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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 191 124
Rank change year-on-year -55 -67 +11
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 1,211 1,968 5,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.21% 1.98% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 2.08% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 779 1,318 2,017
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,457 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 18 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 18 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 -66 983 £57,500 -4.17% 293
UK excluding London -45 856 £55,000 -4.35% 227
Work from Home -10 639 £60,000 - 169
London -83 275 £70,000 -12.50% 91
North of England +3 236 £52,500 -8.70% 59
South East -43 207 £57,500 +4.55% 49
North West +25 170 £52,500 -4.55% 28
Scotland -8 121 £57,500 - 24
South West -49 108 £60,000 +0.84% 16
Midlands -67 99 £52,500 -8.70% 52
Yorkshire +11 63 £50,000 -13.04% 23
East Midlands -34 56 £52,500 -9.48% 17
West Midlands -34 42 £58,750 +6.82% 35
East of England -37 41 £55,000 - 26
Wales +16 30 £47,500 -7.05% 4
Northern Ireland -14 15 £47,500 -17.39% 1
North East -20 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 (3.72%) FileNet
2 40 (3.30%) CMS
3 38 (3.14%) IIS
4 10 (0.83%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.58%) WordPress
6 6 (0.50%) Confluence
7 4 (0.33%) Apache
7 4 (0.33%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.25%) Drupal
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.083%) JBoss
10 1 (0.083%) nginx
10 1 (0.083%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.083%) PrestaShop
10 1 (0.083%) TYPO3
Applications
1 15 (1.24%) 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 30 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (2.39%) 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
1 405 (33.44%) Azure
2 340 (28.08%) AWS
3 163 (13.46%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (9.91%) GitHub
5 116 (9.58%) Serverless
6 93 (7.68%) SaaS
7 69 (5.70%) Power Platform
8 58 (4.79%) Amazon S3
9 57 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (2.56%) PowerApps
11 29 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.23%) Power Automate
13 26 (2.15%) Azure Functions
14 21 (1.73%) BlazeMeter
15 18 (1.49%) Azure Pipelines
16 16 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 15 (1.24%) Amazon Kinesis
17 15 (1.24%) GCP
17 15 (1.24%) 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
1 243 (20.07%) SQL Server
2 153 (12.63%) PostgreSQL
3 139 (11.48%) NoSQL
4 127 (10.49%) Oracle Database
5 91 (7.51%) Oracle Database 11g
6 87 (7.18%) Relational Database
7 64 (5.28%) Elasticsearch
8 63 (5.20%) Apache Cassandra
9 51 (4.21%) MongoDB
10 49 (4.05%) MySQL
11 43 (3.55%) RDBMS
12 38 (3.14%) DynamoDB
13 31 (2.56%) Power BI
14 29 (2.39%) Redis
15 26 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
16 23 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 22 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 16 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
19 11 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
19 11 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 263 (21.72%) Git
2 100 (8.26%) Visual Studio
3 97 (8.01%) JUnit
4 92 (7.60%) Jenkins
5 88 (7.27%) Jasmine
6 80 (6.61%) JIRA
7 74 (6.11%) NUnit
8 57 (4.71%) Mockito
9 50 (4.13%) Moq
10 36 (2.97%) JDeveloper
10 36 (2.97%) TeamCity
11 33 (2.73%) Karma Test Runner
12 31 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
13 27 (2.23%) Postman
14 25 (2.06%) GitLab
15 24 (1.98%) MSTest
16 22 (1.82%) PHPUnit
17 18 (1.49%) SpecFlow
18 17 (1.40%) Bitbucket
18 17 (1.40%) Storybook
General
1 274 (22.63%) Social Skills
2 231 (19.08%) Finance
3 100 (8.26%) Marketing
4 90 (7.43%) Law
5 79 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (5.86%) Legal
7 69 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (3.80%) Banking
9 40 (3.30%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.39%) Retail
11 28 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 26 (2.15%) Electronics
13 21 (1.73%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.73%) Private Banking
14 16 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.24%) Tech for Good
16 13 (1.07%) Front Office
17 11 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.83%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 750 (61.93%) Developer
