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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 224 185
Rank change year-on-year -36 -39 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 386 282 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.16% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.27% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 185 290
10th Percentile £351 £363 £374
25th Percentile £415 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +1.38% -8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £663 £650
90th Percentile £688 £745 £689
UK median daily rate £476 £537 £530
% change year-on-year -11.41% +1.23% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 9 52
10th Percentile £58.80 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 34,370 22,228 32,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.91% 91.19% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,972 14,556 21,057
10th Percentile £316 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,137 921 2,257
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.70 £12.97
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -1.39%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -42 204 £490 -10.91% 28
South East -33 63 £515 -17.60% 19
North of England -18 61 £450 -2.70% 30
North West -18 34 £447 -3.35% 13
East of England -18 24 £625 +28.21% 19
Midlands -63 21 £447 -3.35% 15
North East -1 20 £513 +52.99% 10
South West -18 16 £500 -18.37% 12
East Midlands -29 15 £430 -7.08% 8
Yorkshire -42 9 £500 -16.67% 7
West Midlands -56 6 £489 +5.94% 7
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 21 (5.44%) Confluence
2 14 (3.63%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.11%) Mendix
3 12 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.85%) HCL Notes
5 8 (2.07%) Apache
6 6 (1.55%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.55%) Hyperledger
7 4 (1.04%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.78%) IIS
8 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.78%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.52%) Camunda
9 2 (0.52%) CMS
9 2 (0.52%) JBoss
9 2 (0.52%) Mule
9 2 (0.52%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (3.63%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.04%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.04%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.78%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.78%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.78%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.78%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.52%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.26%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (21.50%) Azure
2 65 (16.84%) AWS
3 52 (13.47%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (11.66%) GitHub
5 41 (10.62%) Serverless
6 29 (7.51%) OpenShift
7 23 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (5.18%) Azure Functions
8 20 (5.18%) Power Platform
9 19 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (4.66%) OCI
11 17 (4.40%) Amazon S3
12 16 (4.15%) Power Automate
12 16 (4.15%) PowerApps
13 15 (3.89%) GCP
14 13 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (3.37%) PaaS
15 12 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (3.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.44%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.40%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.81%) HTTP
4 3 (0.78%) DSL
4 3 (0.78%) Modbus
4 3 (0.78%) RS-232
4 3 (0.78%) RS-422
4 3 (0.78%) RS-485
5 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.92%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.74%) Oracle Database
3 22 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.66%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.15%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.89%) Power BI
7 14 (3.63%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (2.85%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.85%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.07%) Aerospike
11 6 (1.55%) Redis
11 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.30%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (1.04%) SAP HANA
14 3 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.78%) Big Data
14 3 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 84 (21.76%) Git
2 56 (14.51%) JIRA
3 53 (13.73%) GitLab
4 37 (9.59%) Visual Studio
5 36 (9.33%) SonarQube
6 34 (8.81%) Jenkins
7 32 (8.29%) JUnit
8 19 (4.92%) Postman
9 17 (4.40%) Eclipse
10 14 (3.63%) Gradle
11 13 (3.37%) Selenium
12 12 (3.11%) Cucumber
13 10 (2.59%) Maven
13 10 (2.59%) MSTest
14 9 (2.33%) Mockito
14 9 (2.33%) NUnit
15 8 (2.07%) PVCS
15 8 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
16 7 (1.81%) Bitbucket
17 6 (1.55%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (25.65%) Finance
2 79 (20.47%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.62%) Banking
