Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Unit Testing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -29 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% 0.18% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.20% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £575 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £519 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +12.89% +2.22% -24.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 793 491 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.09% 87.21% 79.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 330 418
10th Percentile £313 £163 £231
25th Percentile £400 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £594
90th Percentile £688 £689 £702
West Midlands median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 43 33
10th Percentile £15.30 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.71 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £39.48 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.22% -27.42% +15.63%
75th Percentile £75.00 £22.91 £41.75
90th Percentile - £26.51 £56.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.07% +18.42% -24.00%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Unit Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Travel Management
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP TM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP