Unit Testing Jobs in Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Unit Testing North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	85	71	74
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+3
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing	146	138	127
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester	3.49%	3.93%	3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.83%	4.36%	4.20%
Number of salaries quoted	129	124	113
Median salary	£45,000	£47,500	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.26%	+11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£38,500	£35,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£45,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-5.55%	+5.88%

Unit Testing is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Manchester
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	3815	3167	3026
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	91.09%	90.25%	90.25%
Number of salaries quoted	3263	2709	2524
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£61,500	£62,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Manchester citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Manchester

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing in Manchester.

Salary trend for Unit Testing in Manchester

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Unit Testing in Manchester over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in Manchester

Unit Testing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Stockport	-9	14	£41,250	-10.81%	3
Wigan	-6	10	£36,250	-9.37%
Altrincham	-2	9	£47,500	+11.76%
Bolton	-	5	£35,000	-
Oldham	-	4	£40,000	-
Unit Testing North West

Unit Testing
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Unit Testing.

1	160 (63.24%)	Agile Software Development
2	139 (54.94%)	SQL
3	120 (47.43%)	Java
4	117 (46.25%)	JavaScript
5	113 (44.66%)	HTML
6	108 (42.69%)	CSS
7	103 (40.71%)	.NET
8	101 (39.92%)	SQL Server
9	98 (38.74%)	OO
10	96 (37.94%)	C#
11	89 (35.18%)	TDD
12	87 (34.39%)	MVC
13	83 (32.81%)	jQuery
14	73 (28.85%)	Web Services
15	65 (25.69%)	C++

15	65 (25.69%)	Software Engineering
16	63 (24.90%)	Scrum
17	62 (24.51%)	J2EE
17	62 (24.51%)	Git (software)
18	61 (24.11%)	XML
19	59 (23.32%)	Multithreading
19	59 (23.32%)	HTML5
20	58 (22.92%)	Continuous Integration
21	53 (20.95%)	AngularJS
22	52 (20.55%)	ASP.NET
22	52 (20.55%)	OOD
23	45 (17.79%)	Windows
24	44 (17.39%)	Test Automation
25	43 (17.00%)	Degree
26	41 (16.21%)	ASP.NET MVC

Unit Testing
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

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

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (8.70%)	CMS
2	17 (6.72%)	WebSphere
3	16 (6.32%)	Tomcat
4	11 (4.35%)	Confluence
5	9 (3.56%)	EPiServer
6	7 (2.77%)	WebLogic
7	5 (1.98%)	JBoss
8	1 (0.40%)	Apache
8	1 (0.40%)	WordPress

Business Applications
1	17 (6.72%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	5 (1.98%)	PlanetPress Connect
3	2 (0.79%)	Magento
4	1 (0.40%)	SAP CRM
4	1 (0.40%)	Shopify

Cloud Services
1	31 (12.25%)	Microsoft Azure
2	23 (9.09%)	Amazon AWS
3	10 (3.95%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	4 (1.58%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	4 (1.58%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
5	1 (0.40%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.40%)	Google Play
5	1 (0.40%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.40%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
5	1 (0.40%)	Salesforce Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	17 (6.72%)	Ethernet
1	17 (6.72%)	RS-232
1	17 (6.72%)	TCP/IP
2	6 (2.37%)	HTTP
3	1 (0.40%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	101 (39.92%)	SQL Server
2	37 (14.62%)	Relational Database
3	30 (11.86%)	MySQL
4	26 (10.28%)	RDBMS
5	19 (7.51%)	Big Data
6	17 (6.72%)	SQL Server 2012
6	17 (6.72%)	SQL Server 2014
7	15 (5.93%)	PostgreSQL
8	10 (3.95%)	Hadoop
9	9 (3.56%)	SQL Server 2008
10	6 (2.37%)	MongoDB
11	5 (1.98%)	NoSQL
12	3 (1.19%)	Oracle Database
13	2 (0.79%)	Redis
14	1 (0.40%)	Data Warehouse

Development Applications
1	62 (24.51%)	Git (software)
2	39 (15.42%)	JIRA
3	38 (15.02%)	Visual Studio
4	37 (14.62%)	NUnit
5	32 (12.65%)	JUnit
6	29 (11.46%)	Selenium
7	28 (11.07%)	Subversion
7	28 (11.07%)	Team Foundation Server
8	22 (8.70%)	NuGet
9	17 (6.72%)	Microsoft Blend
9	17 (6.72%)	MSI
9	17 (6.72%)	MSTest
9	17 (6.72%)	WiX
10	16 (6.32%)	Jenkins
11	12 (4.74%)	Cucumber
11	12 (4.74%)	SonarQube
12	11 (4.35%)	Moq
13	9 (3.56%)	ReSharper
14	8 (3.16%)	Eclipse
14	8 (3.16%)	IntelliJ

General
1	38 (15.02%)	Finance
2	35 (13.83%)	Marketing
3	26 (10.28%)	Manufacturing
4	21 (8.30%)	Law
5	17 (6.72%)	Electronics
5	17 (6.72%)	Telecoms
6	9 (3.56%)	Retail
7	7 (2.77%)	Publishing
8	5 (1.98%)	Legal
9	2 (0.79%)	Advertising
9	2 (0.79%)	Banking
10	1 (0.40%)	Back Office

