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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 159 190
Rank change year-on-year -73 +31 -28
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 365 494 504
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 1.62% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.84% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 305 329
10th Percentile £359 £366 £426
25th Percentile £404 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £688
90th Percentile £755 £731 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 58
10th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £48.32
25th Percentile - £60.63 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.00 - £74.75
90th Percentile £69.35 £65.25 £89.13
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 27,812 26,873 34,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.40% 87.89% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,725 16,531 23,197
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,799 953 1,442
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.23 £14.78
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -71 176 £525 -6.75% 44
North of England -4 72 £447 -10.60% 73
North West +5 49 £450 -10.00% 45
Midlands -27 40 £463 -13.55% 38
East of England -2 36 £488 +33.56% 42
West Midlands -13 25 £520 -15.11% 18
South East -67 25 £591 -5.44% 67
Yorkshire -23 17 £395 -31.30% 24
East Midlands -17 15 £415 -17.00% 19
North East 0 6 £538 - 4
South West -8 6 - - 28
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 (6.30%) Confluence
2 15 (4.11%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.64%) Apache
4 6 (1.64%) Jupyter
5 4 (1.10%) CMS
5 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.82%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.82%) Mule
6 3 (0.82%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.55%) Camunda
7 2 (0.55%) JBoss
7 2 (0.55%) Mendix
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) Drupal
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) InVision
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (2.47%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.10%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.82%) OpenText MBPM
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.82%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.82%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.82%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.55%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.18%) Azure
2 60 (16.44%) AWS
3 35 (9.59%) GitHub
4 34 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (6.58%) GCP
6 21 (5.75%) Serverless
7 19 (5.21%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.84%) PaaS
10 12 (3.29%) OCI
11 10 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.74%) Cloud Run
12 9 (2.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 9 (2.47%) IaaS
12 9 (2.47%) npm
13 8 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (2.19%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.19%) Firebase
13 8 (2.19%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.30%) TCP/IP
2 20 (5.48%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.82%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.55%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.55%) X.509
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.66%) MongoDB
3 17 (4.66%) NoSQL
4 16 (4.38%) Power BI
5 15 (4.11%) Oracle Database
5 15 (4.11%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.01%) Redis
7 8 (2.19%) Big Data
8 7 (1.92%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.37%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.37%) MySQL
10 4 (1.10%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.10%) DB2
11 3 (0.82%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.82%) Metadata
11 3 (0.82%) Power Query
11 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 118 (32.33%) Git
2 57 (15.62%) JIRA
3 40 (10.96%) Jenkins
4 31 (8.49%) Postman
5 30 (8.22%) Visual Studio
6 26 (7.12%) JUnit
6 26 (7.12%) SonarQube
7 22 (6.03%) Eclipse
8 14 (3.84%) SpecFlow
8 14 (3.84%) Xcode
9 13 (3.56%) Bitbucket
9 13 (3.56%) Cypress.io
9 13 (3.56%) Maven
10 11 (3.01%) GitLab
11 10 (2.74%) Mockito
12 8 (2.19%) Cucumber
12 8 (2.19%) Selenium
13 7 (1.92%) Android Studio
13 7 (1.92%) Gradle
13 7 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 112 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.93%) Finance
3 48 (13.15%) Banking
3 48 (13.15%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.03%) Military
6 21 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (3.56%) Front Office
9 11 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.64%) Marketing
12 5 (1.37%) Electronics
12 5 (1.37%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.82%) Law
14 3 (0.82%) Legal
14 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 172 (47.12%) Developer
2 65 (17.81%) Software Engineer
3 53 (14.52%) Senior
4 40 (10.96%) Java Developer
5 36 (9.86%) Senior Developer
6 22 (6.03%) C++ Software Engineer
7 19 (5.21%) Lead
8 18 (4.93%) C# Software Engineer
8 18 (4.93%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.66%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.38%) .NET Developer
10 16 (4.38%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.11%) Angular Developer
12 14 (3.84%) Android Developer
12 14 (3.84%) Consultant
13 12 (3.29%) Analyst
13 12 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
14 10 (2.74%) Senior Java Developer
15 8 (2.19%) Senior Python Developer
15 8 (2.19%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (15.89%) React
1 58 (15.89%) REST
2 53 (14.52%) .NET
3 51 (13.97%) Node.js
3 51 (13.97%) Web Services
4 47 (12.88%) CSS
4 47 (12.88%) RESTful
5 46 (12.60%) HTML
6 43 (11.78%) AngularJS
7 42 (11.51%) Spring
8 38 (10.41%) Spring Boot
9 26 (7.12%) JSON
10 25 (6.85%) Kafka
11 24 (6.58%) .NET Framework
11 24 (6.58%) SOAP
12 23 (6.30%) Jest
13 22 (6.03%) HTML5
13 22 (6.03%) pytest
14 20 (5.48%) CSS3
14 20 (5.48%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.12%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.29%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.29%) Life Science
4 12 (3.29%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.01%) Genomics
6 8 (2.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.64%) FPGA
8 6 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.64%) PCIe
8 6 (1.64%) State Machine
9 5 (1.37%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.07%) Linux
2 46 (12.60%) Windows
3 29 (7.95%) Android
4 21 (5.75%) Apple iOS
5 18 (4.93%) Unix
6 8 (2.19%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.82%) VMS
9 1 (0.27%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.27%) tvOS
9 1 (0.27%) watchOS
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (50.41%) Agile
2 153 (41.92%) CI/CD
3 105 (28.77%) DevOps
4 102 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (24.93%) Software Engineering
6 88 (24.11%) Test Automation
7 73 (20.00%) TDD
8 69 (18.90%) Microservices
9 62 (16.99%) Scrum
10 53 (14.52%) Containerisation
11 52 (14.25%) Integration Testing
12 48 (13.15%) Continuous Integration
13 45 (12.33%) Clean Code
14 44 (12.05%) Code Quality
15 42 (11.51%) Validation
16 41 (11.23%) Analytics
17 39 (10.68%) Mentoring
18 37 (10.14%) Full-Stack Development
19 34 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
19 34 (9.32%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 101 (27.67%) Java
2 91 (24.93%) SQL
3 74 (20.27%) C#
3 74 (20.27%) JavaScript
4 66 (18.08%) Python
5 49 (13.42%) C++
6 24 (6.58%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.30%) Kotlin
8 16 (4.38%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.56%) Scala
10 12 (3.29%) C
10 12 (3.29%) PowerShell
11 11 (3.01%) Swift
12 9 (2.47%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.47%) T-SQL
13 8 (2.19%) Groovy
14 7 (1.92%) Objective-C
15 5 (1.37%) ABAP
16 4 (1.10%) Bash
16 4 (1.10%) X++
Qualifications
1 59 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 45 (12.33%) Degree
2 45 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.55%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.27%) ISEB
6 1 (0.27%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (13.97%) QA
2 29 (7.95%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.47%) ISO 20022
5 8 (2.19%) PSD2
5 8 (2.19%) SEPA
5 8 (2.19%) SLA
6 4 (1.10%) WCAG
7 3 (0.82%) HL7
8 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.27%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (16.99%) Docker
2 6 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.82%) HDFS
5 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.55%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.55%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.55%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (15.89%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.93%) Terraform
3 7 (1.92%) Ansible
3 7 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.10%) Argo
5 3 (0.82%) Control-M
5 3 (0.82%) Grafana
5 3 (0.82%) Hadoop YARN
5 3 (0.82%) Oozie
5 3 (0.82%) Podman
5 3 (0.82%) SELinux
6 2 (0.55%) Cilium
6 2 (0.55%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.55%) Kibana
6 2 (0.55%) Rsyslog
6 2 (0.55%) SCOM
7 1 (0.27%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.27%) Istio
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 55 (15.07%) Oracle
2 43 (11.78%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.67%) Google
4 16 (4.38%) SAP
5 13 (3.56%) Databricks
6 8 (2.19%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (2.19%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.92%) Citrix
7 7 (1.92%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.92%) Splunk
8 6 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.64%) Pega
8 6 (1.64%) Perforce
8 6 (1.64%) VMware
9 5 (1.37%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.37%) IBM
9 5 (1.37%) Workday
10 4 (1.10%) Adobe
10 4 (1.10%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow