Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Unit Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 62 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 4 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.49% 0.99% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.13% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - £503
25th Percentile - - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £645
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.17%
75th Percentile - - £678
90th Percentile - - £755
South West median daily rate - £450 £650
% change year-on-year - -30.77% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £64.07 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -1.43% +25.26% -20.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 706 622 880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.31% 87.98% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 344 546
10th Percentile £263 £222 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £484 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% -12.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £650
90th Percentile £725 £742 £703
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 88 117
10th Percentile £15.00 £44.05 £34.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +0.38% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -54.78% +8.33% -7.69%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Angular Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) D3.js
1 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) PrimeNG
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) RxJS
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
1 3 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Synthetic Environment
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft