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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 339 258
Rank change year-on-year -183 -81 -62
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 210 354 871
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.82% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.91% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 142 239 592
10th Percentile £43,006 £45,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,700 £82,500
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 65,658 38,950 66,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.00% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 46,449 22,420 46,231
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,669 £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 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 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 23 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 -99 56 £83,750 +26.42% 38
North of England -60 37 £57,500 +4.55% 30
South West -72 32 £53,000 -7.83% 14
Midlands -46 28 £60,000 - 20
South East -48 25 £51,250 -12.77% 16
East of England -2 21 £61,500 +7.89% 9
West Midlands -41 19 £52,500 -12.50% 12
North West -31 16 £67,500 +28.57% 20
Yorkshire -29 14 £55,000 -31.36% 4
East Midlands -32 9 £68,000 +13.33% 8
North East -54 7 £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 6 (2.86%) IIS
2 3 (1.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
3 2 (0.95%) JBoss
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.90%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.43%) Shopify
4 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.95%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.48%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.48%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 59 (28.10%) Azure
2 40 (19.05%) AWS
3 36 (17.14%) GitHub
4 26 (12.38%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (10.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 23 (10.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 15 (7.14%) GCP
7 12 (5.71%) Cloud Functions
7 12 (5.71%) Cloud Run
7 12 (5.71%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.81%) Serverless
10 7 (3.33%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.38%) Figma
12 5 (2.38%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.90%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.90%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.71%) Broadband
2 9 (4.29%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.29%) Modbus
2 9 (4.29%) Profibus
2 9 (4.29%) RS-232
2 9 (4.29%) RS-485
2 9 (4.29%) Wireless
2 9 (4.29%) ZigBee
3 3 (1.43%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.95%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.19%) SQL Server
2 23 (10.95%) NoSQL
3 18 (8.57%) MongoDB
4 15 (7.14%) MySQL
5 12 (5.71%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.76%) Redis
7 9 (4.29%) Power BI
8 8 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.38%) SAP HANA
10 5 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.43%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.43%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.95%) SQLite
13 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 54 (25.71%) Git
2 19 (9.05%) JIRA
3 15 (7.14%) Cypress.io
4 12 (5.71%) CircleCI
5 9 (4.29%) GitLab
5 9 (4.29%) JUnit
6 7 (3.33%) Maven
6 7 (3.33%) Mockito
7 6 (2.86%) Claude Code
8 5 (2.38%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.90%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (1.90%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.43%) NUnit
10 3 (1.43%) Postman
10 3 (1.43%) TestRail
10 3 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.95%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.48%) utPLSQL
12 1 (0.48%) XCUITest
General
1 59 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 44 (20.95%) Finance
3 33 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.52%) Marketing
5 18 (8.57%) Law
6 17 (8.10%) Manufacturing
7 16 (7.62%) Banking
7 16 (7.62%) Legal
8 14 (6.67%) Electronics
9 9 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.33%) Automotive
11 6 (2.86%) Advertising
11 6 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.86%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.38%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.38%) Agriculture
12 5 (2.38%) Military
12 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.38%) Retail
12 5 (2.38%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 124 (59.05%) Developer
2 60 (28.57%) Senior
3 42 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 32 (15.24%) Senior Developer
5 26 (12.38%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (11.43%) Salesforce Developer
7 23 (10.95%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 23 (10.95%) Senior Software Engineer
8 20 (9.52%) Cloud Developer
9 19 (9.05%) Lead
10 12 (5.71%) Consultant
11 10 (4.76%) .NET Developer
11 10 (4.76%) Java Developer
12 9 (4.29%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) SAP Developer
12 9 (4.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) Web Developer
13 7 (3.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (27.14%) REST
2 48 (22.86%) React
3 43 (20.48%) .NET
4 35 (16.67%) SOAP
5 34 (16.19%) HTML
6 33 (15.71%) Node.js
7 27 (12.86%) AngularJS
8 26 (12.38%) CSS
9 24 (11.43%) Lightning Web Components
10 20 (9.52%) RESTful
11 18 (8.57%) Playwright
12 17 (8.10%) ASP.NET
13 15 (7.14%) Spring
14 13 (6.19%) OAuth
15 12 (5.71%) Leaflet
15 12 (5.71%) SAP Fiori
15 12 (5.71%) Vue
16 11 (5.24%) Kafka
16 11 (5.24%) React Native
17 10 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.19%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.33%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.90%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.90%) CMDB
7 4 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.43%) IoT
8 3 (1.43%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.43%) PKI
8 3 (1.43%) Robotics
9 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.52%) Linux
2 11 (5.24%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (3.81%) Windows
4 4 (1.90%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.90%) Unix
5 3 (1.43%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.95%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (55.24%) Agile
2 100 (47.62%) CI/CD
3 84 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (25.71%) Software Engineering
6 47 (22.38%) Scrum
7 44 (20.95%) DevOps
8 43 (20.48%) Full-Stack Development
9 37 (17.62%) TDD
10 36 (17.14%) Test Automation
11 35 (16.67%) Clean Code
11 35 (16.67%) Mentoring
12 32 (15.24%) Sprint Planning
13 30 (14.29%) Microservices
14 26 (12.38%) System Testing
15 25 (11.90%) Code Quality
16 24 (11.43%) Containerisation
16 24 (11.43%) Integration Testing
16 24 (11.43%) SDLC
17 23 (10.95%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.48%) SQL
2 60 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 47 (22.38%) C#
4 43 (20.48%) Java
5 35 (16.67%) Python
6 31 (14.76%) C++
7 24 (11.43%) Apex Code
8 23 (10.95%) SOQL
8 23 (10.95%) TypeScript
9 16 (7.62%) C
10 11 (5.24%) ABAP
11 9 (4.29%) PL/SQL
12 7 (3.33%) Bash
13 5 (2.38%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.90%) Rust
15 3 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.43%) SOSL
15 3 (1.43%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.95%) RPG
Qualifications
1 31 (14.76%) Degree
2 16 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) HND
7 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.62%) QA
2 5 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.38%) GDPR
3 4 (1.90%) WCAG
4 2 (0.95%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (0.95%) GAAP
4 2 (0.95%) IFRS
4 2 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.48%) MISRA
5 1 (0.48%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (17.14%) Docker
2 12 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (5.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.71%) Podman
3 10 (4.76%) Terraform
4 2 (0.95%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.95%) Grafana
4 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.48%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.48%) Kibana
5 1 (0.48%) logstash
Vendors
1 26 (12.38%) Salesforce
2 22 (10.48%) Microsoft
3 18 (8.57%) Oracle
3 18 (8.57%) SAP
4 16 (7.62%) Google
5 9 (4.29%) iManage
6 6 (2.86%) Databricks
6 6 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.38%) Intel
8 4 (1.90%) Temenos
9 3 (1.43%) Infor
9 3 (1.43%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.95%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.95%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.95%) Workday
11 1 (0.48%) Apple
11 1 (0.48%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.48%) Informatica
11 1 (0.48%) Zoho