Unit Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 187 124
Rank change year-on-year -50 -63 +12
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 1,208 2,065 4,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.99% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.08% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 769 1,400 2,086
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 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
England -60 974 £57,500 -4.17% 275
UK excluding London -48 866 £55,000 -2.65% 210
Work from Home -8 658 £60,000 - 146
London -91 264 £70,000 -11.11% 78
North of England -3 230 £51,000 -11.30% 45
South East -38 205 £57,500 +4.55% 51
North West +16 162 £51,000 -11.30% 23
Scotland -11 124 £57,500 - 20
South West -44 116 £60,000 - 21
Midlands -57 102 £52,500 -4.55% 42
Yorkshire +3 65 £50,000 -13.04% 14
East Midlands -41 59 £52,500 -8.70% 17
West Midlands -36 42 £58,750 +6.82% 24
East of England -26 40 £55,000 - 26
Wales +18 31 £47,500 -7.05% 5
Northern Ireland +3 19 £53,750 -6.52% 4
North East -19 3 £67,500 +17.39% 8

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 45 (3.73%) FileNet
2 38 (3.15%) CMS
3 37 (3.06%) IIS
4 11 (0.91%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.66%) WordPress
6 5 (0.41%) Confluence
7 4 (0.33%) Apache
8 3 (0.25%) Drupal
8 3 (0.25%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.083%) JBoss
10 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.083%) nginx
10 1 (0.083%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.083%) PrestaShop
10 1 (0.083%) TYPO3
Applications
1 14 (1.16%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.083%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.083%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 29 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.24%) SDL Web 8
3 8 (0.66%) Siebel CRM
4 7 (0.58%) BPCS
4 7 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.083%) Endur
5 1 (0.083%) Magento
5 1 (0.083%) Shopify
5 1 (0.083%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 384 (31.79%) Azure
2 341 (28.23%) AWS
3 159 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (10.76%) Serverless
5 122 (10.10%) GitHub
6 92 (7.62%) SaaS
7 64 (5.30%) Power Platform
8 58 (4.80%) Amazon S3
9 53 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (2.15%) PowerApps
12 22 (1.82%) Azure Functions
13 21 (1.74%) BlazeMeter
13 21 (1.74%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.49%) GCP
15 16 (1.32%) Azure Pipelines
16 15 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 14 (1.16%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.66%) HTTP
2 7 (0.58%) Bluetooth
3 6 (0.50%) Wireless
4 4 (0.33%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.25%) MQTT
5 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.17%) DNS
6 2 (0.17%) Firewall
6 2 (0.17%) Internet
6 2 (0.17%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (0.17%) Modbus
6 2 (0.17%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.083%) 4G
7 1 (0.083%) 5G
7 1 (0.083%) Broadband
7 1 (0.083%) RS-232
7 1 (0.083%) RS-485
7 1 (0.083%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.083%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (19.54%) SQL Server
2 158 (13.08%) PostgreSQL
3 142 (11.75%) Oracle Database
4 125 (10.35%) NoSQL
5 105 (8.69%) Oracle Database 11g
6 90 (7.45%) Relational Database
7 64 (5.30%) Apache Cassandra
7 64 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
8 53 (4.39%) MySQL
9 49 (4.06%) MongoDB
10 43 (3.56%) RDBMS
11 28 (2.32%) DynamoDB
11 28 (2.32%) Power BI
12 26 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 20 (1.66%) Redis
15 18 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
16 11 (0.91%) MariaDB
16 11 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 283 (23.43%) Git
2 101 (8.36%) JUnit
3 98 (8.11%) Visual Studio
4 93 (7.70%) Jenkins
5 92 (7.62%) Jasmine
6 81 (6.71%) JIRA
7 72 (5.96%) NUnit
8 61 (5.05%) Mockito
9 46 (3.81%) Moq
10 36 (2.98%) JDeveloper
11 34 (2.81%) Karma Test Runner
11 34 (2.81%) TeamCity
12 28 (2.32%) Octopus Deploy
13 26 (2.15%) Postman
14 25 (2.07%) GitLab
15 22 (1.82%) MSTest
15 22 (1.82%) PHPUnit
16 17 (1.41%) Bitbucket
16 17 (1.41%) SpecFlow
16 17 (1.41%) Storybook
General
1 259 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 224 (18.54%) Finance
3 96 (7.95%) Marketing
4 89 (7.37%) Law
5 79 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (5.88%) Legal
7 67 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (4.06%) Banking
9 40 (3.31%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.40%) Retail
11 28 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.74%) Financial Institution
12 21 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.74%) Private Banking
13 19 (1.57%) Electronics
14 16 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.99%) Front Office
15 12 (0.99%) Tech for Good
16 11 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.91%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 742 (61.42%) Developer
2 356 (29.47%) Senior
3 281 (23.26%) Software Engineer
