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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 227 184
Rank change year-on-year -41 -43 -8
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 370 270 473
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.11% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.22% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 179 294
10th Percentile £335 £362 £375
25th Percentile £415 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £545 £543
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +0.46% -6.83%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -9.52% -1.87% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 9 53
10th Percentile £60.00 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -40 190 £475 -13.64% 23
South East -26 62 £515 -14.17% 19
North of England -26 59 £450 +2.86% 19
North West -17 34 £447 -3.35% 7
East of England -9 24 £625 +28.21% 14
Midlands -51 20 £449 -3.03% 18
North East -1 19 £513 +52.99% 8
South West -24 17 £500 -18.37% 12
East Midlands -31 15 £430 -7.08% 10
Yorkshire -47 8 £500 -16.67% 4
West Midlands -62 5 £519 +12.59% 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 19 (5.14%) Confluence
2 12 (3.24%) Mendix
3 11 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.97%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.70%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.89%) Apache
6 6 (1.62%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.62%) Hyperledger
7 4 (1.08%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.81%) IIS
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.54%) Camunda
9 2 (0.54%) CMS
9 2 (0.54%) JBoss
9 2 (0.54%) Mule
9 2 (0.54%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.54%) SAS
10 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (3.78%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.81%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.54%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.27%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-M
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.27%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.35%) Azure
2 61 (16.49%) AWS
3 50 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (11.62%) GitHub
5 39 (10.54%) Serverless
6 28 (7.57%) OpenShift
7 23 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (4.86%) Azure Functions
9 18 (4.86%) OCI
10 17 (4.59%) Power Platform
11 16 (4.32%) Amazon S3
12 15 (4.05%) Power Automate
12 15 (4.05%) PowerApps
13 13 (3.51%) PaaS
14 12 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (3.24%) GCP
15 11 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.49%) TCP/IP
2 20 (5.41%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.89%) HTTP
4 3 (0.81%) DSL
4 3 (0.81%) Modbus
4 3 (0.81%) RS-232
4 3 (0.81%) RS-422
4 3 (0.81%) RS-485
5 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.76%) Oracle Database
3 22 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.14%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.32%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.24%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.24%) Power BI
7 11 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.97%) DynamoDB
8 10 (2.70%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.16%) Aerospike
11 7 (1.89%) Redis
12 6 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (1.08%) SAP HANA
15 3 (0.81%) Big Data
15 3 (0.81%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.81%) Metadata
15 3 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 77 (20.81%) Git
2 53 (14.32%) JIRA
3 52 (14.05%) GitLab
4 39 (10.54%) Visual Studio
5 35 (9.46%) SonarQube
6 34 (9.19%) Jenkins
7 32 (8.65%) JUnit
8 20 (5.41%) Eclipse
9 19 (5.14%) Postman
10 14 (3.78%) Gradle
11 13 (3.51%) Cucumber
11 13 (3.51%) Selenium
12 11 (2.97%) MSTest
13 10 (2.70%) Maven
14 9 (2.43%) Mockito
14 9 (2.43%) NUnit
15 6 (1.62%) MLflow
15 6 (1.62%) PVCS
15 6 (1.62%) Rational DOORS
15 6 (1.62%) SoapUI
General
1 88 (23.78%) Finance
2 77 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.27%) Banking
4 32 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.49%) Military
6 15 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.97%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.43%) Electronics
9 5 (1.35%) Front Office
10 4 (1.08%) Retail
11 3 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.81%) Law
11 3 (0.81%) Legal
11 3 (0.81%) Marketing
11 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 182 (49.19%) Developer
