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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 238 175
Rank change year-on-year -38 -63 +19
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 357 251 494
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.05% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.15% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 170 315
10th Percentile £317 £354 £375
25th Percentile £415 £406 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £523 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -3.24% -7.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £670 £739 £695
UK median daily rate £488 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +1.67% -8.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 10 53
10th Percentile £60.00 £52.38 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £72.65 £65.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -

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 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -56 187 £490 -9.26% 43
South East -17 61 £513 +2.50% 16
North of England -41 56 £450 +14.29% 27
North West -19 33 £450 +9.09% 17
North East -15 18 £481 +43.66% 8
East of England -19 18 £625 +33.33% 9
Midlands -54 18 £460 -0.54% 21
South West -22 16 £500 -13.04% 14
East Midlands -30 12 £449 -3.03% 12
Yorkshire -53 7 £500 -16.67% 2
West Midlands -53 6 £519 +12.59% 9
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 15 (4.20%) Confluence
2 10 (2.80%) Mendix
2 10 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.24%) HCL Notes
4 7 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.68%) Apache
5 6 (1.68%) Ethereum
5 6 (1.68%) Hyperledger
6 4 (1.12%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.84%) IIS
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.56%) Camunda
8 2 (0.56%) CMS
8 2 (0.56%) JBoss
8 2 (0.56%) Mule
8 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.56%) SAS
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.12%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.84%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.56%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.28%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.28%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.28%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.53%) Azure
2 53 (14.85%) AWS
3 51 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (11.48%) GitHub
5 32 (8.96%) Serverless
6 28 (7.84%) OpenShift
7 21 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (4.48%) Power Platform
9 15 (4.20%) Azure Functions
9 15 (4.20%) OCI
10 14 (3.92%) PowerApps
11 13 (3.64%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.36%) Amazon S3
12 12 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.80%) GCP
14 9 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (2.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.04%) TCP/IP
2 16 (4.48%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.96%) HTTP
4 4 (1.12%) Internet
5 3 (0.84%) DSL
5 3 (0.84%) Modbus
5 3 (0.84%) RS-232
5 3 (0.84%) RS-422
5 3 (0.84%) RS-485
6 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.73%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.88%) Oracle Database
3 19 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.20%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.64%) MongoDB
7 12 (3.36%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.08%) Power BI
8 11 (3.08%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.68%) Redis
11 5 (1.40%) Aerospike
11 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (1.12%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.84%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.84%) Metadata
13 3 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (20.73%) Git
2 46 (12.89%) GitLab
3 44 (12.32%) JIRA
4 34 (9.52%) SonarQube
4 34 (9.52%) Visual Studio
5 29 (8.12%) JUnit
6 26 (7.28%) Jenkins
7 17 (4.76%) Eclipse
8 14 (3.92%) Gradle
8 14 (3.92%) Postman
8 14 (3.92%) Selenium
9 11 (3.08%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.08%) MSTest
9 11 (3.08%) NUnit
10 10 (2.80%) Maven
11 8 (2.24%) Mockito
12 7 (1.96%) SoapUI
13 6 (1.68%) fastlane
13 6 (1.68%) XCTest
14 5 (1.40%) SpecFlow
General
1 79 (22.13%) Finance
2 64 (17.93%) Social Skills
3 40 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.92%) Banking
5 21 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.32%) Military
7 10 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.52%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.96%) Electronics
9 7 (1.96%) Front Office
10 6 (1.68%) Retail
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.84%) Legal
11 3 (0.84%) Marketing
11 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Law
12 2 (0.56%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.28%) Billing
13 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 176 (49.30%) Developer
2 50 (14.01%) Senior
3 49 (13.73%) Software Engineer
4 41 (11.48%) Java Developer
5 27 (7.56%) C# Developer
6 25 (7.00%) Senior Developer
7 21 (5.88%) Java Engineer
8 20 (5.60%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.32%) .NET Developer
10 18 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (4.76%) Consultant
12 14 (3.92%) C++ Software Engineer
13 13 (3.64%) C# Software Engineer
14 12 (3.36%) Lead
14 12 (3.36%) Python Developer
15 11 (3.08%) Salesforce Developer
16 10 (2.80%) Integration Specialist
16 10 (2.80%) Oracle Specialist
17 9 (2.52%) Cloud Specialist
17 9 (2.52%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (21.01%) .NET
2 61 (17.09%) REST
3 58 (16.25%) RESTful
4 46 (12.89%) AngularJS
5 39 (10.92%) .NET Framework
6 38 (10.64%) React
7 37 (10.36%) Spring
8 32 (8.96%) Spring Boot
9 29 (8.12%) CSS
9 29 (8.12%) Kafka
10 28 (7.84%) JSON
10 28 (7.84%) Web Services
11 27 (7.56%) HTML
11 27 (7.56%) SOAP
12 26 (7.28%) Quarkus
13 24 (6.72%) XML
14 22 (6.16%) Node.js
15 20 (5.60%) pytest
16 17 (4.76%) OAuth
17 16 (4.48%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.28%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.60%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (3.64%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.52%) Algorithms
5 9 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.24%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.12%) CMDB
10 4 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.84%) Equities
11 3 (0.84%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.61%) Windows
2 22 (6.16%) Linux
3 15 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.80%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.24%) Android
6 4 (1.12%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (47.62%) Agile
2 150 (42.02%) CI/CD
3 114 (31.93%) DevOps
4 92 (25.77%) Software Engineering
5 84 (23.53%) Scrum
6 82 (22.97%) Test Automation
7 72 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (17.65%) Microservices
8 63 (17.65%) TDD
9 55 (15.41%) SDLC
10 48 (13.45%) Validation
11 46 (12.89%) User Acceptance Testing
12 42 (11.76%) AI
12 42 (11.76%) Integration Testing
13 41 (11.48%) Code Quality
14 39 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (10.36%) Sprint Planning
16 36 (10.08%) Clean Code
17 34 (9.52%) ERP
17 34 (9.52%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 114 (31.93%) SQL
2 107 (29.97%) C#
2 107 (29.97%) Java
3 64 (17.93%) JavaScript
4 57 (15.97%) Python
5 30 (8.40%) C++
5 30 (8.40%) TypeScript
6 28 (7.84%) PL/SQL
7 26 (7.28%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.36%) C
9 10 (2.80%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.52%) Apex Code
10 9 (2.52%) Scala
10 9 (2.52%) Swift
11 8 (2.24%) Formula Language
11 8 (2.24%) LotusScript
12 7 (1.96%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.40%) Bicep
14 4 (1.12%) ABAP
14 4 (1.12%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 92 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.68%) Degree
4 19 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.68%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.28%) ACCA
6 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.28%) CIMA
6 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (24.65%) QA
2 11 (3.08%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.12%) ISO 20022
3 4 (1.12%) WCAG
4 3 (0.84%) SEPA
5 2 (0.56%) Basel III
5 2 (0.56%) GDPR
5 2 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.56%) PSD2
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) HL7
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (14.29%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 62 (17.37%) Kubernetes
2 26 (7.28%) Argo
3 14 (3.92%) Terraform
4 4 (1.12%) Grafana
5 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) Ansible
7 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 69 (19.33%) Oracle
2 60 (16.81%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.72%) Red Hat
4 17 (4.76%) Citrix
5 15 (4.20%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.64%) Informatica
7 12 (3.36%) SAP
8 9 (2.52%) Databricks
9 8 (2.24%) Kofax
9 8 (2.24%) Lotus
10 7 (1.96%) Veracode
11 6 (1.68%) Avaloq
11 6 (1.68%) IBM
12 5 (1.40%) Pega
12 5 (1.40%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.12%) ANSYS
13 4 (1.12%) Splunk
13 4 (1.12%) VMware
14 3 (0.84%) HP
14 3 (0.84%) Sybase