Unit Testing Job Trends in the North of England

Unit Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 250 160
Rank change year-on-year -61 -90 +12
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 34 62 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.66% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.73% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 24 32 164
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,438 £45,625 £42,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.29% -3.18%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,150 £69,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,621 8,510 14,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.17% 90.43% 79.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,949 4,209 10,751
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,106 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in the North of England

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unit Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the North of England

Unit Testing
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West -35 15 £67,500 +28.57% 16
Yorkshire -32 12 £55,000 -35.49% 7
North East -58 7 £57,500 +21.05% 4
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (2.94%) Anypoint
1 1 (2.94%) CMS
1 1 (2.94%) Confluence
1 1 (2.94%) IIS
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) SAP EWM
2 1 (2.94%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (2.94%) SAP PP
2 1 (2.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
2 5 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.76%) GitHub
4 3 (8.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 3 (8.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (8.82%) Serverless
5 1 (2.94%) Algolia
5 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Storyblok
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.71%) SAP HANA
3 4 (11.76%) MySQL
4 3 (8.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (5.88%) Redis
6 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) Git
2 4 (11.76%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Agriculture
2 5 (14.71%) Automotive
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.82%) Advertising
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) Senior
2 10 (29.41%) Software Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Full-Stack Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Consultant
4 6 (17.65%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Angular Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (11.76%) Salesforce Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Java Developer
6 3 (8.82%) SAP HANA Consultant
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Integration Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Lead
7 1 (2.94%) Lead Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (41.18%) AngularJS
2 10 (29.41%) React
2 10 (29.41%) Vue
3 7 (20.59%) .NET
3 7 (20.59%) CSS
3 7 (20.59%) HTML
4 5 (14.71%) REST
5 4 (11.76%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (11.76%) Middleware
5 4 (11.76%) React Native
5 4 (11.76%) RESTful
5 4 (11.76%) SOAP
5 4 (11.76%) Spring
5 4 (11.76%) Spring Boot
5 4 (11.76%) Visualforce
6 3 (8.82%) OAuth
6 3 (8.82%) OAuth2
6 3 (8.82%) OpenID
6 3 (8.82%) SAP Core Interface
6 3 (8.82%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Data Structures
2 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.82%) PKI
3 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.88%) IoT
4 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Agile
2 14 (41.18%) Mentoring
2 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 12 (35.29%) Integration Testing
4 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (29.41%) Software Engineering
6 9 (26.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (26.47%) SDLC
7 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (17.65%) DevOps
9 5 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (14.71%) Microservices
9 5 (14.71%) TDD
10 4 (11.76%) Code Quality
10 4 (11.76%) Decision-Making
10 4 (11.76%) Production Planning
10 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
10 4 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) SQL
2 12 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 9 (26.47%) C#
3 9 (26.47%) TypeScript
4 5 (14.71%) Java
5 4 (11.76%) Apex Code
5 4 (11.76%) Python
6 3 (8.82%) SOQL
6 3 (8.82%) SOSL
7 2 (5.88%) ABAP
7 2 (5.88%) C
7 2 (5.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Docker
2 2 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
2 1 (2.94%) CloudHub
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) SAP
2 5 (14.71%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) Infor
3 1 (2.94%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) MuleSoft