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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 248 156
Rank change year-on-year -71 -92 +25
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 351 293 536
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 1.05% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.16% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 192 337
10th Percentile £283 £356 £391
25th Percentile £400 £383 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £599 £615 £650
90th Percentile £688 £765 £718
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 40
10th Percentile £38.25 £62.75 £60.63
25th Percentile £62.50 - £62.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £67.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £69.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.31% - -

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 39,380 25,274 28,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.84% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,176 16,039 17,819
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,707 1,489 1,353
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -34 178 £500 - 112
North of England -64 69 £463 +13.15% 36
South East -23 57 £513 +12.02% 26
North East -14 34 £510 -7.27% 9
Midlands -49 28 £500 +8.11% 24
West Midlands -34 24 £500 - 15
North West -66 23 £463 +3.93% 20
Yorkshire -39 12 £447 +14.62% 7
East of England -47 11 £619 +26.92% 25
South West -43 10 £500 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -27 4 £413 -6.52% 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 5 (1.42%) Confluence
2 4 (1.14%) SAS
2 4 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.57%) Camunda
4 2 (0.57%) IIS
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) Mendix
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Trello
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 18 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.14%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (1.14%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.85%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.85%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.57%) HFM
4 2 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
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 HR
5 1 (0.28%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.28%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.93%) Azure
2 49 (13.96%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (12.25%) AWS
4 40 (11.40%) GitHub
5 39 (11.11%) OpenShift
6 28 (7.98%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.41%) Serverless
8 16 (4.56%) GCP
9 14 (3.99%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.42%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.56%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.56%) Internet
2 6 (1.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.42%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.57%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.57%) Intranet
4 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) DSL
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
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 34 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.84%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.27%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.70%) Data Lake
5 13 (3.70%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.42%) Power BI
7 11 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.13%) MySQL
8 10 (2.85%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.56%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.99%) Redis
10 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.42%) Metadata
11 5 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (1.14%) SAP HANA
12 4 (1.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 89 (25.36%) Git
2 41 (11.68%) SonarQube
3 36 (10.26%) Jenkins
4 32 (9.12%) GitLab
5 30 (8.55%) JIRA
6 22 (6.27%) JUnit
7 18 (5.13%) Selenium
8 17 (4.84%) Visual Studio
9 13 (3.70%) Gradle
10 12 (3.42%) Maven
11 11 (3.13%) Bitbucket
12 10 (2.85%) Cucumber
13 8 (2.28%) NUnit
14 7 (1.99%) Eclipse
15 6 (1.71%) Cypress.io
15 6 (1.71%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.71%) TeamCity
16 5 (1.42%) JSUnit
16 5 (1.42%) Mockito
16 5 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 102 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 72 (20.51%) Finance
3 52 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (13.96%) Banking
5 33 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.85%) Front Office
7 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.28%) Retail
9 6 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.71%) Military
10 4 (1.14%) Billing
10 4 (1.14%) Legal
11 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.85%) Marketing
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (46.15%) Developer
2 64 (18.23%) Senior
3 38 (10.83%) Software Engineer
4 36 (10.26%) Java Developer
5 28 (7.98%) Java Engineer
6 27 (7.69%) Consultant
7 24 (6.84%) Senior Developer
8 22 (6.27%) Lead
9 19 (5.41%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.56%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 14 (3.99%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (3.99%) SAP Consultant
12 12 (3.42%) .NET Developer
12 12 (3.42%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 12 (3.42%) Software Developer
13 10 (2.85%) Python Developer
13 10 (2.85%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.56%) Informatica Engineer
15 8 (2.28%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (18.23%) .NET
2 57 (16.24%) REST
3 50 (14.25%) AngularJS
4 45 (12.82%) RESTful
5 38 (10.83%) Spring
6 36 (10.26%) Quarkus
7 35 (9.97%) React
8 29 (8.26%) pytest
8 29 (8.26%) Spring Boot
9 27 (7.69%) Web Services
10 26 (7.41%) .NET Framework
11 24 (6.84%) Node.js
12 23 (6.55%) HTML
12 23 (6.55%) SOAP
13 21 (5.98%) CSS
13 21 (5.98%) JSON
14 20 (5.70%) Kafka
14 20 (5.70%) Playwright
15 19 (5.41%) Terraform
16 15 (4.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.98%) Data Structures
3 18 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.99%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.28%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.99%) CMDB
8 5 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.85%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.85%) IoT
10 3 (0.85%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.70%) Windows
2 17 (4.84%) Linux
3 9 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.71%) Unix
5 5 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.14%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (50.14%) Agile
2 137 (39.03%) CI/CD
3 117 (33.33%) DevOps
4 101 (28.77%) Test Automation
5 99 (28.21%) Scrum
5 99 (28.21%) Software Engineering
6 89 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (22.79%) Integration Testing
7 80 (22.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 75 (21.37%) SDLC
9 58 (16.52%) TDD
10 55 (15.67%) AI
10 55 (15.67%) Microservices
11 52 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (13.39%) Sprint Planning
13 46 (13.11%) Validation
14 45 (12.82%) Clean Code
15 44 (12.54%) Front End Development
16 42 (11.97%) Code Quality
17 38 (10.83%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 104 (29.63%) SQL
2 90 (25.64%) Java
3 82 (23.36%) C#
4 58 (16.52%) Python
5 54 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 28 (7.98%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.99%) PL/SQL
7 14 (3.99%) T-SQL
8 11 (3.13%) C++
9 10 (2.85%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.56%) Bash
11 7 (1.99%) ABAP
11 7 (1.99%) C
11 7 (1.99%) Scala
11 7 (1.99%) X++
12 5 (1.42%) Swift
13 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.85%) Bicep
14 3 (0.85%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.85%) XAML
Qualifications
1 114 (32.48%) Security Cleared
2 91 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.97%) Degree
4 14 (3.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.85%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.71%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.85%) ACCA
7 3 (0.85%) CIMA
7 3 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.57%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) CCNA
9 1 (0.28%) CISA
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.28%) CISSP
9 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (26.21%) QA
2 12 (3.42%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.99%) WCAG
5 3 (0.85%) Basel III
6 2 (0.57%) GDPR
6 2 (0.57%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.28%) GMP
7 1 (0.28%) GxP
7 1 (0.28%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
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%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 60 (17.09%) Docker
2 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 85 (24.22%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.26%) Argo
3 4 (1.14%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Istio
5 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 55 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.26%) Oracle
3 34 (9.69%) Red Hat
4 26 (7.41%) SAP
5 12 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.13%) Informatica
7 9 (2.56%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.28%) Citrix
8 8 (2.28%) UiPath
9 7 (1.99%) Pega
10 6 (1.71%) Splunk
11 5 (1.42%) Google
11 5 (1.42%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.14%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.14%) VMware
12 4 (1.14%) Workday
13 3 (0.85%) ION Trading
14 2 (0.57%) Adobe
14 2 (0.57%) HP
14 2 (0.57%) Hyperion