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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 157 191
Rank change year-on-year -80 +34 -28
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 354 506 523
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.62% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.86% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 316 343
10th Percentile £358 £396 £425
25th Percentile £404 £500 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £625 £660 £688
90th Percentile £776 £731 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 60
10th Percentile £56.37 £53.50 £48.32
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.00 - £78.00
90th Percentile £69.14 £65.50 £88.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 27,542 27,205 35,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.07% 87.01% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,480 16,613 23,999
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,822 1,002 1,481
10th Percentile £14.86 £15.07 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -21.42% +26.76%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.72 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 -77 167 £525 -4.55% 115
North of England +1 68 £435 -14.50% 38
North West +5 48 £460 -5.74% 24
Midlands -23 40 £463 -11.48% 21
East of England -4 37 £488 +33.56% 26
West Midlands -13 24 £519 -15.20% 11
South East -58 23 £591 -7.29% 43
East Midlands -10 16 £420 -3.45% 10
Yorkshire -31 15 £390 -32.17% 9
South West -11 7 £550 +10.00% 23
North East -2 5 £550 - 5
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 23 (6.50%) Confluence
2 14 (3.95%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.69%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.41%) Apache
6 4 (1.13%) Camunda
6 4 (1.13%) CMS
7 3 (0.85%) JBoss
7 3 (0.85%) Mule
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.56%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.56%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.28%) Appian
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
9 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) InVision
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.13%) OpenText MBPM
2 4 (1.13%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.85%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG-F
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG-M
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG-S
4 2 (0.56%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.36%) Azure
2 58 (16.38%) AWS
3 38 (10.73%) GitHub
4 33 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (6.50%) GCP
6 18 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (4.80%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.67%) Serverless
9 12 (3.39%) PaaS
10 10 (2.82%) Cloud Run
10 10 (2.82%) OCI
11 9 (2.54%) npm
12 8 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (2.26%) Firebase
12 8 (2.26%) Google Play
12 8 (2.26%) IaaS
13 7 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.69%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.78%) TCP/IP
2 22 (6.21%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.85%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.56%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.56%) X.509
5 1 (0.28%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) Internet
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.04%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.08%) MongoDB
4 17 (4.80%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.95%) Power BI
7 11 (3.11%) Redis
8 10 (2.82%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.26%) Big Data
11 7 (1.98%) MySQL
12 6 (1.69%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.41%) Hadoop
14 4 (1.13%) Apache Hive
14 4 (1.13%) DB2
15 3 (0.85%) Aerospike
15 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.85%) HBase
15 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 119 (33.62%) Git
2 56 (15.82%) JIRA
3 39 (11.02%) Jenkins
4 31 (8.76%) Visual Studio
5 30 (8.47%) JUnit
6 29 (8.19%) Postman
7 26 (7.34%) SonarQube
8 24 (6.78%) Eclipse
9 15 (4.24%) SpecFlow
9 15 (4.24%) Xcode
10 14 (3.95%) Bitbucket
10 14 (3.95%) Maven
11 13 (3.67%) Cypress.io
12 10 (2.82%) Mockito
13 9 (2.54%) GitLab
13 9 (2.54%) Gradle
14 8 (2.26%) Cucumber
14 8 (2.26%) Selenium
15 7 (1.98%) gulp
15 7 (1.98%) Rational DOORS
General
1 113 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 87 (24.58%) Finance
3 49 (13.84%) Banking
4 45 (12.71%) Public Sector
5 35 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.78%) Military
7 23 (6.50%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (3.67%) Front Office
10 12 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.11%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.98%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.69%) Marketing
14 5 (1.41%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.13%) Electronics
16 3 (0.85%) Law
16 3 (0.85%) Legal
16 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 170 (48.02%) Developer
2 66 (18.64%) Software Engineer
