Unit Testing Job Trends in Essex

Unit Testing
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 53 40
Rank change year-on-year -8 -13 +38
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 2 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.28% 0.54% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.70% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
East of England median annual salary £58,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.07% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 559 426 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 78.95% 76.62% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 356 205 243
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,512 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +11.50% -1.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,250 £86,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +0.26%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unit Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Essex

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Unit Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Billericay - 1 £75,900 -
Ingatestone - 1 - -
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Software Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree