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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 219 194
Rank change year-on-year -47 -25 -8
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 378 301 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.23% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.35% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 196 277
10th Percentile £358 £359 £366
25th Percentile £415 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £592 £658 £662
90th Percentile £688 £738 £706
UK median daily rate £489 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 9 48
10th Percentile £55.00 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £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 - - £65.53
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 33,684 22,303 32,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.31% 91.07% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,561 14,661 21,238
10th Percentile £314 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 892 2,221
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.23 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -2.78%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -36 202 £495 -10.00% 36
North of England -36 60 £450 -2.70% 34
South East -29 56 £515 -17.60% 21
North West -25 35 £447 -4.64% 22
East of England -10 25 £625 - 7
Midlands -62 21 £447 -3.35% 16
North East 0 18 £513 +52.99% 7
South West -18 16 £500 -16.67% 8
East Midlands -29 15 £430 -7.08% 8
Yorkshire -48 9 £500 -16.67% 5
West Midlands -58 6 £489 +5.94% 8
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 (6.08%) Confluence
2 14 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.17%) Mendix
3 12 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.91%) HCL Notes
5 8 (2.12%) Apache
6 6 (1.59%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.59%) Hyperledger
7 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.79%) IIS
8 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.79%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.53%) JBoss
9 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.53%) Mule
9 2 (0.53%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.53%) SAS
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (3.97%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.06%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.06%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.79%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.79%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.79%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.79%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.53%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 79 (20.90%) Azure
2 65 (17.20%) AWS
3 47 (12.43%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (11.90%) GitHub
5 40 (10.58%) Serverless
6 25 (6.61%) OpenShift
7 24 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (5.82%) Power Platform
9 20 (5.29%) Azure Functions
10 18 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (4.76%) GCP
10 18 (4.76%) OCI
11 16 (4.23%) Amazon S3
12 15 (3.97%) Power Automate
12 15 (3.97%) PowerApps
13 13 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.44%) PaaS
14 12 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 10 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.82%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.50%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.85%) HTTP
4 3 (0.79%) DSL
4 3 (0.79%) Modbus
4 3 (0.79%) RS-232
4 3 (0.79%) RS-422
4 3 (0.79%) RS-485
5 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.88%) Oracle Database
3 24 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.03%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.76%) Power BI
6 14 (3.70%) MongoDB
6 14 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.44%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.65%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.12%) Aerospike
9 8 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (1.59%) Redis
11 5 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.06%) SAP HANA
12 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.79%) Big Data
13 3 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 83 (21.96%) Git
2 57 (15.08%) JIRA
3 49 (12.96%) GitLab
4 36 (9.52%) Visual Studio
5 33 (8.73%) Jenkins
5 33 (8.73%) JUnit
5 33 (8.73%) SonarQube
6 20 (5.29%) Postman
7 17 (4.50%) Eclipse
8 15 (3.97%) Gradle
9 12 (3.17%) Maven
10 11 (2.91%) Cucumber
10 11 (2.91%) Selenium
11 9 (2.38%) Mockito
12 8 (2.12%) MSTest
12 8 (2.12%) PVCS
12 8 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
13 7 (1.85%) NUnit
14 6 (1.59%) MLflow
14 6 (1.59%) SoapUI
General
1 98 (25.93%) Finance
2 79 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.05%) Banking
4 36 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.56%) Military
