The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Unit Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unit Testing over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
52
64
74
Rank change year-on-year
+12
+10
+12
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing
1
2
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
469
620
783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
87.17%
79.69%
85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted
314
421
530
10th Percentile
£163
£231
£263
25th Percentile
£363
£375
£379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£475
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-
-5.00%
+2.56%
75th Percentile
£575
£594
£630
90th Percentile
£689
£700
£714
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted
40
35
31
10th Percentile
-
£13.55
£12.50
25th Percentile
£12.62
£18.50
£13.10
Median hourly rate
£17.44
£26.00
£20.97
Median % change year-on-year
-32.94%
+23.99%
+25.19%
75th Percentile
£24.44
£43.63
£29.38
90th Percentile
£26.89
£55.75
£53.75
West Midlands median hourly rate
£22.50
£19.95
£25.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78%
-20.20%
+47.06%
Unit Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Unit Testing Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Birmingham.
Unit Testing Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Birmingham.
Unit Testing Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Unit Testing.
Unit Testing Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
