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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 189 184
Rank change year-on-year -38 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 286 459 726
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.17% 1.23% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.43% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 289 500
10th Percentile £362 £374 £406
25th Percentile £447 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +8.18%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £700 £766
UK median daily rate £530 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -1.40% -6.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 51 36
10th Percentile £50.50 - £48.61
25th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £50.42
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £65.94
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%

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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +10 184 £550 - 158
South East +22 38 £625 - 85
North of England -28 18 £463 -6.57% 93
North West -15 15 £463 -6.57% 73
Midlands +30 14 £463 +2.78% 27
East Midlands +19 11 £463 +15.63% 14
South West +27 9 £613 -5.77% 22
East of England -16 5 £488 -18.75% 43
West Midlands +13 3 £461 +2.50% 11
North East - 2 £335 - 3
Yorkshire -10 1 £600 +20.00% 17
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 14 (4.90%) SAS
2 4 (1.40%) Confluence
3 3 (1.05%) Camunda
4 2 (0.70%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.70%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Appian
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.35%) CICS
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.10%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.05%) Exstream
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.05%) SAP PP
5 3 (1.05%) Shopify
6 2 (0.70%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.35%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.35%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.57%) AWS
2 62 (21.68%) Azure
3 33 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (4.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.20%) Amazon S3
6 12 (4.20%) GitHub
7 11 (3.85%) Serverless
8 9 (3.15%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.45%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.10%) CloudFront
10 6 (2.10%) Route 53
10 6 (2.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.75%) Ethernet
1 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.40%) VPN
3 2 (0.70%) BGP
3 2 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.70%) Firewall
3 2 (0.70%) LAN
3 2 (0.70%) MPLS
3 2 (0.70%) Network Security
3 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.94%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.14%) Oracle Database
3 26 (9.09%) NoSQL
4 23 (8.04%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (8.04%) Relational Database
5 21 (7.34%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.20%) MySQL
7 11 (3.85%) Redis
8 9 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.80%) Oracle Database 11g
9 8 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 7 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (2.45%) Power BI
11 6 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (2.10%) DocumentDB
11 6 (2.10%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (2.10%) Tableau
12 4 (1.40%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 69 (24.13%) Git
2 23 (8.04%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.64%) JUnit
4 16 (5.59%) JIRA
5 13 (4.55%) Maven
6 12 (4.20%) GitLab
7 9 (3.15%) Bitbucket Server
7 9 (3.15%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.15%) Subversion
8 8 (2.80%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (2.45%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.45%) Selenium
9 7 (2.45%) Visual Studio
10 6 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (2.10%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.10%) Gradle
10 6 (2.10%) Mockito
10 6 (2.10%) NUnit
10 6 (2.10%) Postman
General
1 72 (25.17%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.08%) Finance
3 35 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.79%) Banking
5 15 (5.24%) Retail
6 13 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.85%) Front Office
9 8 (2.80%) Military
10 7 (2.45%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.10%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.10%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.10%) Marketing
11 6 (2.10%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.70%) Law
14 1 (0.35%) Aviation
14 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (59.79%) Developer
2 42 (14.69%) Senior
3 31 (10.84%) Senior Developer
4 29 (10.14%) Software Developer
5 26 (9.09%) Software Engineer
6 18 (6.29%) C# Developer
6 18 (6.29%) Java Developer
7 16 (5.59%) Lead
8 13 (4.55%) .NET Developer
8 13 (4.55%) Analyst
8 13 (4.55%) Consultant
8 13 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (4.55%) Python Developer
9 11 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.50%) Lead Developer
11 9 (3.15%) Azure Developer
12 7 (2.45%) Angular Developer
12 7 (2.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 7 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (2.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (16.43%) .NET
2 40 (13.99%) HTML
3 33 (11.54%) RESTful
4 32 (11.19%) AngularJS
5 28 (9.79%) CSS
6 27 (9.44%) REST
7 26 (9.09%) React
8 25 (8.74%) Web Services
9 24 (8.39%) Spring
10 22 (7.69%) Node.js
11 19 (6.64%) Spring Boot
12 16 (5.59%) .NET Framework
13 15 (5.24%) .NET Core
13 15 (5.24%) Entity Framework
13 15 (5.24%) Kafka
14 14 (4.90%) HTML5
15 13 (4.55%) JPA
16 12 (4.20%) ASP.NET
17 11 (3.85%) Hibernate
18 10 (3.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.20%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.50%) Derivative
2 10 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.50%) N-Tier
3 9 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.15%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) IoT
7 5 (1.75%) PKI
8 4 (1.40%) CMDB
8 4 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.40%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.19%) Linux
2 14 (4.90%) Windows
3 13 (4.55%) Unix
4 10 (3.50%) Android
5 6 (2.10%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.70%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (40.21%) Agile
2 106 (37.06%) DevOps
3 81 (28.32%) CI/CD
4 72 (25.17%) Integration Testing
5 68 (23.78%) Software Engineering
6 62 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (20.98%) Test Automation
8 51 (17.83%) User Acceptance Testing
9 48 (16.78%) TDD
10 46 (16.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 46 (16.08%) Microservices
11 32 (11.19%) Scrum
12 30 (10.49%) Migration
12 30 (10.49%) Software Testing
13 29 (10.14%) Containerisation
14 28 (9.79%) Continuous Integration
15 27 (9.44%) SDLC
16 26 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
17 24 (8.39%) Mentoring
18 22 (7.69%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 87 (30.42%) SQL
2 70 (24.48%) Python
3 64 (22.38%) C#
4 62 (21.68%) Java
5 58 (20.28%) JavaScript
6 26 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.24%) PL/SQL
8 8 (2.80%) C++
8 8 (2.80%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.45%) PHP
10 4 (1.40%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.40%) Scala
10 4 (1.40%) Swift
11 3 (1.05%) ABAP
11 3 (1.05%) C
11 3 (1.05%) COBOL
11 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.05%) VB
11 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (24.13%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.68%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.44%) Degree
4 22 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.75%) MCPD
7 5 (1.75%) MCSD
8 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.70%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.70%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.70%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.35%) ISEB
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.59%) QA
2 15 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.40%) WCAG
5 2 (0.70%) HL7
5 2 (0.70%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.35%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.35%) Basel II
6 1 (0.35%) Basel III
6 1 (0.35%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.35%) IFRS
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.35%) SEPA
6 1 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (12.94%) Docker
2 6 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 37 (12.94%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.90%) Terraform
3 7 (2.45%) Ansible
4 2 (0.70%) Grafana
4 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.70%) Puppet
5 1 (0.35%) Control-M
5 1 (0.35%) Kibana
5 1 (0.35%) OPNET
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (18.18%) Oracle
2 32 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.29%) SAP
4 10 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.50%) Splunk
5 8 (2.80%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.75%) Databricks
7 5 (1.75%) TIBCO
8 4 (1.40%) Cisco
8 4 (1.40%) IBM
9 3 (1.05%) Adobe
9 3 (1.05%) Fujitsu
9 3 (1.05%) Google
9 3 (1.05%) Murex
9 3 (1.05%) OpenText
9 3 (1.05%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.70%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.70%) Thunderhead
10 2 (0.70%) Zend