2 351 (28.98%) Senior
3 271 (22.38%) Software Engineer
4 266 (21.97%) Senior Developer
5 151 (12.47%) .NET Developer
6 136 (11.23%) C# Developer
7 129 (10.65%) Software Developer
8 120 (9.91%) Lead
9 97 (8.01%) Full Stack Developer
10 91 (7.51%) Database Developer
10 91 (7.51%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 79 (6.52%) Senior Database Developer
12 62 (5.12%) PHP Developer
12 62 (5.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 49 (4.05%) Lead Developer
14 48 (3.96%) Senior .NET Developer
14 48 (3.96%) Senior C# Developer
15 47 (3.88%) C# .NET Developer
16 41 (3.39%) Java Engineer
17 40 (3.30%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 461 (38.07%) .NET
2 289 (23.86%) React
3 272 (22.46%) AngularJS
4 198 (16.35%) CSS
5 166 (13.71%) HTML
6 159 (13.13%) REST
7 144 (11.89%) .NET Framework
8 142 (11.73%) ASP.NET
9 139 (11.48%) .NET Core
10 125 (10.32%) RESTful
11 124 (10.24%) Web Services
12 110 (9.08%) SOAP
13 109 (9.00%) Node.js
14 102 (8.42%) Spring
15 98 (8.09%) GraphQL
15 98 (8.09%) jQuery
16 94 (7.76%) XML
17 88 (7.27%) Vue
18 87 (7.18%) Entity Framework
19 86 (7.10%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.77%) Cloud Native
2 80 (6.61%) Product Ownership
3 67 (5.53%) Greenfield Project
4 35 (2.89%) Data Structures
5 31 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 30 (2.48%) Legacy Code
6 30 (2.48%) Mobile App
7 25 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (1.82%) Algorithms
9 21 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.32%) IoT
12 15 (1.24%) Digital Media
13 14 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (0.99%) Blog
15 12 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
15 12 (0.99%) Media Streaming
16 8 (0.66%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.46%) Linux
2 52 (4.29%) Windows
3 22 (1.82%) Android
4 21 (1.73%) Unix
5 15 (1.24%) 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
1 599 (49.46%) Agile
2 432 (35.67%) DevOps
3 383 (31.63%) Software Engineering
4 282 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
5 278 (22.96%) Microservices
6 253 (20.89%) CI/CD
7 236 (19.49%) TDD
8 225 (18.58%) Computer Science
9 219 (18.08%) Full Stack Development
10 202 (16.68%) Design Patterns
11 199 (16.43%) Artificial Intelligence
12 184 (15.19%) Test Automation
13 171 (14.12%) Continuous Integration
14 166 (13.71%) Actionable Insight
15 162 (13.38%) MVC
16 161 (13.29%) Clean Code
17 150 (12.39%) Scrum
18 144 (11.89%) Mentoring
19 131 (10.82%) Secure Coding
20 124 (10.24%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 536 (44.26%) C#
2 471 (38.89%) SQL
3 455 (37.57%) JavaScript
4 312 (25.76%) Java
5 176 (14.53%) TypeScript
6 145 (11.97%) Python
7 102 (8.42%) PL/SQL
8 93 (7.68%) PHP
9 79 (6.52%) T-SQL
10 78 (6.44%) VB.NET
11 65 (5.37%) C++
12 57 (4.71%) C
13 42 (3.47%) Go
14 40 (3.30%) Bash
14 40 (3.30%) Perl
14 40 (3.30%) Ruby
15 36 (2.97%) PowerShell
16 28 (2.31%) VB
16 28 (2.31%) VB6
17 19 (1.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 235 (19.41%) Degree
2 116 (9.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 52 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.33%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (13.29%) QA
2 14 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.66%) GDPR
4 7 (0.58%) 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 95 (7.84%) Docker
2 19 (1.57%) Firmware
3 16 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.083%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 119 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 58 (4.79%) Terraform
3 23 (1.90%) Grafana
4 20 (1.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.33%) Packer
6 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.25%) Consul
7 2 (0.17%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.17%) Podman
7 2 (0.17%) Puppet
8 1 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.083%) Kibana
Vendors
1 227 (18.74%) Microsoft
2 221 (18.25%) Oracle
3 22 (1.82%) SAP
3 22 (1.82%) Splunk
4 21 (1.73%) Dynatrace
4 21 (1.73%) IBM
5 18 (1.49%) Adobe
6 15 (1.24%) Cognizant
7 9 (0.74%) Apple
7 9 (0.74%) Google
8 8 (0.66%) Siebel
8 8 (0.66%) Xamarin
9 7 (0.58%) Facebook
10 6 (0.50%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.50%) Cognos
10 6 (0.50%) Zoho
11 5 (0.41%) PayPal
11 5 (0.41%) WorldPay
12 4 (0.33%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.25%) Databricks