Unit Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 188 138
Rank change year-on-year -47 -50 -11
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 862 1,127 1,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.91% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.99% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 557 746 1,033
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,406 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Unit Testing in the UK excluding London

Unit Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England 0 241 £51,000 -11.30% 67
South East -39 208 £57,500 +4.55% 52
North West +21 175 £51,000 -7.27% 31
Scotland -12 121 £57,500 - 24
South West -49 108 £60,000 +0.84% 17
Midlands -68 99 £52,500 -8.70% 54
Yorkshire +7 63 £50,000 -13.04% 24
East Midlands -45 56 £52,500 -9.48% 17
West Midlands -34 42 £58,750 +6.82% 37
East of England -37 41 £55,000 - 26
Wales +17 30 £47,500 -7.05% 3
Northern Ireland -6 15 £47,500 -17.39% 1
North East -15 3 £67,500 +17.39% 12
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.22%) FileNet
2 34 (3.94%) IIS
3 13 (1.51%) CMS
4 10 (1.16%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.81%) WordPress
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.23%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) PrestaShop
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) TYPO3
Applications
1 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Mathematica
3 1 (0.12%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.93%) Siebel CRM
3 7 (0.81%) BPCS
3 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.46%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.12%) Magento
5 1 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 278 (32.25%) Azure
2 250 (29.00%) AWS
3 109 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (12.18%) GitHub
5 73 (8.47%) SaaS
6 65 (7.54%) Serverless
7 54 (6.26%) Amazon S3
8 46 (5.34%) Power Platform
9 34 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.44%) BlazeMeter
11 18 (2.09%) Amazon Kinesis
12 17 (1.97%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.74%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.62%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.51%) npm
16 12 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (1.16%) GCP
17 10 (1.16%) OpenShift
18 9 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.81%) Bluetooth
2 6 (0.70%) Wireless
3 5 (0.58%) HTTP
4 4 (0.46%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.35%) MQTT
5 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 2 (0.23%) Firewall
6 2 (0.23%) Internet
6 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (0.23%) Modbus
6 2 (0.23%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
7 1 (0.12%) 5G
7 1 (0.12%) Broadband
7 1 (0.12%) RS-232
7 1 (0.12%) RS-485
7 1 (0.12%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (17.87%) SQL Server
2 115 (13.34%) PostgreSQL
3 106 (12.30%) NoSQL
4 105 (12.18%) Oracle Database
5 75 (8.70%) Oracle Database 11g
6 62 (7.19%) Apache Cassandra
7 61 (7.08%) Relational Database
8 56 (6.50%) Elasticsearch
9 43 (4.99%) MySQL
10 39 (4.52%) MongoDB
11 33 (3.83%) RDBMS
12 26 (3.02%) Power BI
12 26 (3.02%) Redis
13 25 (2.90%) DynamoDB
14 20 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
16 12 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (1.04%) MariaDB
17 9 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 8 (0.93%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 153 (17.75%) Git
2 78 (9.05%) Jasmine
3 76 (8.82%) Jenkins
4 74 (8.58%) JUnit
4 74 (8.58%) Visual Studio
5 49 (5.68%) Mockito
6 41 (4.76%) NUnit
7 40 (4.64%) JIRA
8 30 (3.48%) JDeveloper
9 28 (3.25%) Karma Test Runner
10 22 (2.55%) PHPUnit
11 20 (2.32%) Moq
11 20 (2.32%) Postman
12 16 (1.86%) Bitbucket
12 16 (1.86%) Octopus Deploy
13 15 (1.74%) Storybook
14 14 (1.62%) MSTest
15 12 (1.39%) Cucumber
15 12 (1.39%) LabVIEW
16 11 (1.28%) GitLab
General
1 184 (21.35%) Social Skills
2 155 (17.98%) Finance
3 89 (10.32%) Law
4 75 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (7.31%) Legal
6 54 (6.26%) Marketing
7 37 (4.29%) Banking
8 30 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 24 (2.78%) Electronics
10 21 (2.44%) Private Banking
10 21 (2.44%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.32%) Financial Institution
12 19 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.20%) Retail
13 13 (1.51%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.16%) Billing