6 14 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.91%) Electronics
7 11 (2.91%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.65%) Front Office
9 5 (1.32%) Legal
9 5 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.06%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.06%) Law
10 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.06%) Retail
11 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 195 (51.59%) Developer
2 54 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 48 (12.70%) Java Developer
4 45 (11.90%) Senior
5 28 (7.41%) C# Developer
6 26 (6.88%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.35%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (5.29%) Java Engineer
9 15 (3.97%) .NET Developer
9 15 (3.97%) Python Developer
10 14 (3.70%) C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (3.70%) Consultant
11 13 (3.44%) C# Software Engineer
12 12 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
12 12 (3.17%) Salesforce Developer
13 11 (2.91%) Cloud Specialist
13 11 (2.91%) Integration Engineer
13 11 (2.91%) Integration Specialist
13 11 (2.91%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (18.52%) .NET
2 63 (16.67%) REST
3 56 (14.81%) RESTful
4 46 (12.17%) React
4 46 (12.17%) Spring
5 44 (11.64%) AngularJS
6 38 (10.05%) Spring Boot
7 37 (9.79%) Web Services
8 32 (8.47%) Kafka
9 31 (8.20%) .NET Framework
10 30 (7.94%) Node.js
11 29 (7.67%) CSS
12 27 (7.14%) HTML
13 26 (6.88%) JSON
13 26 (6.88%) SOAP
14 24 (6.35%) Quarkus
14 24 (6.35%) XML
15 21 (5.56%) pytest
16 17 (4.50%) OAuth
17 16 (4.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.61%) Product Ownership
3 23 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 13 (3.44%) Low-Code
6 11 (2.91%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.32%) Life Science
11 5 (1.32%) NHS
12 3 (0.79%) CMDB
12 3 (0.79%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.79%) Derivative
12 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.70%) Windows
2 27 (7.14%) Linux
3 15 (3.97%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.70%) Android
5 9 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.38%) Unix
6 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (51.06%) Agile
2 157 (41.53%) CI/CD
3 117 (30.95%) DevOps
4 94 (24.87%) Software Engineering
5 93 (24.60%) Test Automation
6 91 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (21.43%) Scrum
8 69 (18.25%) Microservices
9 63 (16.67%) TDD
10 56 (14.81%) SDLC
11 51 (13.49%) Code Quality
12 43 (11.38%) Integration Testing
13 41 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (10.85%) Validation
14 39 (10.32%) AI
14 39 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (10.32%) Containerisation
15 37 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
16 36 (9.52%) Sprint Planning
17 35 (9.26%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 123 (32.54%) Java
2 119 (31.48%) SQL
3 102 (26.98%) C#
4 60 (15.87%) JavaScript
5 59 (15.61%) Python
6 34 (8.99%) C++
6 34 (8.99%) TypeScript
7 31 (8.20%) PL/SQL
8 26 (6.88%) T-SQL
9 16 (4.23%) C
10 14 (3.70%) Kotlin
11 11 (2.91%) Formula Language
11 11 (2.91%) LotusScript
12 10 (2.65%) Apex Code
12 10 (2.65%) Scala
13 9 (2.38%) PowerShell
14 8 (2.12%) Swift
15 7 (1.85%) ABAP
15 7 (1.85%) Embedded C
15 7 (1.85%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 97 (25.66%) Security Cleared
2 84 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.26%) Degree
4 20 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.59%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.28%) QA
2 12 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.85%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.59%) SEPA
6 5 (1.32%) PSD2
7 4 (1.06%) HL7
8 3 (0.79%) WCAG
9 2 (0.53%) GDPR
9 2 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (12.70%) Docker
2 8 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.53%) OpenAM
3 2 (0.53%) OpenDJ
3 2 (0.53%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 56 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.35%) Argo
3 15 (3.97%) Terraform
4 5 (1.32%) Grafana
5 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.79%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.53%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) Ansible
8 1 (0.26%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 81 (21.43%) Oracle
2 61 (16.14%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.82%) Red Hat
4 18 (4.76%) Citrix
4 18 (4.76%) Databricks
5 16 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.44%) SAP
7 11 (2.91%) Google
7 11 (2.91%) Lotus
8 10 (2.65%) IBM
8 10 (2.65%) Informatica
8 10 (2.65%) Kofax
9 8 (2.12%) ANSYS
9 8 (2.12%) VMware
10 7 (1.85%) Veracode
11 5 (1.32%) Pega
12 4 (1.06%) Brio
12 4 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.06%) Splunk
12 4 (1.06%) Workday