3 54 (15.25%) Senior
4 40 (11.30%) Java Developer
5 37 (10.45%) Senior Developer
6 23 (6.50%) C++ Software Engineer
7 20 (5.65%) C# Software Engineer
8 18 (5.08%) C# Developer
9 17 (4.80%) .NET Developer
10 16 (4.52%) Angular Developer
10 16 (4.52%) Lead
11 15 (4.24%) Android Developer
11 15 (4.24%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.95%) Python Developer
13 13 (3.67%) Consultant
13 13 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (3.39%) Analyst
15 11 (3.11%) Senior Java Developer
16 8 (2.26%) iOS Developer
16 8 (2.26%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (16.10%) REST
2 54 (15.25%) React
3 52 (14.69%) Node.js
4 51 (14.41%) .NET
5 50 (14.12%) Web Services
6 49 (13.84%) RESTful
7 47 (13.28%) CSS
7 47 (13.28%) HTML
8 45 (12.71%) AngularJS
9 41 (11.58%) Spring
10 38 (10.73%) Spring Boot
11 25 (7.06%) Kafka
12 24 (6.78%) .NET Framework
12 24 (6.78%) JSON
13 22 (6.21%) HTML5
13 22 (6.21%) Jest
13 22 (6.21%) SOAP
14 21 (5.93%) Playwright
14 21 (5.93%) pytest
15 20 (5.65%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.19%) Cloud Native
1 29 (8.19%) Mobile App
2 19 (5.37%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (3.39%) Life Science
3 12 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.11%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.11%) Genomics
5 7 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.69%) FPGA
6 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.69%) PCIe
6 6 (1.69%) State Machine
7 5 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.41%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (1.41%) Virtual Reality
8 4 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.10%) Linux
2 47 (13.28%) Windows
3 32 (9.04%) Android
4 22 (6.21%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.08%) Unix
6 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.85%) VMS
8 1 (0.28%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.28%) tvOS
8 1 (0.28%) watchOS
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (51.41%) Agile
2 147 (41.53%) CI/CD
3 98 (27.68%) DevOps
4 97 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (25.14%) Software Engineering
6 85 (24.01%) Test Automation
7 79 (22.32%) TDD
8 69 (19.49%) Microservices
9 63 (17.80%) Scrum
10 49 (13.84%) Continuous Integration
10 49 (13.84%) Integration Testing
11 46 (12.99%) Containerisation
12 44 (12.43%) Clean Code
13 41 (11.58%) Mentoring
13 41 (11.58%) Validation
14 40 (11.30%) Analytics
14 40 (11.30%) Code Quality
15 39 (11.02%) Full-Stack Development
16 34 (9.60%) Front End Development
17 33 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.25%) Java
2 82 (23.16%) SQL
3 76 (21.47%) JavaScript
4 74 (20.90%) C#
5 60 (16.95%) Python
6 50 (14.12%) C++
7 26 (7.34%) Kotlin
8 23 (6.50%) TypeScript
9 14 (3.95%) Scala
10 12 (3.39%) C
10 12 (3.39%) PL/SQL
10 12 (3.39%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.39%) Swift
11 9 (2.54%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.26%) Groovy
12 8 (2.26%) Objective-C
13 6 (1.69%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.13%) ABAP
14 4 (1.13%) Ruby
14 4 (1.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 57 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 43 (12.15%) Degree
2 43 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.56%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.28%) ISEB
6 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.99%) QA
2 29 (8.19%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.82%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.26%) ISO 20022
4 8 (2.26%) SLA
5 7 (1.98%) PSD2
5 7 (1.98%) SEPA
6 4 (1.13%) WCAG
7 2 (0.56%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (16.67%) Docker
2 5 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.85%) HDFS
5 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (15.82%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.80%) Terraform
3 7 (1.98%) Ansible
3 7 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.85%) Argo
4 3 (0.85%) Control-M
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) Hadoop YARN
4 3 (0.85%) Oozie
4 3 (0.85%) Podman
4 3 (0.85%) SELinux
5 2 (0.56%) Cilium
5 2 (0.56%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.56%) Kibana
5 2 (0.56%) Rsyslog
5 2 (0.56%) SCOM
6 1 (0.28%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.28%) Istio
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 47 (13.28%) Oracle
2 40 (11.30%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.63%) Google
4 15 (4.24%) SAP
5 10 (2.82%) Databricks
6 8 (2.26%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (2.26%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.26%) Splunk
7 7 (1.98%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.98%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.69%) Pega
8 6 (1.69%) Perforce
9 5 (1.41%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.41%) Citrix
9 5 (1.41%) VMware
9 5 (1.41%) Workday
10 4 (1.13%) Adobe
10 4 (1.13%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.13%) IBM
10 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow