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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 194 202
Rank change year-on-year -48 +8 -29
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 389 335 452
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.36% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.50% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 218 284
10th Percentile £359 £356 £371
25th Percentile £415 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -3.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £676
90th Percentile £719 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £489 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.03% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 8 50
10th Percentile £55.00 £41.13 £60.63
25th Percentile £60.94 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.06 -
90th Percentile £84.65 £65.00 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% -

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £615 £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 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 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 11 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 11 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 -27 220 £500 -11.50% 59
North of England -41 52 £450 -7.69% 26
South East -37 45 £512 -18.08% 47
North West -22 34 £447 -10.60% 13
Midlands -60 30 £460 -6.12% 22
East of England -3 28 £613 - 19
West Midlands -47 16 £600 +22.45% 9
South West -10 15 £500 -4.31% 34
East Midlands -36 14 £402 -3.42% 12
North East -4 13 £494 +47.39% 5
Yorkshire -61 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 (6.43%) Confluence
2 18 (4.63%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.34%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.08%) Mendix
5 11 (2.83%) HCL Notes
6 8 (2.06%) Apache
7 6 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.54%) Ethereum
7 6 (1.54%) Hyperledger
8 5 (1.29%) Jupyter
9 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.77%) CMS
10 3 (0.77%) IIS
10 3 (0.77%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.26%) Mule
12 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 18 (4.63%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.03%) SAP HCM
3 4 (1.03%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.03%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.77%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.77%) SAP MDG-M
4 3 (0.77%) 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 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (20.82%) Azure
2 70 (17.99%) AWS
3 45 (11.57%) GitHub
4 43 (11.05%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (9.25%) Serverless
6 28 (7.20%) Power Platform
7 26 (6.68%) GCP
7 26 (6.68%) GitHub Actions
8 21 (5.40%) OCI
9 18 (4.63%) Azure Functions
10 17 (4.37%) PaaS
11 15 (3.86%) Amazon S3
11 15 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.60%) OpenShift
12 14 (3.60%) Power Automate
12 14 (3.60%) PowerApps
13 12 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (3.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (2.57%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.66%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.37%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.80%) HTTP
4 3 (0.77%) Modbus
4 3 (0.77%) RS-232
4 3 (0.77%) RS-422
4 3 (0.77%) RS-485
5 2 (0.51%) DSL
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.68%) Oracle Database
3 25 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.91%) Power BI
5 18 (4.63%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.37%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.37%) Relational Database
7 12 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.31%) Redis
9 8 (2.06%) Aerospike
9 8 (2.06%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.80%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.54%) MySQL
12 5 (1.29%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.29%) SAP HANA
12 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.77%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 88 (22.62%) Git
2 55 (14.14%) JIRA
3 41 (10.54%) Visual Studio
4 38 (9.77%) GitLab
5 35 (9.00%) Jenkins
6 32 (8.23%) JUnit
7 26 (6.68%) SonarQube
8 22 (5.66%) Postman
9 16 (4.11%) Eclipse
10 13 (3.34%) Gradle
11 12 (3.08%) Maven
12 11 (2.83%) Cucumber
13 10 (2.57%) Mockito
14 9 (2.31%) Xcode
15 8 (2.06%) Android Studio
15 8 (2.06%) MSTest
15 8 (2.06%) PVCS
15 8 (2.06%) Rational DOORS
16 7 (1.80%) MLflow
16 7 (1.80%) XCTest
General
1 107 (27.51%) Finance
2 94 (24.16%) Social Skills
3 45 (11.57%) Public Sector
4 43 (11.05%) Banking
5 42 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.40%) Military
7 15 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.34%) Front Office
8 13 (3.34%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (2.83%) Electronics
