Unit Testing Jobs in England

Unit Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Unit Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unit Testing over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 242 190
Rank change year-on-year -97 -52 -66
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 395 1,020 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.80% 1.14% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.35% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 290 706 1,113
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,250 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,600 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,457 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -1.93%

All Process and 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 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in England.

Salary trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 -31 117 £65,000 -7.14% 160
South East -40 69 £55,000 -4.35% 76
North of England -112 64 £52,500 - 86
South West +61 54 £57,443 -4.26% 31
Midlands +4 46 £60,000 +14.29% 55
North West -124 46 £50,055 -4.66% 67
East of England +34 25 £57,000 +3.64% 37
West Midlands +32 25 £60,000 - 28
East Midlands +7 21 £60,000 +14.29% 27
Yorkshire +5 12 £75,000 +46.34% 16
North East +51 6 £55,000 -2.22% 3
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (5.32%) Apache
2 15 (3.80%) Appian
3 8 (2.03%) Confluence
4 6 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.27%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.27%) JBoss
6 4 (1.01%) nginx
7 3 (0.76%) CMS
7 3 (0.76%) IIS
7 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.76%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.76%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.51%) Drupal
8 2 (0.51%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.25%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.25%) SAS
9 1 (0.25%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (3.04%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Magento
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.51%) Shopify
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.85%) Azure
2 93 (23.54%) AWS
3 39 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.35%) Serverless
5 29 (7.34%) SaaS
6 26 (6.58%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.82%) GitHub
8 22 (5.57%) GCP
9 20 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.78%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (2.03%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 8 (2.03%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.52%) CloudFront
13 6 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.80%) HTTP
2 7 (1.77%) Bluetooth
3 6 (1.52%) Modbus
3 6 (1.52%) Profibus
3 6 (1.52%) RS-232
3 6 (1.52%) RS-485
3 6 (1.52%) Wireless
3 6 (1.52%) ZigBee
4 2 (0.51%) DNS
4 2 (0.51%) FTP
4 2 (0.51%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.25%) Firewall
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) Intranet
5 1 (0.25%) MQTT
5 1 (0.25%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.44%) NoSQL
2 53 (13.42%) SQL Server
3 48 (12.15%) MongoDB
4 30 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.57%) DynamoDB
6 20 (5.06%) Redis
7 19 (4.81%) MySQL
8 17 (4.30%) Relational Database
9 16 (4.05%) Big Data
10 13 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (2.28%) Oracle Database
12 9 (2.28%) Power BI
12 9 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.27%) DocumentDB
14 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.01%) Biml
Development Applications
1 114 (28.86%) Git
2 45 (11.39%) JUnit
3 35 (8.86%) Eclipse
4 32 (8.10%) JIRA
5 27 (6.84%) Jenkins
6 25 (6.33%) Mockito
7 23 (5.82%) GitLab
8 21 (5.32%) NUnit
9 19 (4.81%) Eclipse RCP
10 18 (4.56%) Jasmine
11 17 (4.30%) Karma Test Runner
12 16 (4.05%) IntelliJ
13 15 (3.80%) Protractor
14 14 (3.54%) Octopus Deploy
15 12 (3.04%) Maven
16 11 (2.78%) Postman
16 11 (2.78%) Visual Studio
17 9 (2.28%) Bitbucket
18 7 (1.77%) Cucumber
18 7 (1.77%) Cypress.io
General
1 89 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (16.96%) Finance
3 57 (14.43%) Banking
4 40 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.57%) Games
7 21 (5.32%) Investment Banking
8 17 (4.30%) Electronics
9 16 (4.05%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.80%) Aerospace
11 12 (3.04%) Retail
12 10 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.53%) Tech for Good
13 8 (2.03%) Law
14 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.27%) Front Office
15 5 (1.27%) Legal
