Unit Testing Contracts in England

Unit Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 174 188
Rank change year-on-year -79 +14 -17
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 270 523 642
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 1.40% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.64% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 349 433
10th Percentile £331 £375 £400
25th Percentile £400 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £630 £637 £675
90th Percentile £750 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 53 41
10th Percentile £56.88 - £50.42
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile £66.00 - £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +2.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,765 31,961 42,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.03% 85.51% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,278 20,746 29,768
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,187 2,306 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -42 167 £525 -4.55% 476
North of England -32 26 £398 -20.35% 158
North West -12 21 £398 -19.55% 112
Midlands +30 19 £460 +2.22% 58
South East +4 19 £500 -14.16% 188
East Midlands - 15 £441 - 33
East of England -18 14 £469 -14.77% 59
South West +15 10 £550 +1.38% 61
West Midlands +10 4 £460 +2.22% 26
North East - 4 £335 - 8
Yorkshire -19 1 £600 +9.09% 38
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (4.44%) Confluence
2 7 (2.59%) Camunda
3 6 (2.22%) SAS
4 4 (1.48%) Alfresco
5 3 (1.11%) IIS
6 2 (0.74%) Apache
6 2 (0.74%) JBoss
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.37%) Appian
7 1 (0.37%) CICS
7 1 (0.37%) Mule
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.37%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (1.85%) Oracle BPM
1 5 (1.85%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.11%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.74%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.74%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.74%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.74%) SAP VC
5 1 (0.37%) Endur
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.22%) AWS
2 48 (17.78%) Azure
3 24 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.56%) GitHub
5 11 (4.07%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (2.96%) Amazon S3
7 8 (2.96%) SaaS
8 5 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.85%) Google Play
9 4 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.48%) Azure Event Grid
9 4 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.48%) npm
9 4 (1.48%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.48%) Serverless
10 3 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.44%) Ethernet
1 12 (4.44%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.37%) SSL
3 1 (0.37%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.37%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.52%) MongoDB
3 21 (7.78%) NoSQL
4 20 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (7.41%) Relational Database
5 15 (5.56%) Oracle Database
6 14 (5.19%) MySQL
7 9 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.59%) Redis
9 6 (2.22%) Tableau
10 5 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.85%) Power BI
11 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.11%) DocumentDB
12 3 (1.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (23.33%) Git
2 27 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 26 (9.63%) JUnit
4 21 (7.78%) JIRA
5 16 (5.93%) Maven
6 15 (5.56%) Visual Studio
7 14 (5.19%) Eclipse
8 13 (4.81%) Cypress.io
8 13 (4.81%) SonarQube
9 11 (4.07%) Gradle
10 10 (3.70%) GitLab
11 8 (2.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 8 (2.96%) Mockito
11 8 (2.96%) Subversion
11 8 (2.96%) Xcode
12 7 (2.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.59%) Bitbucket
12 7 (2.59%) IntelliJ
12 7 (2.59%) Postman
13 6 (2.22%) Grunt
General
1 86 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 71 (26.30%) Finance
3 32 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.11%) Banking
5 18 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.56%) Military
7 11 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.33%) Front Office
8 9 (3.33%) Retail
9 6 (2.22%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.48%) Marketing
12 3 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.11%) Law
12 3 (1.11%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (57.41%) Developer
2 43 (15.93%) Senior
3 28 (10.37%) Senior Developer
4 24 (8.89%) Java Developer
5 23 (8.52%) Software Engineer
6 18 (6.67%) Lead
7 17 (6.30%) C# Developer
8 15 (5.56%) .NET Developer
8 15 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (5.19%) Analyst
10 13 (4.81%) C# Software Engineer
10 13 (4.81%) Consultant
10 13 (4.81%) Software Developer
11 12 (4.44%) Python Developer
12 11 (4.07%) Data Engineer
13 10 (3.70%) Android Developer
13 10 (3.70%) Angular Developer
14 8 (2.96%) C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (2.96%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (17.78%) HTML
2 46 (17.04%) .NET
3 35 (12.96%) CSS
3 35 (12.96%) Node.js
3 35 (12.96%) Spring
3 35 (12.96%) Web Services
4 33 (12.22%) REST
4 33 (12.22%) RESTful
5 32 (11.85%) AngularJS
6 29 (10.74%) Spring Boot
7 26 (9.63%) React
8 22 (8.15%) .NET Framework
9 21 (7.78%) Kafka
10 20 (7.41%) HTML5
11 18 (6.67%) Entity Framework
12 17 (6.30%) JPA
13 15 (5.56%) CSS3
13 15 (5.56%) Hibernate
14 14 (5.19%) Jest
15 13 (4.81%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.41%) Mobile App
2 11 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (4.07%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.96%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.96%) PKI
6 7 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.59%) N-Tier
6 7 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.22%) Derivative
7 6 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.48%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.11%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (1.11%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.85%) Linux
2 23 (8.52%) Android
3 20 (7.41%) Windows
4 15 (5.56%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.70%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (42.22%) Agile
2 88 (32.59%) CI/CD
3 76 (28.15%) TDD
4 72 (26.67%) DevOps
5 67 (24.81%) Test Automation
6 62 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (20.37%) Integration Testing
8 52 (19.26%) Microservices
8 52 (19.26%) User Acceptance Testing
9 45 (16.67%) Software Engineering
10 44 (16.30%) Scrum
11 35 (12.96%) Full-Stack Development
12 33 (12.22%) Mentoring
13 32 (11.85%) Continuous Integration
14 24 (8.89%) Migration
15 21 (7.78%) User Experience
16 20 (7.41%) Code Quality
16 20 (7.41%) End-to-End Testing
16 20 (7.41%) SDLC
16 20 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (26.67%) Java
2 71 (26.30%) SQL
3 68 (25.19%) C#
4 61 (22.59%) JavaScript
5 45 (16.67%) Python
6 23 (8.52%) TypeScript
7 21 (7.78%) C++
8 15 (5.56%) Kotlin
9 10 (3.70%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.70%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.59%) Objective-C
10 7 (2.59%) Swift
11 5 (1.85%) C
11 5 (1.85%) PHP
11 5 (1.85%) Ruby
12 4 (1.48%) ABAP
12 4 (1.48%) Scala
12 4 (1.48%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.11%) COBOL
13 3 (1.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 53 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.04%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.11%) Degree
4 11 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (4.07%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.85%) MCPD
7 5 (1.85%) MCSD
8 3 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.74%) ISEB
9 2 (0.74%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.74%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.74%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.37%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.37%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.44%) QA
2 15 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.74%) HL7
4 2 (0.74%) WCAG
5 1 (0.37%) Basel II
5 1 (0.37%) Basel III
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.37%) IFRS
5 1 (0.37%) MISRA
5 1 (0.37%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (12.59%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 33 (12.22%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.33%) Terraform
3 3 (1.11%) Ansible
3 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.74%) Grafana
4 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.74%) Puppet
5 1 (0.37%) Control-M
5 1 (0.37%) Kibana
5 1 (0.37%) OPNET
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 43 (15.93%) Oracle
2 34 (12.59%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.30%) SAP
4 10 (3.70%) Splunk
5 7 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.22%) Google
6 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.85%) Databricks
7 5 (1.85%) TIBCO
8 4 (1.48%) IBM
8 4 (1.48%) OpenText
8 4 (1.48%) Perforce
9 3 (1.11%) Adobe
9 3 (1.11%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (1.11%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.11%) Murex
9 3 (1.11%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.11%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.74%) Duck Creek
10 2 (0.74%) Snow