Unit Testing Contracts in Bristol

Unit Testing
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 60 77
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 -14
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 5 37 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.47% 2.94% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 3.31% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 24 12
10th Percentile - £436 -
25th Percentile - £553 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £630 £350
Median % change year-on-year -36.51% +80.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £675 £543
90th Percentile - £705 £568
South West median daily rate £650 £624 £425
% change year-on-year +4.20% +46.78% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Unit Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 875 1,119 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.02% 89.02% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 755 848
10th Percentile £255 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £720 £659
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 218 103
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £66.95
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Bristol

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Military
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Development Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Twin
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SOLID
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP