Unit Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Unit Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 147 162
Rank change year-on-year -5 +15 -12
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 208 418 747
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 1.67% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.86% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 325 481
10th Percentile £358 £400 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £29.40 £49.63 £22.13
25th Percentile £42.75 £63.38 £49.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £77.50 £69.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +10.64% +27.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Unit Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unit Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Unit Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Unit Testing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.40%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.92%) Confluence
3 3 (1.44%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.44%) CMS
3 3 (1.44%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) JBoss
4 1 (0.48%) Mule
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.96%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 66 (31.73%) AWS
2 53 (25.48%) Azure
3 30 (14.42%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.65%) Serverless
5 11 (5.29%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (5.29%) GCP
6 9 (4.33%) dbt
7 8 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (3.85%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.37%) Azure Functions
8 7 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (3.37%) GitHub
9 6 (2.88%) PaaS
9 6 (2.88%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.40%) Amazon EventBridge
10 5 (2.40%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (2.40%) AWS Step Functions
10 5 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.48%) HTTP
2 1 (0.48%) Internet
2 1 (0.48%) NFC
2 1 (0.48%) PPP
2 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (8.65%) Oracle Database
4 17 (8.17%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.73%) Oracle Database 11g
6 13 (6.25%) Relational Database
7 12 (5.77%) MySQL
8 11 (5.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.40%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.92%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.44%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.96%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.96%) Power BI
14 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (22.60%) Git
2 26 (12.50%) JIRA
3 13 (6.25%) Mockito
4 8 (3.85%) Android Studio
4 8 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.85%) JUnit
5 7 (3.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (3.37%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.88%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.88%) Selenium
7 5 (2.40%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.40%) Storybook
8 4 (1.92%) git-flow
9 3 (1.44%) HP UFT
9 3 (1.44%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (1.44%) PHPUnit
9 3 (1.44%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.44%) Vite
10 2 (0.96%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.96%) rollup.js
General
1 40 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.94%) Finance
3 19 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.77%) Banking
6 6 (2.88%) Retail
7 5 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.40%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.92%) Electronics
8 4 (1.92%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.92%) Marketing
8 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.44%) Law
9 3 (1.44%) Legal
9 3 (1.44%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.96%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.96%) Automotive
10 2 (0.96%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 132 (63.46%) Developer
2 29 (13.94%) Senior
3 24 (11.54%) C# Developer
4 23 (11.06%) .NET Developer
5 16 (7.69%) Lead
5 16 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 15 (7.21%) Full Stack Developer
7 13 (6.25%) C# .NET Developer
7 13 (6.25%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 13 (6.25%) Senior Developer
7 13 (6.25%) SQL Developer
8 10 (4.81%) Azure Developer
8 10 (4.81%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) Android Developer
9 8 (3.85%) Full Stack .NET Developer
9 8 (3.85%) React Developer
9 8 (3.85%) Software Developer
10 7 (3.37%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.88%) Java Developer
11 6 (2.88%) PL/SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (21.63%) .NET
2 32 (15.38%) RESTful
3 27 (12.98%) React
4 22 (10.58%) Node.js
5 20 (9.62%) REST
6 19 (9.13%) AngularJS
7 18 (8.65%) Web Services
8 16 (7.69%) CSS
9 15 (7.21%) .NET Framework
10 14 (6.73%) .NET Core
10 14 (6.73%) HTML
10 14 (6.73%) Spring
11 13 (6.25%) FastAPI
11 13 (6.25%) WebSockets
12 12 (5.77%) SOAP
12 12 (5.77%) Spring Boot
13 11 (5.29%) jQuery
13 11 (5.29%) Kafka
13 11 (5.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 10 (4.81%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.73%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.40%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.92%) iPad
4 4 (1.92%) iPhone
4 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.44%) Blockchain
5 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.44%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.44%) NHS
5 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (0.96%) Hackathon
6 2 (0.96%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.96%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.81%) Android
2 9 (4.33%) Linux
3 7 (3.37%) Unix
4 6 (2.88%) Windows
5 4 (1.92%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (33.17%) Agile
2 65 (31.25%) DevOps
3 53 (25.48%) Software Engineering
4 49 (23.56%) Test Automation
5 40 (19.23%) CI/CD
6 31 (14.90%) TDD
7 30 (14.42%) Software Testing
8 28 (13.46%) Analytics
9 26 (12.50%) OO
10 24 (11.54%) Clean Code
11 23 (11.06%) Full Stack Development
11 23 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (10.58%) Integration Testing
13 21 (10.10%) Microservices
13 21 (10.10%) Scrum
14 19 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (9.13%) User Acceptance Testing
15 18 (8.65%) API Development
16 17 (8.17%) Continuous Integration
16 17 (8.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 81 (38.94%) SQL
2 53 (25.48%) C#
3 44 (21.15%) Java
4 40 (19.23%) Python
5 29 (13.94%) TypeScript
6 27 (12.98%) JavaScript
7 24 (11.54%) PL/SQL
8 14 (6.73%) C++
9 9 (4.33%) Kotlin
9 9 (4.33%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.85%) Bicep
11 5 (2.40%) C
11 5 (2.40%) PHP
12 4 (1.92%) Bash
12 4 (1.92%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.92%) Scala
12 4 (1.92%) Swift
12 4 (1.92%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.44%) Go
14 2 (0.96%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (20.19%) SC Cleared
1 42 (20.19%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.73%) Degree
3 8 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.48%) PhD
5 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.69%) QA
2 10 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.40%) GDPR
5 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.96%) SLA
5 2 (0.96%) WCAG
6 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.48%) HL7
6 1 (0.48%) MiFID
System Software
1 21 (10.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (10.58%) Terraform
2 12 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.88%) Grafana
4 2 (0.96%) Kibana
5 1 (0.48%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (19.71%) Oracle
2 19 (9.13%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.77%) SAP
4 9 (4.33%) OpenAI
5 7 (3.37%) Avaloq
6 6 (2.88%) Google
7 4 (1.92%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 3 (1.44%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.96%) Adobe
9 2 (0.96%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.96%) JDA
9 2 (0.96%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.96%) New Relic
9 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.48%) Ariba
10 1 (0.48%) Databricks
10 1 (0.48%) Informatica
10 1 (0.48%) Optimizely