Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Unit Testing
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.13% 0.72% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £336 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.95% - -
75th Percentile £398 £575 -
90th Percentile £403 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £369 £550 -
% change year-on-year -32.95% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Unit Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 127 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 79.10% 91.37% 73.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 81 57
10th Percentile £363 £150 £209
25th Percentile £400 £273 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £410 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% -18.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £628 £625 £660
County Antrim median daily rate £456 £410 £500
% change year-on-year +11.28% -18.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 5
10th Percentile £12.85 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.18 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.25 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.75% +187.76% -20.97%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £12.99
90th Percentile - £78.47 £14.42
County Antrim median hourly rate £36.72 £35.25 £12.99
% change year-on-year +4.16% +171.36% -16.19%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unit Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Belfast

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Unit Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality