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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 252 155
Rank change year-on-year -62 -97 +32
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 352 287 540
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.05% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.15% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 192 340
10th Percentile £283 £358 £375
25th Percentile £400 £385 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £649
90th Percentile £678 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +4.71% -13.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 23 43
10th Percentile £38.25 £62.00 -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £66.00 -
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -35 175 £500 - 164
North of England -67 70 £463 +3.93% 55
South East -23 63 £513 +12.02% 21
North East -12 35 £510 -7.27% 9
Midlands -56 28 £496 +7.27% 27
West Midlands -35 23 £500 - 16
North West -73 22 £463 -3.75% 40
Yorkshire -38 13 £447 +14.62% 6
South West -37 10 £500 -9.09% 33
East of England -38 9 £619 +26.92% 24
East Midlands -28 5 £430 -2.61% 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 (1.42%) Confluence
1 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.14%) SAS
3 3 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (0.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.57%) Camunda
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Mendix
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 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%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.28%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 18 (5.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.14%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.85%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.85%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.85%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.57%) HFM
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
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 CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.43%) Azure
2 51 (14.49%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (12.22%) AWS
4 41 (11.65%) GitHub
4 41 (11.65%) OpenShift
5 28 (7.95%) Power Platform
6 21 (5.97%) Serverless
7 14 (3.98%) PowerApps
8 13 (3.69%) GCP
8 13 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.41%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.84%) Azure Functions
11 10 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.70%) OCI
16 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.55%) Internet
2 6 (1.70%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.42%) 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 35 (9.94%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.11%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.98%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.69%) Power BI
7 12 (3.41%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.13%) Oracle Database
9 10 (2.84%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.27%) Redis
11 7 (1.99%) MySQL
11 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (1.42%) Metadata
13 5 (1.42%) SAP HANA
14 4 (1.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 3 (0.85%) DocumentDB
15 3 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (24.43%) Git
2 42 (11.93%) SonarQube
3 35 (9.94%) Jenkins
4 33 (9.38%) GitLab
5 28 (7.95%) JIRA
6 22 (6.25%) JUnit
7 19 (5.40%) Selenium
7 19 (5.40%) Visual Studio
8 12 (3.41%) Gradle
9 11 (3.13%) Bitbucket
9 11 (3.13%) Maven
10 9 (2.56%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.56%) NUnit
11 7 (1.99%) Eclipse
12 6 (1.70%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.70%) MSTest
12 6 (1.70%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.42%) JMeter
13 5 (1.42%) JSUnit
13 5 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 96 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.17%) Finance
3 48 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.78%) Banking
5 33 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.27%) Front Office
7 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.27%) Retail
8 6 (1.70%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.70%) Military
9 4 (1.14%) Billing
9 4 (1.14%) Legal
10 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.85%) Marketing
10 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 164 (46.59%) Developer
2 61 (17.33%) Senior
3 39 (11.08%) Software Engineer
4 35 (9.94%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.52%) Java Engineer
6 27 (7.67%) Consultant
7 22 (6.25%) Lead
7 22 (6.25%) Senior Developer
8 20 (5.68%) C# Developer
9 18 (5.11%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (4.55%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 15 (4.26%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.98%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.41%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 12 (3.41%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.84%) Technical Consultant
15 9 (2.56%) Informatica Engineer
15 9 (2.56%) Python Developer
16 8 (2.27%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (19.60%) .NET
2 56 (15.91%) REST
3 52 (14.77%) AngularJS
4 44 (12.50%) RESTful
5 38 (10.80%) Quarkus
6 36 (10.23%) Spring
7 35 (9.94%) React
8 30 (8.52%) .NET Framework
9 27 (7.67%) Spring Boot
9 27 (7.67%) Web Services
10 26 (7.39%) pytest
11 24 (6.82%) Node.js
12 22 (6.25%) JSON
12 22 (6.25%) SOAP
13 20 (5.68%) CSS
13 20 (5.68%) HTML
13 20 (5.68%) Playwright
14 19 (5.40%) Kafka
15 18 (5.11%) Terraform
16 14 (3.98%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.97%) Data Structures
1 21 (5.97%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.40%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.99%) CMDB
7 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.85%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.85%) IoT
10 3 (0.85%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.68%) Windows
2 14 (3.98%) Linux
3 9 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.42%) Unix
5 4 (1.14%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (50.28%) Agile
2 138 (39.20%) CI/CD
3 117 (33.24%) DevOps
4 100 (28.41%) Scrum
4 100 (28.41%) Software Engineering
4 100 (28.41%) Test Automation
5 84 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (22.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 77 (21.88%) Integration Testing
7 77 (21.88%) SDLC
8 56 (15.91%) TDD
9 54 (15.34%) Microservices
10 52 (14.77%) AI
10 52 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (13.92%) Sprint Planning
12 48 (13.64%) Validation
13 46 (13.07%) Clean Code
13 46 (13.07%) Front End Development
14 42 (11.93%) Code Quality
15 39 (11.08%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 110 (31.25%) SQL
2 90 (25.57%) Java
3 87 (24.72%) C#
4 56 (15.91%) Python
5 54 (15.34%) JavaScript
6 28 (7.95%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.83%) PL/SQL
8 15 (4.26%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.84%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.56%) C++
11 8 (2.27%) ABAP
11 8 (2.27%) Bash
11 8 (2.27%) Scala
12 7 (1.99%) X++
13 5 (1.42%) C
13 5 (1.42%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.42%) Swift
14 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.85%) Bicep
15 3 (0.85%) XAML
Qualifications
1 113 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 92 (26.14%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.81%) Degree
4 15 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.99%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.85%) ACCA
8 3 (0.85%) CIMA
8 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (25.85%) QA
2 13 (3.69%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.99%) WCAG
5 3 (0.85%) Basel III
6 2 (0.57%) GRC
6 2 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
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 60 (17.05%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (24.43%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.80%) Argo
3 4 (1.14%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Istio
5 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.93%) Oracle
3 36 (10.23%) Red Hat
4 26 (7.39%) SAP
5 12 (3.41%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.13%) Informatica
7 9 (2.56%) Avaloq
8 8 (2.27%) Citrix
8 8 (2.27%) UiPath
9 6 (1.70%) Pega
9 6 (1.70%) Splunk
10 5 (1.42%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.14%) Databricks
11 4 (1.14%) Google
11 4 (1.14%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.14%) Workday
12 2 (0.57%) Adobe
12 2 (0.57%) HP
12 2 (0.57%) Hyperion
12 2 (0.57%) Kofax