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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 250 155
Rank change year-on-year -53 -95 +37
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 359 289 538
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.05% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.15% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 194 342
10th Percentile £283 £358 £375
25th Percentile £400 £385 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £598 £613 £638
90th Percentile £686 £746 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £540
% change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 46
10th Percentile £38.25 £61.63 £58.13
25th Percentile £62.50 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -37 180 £500 - 161
North of England -60 70 £463 +3.93% 60
South East -6 68 £513 +2.50% 20
North East -9 35 £510 -7.27% 11
Midlands -58 25 £492 +6.43% 42
North West -69 22 £463 -3.75% 43
West Midlands -41 20 £500 +2.04% 24
Yorkshire -48 13 £447 +14.62% 7
South West -39 10 £500 -14.89% 33
East of England -35 9 £619 +32.00% 21
East Midlands -28 5 £430 -2.61% 18
Unit Testing
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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 5 (1.39%) Confluence
1 5 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.11%) IIS
2 4 (1.11%) SAS
3 3 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.56%) Camunda
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) Mendix
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Trello
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.28%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 16 (4.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.11%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.84%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.84%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.84%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.56%) HFM
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
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 CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 91 (25.35%) Azure
2 53 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (12.26%) AWS
4 42 (11.70%) GitHub
5 41 (11.42%) OpenShift
6 28 (7.80%) Power Platform
7 23 (6.41%) Serverless
8 15 (4.18%) GCP
9 14 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.90%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.34%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.34%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.95%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.46%) Internet
2 6 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.39%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) DSL
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
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 41 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.01%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.90%) Data Lake
4 14 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.62%) Oracle Database
6 12 (3.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.34%) DynamoDB
6 12 (3.34%) Power BI
7 10 (2.79%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.23%) Redis
9 7 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.67%) MySQL
11 5 (1.39%) Metadata
11 5 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.39%) SAP HANA
12 4 (1.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 3 (0.84%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (23.96%) Git
2 42 (11.70%) SonarQube
3 36 (10.03%) Jenkins
4 34 (9.47%) GitLab
5 29 (8.08%) JIRA
6 22 (6.13%) JUnit
7 20 (5.57%) Visual Studio
8 19 (5.29%) Selenium
9 12 (3.34%) Gradle
10 11 (3.06%) Bitbucket
10 11 (3.06%) Maven
11 9 (2.51%) Cucumber
11 9 (2.51%) NUnit
12 7 (1.95%) Eclipse
13 6 (1.67%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.67%) MSTest
13 6 (1.67%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.39%) JMeter
14 5 (1.39%) JSUnit
14 5 (1.39%) Mockito
General
1 98 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.78%) Finance
3 49 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.09%) Banking
5 38 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.51%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.23%) Front Office
7 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.23%) Retail
8 7 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.67%) Military
10 4 (1.11%) Billing
11 3 (0.84%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.84%) Legal
11 3 (0.84%) Marketing
11 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.84%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 172 (47.91%) Developer
2 64 (17.83%) Senior
3 39 (10.86%) Software Engineer
4 35 (9.75%) Java Developer
5 31 (8.64%) Java Engineer
6 25 (6.96%) Consultant
7 24 (6.69%) C# Developer
7 24 (6.69%) Senior Developer
8 21 (5.85%) Lead
9 18 (5.01%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.46%) .NET Developer
10 16 (4.46%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (4.46%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 12 (3.34%) SAP Consultant
11 12 (3.34%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 11 (3.06%) Software Developer
13 10 (2.79%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.51%) Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (2.51%) Informatica Engineer
14 9 (2.51%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (19.50%) .NET
2 58 (16.16%) REST
3 53 (14.76%) AngularJS
4 45 (12.53%) RESTful
5 38 (10.58%) Quarkus
5 38 (10.58%) React
6 37 (10.31%) Spring
7 34 (9.47%) .NET Framework
8 29 (8.08%) Spring Boot
9 27 (7.52%) pytest
10 26 (7.24%) Web Services
11 25 (6.96%) SOAP
12 24 (6.69%) Node.js
13 23 (6.41%) CSS
14 22 (6.13%) HTML
14 22 (6.13%) JSON
15 20 (5.57%) Kafka
16 19 (5.29%) Playwright
17 18 (5.01%) Terraform
18 15 (4.18%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.13%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.57%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.18%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.23%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.23%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.95%) CMDB
7 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.11%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.11%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.84%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.84%) IoT
10 3 (0.84%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.13%) Windows
2 14 (3.90%) Linux
3 10 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.39%) Unix
5 4 (1.11%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (50.14%) Agile
2 139 (38.72%) CI/CD
3 122 (33.98%) DevOps
4 100 (27.86%) Scrum
4 100 (27.86%) Test Automation
5 99 (27.58%) Software Engineering
6 85 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (22.28%) User Acceptance Testing
8 75 (20.89%) Integration Testing
9 74 (20.61%) SDLC
10 57 (15.88%) Microservices
11 55 (15.32%) TDD
12 54 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (14.76%) AI
14 49 (13.65%) Sprint Planning
15 47 (13.09%) Validation
16 46 (12.81%) Clean Code
16 46 (12.81%) Code Quality
16 46 (12.81%) Front End Development
17 39 (10.86%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 117 (32.59%) SQL
2 90 (25.07%) Java
3 89 (24.79%) C#
4 56 (15.60%) JavaScript
4 56 (15.60%) Python
5 31 (8.64%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.85%) PL/SQL
7 19 (5.29%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.79%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.51%) C++
10 8 (2.23%) ABAP
10 8 (2.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.95%) Bash
11 7 (1.95%) X++
12 5 (1.39%) C
12 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.39%) Swift
13 4 (1.11%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.84%) Bicep
15 2 (0.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 116 (32.31%) Security Cleared
2 92 (25.63%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.64%) Degree
4 14 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.23%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.84%) ACCA
8 3 (0.84%) CIMA
8 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.56%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) CCNA
10 1 (0.28%) CISA
10 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (26.74%) QA
2 15 (4.18%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.23%) WCAG
5 3 (0.84%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 60 (16.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (23.96%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.58%) Argo
3 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Istio
5 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.26%) Oracle
3 36 (10.03%) Red Hat
4 24 (6.69%) SAP
5 13 (3.62%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.06%) Citrix
6 11 (3.06%) Informatica
7 9 (2.51%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.23%) UiPath
9 7 (1.95%) Pega
10 6 (1.67%) Splunk
11 5 (1.39%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.11%) Databricks
12 4 (1.11%) Google
12 4 (1.11%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.11%) Workday
13 3 (0.84%) HP
14 2 (0.56%) Adobe
14 2 (0.56%) Hyperion
14 2 (0.56%) VMware