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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 246 146
Rank change year-on-year -72 -100 +35
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 358 301 557
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.07% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.18% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 188 348
10th Percentile £281 £354 £375
25th Percentile £387 £384 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -15.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £673 £779 £704
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 36
10th Percentile £48.65 - £58.13
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 39,199 25,531 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.87% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,678 16,181 17,100
10th Percentile £325 £294 £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 £638
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 2,975 1,587 1,157
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.79 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.92
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -51 174 £500 -2.44% 194
North of England -57 71 £460 +9.20% 58
South East -26 53 £528 +33.54% 40
Midlands -45 32 £500 +8.11% 29
North East -11 31 £425 -22.73% 16
West Midlands -32 29 £500 -2.91% 17
North West -72 27 £463 +0.65% 35
East of England -38 19 £619 +26.92% 21
Yorkshire -34 13 £447 +14.62% 9
South West -24 12 £500 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -33 3 £568 +35.12% 12
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 7 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.40%) Confluence
3 3 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (0.84%) SAS
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.56%) Traefik
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) Mendix
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.68%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Trello
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 20 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.12%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.84%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.84%) 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%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
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 PM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.28%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.70%) Azure
2 58 (16.20%) AWS
3 43 (12.01%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (10.89%) GitHub
5 35 (9.78%) Power Platform
6 31 (8.66%) OpenShift
7 22 (6.15%) GCP
8 21 (5.87%) Serverless
9 20 (5.59%) PowerApps
10 16 (4.47%) Power Automate
11 15 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.79%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.23%) Amazon S3
14 8 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (1.96%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.47%) Internet
2 13 (3.63%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.35%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
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 42 (11.73%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.54%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.15%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.59%) MongoDB
5 18 (5.03%) MySQL
6 15 (4.19%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.35%) Power BI
8 10 (2.79%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.79%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.23%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.96%) Redis
12 6 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.40%) Metadata
13 5 (1.40%) SAP HANA
14 3 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.84%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 96 (26.82%) Git
2 37 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 35 (9.78%) SonarQube
4 28 (7.82%) JUnit
4 28 (7.82%) Visual Studio
5 26 (7.26%) GitLab
6 25 (6.98%) JIRA
7 19 (5.31%) Maven
8 18 (5.03%) Gradle
9 15 (4.19%) Cucumber
10 14 (3.91%) Eclipse
11 13 (3.63%) Selenium
12 11 (3.07%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.23%) Mockito
13 8 (2.23%) NUnit
13 8 (2.23%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (1.96%) MSTest
14 7 (1.96%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.68%) Cypress.io
15 6 (1.68%) Gatling
General
1 119 (33.24%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.51%) Finance
3 62 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.25%) Banking
5 37 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.63%) Military
7 11 (3.07%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.79%) Front Office
9 9 (2.51%) Retail
10 8 (2.23%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.40%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.12%) Billing
14 4 (1.12%) Legal
15 3 (0.84%) Law
15 3 (0.84%) Marketing
15 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.84%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 164 (45.81%) Developer
2 67 (18.72%) Senior
3 38 (10.61%) Software Engineer
4 34 (9.50%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.38%) Consultant
6 28 (7.82%) Java Engineer
7 26 (7.26%) Senior Developer
8 24 (6.70%) Lead
9 22 (6.15%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.47%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 16 (4.47%) SAP Consultant
11 14 (3.91%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.63%) Java Software Engineer
13 11 (3.07%) Architect
13 11 (3.07%) Python Developer
13 11 (3.07%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 11 (3.07%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.79%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (2.79%) Technical Consultant
15 9 (2.51%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (19.55%) .NET
2 64 (17.88%) REST
3 54 (15.08%) RESTful
4 46 (12.85%) AngularJS
5 44 (12.29%) Web Services
6 41 (11.45%) Spring
7 40 (11.17%) React
8 35 (9.78%) Node.js
9 33 (9.22%) SOAP
10 32 (8.94%) pytest
10 32 (8.94%) Spring Boot
11 29 (8.10%) HTML
12 28 (7.82%) Quarkus
13 27 (7.54%) .NET Framework
14 26 (7.26%) CSS
15 23 (6.42%) JSON
16 21 (5.87%) Terraform
16 21 (5.87%) XML
17 18 (5.03%) OAuth
17 18 (5.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.38%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.87%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.59%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.23%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.68%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.68%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.40%) CMDB
8 5 (1.40%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.12%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.84%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.84%) IoT
10 3 (0.84%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.56%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.56%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.34%) Linux
2 27 (7.54%) Windows
3 12 (3.35%) Unix
4 9 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.84%) Android
6 3 (0.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (50.84%) Agile
2 155 (43.30%) CI/CD
3 117 (32.68%) DevOps
4 103 (28.77%) Software Engineering
4 103 (28.77%) Test Automation
5 93 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (25.70%) Integration Testing
7 91 (25.42%) Scrum
8 80 (22.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 74 (20.67%) SDLC
9 74 (20.67%) TDD
10 63 (17.60%) AI
11 59 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 57 (15.92%) Microservices
13 55 (15.36%) Validation
14 51 (14.25%) Clean Code
15 48 (13.41%) Code Quality
16 45 (12.57%) Front End Development
17 44 (12.29%) Sprint Planning
18 42 (11.73%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 109 (30.45%) SQL
2 92 (25.70%) Java
3 90 (25.14%) C#
4 76 (21.23%) JavaScript
5 63 (17.60%) Python
6 32 (8.94%) TypeScript
7 19 (5.31%) C++
8 17 (4.75%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.91%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.63%) Bash
11 7 (1.96%) ABAP
11 7 (1.96%) C
11 7 (1.96%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.68%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.68%) Scala
12 6 (1.68%) X++
13 5 (1.40%) Go
13 5 (1.40%) XAML
14 4 (1.12%) Swift
15 3 (0.84%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 109 (30.45%) Security Cleared
2 83 (23.18%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.06%) Degree
4 17 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.63%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.12%) PhD
9 3 (0.84%) ACCA
9 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.84%) CIMA
9 3 (0.84%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) Azure 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (23.74%) QA
2 13 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.51%) WCAG
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
6 3 (0.84%) 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 71 (19.83%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.12%) 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 86 (24.02%) Kubernetes
2 28 (7.82%) Argo
3 3 (0.84%) Istio
3 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.56%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.89%) Oracle
3 30 (8.38%) SAP
4 28 (7.82%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.35%) Google
6 11 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.51%) Avaloq
7 9 (2.51%) Pega
8 8 (2.23%) Citrix
8 8 (2.23%) UiPath
9 7 (1.96%) Databricks
10 6 (1.68%) Splunk
11 5 (1.40%) Informatica
11 5 (1.40%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.12%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.12%) VMware
13 3 (0.84%) webMethods
13 3 (0.84%) Workday
14 2 (0.56%) Hyperion
14 2 (0.56%) JDA