Unit Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 238 197
Rank change year-on-year -70 -41 -56
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 302 872 1,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.18% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.43% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 213 568 713
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £72,500 £74,950
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,163 61,036 55,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.74% 82.48% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,188 42,006 28,807
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,336 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East -24 69 £55,000 -4.35% 63
North of England -109 60 £52,500 - 91
Scotland +62 50 £60,000 +4.35% 34
South West +59 47 £55,000 -8.33% 34
North West -123 43 £50,055 -4.66% 71
Midlands -2 42 £60,000 +14.29% 41
East of England +25 26 £57,000 +3.64% 40
West Midlands +32 24 £60,000 - 18
East Midlands -5 18 £60,000 +14.29% 23
Yorkshire +8 11 £72,626 +41.71% 18
North East +47 6 £55,000 -2.22% 2
Northern Ireland +36 6 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Wales +19 2 £53,550 +12.74% 6
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (8.28%) Apache
2 6 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.66%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.66%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (1.66%) JBoss
3 5 (1.66%) nginx
3 5 (1.66%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.99%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) Appian
5 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.33%) SAS
6 1 (0.33%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.33%) Magento
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 84 (27.81%) AWS
2 69 (22.85%) Azure
3 38 (12.58%) Serverless
4 32 (10.60%) AWS Lambda
5 24 (7.95%) SaaS
6 22 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (6.95%) GitHub
8 16 (5.30%) GCP
9 13 (4.30%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.32%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.66%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 5 (1.66%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 5 (1.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.32%) Firebase
13 4 (1.32%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.32%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.97%) HTTP
2 9 (2.98%) Internet
3 7 (2.32%) Bluetooth
4 6 (1.99%) Modbus
4 6 (1.99%) Profibus
4 6 (1.99%) RS-232
4 6 (1.99%) RS-485
4 6 (1.99%) Wireless
4 6 (1.99%) ZigBee
5 2 (0.66%) FTP
6 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.33%) Intranet
6 1 (0.33%) MQTT
6 1 (0.33%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (16.56%) NoSQL
2 42 (13.91%) MongoDB
3 31 (10.26%) SQL Server
4 29 (9.60%) DynamoDB
5 17 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (4.97%) Big Data
7 13 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.64%) Redis
8 11 (3.64%) Relational Database
9 10 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.65%) MySQL
11 7 (2.32%) Power BI
12 5 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.66%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.32%) DB2
Development Applications
1 75 (24.83%) Git
2 44 (14.57%) Eclipse
3 43 (14.24%) JUnit
4 33 (10.93%) Jenkins
5 26 (8.61%) Mockito
6 25 (8.28%) Eclipse RCP
7 19 (6.29%) GitLab
7 19 (6.29%) Jasmine
8 18 (5.96%) Karma Test Runner
9 17 (5.63%) IntelliJ
9 17 (5.63%) JIRA
10 16 (5.30%) Maven
10 16 (5.30%) Protractor
11 12 (3.97%) Visual Studio
12 9 (2.98%) Bitbucket
12 9 (2.98%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (2.32%) Cucumber
13 7 (2.32%) Cypress.io
13 7 (2.32%) NUnit
13 7 (2.32%) Postman
General
1 57 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.57%) Finance
3 28 (9.27%) Banking
4 22 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.30%) Electronics
7 15 (4.97%) Aerospace
8 13 (4.30%) Games
9 12 (3.97%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.64%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.31%) Retail
12 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.99%) Law
13 3 (0.99%) Legal
13 3 (0.99%) Military
13 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Automotive
14 2 (0.66%) Back Office
15 1 (0.33%) iGaming
15 1 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 126 (41.72%) Developer
2 94 (31.13%) Senior
3 91 (30.13%) Software Engineer
4 50 (16.56%) Senior Developer
5 38 (12.58%) Java Developer
6 30 (9.93%) Software Developer
7 29 (9.60%) Lead
8 26 (8.61%) Senior Software Engineer
9 25 (8.28%) Junior
10 22 (7.28%) Junior Software Engineer
11 21 (6.95%) Backend Developer
12 19 (6.29%) Senior Software Developer
13 18 (5.96%) C# Developer
14 16 (5.30%) SaaS Developer
15 15 (4.97%) .NET Developer
16 13 (4.30%) C# .NET Developer
16 13 (4.30%) Embedded Engineer
17 12 (3.97%) Full-Stack Developer
18 9 (2.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
18 9 (2.98%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (30.13%) React
2 59 (19.54%) HTML
3 58 (19.21%) CSS
4 56 (18.54%) .NET
5 46 (15.23%) RESTful
6 43 (14.24%) AngularJS
6 43 (14.24%) Node.js
7 40 (13.25%) REST
8 34 (11.26%) Middleware
9 33 (10.93%) Kafka
9 33 (10.93%) RabbitMQ
10 29 (9.60%) GraphQL
11 27 (8.94%) Spring
12 26 (8.61%) Hibernate
12 26 (8.61%) Spring Boot
13 25 (8.28%) JSP
14 19 (6.29%) JPA
14 19 (6.29%) Vue
15 16 (5.30%) .NET Core
16 15 (4.97%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (5.96%) Algorithms
3 16 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.64%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.97%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.64%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.31%) Reference Data
7 10 (3.31%) Replication
8 8 (2.65%) Online Banking
9 7 (2.32%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.99%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.66%) Life Science
11 5 (1.66%) Robotics
12 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.99%) Smartphone
14 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 60 (19.87%) Linux
2 34 (11.26%) Windows
3 15 (4.97%) Android
4 6 (1.99%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.66%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (43.05%) Software Engineering
2 126 (41.72%) Agile
3 117 (38.74%) Microservices
4 95 (31.46%) CI/CD
5 94 (31.13%) Test Automation
6 84 (27.81%) Mentoring
7 70 (23.18%) TDD
8 69 (22.85%) DevOps
9 61 (20.20%) OO
10 53 (17.55%) Clean Code
11 52 (17.22%) SDLC
12 50 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
13 49 (16.23%) Full-Stack Development
14 41 (13.58%) Containerisation
15 39 (12.91%) Scrum
16 37 (12.25%) OOD
16 37 (12.25%) Secure Coding
17 35 (11.59%) Code Quality
18 34 (11.26%) User Experience
19 33 (10.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 115 (38.08%) Java
2 93 (30.79%) SQL
3 92 (30.46%) C#
4 74 (24.50%) JavaScript
5 73 (24.17%) TypeScript
6 58 (19.21%) Python
7 34 (11.26%) C++
8 24 (7.95%) C
9 22 (7.28%) Ada
9 22 (7.28%) PHP
9 22 (7.28%) Rust
10 11 (3.64%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.32%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.99%) Bash
13 5 (1.66%) Go
14 4 (1.32%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.99%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.99%) R
15 3 (0.99%) Ruby
16 2 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 60 (19.87%) Degree
2 32 (10.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.64%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.66%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.60%) QA
2 8 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.66%) GDPR
4 1 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.33%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.33%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.33%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.33%) MISRA
4 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 57 (18.87%) Docker
2 9 (2.98%) Firmware
3 7 (2.32%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.33%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 45 (14.90%) Kubernetes
2 31 (10.26%) Terraform
3 8 (2.65%) Ansible
4 7 (2.32%) Kibana
5 6 (1.99%) Packer
6 5 (1.66%) Grafana
6 5 (1.66%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.66%) Puppet
8 1 (0.33%) logstash
8 1 (0.33%) Oozie
Vendors
1 25 (8.28%) IBM
2 24 (7.95%) Oracle
3 21 (6.95%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.32%) Atlassian
4 7 (2.32%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.99%) Bloomberg
5 6 (1.99%) Databricks
5 6 (1.99%) Splunk
6 4 (1.32%) F5
6 4 (1.32%) Informatica
6 4 (1.32%) Okta
7 3 (0.99%) AppDynamics
7 3 (0.99%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.66%) Apple
8 2 (0.66%) Curam
8 2 (0.66%) Moogsoft
8 2 (0.66%) SAP
8 2 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.33%) Intel
9 1 (0.33%) MicroStrategy