Unit Testing Contracts in London

Unit Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 183 175
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 -40
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 215 389 664
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.21% 1.43% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.57% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 283 492
10th Percentile £375 £438 £413
25th Percentile £456 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £788
England median daily rate £540 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile £53.68 - -
25th Percentile £55.44 £50.42 £62.50
Median hourly rate £60.25 £61.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -5.38% -2.26%
75th Percentile £64.44 £73.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.83 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,769 24,761 35,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 91.14% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,293 17,773 26,130
10th Percentile £338 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 287 421
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.83 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +8.33% +11.73%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.59 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.25 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Central London +6 26 £575 -9.80% 14
West London +26 10 £400 -46.67% 4
South London +7 1 - - 1
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (6.05%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.19%) Confluence
3 3 (1.40%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.40%) CMS
3 3 (1.40%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.40%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.93%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.93%) Apache
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.93%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.47%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.40%) SAP PP
2 3 (1.40%) SAP VC
3 2 (0.93%) Advent Geneva
3 2 (0.93%) Front Arena
3 2 (0.93%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.93%) SAP QM
3 2 (0.93%) SAP R/3
3 2 (0.93%) Shopify
4 1 (0.47%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.47%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.47%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 51 (23.72%) AWS
2 39 (18.14%) Azure
3 27 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.23%) GCP
5 14 (6.51%) Serverless
6 11 (5.12%) dbt
6 11 (5.12%) GitHub
7 9 (4.19%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.72%) PaaS
9 7 (3.26%) Azure API Management
9 7 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.79%) NuGet
11 5 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.86%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.79%) HTTP
2 4 (1.86%) SSL
3 2 (0.93%) BGP
3 2 (0.93%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.93%) MPLS
3 2 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) FTP
4 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.47%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.49%) NoSQL
2 27 (12.56%) SQL Server
3 18 (8.37%) Relational Database
4 17 (7.91%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (6.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (5.12%) DynamoDB
8 9 (4.19%) Apache Cassandra
8 9 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (3.26%) Big Data
9 7 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.79%) Hadoop
10 6 (2.79%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.79%) MySQL
11 5 (2.33%) Apache Hive
11 5 (2.33%) HBase
12 4 (1.86%) Mixpanel
12 4 (1.86%) Redis
13 3 (1.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 56 (26.05%) Git
2 18 (8.37%) TeamCity
3 17 (7.91%) JIRA
4 12 (5.58%) JUnit
5 10 (4.65%) Jenkins
6 9 (4.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (4.19%) Selenium
7 8 (3.72%) NUnit
8 7 (3.26%) Cypress.io
8 7 (3.26%) Maven
9 5 (2.33%) Gatling
9 5 (2.33%) Jasmine
9 5 (2.33%) Subversion
9 5 (2.33%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.86%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.86%) git-flow
10 4 (1.86%) GitLab
10 4 (1.86%) Mercurial
10 4 (1.86%) Mockito
10 4 (1.86%) ScalaTest
General
1 50 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.86%) Finance
3 26 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.44%) Banking
6 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.33%) Marketing
8 5 (2.33%) Retail
9 4 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.93%) Electronics
11 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Back Office
12 1 (0.47%) Front Office
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 140 (65.12%) Developer
2 34 (15.81%) Senior
3 25 (11.63%) C# Developer
4 20 (9.30%) .NET Developer
4 20 (9.30%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.91%) Java Developer
6 15 (6.98%) Software Engineer
7 14 (6.51%) Lead
8 13 (6.05%) Full Stack Developer
9 12 (5.58%) Angular Developer
9 12 (5.58%) Scala Developer
10 11 (5.12%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (4.19%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.19%) React Developer
11 9 (4.19%) SQL Developer
12 8 (3.72%) Python Engineer
13 7 (3.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 7 (3.26%) Python Developer
14 6 (2.79%) AWS Developer
14 6 (2.79%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (21.86%) .NET
2 43 (20.00%) REST
3 33 (15.35%) RESTful
4 31 (14.42%) React
5 29 (13.49%) Kafka
6 27 (12.56%) AngularJS
6 27 (12.56%) Spring
7 25 (11.63%) .NET Core
8 21 (9.77%) Spring Boot
8 21 (9.77%) Web Services
9 18 (8.37%) .NET Framework
9 18 (8.37%) Hibernate
9 18 (8.37%) JPA
10 15 (6.98%) HTML
10 15 (6.98%) SOAP
11 14 (6.51%) Entity Framework
12 13 (6.05%) jQuery
13 12 (5.58%) ASP.NET
13 12 (5.58%) GraphQL
13 12 (5.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.12%) Distributed Systems
1 11 (5.12%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.72%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.33%) Hedge funds
3 5 (2.33%) iPad
3 5 (2.33%) iPhone
3 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.86%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.86%) Wiki
5 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.40%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (0.93%) Hackathon
6 2 (0.93%) NHS
6 2 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.93%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.91%) Unix
2 11 (5.12%) Linux
3 8 (3.72%) Android
3 8 (3.72%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.79%) Windows
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (40.93%) Agile
2 59 (27.44%) TDD
3 58 (26.98%) DevOps
4 49 (22.79%) CI/CD
5 43 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 42 (19.53%) Microservices
7 41 (19.07%) Continuous Integration
8 37 (17.21%) Scrum
8 37 (17.21%) Software Engineering
9 29 (13.49%) OO
10 27 (12.56%) High Availability
11 26 (12.09%) Integration Testing
12 25 (11.63%) Front End Development
13 23 (10.70%) MVC
13 23 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (10.23%) Design Patterns
14 22 (10.23%) Full Stack Development
15 20 (9.30%) ETL
16 19 (8.84%) BDD
17 18 (8.37%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 82 (38.14%) SQL
2 64 (29.77%) Java
3 51 (23.72%) C#
3 51 (23.72%) Python
4 37 (17.21%) JavaScript
5 30 (13.95%) TypeScript
6 19 (8.84%) Scala
7 14 (6.51%) PL/SQL
8 11 (5.12%) C++
9 10 (4.65%) Kotlin
10 9 (4.19%) PowerShell
11 8 (3.72%) C
12 6 (2.79%) Bicep
12 6 (2.79%) Perl
12 6 (2.79%) Swift
12 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
13 5 (2.33%) Go
13 5 (2.33%) Objective-C
13 5 (2.33%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.93%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 31 (14.42%) SC Cleared
1 31 (14.42%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.84%) Degree
3 9 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.12%) QA
2 8 (3.72%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.40%) MiFID
5 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) WCAG
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (17.67%) Docker
2 5 (2.33%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 39 (18.14%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.98%) Terraform
3 9 (4.19%) Grafana
4 5 (2.33%) Hadoop YARN
4 5 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.93%) Istio
6 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.47%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.47%) Kibana
6 1 (0.47%) Puppet
6 1 (0.47%) systemd
Vendors
1 23 (10.70%) Oracle
2 16 (7.44%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.05%) SAP
4 12 (5.58%) Google
5 5 (2.33%) Adobe
5 5 (2.33%) Databricks
5 5 (2.33%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.33%) Typelevel
6 4 (1.86%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.40%) Citrix
7 3 (1.40%) IBM
7 3 (1.40%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.40%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.93%) Advent
8 2 (0.93%) ESRI
8 2 (0.93%) Eze Castle Integration
8 2 (0.93%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.93%) Sybase
8 2 (0.93%) TIBCO