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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 184 136
Rank change year-on-year -58 -48 -10
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 868 1,089 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.14% 1.93% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.02% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 573 720 1,027
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £58,457 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.00% +13.64%

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 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +4 254 £52,500 -8.70% 56
South East -65 206 £57,500 +4.55% 37
North West +22 187 £52,500 -4.55% 34
Scotland -14 113 £57,500 - 17
Midlands -52 108 £52,500 -8.70% 38
South West -54 107 £60,000 +5.03% 13
Yorkshire -11 62 £51,250 -10.87% 14
East Midlands -35 58 £52,500 -11.02% 10
West Midlands -42 49 £60,000 +9.09% 28
East of England -44 42 £55,000 - 15
Wales +8 27 £47,500 -7.05% 2
Northern Ireland -19 12 £47,500 -17.39% 1
North East -22 5 £56,250 -2.17% 8
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 (5.18%) FileNet
2 34 (3.92%) IIS
3 13 (1.50%) CMS
4 9 (1.04%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.81%) WordPress
6 3 (0.35%) Confluence
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.23%) Drupal
7 2 (0.23%) JBoss
7 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) PrestaShop
8 1 (0.12%) TYPO3
Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.12%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 26 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) BPCS
2 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.58%) Siebel CRM
4 4 (0.46%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.12%) Magento
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 281 (32.37%) Azure
2 264 (30.41%) AWS
3 110 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
4 106 (12.21%) GitHub
5 72 (8.29%) SaaS
6 54 (6.22%) Amazon S3
7 47 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 35 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (4.03%) Serverless
9 31 (3.57%) Amazon Kinesis
10 19 (2.19%) BlazeMeter
11 17 (1.96%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.84%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.61%) Azure Functions
14 13 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.50%) npm
15 12 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.15%) OpenShift
17 9 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.81%) Bluetooth
2 6 (0.69%) Wireless
3 5 (0.58%) HTTP
4 4 (0.46%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.35%) Modbus
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%) RS-485
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-422
7 1 (0.12%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (17.74%) SQL Server
2 129 (14.86%) PostgreSQL
3 121 (13.94%) NoSQL
4 75 (8.64%) Oracle Database
4 75 (8.64%) Oracle Database 11g
5 63 (7.26%) Apache Cassandra
6 55 (6.34%) Elasticsearch
7 44 (5.07%) MySQL
8 40 (4.61%) MongoDB
9 38 (4.38%) DynamoDB
10 37 (4.26%) Redis
11 30 (3.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 30 (3.46%) Relational Database
12 27 (3.11%) Power BI
13 20 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (1.04%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (1.04%) MariaDB
15 9 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 127 (14.63%) Git
2 78 (8.99%) Jasmine
2 78 (8.99%) Jenkins
3 76 (8.76%) Visual Studio
4 75 (8.64%) JUnit
5 49 (5.65%) Mockito
6 42 (4.84%) JIRA
7 41 (4.72%) NUnit
8 28 (3.23%) Karma Test Runner
9 22 (2.53%) PHPUnit
10 21 (2.42%) Moq
11 20 (2.30%) Gatling
12 17 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
13 16 (1.84%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.84%) Postman
14 15 (1.73%) MSTest
14 15 (1.73%) Storybook
15 13 (1.50%) Cucumber
15 13 (1.50%) LabVIEW
16 12 (1.38%) Cypress.io
General
1 206 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 155 (17.86%) Finance
3 88 (10.14%) Law
4 74 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (7.26%) Legal
6 55 (6.34%) Marketing
7 37 (4.26%) Banking
8 36 (4.15%) Electronics
9 29 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (2.42%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.30%) Billing
12 19 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.19%) Private Banking
12 19 (2.19%) Retail
13 18 (2.07%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.61%) Tech for Good
15 8 (0.92%) Health Technology
15 8 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 531 (61.18%) Developer