9 11 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.29%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.29%) Legal
10 5 (1.29%) Marketing
11 4 (1.03%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.03%) Law
11 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 205 (52.70%) Developer
2 54 (13.88%) Senior
3 52 (13.37%) Software Engineer
4 43 (11.05%) Java Developer
5 34 (8.74%) Senior Developer
6 30 (7.71%) C# Developer
7 23 (5.91%) .NET Developer
8 21 (5.40%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (4.63%) Consultant
9 18 (4.63%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.11%) Java Engineer
10 16 (4.11%) Python Developer
11 14 (3.60%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (3.34%) C# Software Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Cloud Specialist
13 12 (3.08%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Integration Specialist
13 12 (3.08%) Lead
13 12 (3.08%) Oracle Specialist
13 12 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.28%) .NET
2 68 (17.48%) REST
3 57 (14.65%) RESTful
4 53 (13.62%) React
5 44 (11.31%) Spring
6 43 (11.05%) Web Services
7 41 (10.54%) AngularJS
8 37 (9.51%) CSS
9 36 (9.25%) Spring Boot
10 35 (9.00%) .NET Framework
11 33 (8.48%) HTML
12 32 (8.23%) Node.js
13 29 (7.46%) SOAP
14 28 (7.20%) Kafka
15 27 (6.94%) JSON
16 26 (6.68%) pytest
17 25 (6.43%) XML
18 22 (5.66%) Oracle Fusion
19 19 (4.88%) OAuth
20 15 (3.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.25%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.11%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.86%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.34%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (2.83%) Life Science
8 9 (2.31%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.31%) Genomics
9 8 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.03%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.03%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.08%) Windows
2 28 (7.20%) Linux
3 16 (4.11%) Android
4 15 (3.86%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.08%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.31%) Unix
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (51.16%) Agile
2 165 (42.42%) CI/CD
3 119 (30.59%) DevOps
4 99 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (23.39%) Test Automation
6 85 (21.85%) Software Engineering
7 74 (19.02%) Microservices
8 71 (18.25%) Scrum
9 66 (16.97%) TDD
10 50 (12.85%) Integration Testing
11 48 (12.34%) AI
11 48 (12.34%) Containerisation
11 48 (12.34%) SDLC
12 47 (12.08%) Code Quality
13 43 (11.05%) Analytics
14 42 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
14 42 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (9.77%) User Acceptance Testing
15 38 (9.77%) Validation
16 37 (9.51%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 116 (29.82%) SQL
2 114 (29.31%) Java
3 93 (23.91%) C#
4 70 (17.99%) JavaScript
5 62 (15.94%) Python
6 36 (9.25%) TypeScript
7 35 (9.00%) C++
8 32 (8.23%) PL/SQL
9 25 (6.43%) T-SQL
10 19 (4.88%) C
11 14 (3.60%) Kotlin
11 14 (3.60%) Scala
12 11 (2.83%) Formula Language
12 11 (2.83%) LotusScript
12 11 (2.83%) Swift
13 9 (2.31%) PowerShell
14 8 (2.06%) ABAP
15 7 (1.80%) Embedded C
15 7 (1.80%) Embedded C++
16 6 (1.54%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 76 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 60 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 38 (9.77%) Degree
4 19 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.77%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (19.02%) QA
2 18 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.80%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.54%) SEPA
6 5 (1.29%) PSD2
7 4 (1.03%) HL7
7 4 (1.03%) WCAG
8 2 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (13.88%) Docker
2 10 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.51%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.51%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.51%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 52 (13.37%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.86%) Terraform
3 14 (3.60%) Argo
4 6 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.29%) Grafana
6 3 (0.77%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.51%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.26%) Ansible
8 1 (0.26%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (21.85%) Oracle
2 49 (12.60%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.66%) Google
4 20 (5.14%) Databricks
5 17 (4.37%) Citrix
6 15 (3.86%) SAP
7 14 (3.60%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.83%) Lotus
9 10 (2.57%) IBM
9 10 (2.57%) Kofax
9 10 (2.57%) Pega
9 10 (2.57%) VMware
10 8 (2.06%) ANSYS
11 7 (1.80%) Veracode
12 6 (1.54%) Splunk
13 5 (1.29%) Workday
14 4 (1.03%) Brio
14 4 (1.03%) Dataiku
15 3 (0.77%) HP