Unit Testing Jobs

Unit Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 240 185
Rank change year-on-year -49 -55 -62
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 517 1,204 2,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.22% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.42% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 394 768 1,411
10th Percentile £37,927 £38,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,978 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -3.37% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,633 £80,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £55,414
% change year-on-year +3.64% -0.75% +0.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the UK

Unit Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Unit Testing in the UK

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the UK

Unit Testing
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -50 425 £60,000 +4.35% 352
UK excluding London -34 344 £57,000 +3.64% 284
Work from Home +2 294 £60,000 - 214
London -13 127 £65,000 -7.14% 139
South East +11 86 £55,000 -4.35% 80
Scotland +71 61 £57,500 - 30
North of England -70 57 £52,500 +2.94% 80
Midlands +15 56 £60,000 +14.29% 28
South West +55 48 £55,000 -8.33% 19
West Midlands +44 35 £60,000 +2.13% 10
North West -88 33 £52,500 +2.94% 65
East of England +43 25 £57,000 +3.64% 40
East Midlands +10 21 £60,000 +14.29% 15
Yorkshire +21 13 £52,500 +5.00% 13
North East +60 11 £55,000 -18.52% 2
Northern Ireland +26 9 £55,000 +2.33% 10
Wales +12 3 £48,500 +2.11% 9