4 271 (22.43%) Senior Developer
5 145 (12.00%) .NET Developer
6 127 (10.51%) C# Developer
7 124 (10.26%) Software Developer
8 115 (9.52%) Lead
9 105 (8.69%) Database Developer
9 105 (8.69%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 95 (7.86%) Full Stack Developer
11 93 (7.70%) Senior Database Developer
12 65 (5.38%) PHP Developer
13 62 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
14 61 (5.05%) Java Engineer
15 60 (4.97%) Java Software Engineer
16 47 (3.89%) Lead Developer
17 46 (3.81%) Senior C# Developer
18 45 (3.73%) Senior .NET Developer
19 42 (3.48%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 446 (36.92%) .NET
2 305 (25.25%) React
3 269 (22.27%) AngularJS
4 198 (16.39%) CSS
5 165 (13.66%) HTML
6 146 (12.09%) REST
7 141 (11.67%) .NET Framework
8 140 (11.59%) .NET Core
9 136 (11.26%) ASP.NET
10 122 (10.10%) Spring
11 118 (9.77%) RESTful
12 112 (9.27%) Web Services
13 110 (9.11%) SOAP
14 105 (8.69%) Node.js
15 97 (8.03%) jQuery
16 92 (7.62%) XML
17 90 (7.45%) Vue
18 88 (7.28%) GraphQL
18 88 (7.28%) Laravel
19 85 (7.04%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 75 (6.21%) Product Ownership
3 68 (5.63%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (2.98%) Data Structures
5 30 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 29 (2.40%) Legacy Code
7 27 (2.24%) Mobile App
8 24 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 21 (1.74%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.41%) IoT
11 16 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.24%) Digital Media
13 13 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
14 12 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
14 12 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
15 8 (0.66%) Equities
15 8 (0.66%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.47%) Linux
2 53 (4.39%) Windows
3 21 (1.74%) Android
4 19 (1.57%) Unix
5 14 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.25%) FreeBSD
8 3 (0.25%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.083%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.083%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (46.77%) Agile
2 398 (32.95%) DevOps
3 394 (32.62%) Software Engineering
4 293 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (24.01%) Microservices
6 243 (20.12%) CI/CD
7 220 (18.21%) TDD
8 219 (18.13%) Design Patterns
9 216 (17.88%) Full Stack Development
10 213 (17.63%) Computer Science
11 202 (16.72%) Actionable Insight
11 202 (16.72%) Artificial Intelligence
12 187 (15.48%) Test Automation
13 177 (14.65%) Continuous Integration
14 176 (14.57%) Clean Code
15 159 (13.16%) MVC
16 158 (13.08%) Mentoring
17 145 (12.00%) Secure Coding
18 144 (11.92%) Scrum
19 136 (11.26%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 539 (44.62%) C#
2 474 (39.24%) SQL
3 450 (37.25%) JavaScript
4 320 (26.49%) Java
5 173 (14.32%) TypeScript
6 163 (13.49%) Python
7 114 (9.44%) PL/SQL
8 96 (7.95%) PHP
9 78 (6.46%) T-SQL
9 78 (6.46%) VB.NET
10 64 (5.30%) C++
11 60 (4.97%) Ruby
12 57 (4.72%) C
13 43 (3.56%) Go
14 42 (3.48%) Perl
15 41 (3.39%) Bash
16 36 (2.98%) PowerShell
17 28 (2.32%) VB
17 28 (2.32%) VB6
18 16 (1.32%) XPath
Qualifications
1 222 (18.38%) Degree
2 105 (8.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (6.95%) Security Cleared
4 56 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.33%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.17%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.083%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (12.91%) QA
2 14 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.66%) GDPR
4 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.41%) TickIT
6 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.17%) HL7
6 2 (0.17%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.17%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.17%) WAI
7 1 (0.083%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.083%) MISRA
7 1 (0.083%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.083%) SLA
7 1 (0.083%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (8.11%) Docker
2 19 (1.57%) Firmware
3 13 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.083%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 107 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.97%) Terraform
3 23 (1.90%) Grafana
4 9 (0.75%) Ansible
5 5 (0.41%) Packer
6 4 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.25%) Consul
8 2 (0.17%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.17%) Podman
8 2 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.083%) Kibana
9 1 (0.083%) Rancher
Vendors
1 235 (19.45%) Oracle
2 222 (18.38%) Microsoft
3 25 (2.07%) IBM
4 22 (1.82%) SAP
4 22 (1.82%) Splunk
5 21 (1.74%) Dynatrace
6 17 (1.41%) Adobe
7 14 (1.16%) Cognizant
8 11 (0.91%) Google
9 9 (0.75%) Apple
10 8 (0.66%) Facebook
10 8 (0.66%) Siebel
10 8 (0.66%) Xamarin
11 7 (0.58%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.58%) Zoho
12 6 (0.50%) Cognos
13 5 (0.41%) PayPal
13 5 (0.41%) WorldPay
14 4 (0.33%) DevExpress
14 4 (0.33%) ServiceNow