15 5 (1.27%) Retail Banking
16 4 (1.01%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 207 (52.41%) Developer
2 117 (29.62%) Senior
3 89 (22.53%) Software Engineer
4 75 (18.99%) Senior Developer
5 34 (8.61%) C# Developer
6 33 (8.35%) .NET Developer
7 31 (7.85%) Software Developer
8 30 (7.59%) Java Developer
9 26 (6.58%) Lead
10 24 (6.08%) React Developer
11 23 (5.82%) Backend Developer
11 23 (5.82%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (5.32%) Junior
12 21 (5.32%) Senior Software Developer
13 19 (4.81%) C# .NET Developer
13 19 (4.81%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (4.05%) Junior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.80%) SaaS Developer
16 14 (3.54%) Appian Developer
17 13 (3.29%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (29.37%) React
2 111 (28.10%) .NET
3 83 (21.01%) HTML
4 76 (19.24%) CSS
5 73 (18.48%) RESTful
6 58 (14.68%) AngularJS
7 52 (13.16%) REST
8 46 (11.65%) Node.js
9 42 (10.63%) Kafka
10 40 (10.13%) GraphQL
11 38 (9.62%) RabbitMQ
12 34 (8.61%) Spring
13 31 (7.85%) .NET Framework
13 31 (7.85%) HTML5
13 31 (7.85%) Jest
13 31 (7.85%) Spring Boot
14 29 (7.34%) .NET Core
14 29 (7.34%) Hibernate
14 29 (7.34%) Middleware
15 24 (6.08%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (5.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (4.81%) Algorithms
3 19 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 18 (4.56%) Mobile App
5 16 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.29%) Data Structures
7 13 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.04%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.78%) Reference Data
10 10 (2.53%) Replication
11 7 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.52%) Mobile Games
13 5 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
13 5 (1.27%) Equities
13 5 (1.27%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.27%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.01%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 54 (13.67%) Linux
2 29 (7.34%) Windows
3 10 (2.53%) Android
4 6 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.52%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (47.85%) Agile
2 149 (37.72%) Software Engineering
3 126 (31.90%) Microservices
4 113 (28.61%) CI/CD
5 97 (24.56%) Mentoring
6 92 (23.29%) DevOps
7 91 (23.04%) TDD
8 88 (22.28%) Test Automation
9 86 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (16.20%) SDLC
11 61 (15.44%) Clean Code
12 60 (15.19%) OO
13 48 (12.15%) Scrum
14 45 (11.39%) Code Quality
15 43 (10.89%) Full-Stack Development
15 43 (10.89%) Software Testing
16 41 (10.38%) Design Patterns
17 40 (10.13%) Secure Coding
17 40 (10.13%) UML
17 40 (10.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 132 (33.42%) C#
2 126 (31.90%) Java
3 125 (31.65%) SQL
4 101 (25.57%) JavaScript
5 67 (16.96%) TypeScript
6 60 (15.19%) Python
7 29 (7.34%) C++
8 25 (6.33%) PHP
9 24 (6.08%) C
10 17 (4.30%) Rust
11 16 (4.05%) Ada
12 7 (1.77%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.52%) Bash
13 6 (1.52%) Go
14 5 (1.27%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.27%) Ruby
15 4 (1.01%) Embedded C
15 4 (1.01%) Groovy
15 4 (1.01%) PL/SQL
15 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (17.47%) Degree
2 29 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (4.81%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.63%) QA
2 16 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.25%) HL7
6 1 (0.25%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
System Software
1 63 (15.95%) Docker
2 9 (2.28%) Firmware
3 8 (2.03%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.77%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 51 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.58%) Terraform
3 9 (2.28%) Ansible
4 8 (2.03%) Kibana
5 6 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.27%) Argo
7 4 (1.01%) Packer
7 4 (1.01%) Puppet
8 3 (0.76%) Grafana
8 3 (0.76%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.51%) Salt
10 1 (0.25%) logstash
10 1 (0.25%) Oozie
Vendors
1 37 (9.37%) Oracle
2 34 (8.61%) Microsoft
3 27 (6.84%) IBM
4 11 (2.78%) Google
5 8 (2.03%) Atlassian
5 8 (2.03%) Okta
6 7 (1.77%) Bloomberg
6 7 (1.77%) Splunk
7 6 (1.52%) Databricks
8 5 (1.27%) New Relic
8 5 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.01%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.01%) F5
9 4 (1.01%) Informatica
10 3 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.76%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.76%) Moogsoft
10 3 (0.76%) Progress
10 3 (0.76%) Trayport
11 2 (0.51%) Pega