Unit Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (5.03%) Apache
2 10 (1.93%) Confluence
3 8 (1.55%) nginx
3 8 (1.55%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.35%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.97%) CMS
5 5 (0.97%) JBoss
6 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.77%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (0.77%) Drupal
7 3 (0.58%) IIS
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.58%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) Appian
9 1 (0.19%) Liferay
9 1 (0.19%) Mule
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.19%) OrCAD
1 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.77%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Endur
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 170 (32.88%) Azure
2 132 (25.53%) AWS
3 64 (12.38%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (10.44%) Serverless
5 48 (9.28%) SaaS
6 44 (8.51%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (6.19%) GitHub
8 31 (6.00%) Power Platform
9 24 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (4.45%) GCP
11 14 (2.71%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 14 (2.71%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.13%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (1.93%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 8 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.29%) HTTP
2 10 (1.93%) Internet
3 8 (1.55%) Bluetooth
3 8 (1.55%) RS-232
3 8 (1.55%) Wireless
3 8 (1.55%) ZigBee
4 7 (1.35%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.35%) Modbus
4 7 (1.35%) Profibus
4 7 (1.35%) RS-485
5 6 (1.16%) Firewall
5 6 (1.16%) FTP
6 4 (0.77%) DNS
6 4 (0.77%) IPv6
6 4 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.19%) BGP
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.70%) NoSQL
2 61 (11.80%) SQL Server
3 53 (10.25%) MongoDB
4 38 (7.35%) DynamoDB
5 37 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.45%) Redis
7 20 (3.87%) MySQL
8 19 (3.68%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (3.48%) Relational Database
10 17 (3.29%) Big Data
11 12 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.93%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.55%) Power BI
13 8 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.35%) Oracle Database
15 6 (1.16%) DB2
15 6 (1.16%) DocumentDB
16 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 125 (24.18%) Git
2 60 (11.61%) JUnit
3 52 (10.06%) Jenkins
4 51 (9.86%) Eclipse
5 38 (7.35%) Mockito
6 31 (6.00%) JIRA
7 27 (5.22%) Maven
8 26 (5.03%) Eclipse RCP
9 25 (4.84%) GitLab
9 25 (4.84%) Jasmine
10 24 (4.64%) Karma Test Runner
11 23 (4.45%) IntelliJ
12 22 (4.26%) Protractor
13 20 (3.87%) NUnit
13 20 (3.87%) Visual Studio
14 18 (3.48%) Postman
15 17 (3.29%) Octopus Deploy
16 16 (3.09%) Cucumber
17 14 (2.71%) Bitbucket
17 14 (2.71%) SonarQube
General
1 119 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 75 (14.51%) Finance
3 65 (12.57%) Banking
4 48 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (8.32%) Games
6 40 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.26%) Electronics
7 22 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.06%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.87%) Investment Banking
10 18 (3.48%) Retail
11 15 (2.90%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.32%) Tech for Good
13 9 (1.74%) iGaming
14 8 (1.55%) Automotive
15 7 (1.35%) Marketing
15 7 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.16%) Retail Banking
17 5 (0.97%) Legal
Job Titles
1 251 (48.55%) Developer
2 151 (29.21%) Senior
3 135 (26.11%) Software Engineer
4 85 (16.44%) Senior Developer
5 51 (9.86%) Lead
6 44 (8.51%) Java Developer
7 43 (8.32%) Software Developer
8 38 (7.35%) C# Developer
8 38 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
9 37 (7.16%) .NET Developer
10 32 (6.19%) Junior
11 30 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 30 (5.80%) Senior Software Developer
12 27 (5.22%) React Developer
13 26 (5.03%) Backend Developer
14 23 (4.45%) C# .NET Developer
14 23 (4.45%) Junior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.68%) SaaS Developer
16 17 (3.29%) Embedded Engineer
17 15 (2.90%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (29.21%) React
2 139 (26.89%) .NET
3 112 (21.66%) HTML
4 93 (17.99%) CSS
5 87 (16.83%) RESTful
6 86 (16.63%) AngularJS
7 75 (14.51%) Node.js
8 70 (13.54%) REST
9 58 (11.22%) Kafka
10 55 (10.64%) GraphQL
11 53 (10.25%) RabbitMQ
12 43 (8.32%) HTML5
13 40 (7.74%) .NET Core
14 39 (7.54%) Middleware
15 37 (7.16%) JSON
16 36 (6.96%) Hibernate
16 36 (6.96%) Spring
17 33 (6.38%) Spring Boot
18 32 (6.19%) Jest
19 28 (5.42%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.38%) Algorithms
2 31 (6.00%) Mobile App
3 26 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.87%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (3.09%) Virtual Team
9 15 (2.90%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.90%) Mobile Games
9 15 (2.90%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.51%) Reference Data
12 12 (2.32%) Replication
13 9 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.55%) Life Science
14 8 (1.55%) Online Banking
15 6 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.93%) Linux
2 41 (7.93%) Windows
3 25 (4.84%) Android
4 13 (2.51%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.55%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.97%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.58%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (48.55%) Agile
2 212 (41.01%) Software Engineering
3 180 (34.82%) Microservices
4 160 (30.95%) CI/CD
5 149 (28.82%) Test Automation
6 140 (27.08%) TDD
7 136 (26.31%) DevOps
8 127 (24.56%) Mentoring
9 103 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (15.67%) Clean Code
11 80 (15.47%) OO
12 72 (13.93%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (13.35%) SDLC
14 60 (11.61%) Code Quality
14 60 (11.61%) SOLID
15 58 (11.22%) Continuous Integration
16 57 (11.03%) Design Patterns
17 56 (10.83%) Scrum
18 53 (10.25%) Containerisation
18 53 (10.25%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 177 (34.24%) C#
2 162 (31.33%) Java
3 143 (27.66%) SQL
4 134 (25.92%) JavaScript
5 92 (17.79%) TypeScript
6 73 (14.12%) Python
7 42 (8.12%) C++
8 37 (7.16%) PHP
9 29 (5.61%) C
10 24 (4.64%) Rust
11 23 (4.45%) Ada
12 13 (2.51%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.93%) Ruby
14 8 (1.55%) Go
15 7 (1.35%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.16%) Bash
16 6 (1.16%) Groovy
16 6 (1.16%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.97%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.97%) Scala
Qualifications
1 94 (18.18%) Degree
2 29 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (5.03%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.71%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.93%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.16%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.77%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.77%) PhD
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.58%) HND
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.19%) CCNP
12 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.77%) QA
2 23 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.39%) NCSC
5 2 (0.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.19%) HL7
6 1 (0.19%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.19%) MISRA
6 1 (0.19%) MISRA C
System Software
1 89 (17.21%) Docker
2 11 (2.13%) Firmware
3 10 (1.93%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (1.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 82 (15.86%) Kubernetes
2 47 (9.09%) Terraform
3 16 (3.09%) Ansible
4 12 (2.32%) Packer
5 8 (1.55%) Kustomize
6 7 (1.35%) Grafana
6 7 (1.35%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.16%) Argo
8 5 (0.97%) Kibana
9 2 (0.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.19%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 38 (7.35%) Microsoft
1 38 (7.35%) Oracle
2 34 (6.58%) IBM
3 12 (2.32%) Google
4 11 (2.13%) Atlassian
5 10 (1.93%) Red Hat
6 9 (1.74%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.55%) Okta
8 6 (1.16%) New Relic
8 6 (1.16%) Splunk
9 5 (0.97%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.77%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.77%) Databricks
10 4 (0.77%) F5
10 4 (0.77%) Informatica
10 4 (0.77%) Veracode
11 3 (0.58%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.58%) EMC
11 3 (0.58%) Progress
11 3 (0.58%) SAP