Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in England

Unit Testing
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 245 144
Rank change year-on-year -81 -101 +44
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 360 296 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.07% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.17% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 187 347
10th Percentile £283 £354 £375
25th Percentile £400 £384 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -14.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £584 £630 £650
90th Percentile £674 £780 £705
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 37
10th Percentile £48.65 - £58.75
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.92% - -

All Process & 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 39,251 25,237 27,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.91% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,728 16,010 16,947
10th Percentile £325 £297 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,965 1,563 1,177
10th Percentile £13.82 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.57 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in England

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026. 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 -47 180 £500 - 185
North of England -67 68 £461 +9.50% 68
South East -24 51 £480 +21.52% 61
Midlands -42 32 £500 +8.11% 45
North East -8 31 £425 -22.73% 18
West Midlands -32 29 £500 -3.29% 24
North West -70 26 £463 +0.65% 39
East of England -34 19 £619 +26.92% 28
South West -29 12 £500 -9.09% 32
Yorkshire -38 11 £447 +14.62% 12
East Midlands -23 3 £568 +35.12% 21
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (1.67%) Confluence
1 6 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
2 3 (0.83%) SAS
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) IIS
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.56%) Traefik
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Camunda
4 1 (0.28%) JBoss
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) Mendix
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) Mule
4 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.67%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.83%) Trello
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 20 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.11%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.83%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.83%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.56%) HFM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.28%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.28%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 89 (24.72%) Azure
2 58 (16.11%) AWS
3 41 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (10.56%) GitHub
5 33 (9.17%) Power Platform
6 31 (8.61%) OpenShift
7 22 (6.11%) GCP
8 19 (5.28%) Serverless
9 18 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 15 (4.17%) Power Automate
11 14 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.50%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.94%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (1.67%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.44%) Internet
2 13 (3.61%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.33%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) DSL
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) NFC
5 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) SSL
5 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.39%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.56%) MongoDB
5 18 (5.00%) MySQL
6 15 (4.17%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.33%) Power BI
8 10 (2.78%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.50%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.94%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.94%) Redis
11 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.39%) Metadata
11 5 (1.39%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.83%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.83%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 98 (27.22%) Git
2 36 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 35 (9.72%) SonarQube
4 28 (7.78%) JIRA
4 28 (7.78%) JUnit
5 27 (7.50%) Visual Studio
6 26 (7.22%) GitLab
7 19 (5.28%) Gradle
7 19 (5.28%) Maven
8 15 (4.17%) Cucumber
9 14 (3.89%) Eclipse
9 14 (3.89%) Selenium
10 11 (3.06%) Bitbucket
11 9 (2.50%) NUnit
12 8 (2.22%) Mockito
12 8 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (1.94%) REST Assured
14 6 (1.67%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.67%) Gatling
14 6 (1.67%) MSTest
General
1 117 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.39%) Finance
3 63 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.17%) Banking
5 37 (10.28%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.61%) Military
7 11 (3.06%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.78%) Front Office
9 8 (2.22%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.94%) Retail
11 6 (1.67%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.39%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.11%) Billing
13 4 (1.11%) Legal
14 3 (0.83%) Law
14 3 (0.83%) Marketing
14 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.83%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 166 (46.11%) Developer
2 67 (18.61%) Senior
3 37 (10.28%) Software Engineer
4 34 (9.44%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.33%) Consultant
6 28 (7.78%) Java Engineer
7 25 (6.94%) Senior Developer
8 23 (6.39%) C# Developer
9 22 (6.11%) Lead
10 16 (4.44%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 16 (4.44%) SAP Consultant
11 14 (3.89%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.61%) Java Software Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Python Developer
13 11 (3.06%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 11 (3.06%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.78%) Architect
14 10 (2.78%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (2.78%) Technical Consultant
15 9 (2.50%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (19.72%) .NET
2 63 (17.50%) REST
3 54 (15.00%) RESTful
4 46 (12.78%) AngularJS
5 44 (12.22%) Spring
5 44 (12.22%) Web Services
6 39 (10.83%) React
7 35 (9.72%) Spring Boot
8 34 (9.44%) Node.js
9 32 (8.89%) pytest
9 32 (8.89%) SOAP
10 29 (8.06%) HTML
11 28 (7.78%) .NET Framework
11 28 (7.78%) Quarkus
12 26 (7.22%) CSS
13 23 (6.39%) JSON
14 21 (5.83%) Terraform
14 21 (5.83%) XML
15 19 (5.28%) Kafka
16 18 (5.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.83%) Data Structures
2 21 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.67%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.67%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.67%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.39%) CMDB
7 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.11%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.83%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.83%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.83%) IoT
9 3 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.28%) Linux
2 27 (7.50%) Windows
3 12 (3.33%) Unix
4 9 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.11%) Android
5 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.83%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (51.11%) Agile
2 157 (43.61%) CI/CD
3 114 (31.67%) DevOps
4 102 (28.33%) Software Engineering
5 101 (28.06%) Test Automation
6 96 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (25.56%) Integration Testing
7 92 (25.56%) Scrum
8 80 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 75 (20.83%) SDLC
10 74 (20.56%) TDD
11 61 (16.94%) AI
11 61 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (16.67%) Microservices
13 54 (15.00%) Validation
14 53 (14.72%) Clean Code
15 50 (13.89%) Code Quality
16 44 (12.22%) Front End Development
17 43 (11.94%) Sprint Planning
18 41 (11.39%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 108 (30.00%) SQL
2 94 (26.11%) Java
3 91 (25.28%) C#
4 74 (20.56%) JavaScript
5 62 (17.22%) Python
6 30 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 19 (5.28%) C++
8 17 (4.72%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.89%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.61%) Bash
11 8 (2.22%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.94%) ABAP
12 7 (1.94%) C
12 7 (1.94%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.67%) Scala
13 6 (1.67%) X++
14 5 (1.39%) Go
14 5 (1.39%) XAML
15 4 (1.11%) Swift
16 3 (0.83%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 111 (30.83%) Security Cleared
2 85 (23.61%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.28%) Degree
4 17 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.61%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.11%) PhD
9 3 (0.83%) ACCA
9 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.83%) CIMA
9 3 (0.83%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CISA
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (23.61%) QA
2 13 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.50%) WCAG
5 4 (1.11%) GDPR
6 3 (0.83%) Basel III
7 2 (0.56%) GRC
7 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.28%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) IFRS
8 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 73 (20.28%) Docker
2 4 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 87 (24.17%) Kubernetes
2 28 (7.78%) Argo
3 3 (0.83%) Istio
3 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 60 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.11%) Oracle
3 29 (8.06%) SAP
4 28 (7.78%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.06%) Google
5 11 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.50%) Avaloq
7 8 (2.22%) Citrix
7 8 (2.22%) Pega
7 8 (2.22%) UiPath
8 6 (1.67%) Databricks
8 6 (1.67%) Splunk
9 5 (1.39%) Informatica
9 5 (1.39%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.11%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.11%) VMware
10 4 (1.11%) Workday
11 3 (0.83%) webMethods
12 2 (0.56%) Hyperion
12 2 (0.56%) JDA