Unit Testing Contracts in Somerset

Unit Testing
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 27 19 31
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 2 14 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.99% 6.86% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 7.65% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - £602 -
25th Percentile - £617 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +26.83% -
75th Percentile - £794 £519
90th Percentile - £854 -
South West median daily rate £650 £575 £425
% change year-on-year +13.04% +35.29% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £50.71 £54.50
25th Percentile - £51.78 £55.63
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year - -4.26% +30.56%
75th Percentile - £62.89 £61.88
90th Percentile - £67.86 £63.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 183 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.74% 89.71% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 137 122
10th Percentile £159 £224 £283
25th Percentile £398 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £536
90th Percentile £613 £729 £614
South West median daily rate £525 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 9
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.38 £36.19
25th Percentile £22.63 £32.11 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +20.13%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £50.00
90th Percentile £48.00 £76.84 £57.75
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.61
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.52% +8.02%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Somerset

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in Somerset

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in Somerset

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Yeovil -6 2 - -
Unit Testing
South West

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared