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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 257 168
Rank change year-on-year -43 -89 +22
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 365 277 519
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.01% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.11% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 183 346
10th Percentile £285 £342 £390
25th Percentile £383 £385 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% -5.54%
75th Percentile £593 £606 £638
90th Percentile £669 £719 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +8.11% -11.90% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 19 50
10th Percentile £58.00 £59.50 £60.63
25th Percentile £62.50 £63.13 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
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 38,549 24,860 29,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 90.73% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,182 15,935 19,502
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,342 1,889
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.26 £13.67
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.90 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -38 186 £475 -5.00% 33
South East -21 69 £513 +2.50% 19
North of England -53 65 £463 +12.12% 29
North East -15 29 £510 -7.27% 6
North West -52 27 £463 +10.78% 19
East of England -20 16 £625 +33.33% 9
South West -27 15 £500 -9.09% 11
Midlands -64 14 £494 +12.34% 19
Yorkshire -51 9 £483 +20.75% 5
East Midlands -27 8 £485 +15.48% 6
West Midlands -52 6 £519 +12.89% 13
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 6 (1.64%) Confluence
2 4 (1.10%) IIS
2 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (0.82%) Mendix
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.82%) SAS
4 2 (0.55%) Camunda
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) JBoss
4 2 (0.55%) Mule
4 2 (0.55%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.55%) Trello
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.27%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.92%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.64%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.55%) HFM
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.27%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.27%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.27%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 80 (21.92%) Azure
2 44 (12.05%) AWS
2 44 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (10.96%) GitHub
3 40 (10.96%) OpenShift
4 25 (6.85%) Serverless
5 18 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
5 18 (4.93%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.01%) GCP
8 11 (3.01%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.74%) Azure Functions
9 10 (2.74%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.47%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.19%) OCI
12 7 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.64%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.38%) Ethernet
2 14 (3.84%) Internet
3 13 (3.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.82%) Modbus
4 3 (0.82%) RS-232
4 3 (0.82%) RS-422
4 3 (0.82%) RS-485
5 2 (0.55%) DSL
5 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.27%) HTTP
6 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.27%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.38%) Oracle Database
4 15 (4.11%) Data Lake
5 14 (3.84%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.29%) Relational Database
7 11 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.01%) DynamoDB
8 10 (2.74%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.74%) Power BI
9 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.19%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.64%) Metadata
11 6 (1.64%) Redis
12 5 (1.37%) MySQL
12 5 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.82%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 71 (19.45%) Git
2 40 (10.96%) SonarQube
3 36 (9.86%) Jenkins
4 33 (9.04%) Visual Studio
5 32 (8.77%) GitLab
6 26 (7.12%) JIRA
7 22 (6.03%) JUnit
8 16 (4.38%) Eclipse
8 16 (4.38%) Selenium
9 11 (3.01%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.01%) Gradle
9 11 (3.01%) MSTest
9 11 (3.01%) NUnit
10 9 (2.47%) Bitbucket
11 8 (2.19%) Maven
12 7 (1.92%) Postman
12 7 (1.92%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.64%) Mockito
14 5 (1.37%) JSUnit
14 5 (1.37%) SpecFlow
General
1 77 (21.10%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.08%) Finance
3 47 (12.88%) Banking
4 39 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.11%) Military
7 8 (2.19%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.92%) Retail
9 6 (1.64%) Front Office
10 3 (0.82%) Electronics
10 3 (0.82%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.82%) Legal
10 3 (0.82%) Marketing
10 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.55%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 174 (47.67%) Developer
2 65 (17.81%) Senior
3 51 (13.97%) Software Engineer
4 37 (10.14%) Java Developer
5 29 (7.95%) C# Developer
6 28 (7.67%) Java Engineer
7 25 (6.85%) Senior Developer
8 24 (6.58%) Consultant
9 21 (5.75%) .NET Developer
10 19 (5.21%) Data Engineer
10 19 (5.21%) Lead
11 14 (3.84%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 13 (3.56%) C# Software Engineer
12 13 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.56%) Java Software Engineer
12 13 (3.56%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.29%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.01%) Python Developer
14 11 (3.01%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 10 (2.74%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (21.10%) .NET
2 59 (16.16%) REST
3 55 (15.07%) AngularJS
4 50 (13.70%) RESTful
5 41 (11.23%) .NET Framework
6 38 (10.41%) Quarkus
7 35 (9.59%) React
8 34 (9.32%) Spring
9 31 (8.49%) Web Services
10 29 (7.95%) Spring Boot
11 27 (7.40%) Node.js
12 26 (7.12%) CSS
13 25 (6.85%) HTML
14 24 (6.58%) JSON
15 23 (6.30%) pytest
16 22 (6.03%) SOAP
17 20 (5.48%) Kafka
18 18 (4.93%) XML
19 17 (4.66%) Entity Framework
20 15 (4.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.93%) Data Structures
4 14 (3.84%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.29%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.92%) CMDB
8 7 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.92%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.64%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.10%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.82%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.82%) Mobile Banking
11 3 (0.82%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.55%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.68%) Windows
2 20 (5.48%) Linux
3 12 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.47%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.92%) Unix
6 6 (1.64%) Android
7 2 (0.55%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (49.32%) Agile
2 143 (39.18%) CI/CD
3 112 (30.68%) DevOps
4 111 (30.41%) Software Engineering
5 100 (27.40%) Scrum
6 94 (25.75%) Test Automation
7 68 (18.63%) SDLC
8 67 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
9 66 (18.08%) User Acceptance Testing
10 59 (16.16%) TDD
11 57 (15.62%) Integration Testing
11 57 (15.62%) Microservices
12 50 (13.70%) Validation
13 48 (13.15%) Front End Development
14 47 (12.88%) AI
15 45 (12.33%) Sprint Planning
16 44 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 42 (11.51%) Clean Code
18 41 (11.23%) Sprint Review
19 39 (10.68%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 111 (30.41%) SQL
2 106 (29.04%) C#
3 95 (26.03%) Java
4 55 (15.07%) JavaScript
5 54 (14.79%) Python
6 30 (8.22%) TypeScript
7 27 (7.40%) PL/SQL
8 23 (6.30%) C++
8 23 (6.30%) T-SQL
9 13 (3.56%) Kotlin
10 11 (3.01%) ABAP
11 9 (2.47%) C
11 9 (2.47%) Swift
12 7 (1.92%) X++
13 5 (1.37%) Apex Code
13 5 (1.37%) Bicep
13 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.82%) Go
14 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.55%) ProC
Qualifications
1 109 (29.86%) Security Cleared
2 87 (23.84%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.49%) Degree
4 13 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.92%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.92%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.82%) ACCA
7 3 (0.82%) CIMA
8 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.55%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (27.40%) QA
2 13 (3.56%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.64%) WCAG
4 3 (0.82%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.55%) Basel III
5 2 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.55%) SEPA
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.27%) PSD2
6 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 57 (15.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 80 (21.92%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.41%) Argo
3 16 (4.38%) Terraform
4 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.82%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.55%) Ansible
6 2 (0.55%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Istio
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 65 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 54 (14.79%) Oracle
3 36 (9.86%) Red Hat
4 21 (5.75%) SAP
5 14 (3.84%) Citrix
6 11 (3.01%) Informatica
7 9 (2.47%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.19%) Pega
8 8 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.37%) Databricks
10 5 (1.37%) Sitecore
10 5 (1.37%) Splunk
11 4 (1.10%) Google
11 4 (1.10%) Workday
12 3 (0.82%) HP
12 3 (0.82%) Sybase
13 2 (0.55%) Adobe
13 2 (0.55%) Hyperion
13 2 (0.55%) IBM