Job Titles
1	205 (81.03%)	Developer
2	81 (32.02%)	Java Developer
3	62 (24.51%)	.NET Developer
4	56 (22.13%)	Senior Developer
5	38 (15.02%)	Senior Java Developer
6	36 (14.23%)	C# Developer
7	33 (13.04%)	C# .NET Developer
8	23 (9.09%)	ASP.NET Developer
9	21 (8.30%)	Software Developer
10	20 (7.91%)	PHP Developer
11	16 (6.32%)	Angular Developer
12	14 (5.53%)	Software Engineer
13	11 (4.35%)	Senior .NET Developer
14	10 (3.95%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
14	10 (3.95%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
14	10 (3.95%)	Cloud Engineer
14	10 (3.95%)	Cloud Software Engineer
14	10 (3.95%)	DevOps Engineer
14	10 (3.95%)	HTML Developer
15	9 (3.56%)	HTML CSS Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	113 (44.66%)	HTML
2	108 (42.69%)	CSS
3	103 (40.71%)	.NET
4	83 (32.81%)	jQuery
5	73 (28.85%)	Web Services
6	62 (24.51%)	J2EE
7	61 (24.11%)	XML
8	59 (23.32%)	HTML5
9	53 (20.95%)	AngularJS
10	52 (20.55%)	ASP.NET
11	41 (16.21%)	ASP.NET MVC
12	37 (14.62%)	JSON
13	35 (13.83%)	.NET Framework
14	34 (13.44%)	Ajax
15	33 (13.04%)	CSS3
16	31 (12.25%)	ASP.NET Web API
16	31 (12.25%)	Node.js
17	30 (11.86%)	Entity Framework
18	27 (10.67%)	Twitter Bootstrap
18	27 (10.67%)	WCF

Miscellaneous
1	33 (13.04%)	User Experience
2	25 (9.88%)	iPad
3	24 (9.49%)	Greenfield Project
4	21 (8.30%)	Computer Science
4	21 (8.30%)	Data Structures
5	19 (7.51%)	Mobile App
6	17 (6.72%)	Industrial Internet of Things
6	17 (6.72%)	Internet of Things
7	11 (4.35%)	Analytical Skills
7	11 (4.35%)	Enterprise Software
8	10 (3.95%)	Public Cloud
9	6 (2.37%)	Virtual Team
10	3 (1.19%)	N-Tier
11	1 (0.40%)	Cyber Attack
11	1 (0.40%)	iPhone
11	1 (0.40%)	SWIFT
11	1 (0.40%)	W3C
11	1 (0.40%)	Web 2.0

Operating Systems
1	45 (17.79%)	Windows
2	29 (11.46%)	Linux
3	18 (7.11%)	Mac OS
4	17 (6.72%)	Windows Embedded Compact
5	11 (4.35%)	Unix
6	10 (3.95%)	Apple iOS
7	3 (1.19%)	Android

Processes & Methodologies
1	160 (63.24%)	Agile Software Development
2	98 (38.74%)	OO
3	89 (35.18%)	TDD
4	87 (34.39%)	MVC
5	65 (25.69%)	Software Engineering
6	63 (24.90%)	Scrum
7	59 (23.32%)	Multithreading
8	58 (22.92%)	Continuous Integration
9	52 (20.55%)	OOD
10	44 (17.39%)	Test Automation
11	40 (15.81%)	Concurrent Programming
12	34 (13.44%)	Web Development
13	32 (12.65%)	MVVM
14	26 (10.28%)	Mentoring
15	25 (9.88%)	Kanban
16	23 (9.09%)	OOP
17	22 (8.70%)	Front End Development
18	20 (7.91%)	Dependency Injection
19	19 (7.51%)	Analytics
19	19 (7.51%)	Refactoring

Programming Languages
1	139 (54.94%)	SQL
2	120 (47.43%)	Java
3	117 (46.25%)	JavaScript
4	96 (37.94%)	C#
5	65 (25.69%)	C++
6	35 (13.83%)	PHP
7	28 (11.07%)	C
8	17 (6.72%)	Objective-C
8	17 (6.72%)	XAML
9	15 (5.93%)	Python
10	11 (4.35%)	PL/SQL
10	11 (4.35%)	Shell Script
11	10 (3.95%)	Go
12	9 (3.56%)	VB.NET
12	9 (3.56%)	XPath
13	7 (2.77%)	Embedded C
13	7 (2.77%)	Ruby
14	6 (2.37%)	TypeScript
15	5 (1.98%)	Apple Swift
16	2 (0.79%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	43 (17.00%)	Degree
2	21 (8.30%)	Computer Science Degree
3	7 (2.77%)	HNC
3	7 (2.77%)	HND

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (8.30%)	QA
2	3 (1.19%)	SLA

System Software
1	7 (2.77%)	Firmware
2	4 (1.58%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	13 (5.14%)	Puppet
2	11 (4.35%)	Opscode Chef
3	10 (3.95%)	Ansible

Vendors
1	23 (9.09%)	Oracle
2	20 (7.91%)	Microsoft
3	18 (7.11%)	SAP
4	14 (5.53%)	Xamarin
5	11 (4.35%)	Google
6	9 (3.56%)	Zend
7	4 (1.58%)	Cadence
7	4 (1.58%)	HP
7	4 (1.58%)	Perforce
8	3 (1.19%)	Apple
9	2 (0.79%)	Sitecore
10	1 (0.40%)	Salesforce.com
10	1 (0.40%)	Sencha
10	1 (0.40%)	Unisys