15 9 (1.04%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 520 (60.32%) Developer
2 251 (29.12%) Senior
3 241 (27.96%) Software Engineer
4 181 (21.00%) Senior Developer
5 109 (12.65%) .NET Developer
6 98 (11.37%) Software Developer
7 85 (9.86%) C# Developer
8 75 (8.70%) Database Developer
8 75 (8.70%) PostgreSQL Developer
9 65 (7.54%) Senior Database Developer
10 54 (6.26%) Full Stack Developer
11 53 (6.15%) Lead
12 51 (5.92%) Senior Software Engineer
13 47 (5.45%) PHP Developer
14 41 (4.76%) Java Engineer
15 40 (4.64%) Java Software Engineer
16 36 (4.18%) C# .NET Developer
16 36 (4.18%) Senior .NET Developer
17 30 (3.48%) Ruby Engineer
18 28 (3.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (36.66%) .NET
2 209 (24.25%) AngularJS
3 207 (24.01%) React
4 121 (14.04%) REST
5 120 (13.92%) CSS
6 116 (13.46%) .NET Core
7 107 (12.41%) HTML
8 88 (10.21%) GraphQL
8 88 (10.21%) Spring
9 85 (9.86%) .NET Framework
10 83 (9.63%) ASP.NET
10 83 (9.63%) Node.js
10 83 (9.63%) Vue
11 80 (9.28%) SOAP
12 74 (8.58%) Kafka
12 74 (8.58%) RESTful
13 71 (8.24%) Laravel
13 71 (8.24%) Web Services
14 68 (7.89%) Sass
15 67 (7.77%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.58%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.19%) Product Ownership
3 36 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.02%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.97%) Blog
6 17 (1.97%) Media Streaming
7 15 (1.74%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.74%) Digital Media
7 15 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (1.74%) IoT
7 15 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
10 11 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.81%) iSeries
13 7 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.45%) Windows
2 33 (3.83%) Linux
3 18 (2.09%) Android
4 11 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.04%) Unix
6 7 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.35%) FreeBSD
8 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (48.84%) Agile
2 312 (36.19%) DevOps
3 305 (35.38%) Software Engineering
4 199 (23.09%) CI/CD
5 196 (22.74%) Microservices
6 185 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
7 178 (20.65%) Artificial Intelligence
8 155 (17.98%) Design Patterns
9 151 (17.52%) TDD
10 149 (17.29%) Full Stack Development
11 142 (16.47%) Actionable Insight
12 134 (15.55%) Computer Science
13 129 (14.97%) Continuous Integration
14 117 (13.57%) MVC
15 105 (12.18%) Clean Code
16 99 (11.48%) Scrum
16 99 (11.48%) Secure Coding
17 91 (10.56%) SDLC
18 90 (10.44%) Machine Learning
19 87 (10.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 365 (42.34%) C#
2 334 (38.75%) SQL
3 321 (37.24%) JavaScript
4 220 (25.52%) Java
5 120 (13.92%) TypeScript
6 90 (10.44%) Python
7 78 (9.05%) PL/SQL
8 75 (8.70%) PHP
8 75 (8.70%) VB.NET
9 53 (6.15%) T-SQL
10 52 (6.03%) C++
11 46 (5.34%) C
12 34 (3.94%) Bash
12 34 (3.94%) Perl
13 32 (3.71%) Ruby
14 31 (3.60%) Go
15 28 (3.25%) VB
15 28 (3.25%) VB6
16 21 (2.44%) PowerShell
17 19 (2.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 142 (16.47%) Degree
2 70 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (7.31%) Security Cleared
4 40 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 35 (4.06%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (14.39%) QA
2 8 (0.93%) GDPR
3 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.58%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.58%) TickIT
5 4 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.23%) HL7
6 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.23%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.12%) MISRA
7 1 (0.12%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
7 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (5.57%) Docker
2 14 (1.62%) Firmware
3 4 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 93 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.10%) Terraform
3 22 (2.55%) Grafana
4 15 (1.74%) Ansible
5 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.23%) Podman
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 182 (21.11%) Oracle
2 159 (18.45%) Microsoft
3 22 (2.55%) Splunk
4 21 (2.44%) Dynatrace
5 16 (1.86%) IBM
6 14 (1.62%) SAP
7 9 (1.04%) Apple
8 8 (0.93%) Siebel
8 8 (0.93%) Xamarin
9 7 (0.81%) Google
10 6 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.70%) Cognos
10 6 (0.70%) Zoho
11 5 (0.58%) PayPal
11 5 (0.58%) WorldPay
12 4 (0.46%) Adobe
12 4 (0.46%) Facebook
12 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
13 3 (0.35%) Telerik