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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 208 204
Rank change year-on-year -52 -4 -21
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 397 299 420
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.23% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.35% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 193 263
10th Percentile £358 £358 £359
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £598 £663 £663
90th Percentile £688 £738 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 10 45
10th Percentile £55.00 £45.38 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £51.56 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.69 -
90th Percentile £71.33 £65.00 £66.05
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% -

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 33,552 22,163 32,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.57% 90.95% 86.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,495 14,584 21,337
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,072 874 2,199
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.84 £12.91
25th Percentile £19.98 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.50 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.70 £75.43 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £34.00
% change year-on-year +20.11% -9.40% -5.88%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -40 217 £500 -9.09% 30
South East -28 59 £515 -17.60% 24
North of England -37 58 £450 -2.70% 33
North West -18 34 £447 -4.64% 18
East of England -19 25 £613 - 7
Midlands -55 25 £450 -2.70% 18
North East -5 17 £513 +52.99% 9
South West -15 16 £500 -16.67% 10
East Midlands -31 15 £430 -7.08% 11
West Midlands -58 10 £550 +19.24% 7
Yorkshire -49 9 £500 -16.67% 6
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 25 (6.30%) Confluence
2 14 (3.53%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.27%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.02%) Mendix
5 11 (2.77%) HCL Notes
6 8 (2.02%) Apache
7 6 (1.51%) Ethereum
7 6 (1.51%) Hyperledger
8 5 (1.26%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.01%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.76%) IIS
10 3 (0.76%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.50%) CMS
11 2 (0.50%) JBoss
11 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.50%) Mule
11 2 (0.50%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 16 (4.03%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.01%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.76%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.50%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 84 (21.16%) Azure
2 69 (17.38%) AWS
3 50 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (12.09%) GitHub
5 40 (10.08%) Serverless
6 26 (6.55%) Power Platform
7 25 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (6.05%) OpenShift
9 20 (5.04%) Azure Functions
9 20 (5.04%) OCI
10 19 (4.79%) GCP
11 18 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.03%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.78%) PaaS
13 15 (3.78%) Power Automate
13 15 (3.78%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.54%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.28%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.76%) HTTP
4 3 (0.76%) DSL
4 3 (0.76%) Modbus
4 3 (0.76%) RS-232
4 3 (0.76%) RS-422
4 3 (0.76%) RS-485
5 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.30%) Oracle Database
3 24 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (5.29%) Power BI
5 20 (5.04%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.79%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.78%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.27%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.52%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.02%) Aerospike
10 8 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (1.51%) Redis
12 5 (1.26%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.01%) MySQL
13 4 (1.01%) SAP HANA
13 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 89 (22.42%) Git
2 58 (14.61%) JIRA
3 49 (12.34%) GitLab
4 37 (9.32%) Visual Studio
5 34 (8.56%) Jenkins
6 33 (8.31%) JUnit
7 32 (8.06%) SonarQube
8 22 (5.54%) Postman
9 17 (4.28%) Eclipse
10 15 (3.78%) Gradle
11 12 (3.02%) Maven
11 12 (3.02%) Selenium
12 11 (2.77%) Cucumber
13 9 (2.27%) Mockito
13 9 (2.27%) MSTest
14 8 (2.02%) PVCS
14 8 (2.02%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (1.76%) fastlane
15 7 (1.76%) NUnit
16 6 (1.51%) MLflow
General
1 101 (25.44%) Finance
2 86 (21.66%) Social Skills
3 43 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.58%) Banking
4 42 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.29%) Military
6 14 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.27%) Front Office
8 11 (2.77%) Electronics
8 11 (2.77%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.26%) Legal
