East -51 8 £57,500 +21.05% 6
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 7 (3.07%) IIS
2 3 (1.32%) CMS
2 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (6.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.75%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.32%) Shopify
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.88%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.44%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.44%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 71 (31.14%) Azure
2 44 (19.30%) AWS
3 38 (16.67%) GitHub
4 31 (13.60%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (9.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 21 (9.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 17 (7.46%) GCP
7 13 (5.70%) Power Platform
8 12 (5.26%) Cloud Functions
8 12 (5.26%) Cloud Run
8 12 (5.26%) Serverless
9 9 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.51%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.63%) Figma
11 6 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.19%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) Broadband
2 9 (3.95%) Bluetooth
2 9 (3.95%) Modbus
2 9 (3.95%) Profibus
2 9 (3.95%) RS-232
2 9 (3.95%) RS-485
2 9 (3.95%) Wireless
2 9 (3.95%) ZigBee
3 4 (1.75%) SNMP
3 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.65%) MySQL
2 22 (9.65%) NoSQL
3 19 (8.33%) MongoDB
3 19 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 10 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.39%) Redis
5 9 (3.95%) Power BI
6 6 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (2.19%) SAP HANA
7 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.32%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.32%) SQLite
8 3 (1.32%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 61 (26.75%) Git
2 19 (8.33%) JIRA
3 17 (7.46%) Cypress.io
4 12 (5.26%) CircleCI
5 10 (4.39%) JUnit
6 9 (3.95%) GitLab
7 8 (3.51%) Claude Code
8 7 (3.07%) Maven
8 7 (3.07%) Mockito
9 6 (2.63%) Jenkins
9 6 (2.63%) NUnit
10 5 (2.19%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (2.19%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.75%) Postman
11 4 (1.75%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.75%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (1.32%) TestRail
13 2 (0.88%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 67 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.49%) Finance
3 39 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.33%) Law
4 19 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 19 (8.33%) Marketing
5 16 (7.02%) Banking
5 16 (7.02%) Legal
6 14 (6.14%) Electronics
7 9 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.07%) Automotive
8 7 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.07%) Military
9 6 (2.63%) Advertising
9 6 (2.63%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.63%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.19%) Agriculture
10 5 (2.19%) Aviation
10 5 (2.19%) Retail
10 5 (2.19%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 137 (60.09%) Developer
2 60 (26.32%) Senior
3 43 (18.86%) Software Engineer
4 32 (14.04%) Senior Developer
5 28 (12.28%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (10.53%) Salesforce Developer
6 24 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
7 21 (9.21%) Lead
7 21 (9.21%) Senior Salesforce Developer
8 18 (7.89%) Cloud Developer
9 14 (6.14%) .NET Developer
10 12 (5.26%) Consultant
11 9 (3.95%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.95%) SAP Developer
11 9 (3.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Web Developer
12 7 (3.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (26.75%) REST
2 51 (22.37%) .NET
3 49 (21.49%) React
4 40 (17.54%) HTML
5 37 (16.23%) SOAP
6 34 (14.91%) Node.js
7 30 (13.16%) CSS
8 28 (12.28%) AngularJS
9 25 (10.96%) RESTful
10 24 (10.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 21 (9.21%) ASP.NET
12 18 (7.89%) Playwright
13 17 (7.46%) Spring
14 15 (6.58%) Vue
15 13 (5.70%) .NET Framework
15 13 (5.70%) Kafka
15 13 (5.70%) OAuth
16 12 (5.26%) Leaflet
16 12 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
17 11 (4.82%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.04%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.14%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.95%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.07%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.63%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.75%) CMDB
9 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.75%) Robotics
10 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.32%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.32%) PKI
11 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.96%) Linux
2 11 (4.82%) FreeRTOS
3 10 (4.39%) Windows
4 5 (2.19%) Unix
5 4 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.32%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (52.19%) Agile
2 102 (44.74%) CI/CD
3 88 (38.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 66 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (25.88%) Software Engineering
6 50 (21.93%) DevOps
7 49 (21.49%) Scrum
8 45 (19.74%) Full-Stack Development
9 40 (17.54%) Test Automation
10 37 (16.23%) TDD
11 36 (15.79%) Clean Code
12 35 (15.35%) Sprint Planning
13 33 (14.47%) Mentoring
14 32 (14.04%) Microservices
15 28 (12.28%) Code Quality
15 28 (12.28%) SDLC
16 27 (11.84%) AI
16 27 (11.84%) OOP
17 26 (11.40%) Integration Testing
17 26 (11.40%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (31.58%) SQL
2 69 (30.26%) JavaScript
3 57 (25.00%) C#
4 47 (20.61%) Java
5 37 (16.23%) Python
6 33 (14.47%) C++
7 28 (12.28%) TypeScript
8 24 (10.53%) Apex Code
9 21 (9.21%) SOQL
10 19 (8.33%) C
11 11 (4.82%) ABAP
12 9 (3.95%) PL/SQL
13 7 (3.07%) T-SQL
14 6 (2.63%) Bash
15 5 (2.19%) PowerShell
15 5 (2.19%) Rust
16 4 (1.75%) PHP
16 4 (1.75%) VB.NET
17 3 (1.32%) Perl
17 3 (1.32%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 35 (15.35%) Degree
2 17 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.70%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.07%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) HND
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.21%) QA
2 6 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.19%) GDPR
4 4 (1.75%) WCAG
5 2 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.88%) GAAP
5 2 (0.88%) IFRS
5 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.44%) MISRA
6 1 (0.44%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (17.54%) Docker
2 12 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.26%) Podman
2 12 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.88%) Grafana
3 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.44%) Ansible
4 1 (0.44%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.44%) Kibana
4 1 (0.44%) logstash
Vendors
1 26 (11.40%) Microsoft
1 26 (11.40%) Salesforce
2 19 (8.33%) Oracle
3 18 (7.89%) SAP
4 17 (7.46%) Google
5 9 (3.95%) iManage
6 6 (2.63%) Databricks
6 6 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.19%) Intel
8 4 (1.75%) Temenos
9 3 (1.32%) Infor
9 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.32%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.88%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.88%) Workday
11 1 (0.44%) Apple
11 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.44%) IBM
11 1 (0.44%) Informatica
11 1 (0.44%) Zoho