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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 247 152
Rank change year-on-year -69 -95 +29
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 353 290 539
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.05% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.16% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 186 338
10th Percentile £284 £356 £393
25th Percentile £390 £384 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.78% -14.86% -8.33%
75th Percentile £598 £624 £650
90th Percentile £688 £766 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 26 40
10th Percentile £43.45 £63.13 £60.63
25th Percentile £62.50 - £62.19
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.50 -
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
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 £638 £625 £648
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 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -36 176 £500 -4.76% 210
North of England -69 69 £463 +10.78% 59
South East -20 56 £513 +12.02% 48
North East -8 34 £510 -7.27% 12
Midlands -50 26 £500 +8.11% 40
West Midlands -33 24 £500 - 21
North West -77 23 £463 +2.27% 39
East of England -40 17 £619 +26.92% 35
Yorkshire -35 12 £447 +14.62% 8
South West -41 11 £500 -9.09% 29
East Midlands -32 2 £335 -24.08% 19
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 4 (1.13%) Confluence
1 4 (1.13%) SAS
1 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.57%) Camunda
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) JBoss
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) Mendix
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) Mule
4 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.70%) 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 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.13%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (1.13%) 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 81 (22.95%) Azure
2 47 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (11.90%) AWS
4 39 (11.05%) OpenShift
5 38 (10.76%) GitHub
6 29 (8.22%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.38%) Serverless
8 16 (4.53%) GCP
9 15 (4.25%) PowerApps
10 13 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.68%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (2.55%) Azure Functions
13 9 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.53%) Internet
2 13 (3.68%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.40%) 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 33 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 16 (4.53%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.68%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.40%) Power BI
7 11 (3.12%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.12%) MySQL
8 10 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.55%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.55%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.98%) Redis
10 7 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.42%) Metadata
11 5 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.13%) SAP HANA
12 4 (1.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (24.93%) Git
2 41 (11.61%) SonarQube
3 35 (9.92%) Jenkins
4 31 (8.78%) GitLab
5 28 (7.93%) JIRA
6 25 (7.08%) Visual Studio
7 22 (6.23%) JUnit
8 16 (4.53%) Gradle
8 16 (4.53%) Selenium
9 15 (4.25%) Maven
10 14 (3.97%) Eclipse
11 11 (3.12%) Bitbucket
12 10 (2.83%) Cucumber
13 9 (2.55%) NUnit
14 6 (1.70%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.70%) REST Assured
14 6 (1.70%) TeamCity
15 5 (1.42%) JSUnit
15 5 (1.42%) Mockito
15 5 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 106 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.96%) Finance
3 51 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (13.60%) Banking
5 33 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.68%) Military
7 10 (2.83%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.55%) Front Office
8 9 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.70%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.70%) Retail
12 4 (1.13%) Billing
12 4 (1.13%) Legal
13 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.85%) Law
13 3 (0.85%) Marketing
13 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 162 (45.89%) Developer
2 63 (17.85%) Senior
3 43 (12.18%) Software Engineer
4 37 (10.48%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.50%) Java Engineer
6 26 (7.37%) Consultant
7 23 (6.52%) Senior Developer
8 22 (6.23%) Lead
9 21 (5.95%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.53%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 15 (4.25%) Java Software Engineer
12 14 (3.97%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.97%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.40%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.40%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 12 (3.40%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.83%) C# Software Engineer
15 9 (2.55%) Python Developer
15 9 (2.55%) Technical Consultant
16 8 (2.27%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (18.13%) .NET
2 58 (16.43%) REST
3 50 (14.16%) AngularJS
4 45 (12.75%) RESTful
5 41 (11.61%) Spring
6 36 (10.20%) Quarkus
7 34 (9.63%) React
7 34 (9.63%) Web Services
8 32 (9.07%) Spring Boot
9 31 (8.78%) Node.js
10 27 (7.65%) pytest
11 26 (7.37%) .NET Framework
12 22 (6.23%) HTML
13 21 (5.95%) JSON
13 21 (5.95%) SOAP
14 20 (5.67%) CSS
14 20 (5.67%) Playwright
15 19 (5.38%) Kafka
16 18 (5.10%) Terraform
17 15 (4.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.37%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.95%) Data Structures
3 20 (5.67%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.98%) CMDB
6 7 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.42%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.13%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.85%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.85%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.85%) IoT
9 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.65%) Linux
1 27 (7.65%) Windows
2 9 (2.55%) Unix
2 9 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.13%) Android
3 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (51.27%) Agile
2 143 (40.51%) CI/CD
3 113 (32.01%) DevOps
4 105 (29.75%) Software Engineering
5 101 (28.61%) Test Automation
6 96 (27.20%) Scrum
7 87 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (22.38%) Integration Testing
9 77 (21.81%) User Acceptance Testing
10 75 (21.25%) SDLC
11 66 (18.70%) TDD
12 55 (15.58%) AI
13 54 (15.30%) Microservices
14 52 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (14.45%) Validation
16 48 (13.60%) Clean Code
17 47 (13.31%) Front End Development
18 45 (12.75%) Sprint Planning
19 42 (11.90%) Code Quality
20 37 (10.48%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 103 (29.18%) SQL
2 91 (25.78%) Java
3 89 (25.21%) C#
4 61 (17.28%) JavaScript
5 54 (15.30%) Python
6 28 (7.93%) TypeScript
7 18 (5.10%) C++
8 14 (3.97%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.97%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.55%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.27%) Bash
11 7 (1.98%) ABAP
11 7 (1.98%) C
11 7 (1.98%) X++
12 6 (1.70%) Scala
13 4 (1.13%) Swift
14 3 (0.85%) Bicep
14 3 (0.85%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.85%) XAML
15 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (32.86%) Security Cleared
2 92 (26.06%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.92%) Degree
4 16 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.83%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.13%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.85%) ACCA
8 3 (0.85%) CIMA
8 3 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.57%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) CCNA
10 1 (0.28%) CISA
10 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (26.35%) QA
2 11 (3.12%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.98%) 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%) 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%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (17.28%) Docker
2 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 85 (24.08%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.20%) Argo
3 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.28%) Istio
4 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 61 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.92%) Oracle
3 34 (9.63%) Red Hat
4 26 (7.37%) SAP
5 12 (3.40%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.83%) Informatica
7 9 (2.55%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.27%) Citrix
8 8 (2.27%) UiPath
9 7 (1.98%) Pega
10 6 (1.70%) Splunk
11 5 (1.42%) Google
11 5 (1.42%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.13%) VMware
12 4 (1.13%) Workday
13 3 (0.85%) ION Trading
14 2 (0.57%) Adobe
14 2 (0.57%) Hyperion
14 2 (0.57%) Salesforce
15 1 (0.28%) Apple