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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 243 151
Rank change year-on-year -56 -92 +38
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 367 290 530
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.05% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.15% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 199 339
10th Percentile £285 £354 £394
25th Percentile £402 £385 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -14.73% -7.95%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £638
90th Percentile £668 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £536
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.42% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 20 50
10th Percentile £49.98 £60.30 £55.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 38,995 25,146 28,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.84% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,229 16,020 18,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,544 1,434 1,645
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.60 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -39.40% -1.19%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -40 179 £500 - 145
South East -10 75 £513 +2.50% 15
North of England -52 69 £463 +12.12% 48
North East -12 33 £510 -7.27% 8
North West -68 23 £463 -0.38% 35
Midlands -57 18 £490 +5.95% 26
East of England -24 15 £619 +32.00% 17
South West -43 15 £500 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -42 13 £447 +14.62% 6
West Midlands -43 13 £490 - 15
East Midlands -28 5 £470 +6.52% 11
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 (1.36%) Confluence
1 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.09%) IIS
2 4 (1.09%) SAS
3 3 (0.82%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) Camunda
4 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.27%) JBoss
5 1 (0.27%) Mendix
5 1 (0.27%) Mule
5 1 (0.27%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Trello
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.27%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 12 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.09%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.82%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) HFM
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.27%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.27%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 88 (23.98%) Azure
2 49 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (12.53%) AWS
4 43 (11.72%) GitHub
5 41 (11.17%) OpenShift
6 27 (7.36%) Serverless
7 25 (6.81%) Power Platform
8 16 (4.36%) GCP
8 16 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.54%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.27%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (3.27%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
13 8 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.91%) OCI
15 6 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.36%) Internet
2 14 (3.81%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.54%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.54%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.54%) Intranet
4 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.27%) DSL
5 1 (0.27%) Firewall
5 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) NFC
5 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.27%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.81%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.36%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.81%) Data Lake
4 14 (3.81%) Oracle Database
5 13 (3.54%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.27%) DynamoDB
6 12 (3.27%) Power BI
7 11 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.00%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.91%) Redis
8 7 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.63%) Metadata
10 5 (1.36%) MySQL
10 5 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.36%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.09%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.82%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 84 (22.89%) Git
2 40 (10.90%) SonarQube
3 34 (9.26%) Jenkins
4 33 (8.99%) GitLab
5 32 (8.72%) Visual Studio
6 28 (7.63%) JIRA
7 22 (5.99%) JUnit
8 19 (5.18%) Selenium
9 16 (4.36%) Eclipse
10 11 (3.00%) Gradle
11 10 (2.72%) Bitbucket
11 10 (2.72%) Cucumber
11 10 (2.72%) NUnit
12 9 (2.45%) Maven
12 9 (2.45%) MSTest
13 6 (1.63%) Mockito
13 6 (1.63%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.36%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.36%) JSUnit
14 5 (1.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 90 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.26%) Finance
3 47 (12.81%) Banking
4 42 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.81%) Military
7 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.18%) Retail
9 6 (1.63%) Front Office
9 6 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.09%) Billing
10 4 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.82%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.82%) Legal
11 3 (0.82%) Marketing
12 2 (0.54%) Law
12 2 (0.54%) Publishing
12 2 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 170 (46.32%) Developer
2 63 (17.17%) Senior
3 50 (13.62%) Software Engineer
4 36 (9.81%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.17%) Java Engineer
6 27 (7.36%) C# Developer
7 23 (6.27%) Consultant
7 23 (6.27%) Senior Developer
8 22 (5.99%) Lead
9 19 (5.18%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.63%) .NET Developer
11 16 (4.36%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 15 (4.09%) Java Software Engineer
13 14 (3.81%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.27%) C# Software Engineer
15 11 (3.00%) Python Developer
15 11 (3.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 10 (2.72%) C++ Software Engineer
16 10 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
16 10 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (21.25%) .NET
2 59 (16.08%) REST
3 55 (14.99%) AngularJS
4 46 (12.53%) RESTful
5 39 (10.63%) Quarkus
6 37 (10.08%) .NET Framework
7 36 (9.81%) React
7 36 (9.81%) Spring
8 32 (8.72%) Web Services
9 30 (8.17%) Node.js
10 28 (7.63%) Spring Boot
11 26 (7.08%) pytest
12 24 (6.54%) CSS
13 23 (6.27%) HTML
13 23 (6.27%) JSON
14 21 (5.72%) SOAP
15 20 (5.45%) Kafka
15 20 (5.45%) Playwright
16 16 (4.36%) Entity Framework
17 14 (3.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.99%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (5.72%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.45%) Data Structures
4 17 (4.63%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.91%) CMDB
8 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.09%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.82%) IoT
11 3 (0.82%) Mobile Banking
12 2 (0.54%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.54%) Windows
2 23 (6.27%) Linux
3 11 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.91%) Unix
5 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.09%) Android
7 2 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (50.41%) Agile
2 150 (40.87%) CI/CD
3 123 (33.51%) DevOps
4 112 (30.52%) Software Engineering
5 101 (27.52%) Scrum
6 100 (27.25%) Test Automation
7 77 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (20.16%) SDLC
9 69 (18.80%) User Acceptance Testing
10 67 (18.26%) Integration Testing
11 62 (16.89%) TDD
12 58 (15.80%) Microservices
13 54 (14.71%) Validation
14 51 (13.90%) AI
15 50 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 48 (13.08%) Clean Code
16 48 (13.08%) Front End Development
17 45 (12.26%) Code Quality
17 45 (12.26%) Sprint Planning
18 41 (11.17%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 114 (31.06%) SQL
2 102 (27.79%) C#
3 91 (24.80%) Java
4 60 (16.35%) JavaScript
5 57 (15.53%) Python
6 31 (8.45%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.27%) PL/SQL
8 22 (5.99%) C++
8 22 (5.99%) T-SQL
9 12 (3.27%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.45%) C
11 8 (2.18%) ABAP
11 8 (2.18%) Scala
12 7 (1.91%) X++
13 5 (1.36%) Swift
14 4 (1.09%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.09%) Bash
14 4 (1.09%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.82%) Go
15 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 119 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 95 (25.89%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.45%) Degree
4 16 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.18%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.18%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.82%) ACCA
7 3 (0.82%) CIMA
7 3 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.54%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) CCNA
9 1 (0.27%) CISA
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (26.98%) QA
2 14 (3.81%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.91%) WCAG
5 2 (0.54%) Basel III
5 2 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) HL7
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 60 (16.35%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 88 (23.98%) Kubernetes
2 39 (10.63%) Argo
3 18 (4.90%) Terraform
4 4 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.82%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Istio
6 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.81%) Oracle
3 37 (10.08%) Red Hat
4 20 (5.45%) SAP
5 12 (3.27%) Citrix
6 11 (3.00%) Informatica
7 9 (2.45%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.18%) Pega
8 8 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.63%) Splunk
9 6 (1.63%) UiPath
10 5 (1.36%) Databricks
10 5 (1.36%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.09%) Google
11 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.09%) Workday
12 3 (0.82%) HP
13 2 (0.54%) Adobe
13 2 (0.54%) Hyperion
13 2 (0.54%) VMware