Unit Testing Jobs in Scotland

Unit Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 163 153
Rank change year-on-year +62 -10 -14
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 61 124 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.09% 1.84% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.98% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 42 27 31
10th Percentile £46,744 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £146,300 £72,433 £65,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,693 6,250 4,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.38% 92.80% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,418 2,230
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,499
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Scotland

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Unit Testing in Scotland

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in Scotland

Unit Testing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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
Edinburgh +26 34 £63,750 +15.91% 6
Glasgow +105 17 £55,000 -4.35% 13
Aberdeenshire - 5 £62,500 -
Moray - 2 £40,101 -
East Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
Fife - 1 £40,101 -
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (8.20%) Apache
2 2 (3.28%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.28%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.87%) AWS
2 14 (22.95%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) SaaS
4 7 (11.48%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (11.48%) Serverless
5 5 (8.20%) GCP
5 5 (8.20%) GitHub
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.92%) BlazeMeter
7 2 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (3.28%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (1.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) Internet
2 2 (3.28%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.48%) DynamoDB
2 7 (11.48%) MongoDB
2 7 (11.48%) NoSQL
3 6 (9.84%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (8.20%) Relational Database
5 4 (6.56%) DB2
6 3 (4.92%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (3.28%) Big Data
7 2 (3.28%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (3.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Jenkins
2 10 (16.39%) Maven
3 7 (11.48%) Eclipse
3 7 (11.48%) JUnit
4 5 (8.20%) Eclipse RCP
5 4 (6.56%) Git
6 3 (4.92%) Visual Studio
7 2 (3.28%) GitLab
7 2 (3.28%) Gradle
7 2 (3.28%) JIRA
7 2 (3.28%) Mockito
7 2 (3.28%) Selenium
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Banking
3 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Games
5 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (42.62%) Software Engineer
2 20 (32.79%) Developer
3 18 (29.51%) Senior
4 16 (26.23%) Lead
5 10 (16.39%) Java Developer
5 10 (16.39%) Senior Developer
6 8 (13.11%) Android Engineer
6 8 (13.11%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (11.48%) Junior
7 7 (11.48%) Software Developer
8 5 (8.20%) Junior Software Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) PHP Software Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Robotics Software Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Senior Java Developer
8 5 (8.20%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (8.20%) Software Team Leader
8 5 (8.20%) Team Leader
9 4 (6.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Junior Java Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (29.51%) RESTful
2 15 (24.59%) React
3 14 (22.95%) CSS
3 14 (22.95%) Kafka
4 13 (21.31%) AngularJS
5 11 (18.03%) HTML
6 10 (16.39%) Middleware
7 8 (13.11%) Android Jetpack
7 8 (13.11%) Jetpack Compose
7 8 (13.11%) Spring Boot
8 7 (11.48%) .NET
8 7 (11.48%) Spring
9 6 (9.84%) .NET Core
9 6 (9.84%) Node.js
10 5 (8.20%) GraphQL
10 5 (8.20%) JSP
10 5 (8.20%) REST
11 4 (6.56%) XML
12 3 (4.92%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (4.92%) Compass CSS Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Virtual Team
2 8 (13.11%) Mobile App
2 8 (13.11%) Online Banking
2 8 (13.11%) Product Ownership
3 5 (8.20%) Robotics
4 4 (6.56%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.28%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.28%) AS400
6 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.28%) iSeries
6 2 (3.28%) Reference Data
6 2 (3.28%) Replication
7 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Android
1 8 (13.11%) Windows
2 5 (8.20%) Linux
2 5 (8.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (55.74%) Software Engineering
2 32 (52.46%) Microservices
3 30 (49.18%) Agile
4 29 (47.54%) TDD
5 22 (36.07%) CI/CD
5 22 (36.07%) DevOps
6 21 (34.43%) Test Automation
7 20 (32.79%) Mentoring
8 18 (29.51%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (27.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (21.31%) Line Management
10 13 (21.31%) SOLID
11 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (19.67%) SDLC
12 11 (18.03%) Containerisation
13 10 (16.39%) Clean Code
13 10 (16.39%) Design Patterns
13 10 (16.39%) OO
14 9 (14.75%) Roadmaps
14 9 (14.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (40.98%) Java
2 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
3 15 (24.59%) TypeScript
4 14 (22.95%) C#
5 11 (18.03%) SQL
6 9 (14.75%) C++
7 8 (13.11%) Kotlin
8 7 (11.48%) Python
9 5 (8.20%) Ada
9 5 (8.20%) PHP
9 5 (8.20%) Rust
9 5 (8.20%) Scala
10 2 (3.28%) Elixir
10 2 (3.28%) F#
10 2 (3.28%) Go
10 2 (3.28%) RPG
10 2 (3.28%) RPG IV
10 2 (3.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Degree
2 5 (8.20%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (8.20%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (32.79%) Kubernetes
2 10 (16.39%) Terraform
3 4 (6.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (4.92%) Dynatrace
1 3 (4.92%) Splunk
2 2 (3.28%) Curam
2 2 (3.28%) IBM
2 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow