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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 188 210
Rank change year-on-year -64 +22 -34
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 394 326 425
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 1.34% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.48% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 209 261
10th Percentile £358 £358 £363
25th Percentile £415 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £591 £656 £675
90th Percentile £680 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £490 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -8.84% -0.46% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 9 48
10th Percentile £55.00 £43.25 £59.38
25th Percentile £61.25 £51.25 £63.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £83.85 £65.00 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -

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 32,391 22,052 32,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.35% 90.83% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,759 14,493 21,652
10th Percentile £313 £312 £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 £614 £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 1,980 839 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.56 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.44 £77.25 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -42 219 £500 -9.09% 30
North of England -41 55 £450 -5.26% 36
South East -36 48 £511 -18.28% 29
North West -25 33 £447 -8.31% 18
Midlands -54 31 £449 -3.03% 19
East of England -11 27 £613 - 2
North East +1 17 £513 +52.99% 10
South West -11 17 £500 -4.31% 13
East Midlands -31 16 £413 -0.90% 10
West Midlands -39 15 £550 +18.92% 9
Yorkshire -53 7 £500 -16.67% 8
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 (6.35%) Confluence
2 16 (4.06%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.30%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.05%) Mendix
5 11 (2.79%) HCL Notes
6 8 (2.03%) Apache
7 6 (1.52%) Ethereum
7 6 (1.52%) Hyperledger
8 5 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (1.27%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.02%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.76%) CMS
10 3 (0.76%) IIS
10 3 (0.76%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.25%) Mule
12 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) 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 (4.06%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.27%) SAP Payroll
2 5 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.02%) SAP HCM
3 4 (1.02%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.76%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.51%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.84%) Azure
2 66 (16.75%) AWS
3 54 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (12.18%) GitHub
5 37 (9.39%) Serverless
6 28 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 24 (6.09%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (5.08%) OpenShift
9 19 (4.82%) Azure Functions
9 19 (4.82%) GCP
9 19 (4.82%) OCI
10 16 (4.06%) Amazon S3
11 15 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.81%) PaaS
12 14 (3.55%) Power Automate
12 14 (3.55%) PowerApps
13 12 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (3.05%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.58%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.31%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.78%) HTTP
4 3 (0.76%) Modbus
4 3 (0.76%) RS-232
4 3 (0.76%) RS-422
4 3 (0.76%) RS-485
5 2 (0.51%) DSL
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) Internet
6 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.35%) Oracle Database
3 24 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.84%) Power BI
5 19 (4.82%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.31%) Relational Database
7 16 (4.06%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.30%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.03%) Aerospike
10 8 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.03%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.03%) Redis
11 7 (1.78%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.27%) SAP HANA
12 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.02%) MySQL
13 4 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 85 (21.57%) Git
2 58 (14.72%) JIRA
3 41 (10.41%) Visual Studio
4 39 (9.90%) GitLab
5 34 (8.63%) Jenkins
6 31 (7.87%) JUnit
7 30 (7.61%) SonarQube
8 21 (5.33%) Postman
9 16 (4.06%) Eclipse
10 13 (3.30%) Gradle
11 11 (2.79%) Cucumber
11 11 (2.79%) Maven
12 10 (2.54%) Selenium
13 9 (2.28%) Mockito
13 9 (2.28%) MSTest
14 8 (2.03%) PVCS
14 8 (2.03%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (1.78%) Android Studio
15 7 (1.78%) fastlane
15 7 (1.78%) MLflow
General
1 107 (27.16%) Finance
2 88 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 43 (10.91%) Banking
5 42 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.33%) Military
7 14 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.30%) Front Office
9 11 (2.79%) Electronics
9 11 (2.79%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.27%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.27%) Legal
12 4 (1.02%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.02%) Law
12 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.02%) Retail
13 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.76%) Marketing
14 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 205 (52.03%) Developer
2 53 (13.45%) Senior
3 48 (12.18%) Software Engineer
4 45 (11.42%) Java Developer
5 33 (8.38%) Senior Developer
6 28 (7.11%) C# Developer
7 25 (6.35%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.08%) .NET Developer
8 20 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (4.57%) Java Engineer
10 17 (4.31%) Python Developer
11 16 (4.06%) Consultant
12 14 (3.55%) C++ Software Engineer
13 13 (3.30%) C# Software Engineer
14 12 (3.05%) Cloud Specialist
14 12 (3.05%) Integration Engineer
14 12 (3.05%) Integration Specialist
14 12 (3.05%) Lead
14 12 (3.05%) Oracle Specialist
14 12 (3.05%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (18.53%) .NET
2 68 (17.26%) REST
3 56 (14.21%) RESTful
4 49 (12.44%) React
5 43 (10.91%) AngularJS
5 43 (10.91%) Spring
6 42 (10.66%) Web Services
7 36 (9.14%) Spring Boot
8 34 (8.63%) .NET Framework
9 32 (8.12%) CSS
9 32 (8.12%) Node.js
10 30 (7.61%) SOAP
11 29 (7.36%) HTML
12 28 (7.11%) Kafka
13 25 (6.35%) JSON
13 25 (6.35%) XML
14 23 (5.84%) pytest
15 20 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
15 20 (5.08%) Quarkus
16 18 (4.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (5.58%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.31%) Algorithms
4 14 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.30%) Low-Code
6 11 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.03%) Life Science
9 8 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.27%) Genomics
12 4 (1.02%) CMDB
12 4 (1.02%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.02%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (11.93%) Windows
2 28 (7.11%) Linux
3 15 (3.81%) Android
3 15 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.79%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.28%) Unix
6 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.51%) VMS
7 1 (0.25%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (51.02%) Agile
2 163 (41.37%) CI/CD
3 126 (31.98%) DevOps
4 99 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (23.60%) Test Automation
6 88 (22.34%) Software Engineering
7 79 (20.05%) Scrum
8 69 (17.51%) Microservices
9 63 (15.99%) TDD
10 54 (13.71%) SDLC
11 47 (11.93%) Code Quality
11 47 (11.93%) Integration Testing
12 44 (11.17%) AI
13 41 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
13 41 (10.41%) Containerisation
13 41 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
14 40 (10.15%) Validation
15 39 (9.90%) Analytics
16 36 (9.14%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 125 (31.73%) SQL
2 118 (29.95%) Java
3 93 (23.60%) C#
4 64 (16.24%) JavaScript
5 63 (15.99%) Python
6 35 (8.88%) C++
7 34 (8.63%) TypeScript
8 32 (8.12%) PL/SQL
9 25 (6.35%) T-SQL
10 19 (4.82%) C
11 15 (3.81%) Scala
12 14 (3.55%) Kotlin
13 11 (2.79%) Formula Language
13 11 (2.79%) LotusScript
14 10 (2.54%) Apex Code
14 10 (2.54%) PowerShell
14 10 (2.54%) Swift
15 8 (2.03%) ABAP
16 7 (1.78%) Embedded C
16 7 (1.78%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 92 (23.35%) Security Cleared
2 75 (19.04%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.39%) Degree
4 19 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.52%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (22.08%) QA
2 17 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.78%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.52%) SEPA
6 5 (1.27%) PSD2
7 4 (1.02%) HL7
7 4 (1.02%) WCAG
8 3 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.51%) SLA
10 1 (0.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 48 (12.18%) Docker
2 10 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.51%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.51%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.51%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 52 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.08%) Argo
3 13 (3.30%) Terraform
4 6 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.27%) Grafana
6 4 (1.02%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.51%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.25%) Ansible
8 1 (0.25%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (20.81%) Oracle
2 58 (14.72%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.08%) Databricks
4 19 (4.82%) Red Hat
5 17 (4.31%) Citrix
5 17 (4.31%) Google
6 16 (4.06%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.55%) SAP
8 11 (2.79%) Lotus
9 10 (2.54%) IBM
9 10 (2.54%) Informatica
9 10 (2.54%) Kofax
9 10 (2.54%) VMware
10 8 (2.03%) ANSYS
10 8 (2.03%) Pega
11 7 (1.78%) Veracode
12 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.27%) Splunk
12 5 (1.27%) Workday
13 4 (1.02%) Brio