2 269 (30.99%) Senior
3 223 (25.69%) Software Engineer
4 188 (21.66%) Senior Developer
5 111 (12.79%) .NET Developer
6 102 (11.75%) Software Developer
7 90 (10.37%) C# Developer
8 75 (8.64%) Database Developer
8 75 (8.64%) PostgreSQL Developer
9 65 (7.49%) Senior Database Developer
10 57 (6.57%) Lead
11 56 (6.45%) Full Stack Developer
12 51 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 48 (5.53%) PHP Developer
14 44 (5.07%) Java Engineer
15 42 (4.84%) Java Software Engineer
16 40 (4.61%) C# .NET Developer
16 40 (4.61%) Senior .NET Developer
17 28 (3.23%) Senior Software Developer
18 27 (3.11%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (36.98%) .NET
2 211 (24.31%) AngularJS
3 180 (20.74%) React
4 131 (15.09%) REST
5 116 (13.36%) .NET Core
6 115 (13.25%) CSS
7 105 (12.10%) HTML
8 101 (11.64%) GraphQL
9 89 (10.25%) .NET Framework
10 88 (10.14%) Web Services
11 87 (10.02%) Spring
12 86 (9.91%) ASP.NET
13 84 (9.68%) Vue
14 78 (8.99%) SOAP
15 75 (8.64%) RESTful
16 74 (8.53%) Kafka
17 72 (8.29%) Laravel
18 68 (7.83%) Sass
19 66 (7.60%) jQuery
20 63 (7.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.29%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 36 (4.15%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (3.46%) Blog
4 30 (3.46%) Media Streaming
5 26 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 23 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.73%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.73%) Digital Media
8 15 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.73%) IoT
9 13 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (0.81%) iSeries
13 7 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.30%) Windows
2 34 (3.92%) Linux
3 18 (2.07%) Android
4 11 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.04%) Unix
6 8 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.81%) Ubuntu
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
1 437 (50.35%) Agile
2 296 (34.10%) DevOps
3 285 (32.83%) Software Engineering
4 199 (22.93%) CI/CD
5 176 (20.28%) Artificial Intelligence
6 172 (19.82%) Microservices
7 160 (18.43%) TDD
8 154 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
9 151 (17.40%) Full Stack Development
10 146 (16.82%) Computer Science
11 127 (14.63%) Design Patterns
12 118 (13.59%) MVC
13 112 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
14 109 (12.56%) Actionable Insight
15 99 (11.41%) Secure Coding
16 98 (11.29%) Scrum
17 97 (11.18%) Mentoring
18 92 (10.60%) SDLC
19 88 (10.14%) Machine Learning
20 87 (10.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 370 (42.63%) C#
2 336 (38.71%) SQL
3 294 (33.87%) JavaScript
4 198 (22.81%) Java
5 120 (13.82%) TypeScript
6 79 (9.10%) PL/SQL
7 77 (8.87%) PHP
8 73 (8.41%) VB.NET
9 62 (7.14%) C++
10 61 (7.03%) Python
11 52 (5.99%) T-SQL
12 48 (5.53%) C
13 32 (3.69%) Scala
14 28 (3.23%) VB
14 28 (3.23%) VB6
15 21 (2.42%) PowerShell
16 13 (1.50%) Ada
17 11 (1.27%) Shell Script
18 9 (1.04%) RPG
18 9 (1.04%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 156 (17.97%) Degree
2 82 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 60 (6.91%) Security Cleared
4 37 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 36 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.18%) QA
2 8 (0.92%) GDPR
3 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.69%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.58%) TickIT
5 4 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.35%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.35%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.23%) HL7
7 2 (0.23%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) MISRA
8 1 (0.12%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.12%) SLA
8 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (5.65%) Docker
2 14 (1.61%) 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 94 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.07%) Terraform
3 21 (2.42%) Grafana
4 15 (1.73%) Ansible
5 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.23%) Kibana
5 2 (0.23%) Podman
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 163 (18.78%) Microsoft
2 151 (17.40%) Oracle
3 21 (2.42%) Splunk
4 19 (2.19%) Dynatrace
5 16 (1.84%) IBM
5 16 (1.84%) SAP
6 9 (1.04%) Apple
7 8 (0.92%) Xamarin
8 7 (0.81%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.69%) Cognos
9 6 (0.69%) Google
10 5 (0.58%) Adobe
10 5 (0.58%) PayPal
10 5 (0.58%) Siebel
10 5 (0.58%) WorldPay
10 5 (0.58%) Zoho
11 4 (0.46%) Facebook
11 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.35%) Telerik