Unit Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Unit Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 162 126
Rank change year-on-year -6 -36 0
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 658 959 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.95% 2.20% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.29% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 419 697 1,121
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £89,911 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Unit Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 41,929 64,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.73% 96.07% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,603 28,952 41,201
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Unit Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unit Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Unit Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 35 (5.32%) IIS
2 8 (1.22%) Umbraco
3 7 (1.06%) WordPress
4 5 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Drupal
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 16 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.22%) Siebel CRM
3 7 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 250 (37.99%) AWS
2 234 (35.56%) Azure
3 95 (14.44%) Serverless
4 91 (13.83%) Azure DevOps
5 73 (11.09%) SaaS
6 38 (5.78%) GitHub
7 33 (5.02%) Power Platform
8 27 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.58%) GCP
11 11 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.06%) PaaS
13 7 (1.06%) Power Automate
14 6 (0.91%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.91%) OCI
14 6 (0.91%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (0.76%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) HTTP
2 2 (0.30%) DNS
2 2 (0.30%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) Modbus
3 1 (0.15%) MQTT
3 1 (0.15%) RS-232
3 1 (0.15%) RS-422
3 1 (0.15%) RS-485
3 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.15%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (21.58%) Oracle Database
2 127 (19.30%) SQL Server
3 122 (18.54%) PostgreSQL
4 105 (15.96%) Oracle Database 11g
5 63 (9.57%) Relational Database
6 42 (6.38%) RDBMS
7 28 (4.26%) NoSQL
8 20 (3.04%) MySQL
9 16 (2.43%) DynamoDB
10 13 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.67%) MariaDB
11 11 (1.67%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.52%) Power BI
13 7 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.06%) OLAP
13 7 (1.06%) OLAP Cube
14 6 (0.91%) GIS
15 5 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 175 (26.60%) Git
2 40 (6.08%) Jasmine
2 40 (6.08%) Visual Studio
3 36 (5.47%) JDeveloper
4 31 (4.71%) JIRA
5 29 (4.41%) Karma Test Runner
6 23 (3.50%) Jenkins
7 22 (3.34%) Postman
8 16 (2.43%) NUnit
9 14 (2.13%) Mockito
10 12 (1.82%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.37%) GitLab
11 9 (1.37%) JUnit
12 8 (1.22%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.22%) MSTest
13 7 (1.06%) LabVIEW
14 6 (0.91%) Eclipse
14 6 (0.91%) Moq
14 6 (0.91%) Storybook
14 6 (0.91%) TeamCity
General
1 108 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 71 (10.79%) Finance
3 35 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.71%) Legal
5 28 (4.26%) Marketing
6 27 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.43%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.13%) Banking
8 14 (2.13%) Law
8 14 (2.13%) Retail
9 13 (1.98%) Electronics
10 12 (1.82%) Health Technology
11 10 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.06%) Publishing
14 5 (0.76%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.76%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.61%) Advertising
15 4 (0.61%) Automotive
15 4 (0.61%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 424 (64.44%) Developer
2 210 (31.91%) Senior
3 170 (25.84%) Senior Developer
4 144 (21.88%) Software Engineer
5 105 (15.96%) Database Developer
5 105 (15.96%) PostgreSQL Developer
6 93 (14.13%) Senior Database Developer
7 77 (11.70%) .NET Developer
8 69 (10.49%) C# Developer
9 59 (8.97%) Software Developer
10 57 (8.66%) PHP Developer
11 41 (6.23%) Full Stack Developer
12 36 (5.47%) Ruby Engineer
13 35 (5.32%) Lead
14 27 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
15 26 (3.95%) Senior Software Developer
16 25 (3.80%) Java Engineer
17 24 (3.65%) Java Software Engineer
18 22 (3.34%) Senior .NET Developer
19 20 (3.04%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (32.98%) .NET
2 166 (25.23%) React
3 143 (21.73%) AngularJS
4 83 (12.61%) CSS
4 83 (12.61%) HTML
5 75 (11.40%) REST
6 73 (11.09%) .NET Core
7 71 (10.79%) Node.js
8 69 (10.49%) SOAP
9 68 (10.33%) .NET Framework
10 63 (9.57%) ASP.NET
10 63 (9.57%) Laravel
10 63 (9.57%) RESTful
11 52 (7.90%) Web Services
12 49 (7.45%) Spring
13 48 (7.29%) XML
14 46 (6.99%) jQuery
15 44 (6.69%) Vue
16 39 (5.93%) Sass
17 35 (5.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.90%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.69%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (3.95%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.34%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.43%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (1.37%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.06%) IoT
10 7 (1.06%) SCADA
11 6 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.61%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.61%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.26%) Windows
2 11 (1.67%) Linux
3 9 (1.37%) Android
4 7 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.46%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (41.49%) Agile
2 239 (36.32%) DevOps
3 206 (31.31%) Software Engineering
4 182 (27.66%) Actionable Insight
5 181 (27.51%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (25.23%) Microservices
7 143 (21.73%) Design Patterns
8 134 (20.36%) Continuous Integration
9 132 (20.06%) Secure Coding
10 131 (19.91%) TDD
11 125 (19.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 124 (18.84%) Clean Code
13 109 (16.57%) Performance Tuning
14 107 (16.26%) Full Stack Development
14 107 (16.26%) Migration
15 106 (16.11%) Data Migration
16 98 (14.89%) Mentoring
17 95 (14.44%) Code Quality
18 91 (13.83%) CI/CD
19 87 (13.22%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 277 (42.10%) C#
2 273 (41.49%) JavaScript
3 251 (38.15%) SQL
4 160 (24.32%) Java
5 120 (18.24%) Python
6 106 (16.11%) TypeScript
7 105 (15.96%) PL/SQL
8 73 (11.09%) PHP
9 65 (9.88%) VB.NET
10 57 (8.66%) Ruby
11 42 (6.38%) Go
12 39 (5.93%) Bash
12 39 (5.93%) T-SQL
13 37 (5.62%) Perl
14 29 (4.41%) C
15 28 (4.26%) VB
15 28 (4.26%) VB6
16 21 (3.19%) C++
17 13 (1.98%) Ada
18 10 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (11.40%) Degree
2 53 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (4.10%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (18.54%) QA
2 7 (1.06%) GDPR
3 5 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.30%) HL7
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (9.12%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) Firmware
2 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (4.56%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.50%) Terraform
3 5 (0.76%) Ansible
4 3 (0.46%) Consul
4 3 (0.46%) Packer
5 2 (0.30%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.15%) Podman
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
6 1 (0.15%) Rancher
Vendors
1 161 (24.47%) Oracle
2 135 (20.52%) Microsoft
3 16 (2.43%) IBM
4 15 (2.28%) SAP
5 8 (1.22%) Siebel
5 8 (1.22%) Zoho
6 6 (0.91%) Cognos
6 6 (0.91%) Xamarin
7 5 (0.76%) Apple
7 5 (0.76%) Google
8 4 (0.61%) Facebook
8 4 (0.61%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.46%) Adobe
9 3 (0.46%) PayPal
9 3 (0.46%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.46%) WorldPay
10 2 (0.30%) Databricks
10 2 (0.30%) Hortonworks
10 2 (0.30%) Progress
10 2 (0.30%) Talend