2 56 (15.14%) Software Engineer
3 46 (12.43%) Senior
4 44 (11.89%) Java Developer
5 27 (7.30%) C# Developer
6 25 (6.76%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.49%) Data Engineer
7 24 (6.49%) Java Engineer
8 20 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.05%) .NET Developer
9 15 (4.05%) C# Software Engineer
9 15 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
9 15 (4.05%) Consultant
10 12 (3.24%) Python Developer
11 11 (2.97%) Cloud Specialist
11 11 (2.97%) Integration Engineer
11 11 (2.97%) Integration Specialist
11 11 (2.97%) Oracle Specialist
11 11 (2.97%) Power Platform Developer
11 11 (2.97%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (18.92%) .NET
2 62 (16.76%) REST
3 60 (16.22%) RESTful
4 45 (12.16%) Spring
5 43 (11.62%) AngularJS
6 42 (11.35%) React
7 38 (10.27%) Spring Boot
8 37 (10.00%) Web Services
9 35 (9.46%) .NET Framework
10 33 (8.92%) Kafka
11 32 (8.65%) Node.js
12 30 (8.11%) CSS
13 28 (7.57%) HTML
13 28 (7.57%) SOAP
14 27 (7.30%) JSON
15 26 (7.03%) Quarkus
16 25 (6.76%) XML
17 19 (5.14%) OAuth
18 18 (4.86%) pytest
19 16 (4.32%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.49%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.68%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.78%) Low-Code
5 10 (2.70%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.16%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.89%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.81%) CMDB
10 3 (0.81%) Derivative
10 3 (0.81%) Equities
10 3 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.81%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 49 (13.24%) Windows
2 29 (7.84%) Linux
3 14 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.43%) Android
4 9 (2.43%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (48.92%) Agile
2 155 (41.89%) CI/CD
3 118 (31.89%) DevOps
4 95 (25.68%) Software Engineering
5 93 (25.14%) Test Automation
6 86 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (21.08%) Scrum
8 67 (18.11%) Microservices
9 65 (17.57%) TDD
10 60 (16.22%) SDLC
11 50 (13.51%) Integration Testing
12 48 (12.97%) Code Quality
13 47 (12.70%) Validation
14 41 (11.08%) User Acceptance Testing
15 40 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (10.54%) AI
17 37 (10.00%) Clean Code
18 36 (9.73%) Containerisation
19 35 (9.46%) Front End Development
19 35 (9.46%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 119 (32.16%) Java
2 115 (31.08%) SQL
3 107 (28.92%) C#
4 67 (18.11%) JavaScript
5 56 (15.14%) Python
6 35 (9.46%) C++
7 32 (8.65%) TypeScript
8 29 (7.84%) PL/SQL
9 27 (7.30%) T-SQL
10 14 (3.78%) C
11 10 (2.70%) Formula Language
11 10 (2.70%) Kotlin
11 10 (2.70%) LotusScript
12 9 (2.43%) Apex Code
12 9 (2.43%) Scala
13 8 (2.16%) PowerShell
13 8 (2.16%) Swift
14 6 (1.62%) Embedded C
14 6 (1.62%) Embedded C++
15 5 (1.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 102 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 87 (23.51%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.38%) Degree
4 18 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.62%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.27%) ACCA
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.27%) CIMA
6 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (24.59%) QA
2 12 (3.24%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.89%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.62%) SEPA
6 5 (1.35%) PSD2
7 4 (1.08%) WCAG
8 2 (0.54%) GDPR
8 2 (0.54%) HL7
8 2 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 47 (12.70%) Docker
2 6 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.54%) OpenAM
3 2 (0.54%) OpenDJ
3 2 (0.54%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.27%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 58 (15.68%) Kubernetes
2 26 (7.03%) Argo
3 14 (3.78%) Terraform
4 4 (1.08%) Grafana
4 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.81%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.54%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.27%) Ansible
7 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 76 (20.54%) Oracle
2 65 (17.57%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.49%) Red Hat
4 17 (4.59%) Citrix
5 16 (4.32%) Databricks
6 15 (4.05%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.51%) Informatica
8 12 (3.24%) SAP
9 10 (2.70%) Kofax
9 10 (2.70%) Lotus
10 8 (2.16%) IBM
11 7 (1.89%) Veracode
12 6 (1.62%) ANSYS
12 6 (1.62%) Google
12 6 (1.62%) VMware
13 5 (1.35%) Pega
14 4 (1.08%) Avaloq
14 4 (1.08%) ServiceNow
14 4 (1.08%) Splunk
15 3 (0.81%) Sybase