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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 310 269
Rank change year-on-year -181 -41 -80
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 185 390 862
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.08% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 125 303 682
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,250 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.75% +4.35% -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 60,661 36,230 71,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.64% 93.14% 85.49%
Number of salaries quoted 38,592 20,612 53,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -71 76 £85,000 +30.77% 30
South East -72 31 £50,000 -13.04% 21
North of England -72 28 £65,000 +18.18% 32
South West -73 20 £45,000 -21.70% 12
North West -36 17 £67,500 +28.57% 19
Yorkshire -48 11 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Midlands -75 11 £65,000 +8.33% 13
East of England -27 8 £61,500 +7.89% 12
West Midlands -46 7 £52,500 -12.50% 6
East Midlands -56 4 £65,250 +8.75% 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 12 (6.49%) Confluence
2 5 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.08%) IIS
3 2 (1.08%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.54%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.08%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.08%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.54%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.54%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.81%) Azure
2 44 (23.78%) AWS
2 44 (23.78%) GitHub
3 31 (16.76%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (11.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 22 (11.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 14 (7.57%) GCP
5 14 (7.57%) Power Platform
6 12 (6.49%) Cloud Functions
6 12 (6.49%) Cloud Run
7 8 (4.32%) Serverless
8 6 (3.24%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.49%) Broadband
2 7 (3.78%) Multicast
3 4 (2.16%) Bluetooth
3 4 (2.16%) Modbus
3 4 (2.16%) Profibus
3 4 (2.16%) RS-232
3 4 (2.16%) RS-485
3 4 (2.16%) Wireless
3 4 (2.16%) ZigBee
4 3 (1.62%) HTTP
5 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 25 (13.51%) NoSQL
3 17 (9.19%) MongoDB
4 13 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.86%) MySQL
6 8 (4.32%) DB2
7 7 (3.78%) Power BI
8 5 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.16%) SAP HANA
10 3 (1.62%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.62%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.62%) Star Schema
11 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (24.86%) Git
2 27 (14.59%) JIRA
3 12 (6.49%) CircleCI
3 12 (6.49%) Cypress.io
4 11 (5.95%) Bitbucket
4 11 (5.95%) Jenkins
5 10 (5.41%) JUnit
5 10 (5.41%) TeamCity
6 9 (4.86%) Cucumber
6 9 (4.86%) Selenium
7 5 (2.70%) Maven
7 5 (2.70%) Mockito
8 4 (2.16%) GitLab
9 2 (1.08%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.08%) TestRail
9 2 (1.08%) webpack
9 2 (1.08%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.54%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.54%) utPLSQL
General
1 50 (27.03%) Finance
2 48 (25.95%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.59%) Banking
5 21 (11.35%) Marketing
6 11 (5.95%) Front Office
7 9 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.70%) Agriculture
8 5 (2.70%) Automotive
8 5 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.70%) Retail
9 4 (2.16%) Advertising
9 4 (2.16%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.16%) Electronics
9 4 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Law
10 3 (1.62%) Legal
10 3 (1.62%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 118 (63.78%) Developer
2 60 (32.43%) Senior
3 34 (18.38%) Senior Developer
4 30 (16.22%) Software Engineer
5 29 (15.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 22 (11.89%) Salesforce Developer
6 22 (11.89%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 21 (11.35%) Cloud Developer
8 20 (10.81%) Java Developer
9 19 (10.27%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (6.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 11 (5.95%) Applications Developer
12 10 (5.41%) Lead
13 9 (4.86%) C++ Developer
13 9 (4.86%) Consultant
14 7 (3.78%) .NET Developer
14 7 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 7 (3.78%) Java Engineer
15 6 (3.24%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 6 (3.24%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (30.81%) React
2 46 (24.86%) HTML
3 44 (23.78%) CSS
4 43 (23.24%) REST
5 42 (22.70%) .NET
6 27 (14.59%) SOAP
7 24 (12.97%) RESTful
8 22 (11.89%) AngularJS
8 22 (11.89%) Lightning Web Components
9 21 (11.35%) Node.js
10 17 (9.19%) Playwright
11 16 (8.65%) Bootstrap
11 16 (8.65%) React Native
12 13 (7.03%) Vue
13 12 (6.49%) Leaflet
13 12 (6.49%) Spring
14 10 (5.41%) Kafka
15 9 (4.86%) Elastic Stack
15 9 (4.86%) Middleware
15 9 (4.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.76%) Product Ownership
2 19 (10.27%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.32%) Data Structures
3 8 (4.32%) Derivative
3 8 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.78%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.70%) Blog
6 5 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.62%) PKI
9 2 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.05%) Linux
2 7 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.16%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.54%) Android
4 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (69.19%) Agile
2 90 (48.65%) CI/CD
3 55 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (29.73%) Scrum
4 49 (26.49%) Clean Code
4 49 (26.49%) DevOps
5 48 (25.95%) Full-Stack Development
6 40 (21.62%) Software Engineering
7 39 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
8 37 (20.00%) Test Automation
9 34 (18.38%) Microservices
10 32 (17.30%) Mentoring
11 31 (16.76%) TDD
12 29 (15.68%) Front End Development
12 29 (15.68%) System Testing
13 25 (13.51%) Containerisation
13 25 (13.51%) Design Patterns
13 25 (13.51%) Integration Testing
13 25 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (35.14%) SQL
2 53 (28.65%) JavaScript
3 47 (25.41%) Java
4 31 (16.76%) C#
4 31 (16.76%) Python
5 22 (11.89%) Apex Code
5 22 (11.89%) C++
5 22 (11.89%) SOQL
6 21 (11.35%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.86%) Bash
8 8 (4.32%) C
8 8 (4.32%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.24%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.24%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.70%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.16%) R
11 4 (2.16%) Rust
12 3 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.62%) Perl
12 3 (1.62%) RPG
Qualifications
1 20 (10.81%) Degree
2 11 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.54%) OCA
8 1 (0.54%) OCP
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.54%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.19%) QA
2 5 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.08%) GAAP
3 2 (1.08%) IFRS
3 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) GDPR
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (18.92%) Docker
2 4 (2.16%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (2.16%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.54%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.54%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 19 (10.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.49%) Podman
3 10 (5.41%) Terraform
4 2 (1.08%) Grafana
4 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Argo
5 1 (0.54%) Kibana
5 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (11.89%) Salesforce
2 14 (7.57%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.03%) Google
3 13 (7.03%) Oracle
4 8 (4.32%) Atlassian
4 8 (4.32%) SAP
5 7 (3.78%) Databricks
5 7 (3.78%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.62%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.08%) Adobe
7 2 (1.08%) Apple
7 2 (1.08%) Foundry
7 2 (1.08%) IBM
7 2 (1.08%) Infor
7 2 (1.08%) Rollbar
7 2 (1.08%) Telerik
7 2 (1.08%) Temenos
7 2 (1.08%) Workday
8 1 (0.54%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.54%) Siemens