Unit Testing Contracts in the South West

Unit Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 94 128
Rank change year-on-year -31 +34 -4
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 27 83 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.85% 2.26% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 2.53% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 17
10th Percentile £475 £400 -
25th Percentile £538 £450 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £563 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +32.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £540
90th Percentile £706 £729 £555
England median daily rate £538 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -9.66% +8.18% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 3
10th Percentile - £50.00 £52.75
25th Percentile - £52.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -
75th Percentile - £68.09 £60.63
90th Percentile - £78.00 £62.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 3,282 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.87% 89.53% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,410 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £311 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 344 193
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.97
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Gloucestershire +11 11 £681 +8.35% 2
Bristol -12 4 £400 -36.51% 11
Somerset -9 2 - - 1
Wiltshire -11 2 £488 +8.33% 2
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (7.41%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 11 (40.74%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Ethernet
1 2 (7.41%) Tactical Data Link
1 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) NoSQL
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
1 3 (11.11%) Relational Database
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (7.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Git
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Eclipse
2 2 (7.41%) HP UFT
2 2 (7.41%) LoadRunner
2 2 (7.41%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.70%) git-flow
3 1 (3.70%) GitLab
3 1 (3.70%) webpack
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Military
4 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.70%) Automotive
4 1 (3.70%) Electronics
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Developer
2 13 (48.15%) Full Stack Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Service Management Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.70%) .NET Team Leader
5 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (3.70%) Lead C# Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.70%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (51.85%) AngularJS
1 14 (51.85%) React
2 13 (48.15%) Spring
3 3 (11.11%) Node.js
4 2 (7.41%) Web Services
5 1 (3.70%) .NET
5 1 (3.70%) CSS
5 1 (3.70%) HTML
5 1 (3.70%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Agile
2 16 (59.26%) OO
3 15 (55.56%) DevOps
4 14 (51.85%) OOP
4 14 (51.85%) Programme Management
4 14 (51.85%) Secure Coding
5 13 (48.15%) Change Management
5 13 (48.15%) Full Stack Development
5 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (48.15%) Project Management
5 13 (48.15%) Software Architecture
6 10 (37.04%) SDLC
7 5 (18.52%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
8 4 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (14.81%) Deployment Automation
8 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
8 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
9 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
9 3 (11.11%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) Java
2 13 (48.15%) C
2 13 (48.15%) Python
3 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
4 6 (22.22%) C#
5 3 (11.11%) C++
5 3 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (51.85%) DV Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) OpenText
3 1 (3.70%) Cognos
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) VMware