Unit Testing Contracts in the East of England

Unit Testing
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 77 118
Rank change year-on-year +16 +41 -35
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 47 46 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.47% 2.18% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.50% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 9
10th Percentile - £178 £396
25th Percentile £550 £238 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -40.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £379 £540
90th Percentile - £399 £587
England median daily rate £538 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -9.66% +8.18% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 13 1
10th Percentile £61.25 £57.00 -
25th Percentile £63.13 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,646 1,838 2,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.59% 87.03% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 736 1,087 1,284
10th Percentile £225 £200 £185
25th Percentile £350 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 589 350 397
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.00% +61.29% -5.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the East of England

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in the East of England

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in the East of England

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in the East of England

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +16 46 £600 +228.77% 8
Suffolk +10 1 - -
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) Azure
1 1 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (78.72%) Modbus
1 37 (78.72%) RS-422
1 37 (78.72%) RS-485
2 3 (6.38%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) CppUnit
1 4 (8.51%) PVCS
1 4 (8.51%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (6.38%) Eclipse
2 3 (6.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.13%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) Katalon Studio
General
1 37 (78.72%) Electronics
2 31 (65.96%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Aerospace
3 3 (6.38%) Military
3 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (82.98%) Software Engineer
2 30 (63.83%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) C Software Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Validation Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Developer
5 2 (4.26%) Lead
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) IFS Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) IFS Developer
6 1 (2.13%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) Lead Developer
6 1 (2.13%) Software Validation Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Software Verification Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Node.js
1 3 (6.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (59.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Linux
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (87.23%) Agile
2 40 (85.11%) Continuous Integration
2 40 (85.11%) Software Engineering
2 40 (85.11%) TDD
3 38 (80.85%) Customer Requirements
4 37 (78.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (78.72%) DevOps
4 37 (78.72%) Pair Programming
4 37 (78.72%) Software Testing
5 10 (21.28%) Scrum
6 7 (14.89%) Validation
6 7 (14.89%) Verification and Validation
7 5 (10.64%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (8.51%) Code Coverage
8 4 (8.51%) Test Planning
9 3 (6.38%) CI/CD
9 3 (6.38%) Continuous Delivery
9 3 (6.38%) Digital Twin
9 3 (6.38%) Synthetic Environment
9 3 (6.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (93.62%) C++
2 41 (87.23%) C
2 41 (87.23%) C#
3 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) VMware
3 1 (2.13%) IFS