11 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.01%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.01%) Law
12 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 205 (51.64%) Developer
2 55 (13.85%) Software Engineer
3 50 (12.59%) Java Developer
3 50 (12.59%) Senior
4 29 (7.30%) Senior Developer
5 27 (6.80%) C# Developer
6 23 (5.79%) Data Engineer
7 20 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
8 19 (4.79%) Java Engineer
8 19 (4.79%) Python Developer
9 16 (4.03%) .NET Developer
10 15 (3.78%) Consultant
11 14 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (3.27%) C# Software Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) Cloud Specialist
13 12 (3.02%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) Integration Specialist
13 12 (3.02%) Oracle Specialist
13 12 (3.02%) Power Platform Developer
13 12 (3.02%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (17.88%) .NET
2 70 (17.63%) REST
3 56 (14.11%) RESTful
4 51 (12.85%) React
5 47 (11.84%) Spring
6 44 (11.08%) AngularJS
7 42 (10.58%) Web Services
8 39 (9.82%) Spring Boot
9 33 (8.31%) Kafka
10 32 (8.06%) CSS
10 32 (8.06%) Node.js
11 31 (7.81%) .NET Framework
12 30 (7.56%) HTML
13 29 (7.30%) SOAP
14 28 (7.05%) JSON
15 26 (6.55%) XML
16 23 (5.79%) Quarkus
17 22 (5.54%) pytest
18 20 (5.04%) Oracle Fusion
19 18 (4.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.05%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.53%) Algorithms
5 13 (3.27%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.02%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.77%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.02%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.51%) Life Science
10 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.26%) NHS
12 4 (1.01%) CMDB
12 4 (1.01%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.01%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.09%) Windows
2 27 (6.80%) Linux
3 15 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.53%) Android
5 10 (2.52%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.27%) Unix
7 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (51.64%) Agile
2 167 (42.07%) CI/CD
3 124 (31.23%) DevOps
4 102 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (24.18%) Software Engineering
6 95 (23.93%) Test Automation
7 81 (20.40%) Scrum
8 73 (18.39%) Microservices
9 65 (16.37%) TDD
10 56 (14.11%) SDLC
11 51 (12.85%) Code Quality
12 47 (11.84%) Integration Testing
13 43 (10.83%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (10.33%) Containerisation
15 40 (10.08%) AI
15 40 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
15 40 (10.08%) Validation
16 39 (9.82%) Analytics
17 37 (9.32%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 125 (31.49%) Java
2 124 (31.23%) SQL
3 102 (25.69%) C#
4 65 (16.37%) Python
5 64 (16.12%) JavaScript
6 36 (9.07%) TypeScript
7 34 (8.56%) C++
8 32 (8.06%) PL/SQL
9 25 (6.30%) T-SQL
10 17 (4.28%) C
11 15 (3.78%) Kotlin
12 14 (3.53%) Scala
13 11 (2.77%) Formula Language
13 11 (2.77%) LotusScript
14 10 (2.52%) Apex Code
14 10 (2.52%) PowerShell
15 9 (2.27%) Swift
16 7 (1.76%) ABAP
16 7 (1.76%) Embedded C
16 7 (1.76%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 100 (25.19%) Security Cleared
2 85 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.82%) Degree
4 20 (5.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.76%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (22.17%) QA
2 12 (3.02%) Accessibility
2 12 (3.02%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.76%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.51%) SEPA
5 5 (1.26%) PSD2
6 4 (1.01%) HL7
6 4 (1.01%) WCAG
7 3 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.50%) SLA
9 1 (0.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 51 (12.85%) Docker
2 10 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.50%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.50%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.50%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 57 (14.36%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.79%) Argo
3 16 (4.03%) Terraform
4 5 (1.26%) Grafana
4 5 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.76%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.25%) Ansible
7 1 (0.25%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.25%) Kibana
7 1 (0.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 84 (21.16%) Oracle
2 62 (15.62%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.29%) Red Hat
4 19 (4.79%) Databricks
5 17 (4.28%) Citrix
6 16 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.27%) Google
7 13 (3.27%) SAP
8 11 (2.77%) Lotus
9 10 (2.52%) IBM
9 10 (2.52%) Informatica
9 10 (2.52%) Kofax
9 10 (2.52%) VMware
10 8 (2.02%) ANSYS
11 7 (1.76%) Veracode
12 5 (1.26%) Pega
12 5 (1.26%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.01%) Brio
13 4 (1.01%) Dataiku
13 4 (1.01%) Splunk