4 38 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.44%) Military
7 14 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.85%) Electronics
8 11 (2.85%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.33%) Front Office
10 5 (1.30%) Legal
11 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.04%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.04%) Law
11 4 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.04%) Retail
12 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 192 (49.74%) Developer
2 58 (15.03%) Software Engineer
3 47 (12.18%) Java Developer
4 46 (11.92%) Senior
5 27 (6.99%) C# Developer
5 27 (6.99%) Data Engineer
6 25 (6.48%) Java Engineer
6 25 (6.48%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.18%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (4.15%) .NET Developer
9 15 (3.89%) Consultant
10 14 (3.63%) C++ Software Engineer
11 13 (3.37%) C# Software Engineer
12 12 (3.11%) Power Platform Developer
12 12 (3.11%) Python Developer
12 12 (3.11%) Salesforce Developer
13 11 (2.85%) Cloud Specialist
13 11 (2.85%) Integration Engineer
13 11 (2.85%) Integration Specialist
13 11 (2.85%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (18.91%) .NET
2 62 (16.06%) REST
3 60 (15.54%) RESTful
4 46 (11.92%) React
4 46 (11.92%) Spring
5 45 (11.66%) AngularJS
6 38 (9.84%) Spring Boot
7 36 (9.33%) .NET Framework
7 36 (9.33%) Web Services
8 32 (8.29%) Kafka
9 31 (8.03%) CSS
10 30 (7.77%) Node.js
11 29 (7.51%) HTML
12 28 (7.25%) SOAP
13 27 (6.99%) JSON
13 27 (6.99%) Quarkus
14 25 (6.48%) XML
15 20 (5.18%) pytest
16 19 (4.92%) OAuth
17 16 (4.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.03%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.22%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (6.22%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.63%) Low-Code
4 13 (3.37%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.59%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.30%) NHS
11 4 (1.04%) Life Science
12 3 (0.78%) CMDB
12 3 (0.78%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.78%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.18%) Windows
2 26 (6.74%) Linux
3 15 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.85%) Android
5 9 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.07%) Unix
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (49.74%) Agile
2 158 (40.93%) CI/CD
3 122 (31.61%) DevOps
4 99 (25.65%) Software Engineering
5 95 (24.61%) Test Automation
6 89 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (22.54%) Scrum
8 71 (18.39%) Microservices
9 62 (16.06%) TDD
10 59 (15.28%) SDLC
11 50 (12.95%) Code Quality
12 48 (12.44%) Integration Testing
13 43 (11.14%) Validation
14 42 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (10.62%) AI
15 41 (10.62%) Containerisation
16 40 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
17 38 (9.84%) Clean Code
17 38 (9.84%) Sprint Planning
18 36 (9.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 128 (33.16%) Java
2 124 (32.12%) SQL
3 110 (28.50%) C#
4 64 (16.58%) JavaScript
5 58 (15.03%) Python
6 35 (9.07%) TypeScript
7 34 (8.81%) C++
8 30 (7.77%) PL/SQL
9 27 (6.99%) T-SQL
10 16 (4.15%) C
11 13 (3.37%) Kotlin
12 11 (2.85%) Formula Language
12 11 (2.85%) LotusScript
13 10 (2.59%) Apex Code
14 9 (2.33%) Scala
15 8 (2.07%) PowerShell
15 8 (2.07%) Swift
16 7 (1.81%) ABAP
16 7 (1.81%) Embedded C
16 7 (1.81%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 101 (26.17%) Security Cleared
2 87 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.81%) Degree
4 18 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.55%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (24.09%) QA
2 13 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.85%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.81%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.55%) SEPA
6 5 (1.30%) PSD2
7 4 (1.04%) HL7
7 4 (1.04%) WCAG
8 2 (0.52%) GDPR
8 2 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 51 (13.21%) Docker
2 8 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.52%) OpenAM
3 2 (0.52%) OpenDJ
3 2 (0.52%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 61 (15.80%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.99%) Argo
3 16 (4.15%) Terraform
4 5 (1.30%) Grafana
5 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.78%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) Ansible
8 1 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 80 (20.73%) Oracle
2 65 (16.84%) Microsoft
3 25 (6.48%) Red Hat
4 18 (4.66%) Citrix
4 18 (4.66%) Databricks
5 16 (4.15%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.37%) Informatica
6 13 (3.37%) SAP
7 11 (2.85%) Lotus
8 10 (2.59%) IBM
8 10 (2.59%) Kofax
9 8 (2.07%) ANSYS
9 8 (2.07%) Google
9 8 (2.07%) VMware
10 7 (1.81%) Veracode
11 5 (1.30%) Pega
12 4 (1.04%) Brio
12 4 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.04%) Splunk
13 3 (0.78%) HP