Jest
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 622 | 603 | 325 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | -278 | -24 |
| Permanent jobs citing Jest | 217 | 204 | 1,824 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.32% | 1.18% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.38% | 1.16% | 3.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 123 | 161 | 409 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £50,000 | £46,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £60,000 | £54,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,991 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.01% | +7.14% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,625 | £95,000 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,000 | £97,500 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,250 | £70,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.36% | +16.67% | +20.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 15,719 | 17,518 | 57,807 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.04% | 27.06% | 37.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,796 | 13,523 | 27,563 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £41,250 | £38,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £51,250 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £66,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.26% | +2.31% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | +10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Jest
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Jest.
Jest
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Jest over the 6 months to 16 September 2024.
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Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 2024. 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 |
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| England | -38 | 169 | £72,500 | -4.19% | 56 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 144 | £66,250 | -5.36% | 24 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 86 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 37 |
| London | -6 | 59 | £80,000 | - | 34 |
| South East | -16 | 55 | £77,500 | -18.42% | 10 |
| Scotland | -19 | 28 | £70,996 | +9.22% | 2 |
| North of England | -8 | 27 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 7 |
| North West | -26 | 19 | £55,000 | -27.32% | 5 |
| East of England | -15 | 9 | £60,000 | - | |
| Midlands | -24 | 9 | £65,000 | +48.57% | 2 |
| South West | -26 | 9 | £42,500 | -29.17% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +30 | 7 | £55,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | -34 | 6 | £63,750 | +70.00% | |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 4 | £34,000 | -45.60% | 1 |
| North East | -26 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -22 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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