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

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 189 121
Rank change year-on-year -53 -68 +13
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 1,231 1,932 5,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.21% 1.97% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.06% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 786 1,272 2,025
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £68,438 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +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 86,141 93,563 159,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 95.54% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 60,433 55,405 83,263
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 27 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 27 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 -61 1,009 £57,500 -4.17% 321
UK excluding London -44 869 £55,000 -3.93% 244
Work from Home -20 625 £57,500 -4.17% 177
London -77 284 £70,000 -12.50% 127
North of England +3 250 £52,500 -8.70% 58
South East -48 204 £57,500 +4.55% 83
North West +44 184 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Scotland -11 118 £57,500 - 23
South West -44 107 £60,000 +3.90% 16
Midlands -60 106 £52,500 -8.70% 44
Yorkshire -10 61 £51,250 -10.87% 19
East Midlands -38 57 £52,500 -11.02% 15
West Midlands -34 48 £60,000 +9.09% 28
East of England -40 42 £55,000 - 25
Wales +14 29 £47,500 -7.05% 2
Northern Ireland -12 14 £47,500 -17.39% 1
North East -15 5 £56,250 -2.17% 12

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 (3.66%) CMS
1 45 (3.66%) FileNet
2 38 (3.09%) IIS
3 9 (0.73%) Umbraco
4 8 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.57%) Confluence
5 7 (0.57%) WordPress
6 5 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.32%) Apache
7 4 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.24%) Drupal
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) JBoss
9 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.081%) nginx
10 1 (0.081%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.081%) PrestaShop
10 1 (0.081%) TYPO3
Applications
1 17 (1.38%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.081%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.081%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 34 (2.76%) SDL Web 8
2 31 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.57%) BPCS
3 7 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.57%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.081%) Endur
4 1 (0.081%) Magento
4 1 (0.081%) Shopify
4 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 409 (33.23%) Azure
2 358 (29.08%) AWS
3 164 (13.32%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (9.83%) GitHub
5 106 (8.61%) Serverless
6 91 (7.39%) SaaS
7 70 (5.69%) Power Platform
8 58 (4.71%) Amazon S3
8 58 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 30 (2.44%) Amazon Kinesis
11 29 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.19%) Power Automate
13 26 (2.11%) Azure Functions
14 21 (1.71%) BlazeMeter
15 18 (1.46%) Azure Pipelines
16 17 (1.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 17 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (1.38%) NuGet
17 16 (1.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.65%) HTTP
2 7 (0.57%) Bluetooth
3 6 (0.49%) Wireless
4 4 (0.32%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.24%) MQTT
5 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.16%) DNS
6 2 (0.16%) Firewall
6 2 (0.16%) Internet
6 2 (0.16%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (0.16%) Modbus
6 2 (0.16%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.081%) 4G
7 1 (0.081%) 5G
7 1 (0.081%) Broadband
7 1 (0.081%) RS-232
7 1 (0.081%) RS-485
7 1 (0.081%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.081%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (19.90%) SQL Server
2 168 (13.65%) PostgreSQL
3 152 (12.35%) NoSQL
4 115 (9.34%) Oracle Database
5 91 (7.39%) Oracle Database 11g
6 71 (5.77%) Relational Database
7 64 (5.20%) Apache Cassandra
8 63 (5.12%) Elasticsearch
9 54 (4.39%) MongoDB
10 53 (4.31%) DynamoDB
11 51 (4.14%) MySQL
12 40 (3.25%) Redis
13 32 (2.60%) Power BI
14 31 (2.52%) RDBMS
15 29 (2.36%) Amazon Aurora
16 26 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 23 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 13 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
20 10 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 262 (21.28%) Git
2 102 (8.29%) Visual Studio
3 100 (8.12%) JUnit
4 96 (7.80%) Jenkins
5 86 (6.99%) Jasmine
6 85 (6.90%) JIRA
7 78 (6.34%) NUnit
8 56 (4.55%) Moq
9 55 (4.47%) Mockito
10 41 (3.33%) TeamCity
11 34 (2.76%) Octopus Deploy
12 33 (2.68%) Karma Test Runner
13 28 (2.27%) GitLab
14 24 (1.95%) JDeveloper
14 24 (1.95%) MSTest
15 23 (1.87%) Postman
16 22 (1.79%) PHPUnit
17 20 (1.62%) SpecFlow
18 19 (1.54%) Sourcetree
19 17 (1.38%) Storybook
General
1 294 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 233 (18.93%) Finance
3 106 (8.61%) Marketing
4 91 (7.39%) Law
5 80 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (5.77%) Legal
7 68 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (3.66%) Banking
9 39 (3.17%) Public Sector
10 36 (2.92%) Electronics
11 29 (2.36%) Retail
12 28 (2.27%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.71%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.71%) Private Banking
14 19 (1.54%) Billing
15 17 (1.38%) Tech for Good
16 16 (1.30%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.06%) Front Office
18 11 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 760 (61.74%) Developer
2 361 (29.33%) Senior
3 273 (22.18%) Software Engineer
4 268 (21.77%) Senior Developer
5 152 (12.35%) .NET Developer
6 143 (11.62%) C# Developer
7 132 (10.72%) Software Developer
8 123 (9.99%) Lead
9 102 (8.29%) Full Stack Developer
10 91 (7.39%) Database Developer
10 91 (7.39%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 79 (6.42%) Senior Database Developer
12 63 (5.12%) PHP Developer
13 61 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
14 51 (4.14%) Senior C# Developer
15 50 (4.06%) C# .NET Developer
16 49 (3.98%) Lead Developer
16 49 (3.98%) Senior .NET Developer
17 41 (3.33%) Java Engineer
18 40 (3.25%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 468 (38.02%) .NET
2 279 (22.66%) React
3 278 (22.58%) AngularJS
4 203 (16.49%) CSS
5 173 (14.05%) REST
6 170 (13.81%) HTML
7 153 (12.43%) .NET Framework
8 151 (12.27%) ASP.NET
9 144 (11.70%) Web Services
10 138 (11.21%) .NET Core
11 131 (10.64%) RESTful
12 113 (9.18%) GraphQL
13 112 (9.10%) SOAP
14 104 (8.45%) jQuery
14 104 (8.45%) Spring
15 99 (8.04%) Node.js
15 99 (8.04%) XML
16 97 (7.88%) Entity Framework
17 89 (7.23%) Vue
18 86 (6.99%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.66%) Cloud Native
1 82 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 68 (5.52%) Greenfield Project
3 35 (2.84%) Data Structures
3 35 (2.84%) Legacy Code
4 34 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (2.68%) Mobile App
6 30 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (2.03%) Blog
7 25 (2.03%) Media Streaming
8 22 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 21 (1.71%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (1.30%) IoT
13 15 (1.22%) Digital Media
13 15 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
16 8 (0.65%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.31%) Linux
1 53 (4.31%) Windows
2 22 (1.79%) Android
3 21 (1.71%) Unix
4 15 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.24%) FreeBSD
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.081%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 623 (50.61%) Agile
2 436 (35.42%) DevOps
3 381 (30.95%) Software Engineering
4 275 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
5 273 (22.18%) Microservices
6 257 (20.88%) CI/CD
7 246 (19.98%) TDD
8 242 (19.66%) Computer Science
9 228 (18.52%) Full Stack Development
10 200 (16.25%) Artificial Intelligence
11 189 (15.35%) Design Patterns
12 184 (14.95%) Test Automation
13 170 (13.81%) Continuous Integration
13 170 (13.81%) MVC
14 153 (12.43%) Actionable Insight
14 153 (12.43%) Scrum
15 152 (12.35%) Clean Code
16 148 (12.02%) Mentoring
17 133 (10.80%) Secure Coding
18 129 (10.48%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 542 (44.03%) C#
2 478 (38.83%) SQL
3 451 (36.64%) JavaScript
4 309 (25.10%) Java
5 178 (14.46%) TypeScript
6 135 (10.97%) Python
7 102 (8.29%) PL/SQL
8 95 (7.72%) PHP
9 84 (6.82%) T-SQL
10 75 (6.09%) VB.NET
11 70 (5.69%) C++
12 57 (4.63%) C
13 35 (2.84%) PowerShell
14 34 (2.76%) Scala
15 31 (2.52%) Go
16 29 (2.36%) Ruby
17 28 (2.27%) Bash
17 28 (2.27%) Perl
17 28 (2.27%) VB
17 28 (2.27%) VB6
Qualifications
1 253 (20.55%) Degree
2 128 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 80 (6.50%) Security Cleared
4 51 (4.14%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.09%) Master's Degree
6 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.32%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.16%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (12.27%) QA
2 14 (1.14%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.65%) GDPR
4 7 (0.57%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.41%) TickIT
6 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.16%) HL7
6 2 (0.16%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.16%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.16%) WAI
7 1 (0.081%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.081%) MiFID
7 1 (0.081%) MISRA
7 1 (0.081%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.081%) SLA
7 1 (0.081%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (7.96%) Docker
2 19 (1.54%) Firmware
3 16 (1.30%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 124 (10.07%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.87%) Terraform
3 23 (1.87%) Grafana
4 21 (1.71%) Ansible
5 4 (0.32%) Packer
6 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.24%) Consul
7 2 (0.16%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) Podman
7 2 (0.16%) Puppet
8 1 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 229 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 208 (16.90%) Oracle
3 23 (1.87%) Splunk
4 22 (1.79%) SAP
5 21 (1.71%) Adobe
5 21 (1.71%) Dynatrace
6 19 (1.54%) IBM
7 17 (1.38%) Cognizant
8 11 (0.89%) Google
9 9 (0.73%) Apple
10 8 (0.65%) Xamarin
11 7 (0.57%) Facebook
11 7 (0.57%) Siebel
12 6 (0.49%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.49%) Cognos
13 5 (0.41%) PayPal
13 5 (0.41%) WorldPay
13 5 (0.41%) Zoho
14 4 (0.32%) Cloudera
14 4 (0.32%) Hortonworks