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 citing Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 311 | 246 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -65 | -100 | +37 |
| Contract jobs citing Unit Testing | 373 | 326 | 510 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.81% | 1.12% | 1.64% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.94% | 1.23% | 1.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 227 | 197 | 315 |
| 10th Percentile | £301 | £354 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £395 | £385 | £499 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £481 | £475 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.26% | -13.64% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £623 | £651 |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | £768 | £731 |
| UK median daily rate | £479 | £492 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.64% | -10.55% | -8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 28 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £49.95 | £57.40 | £50.95 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £62.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £67.25 | - |
| 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 citing process or methodology skills in England.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 39,592 | 26,442 | 26,986 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 85.79% | 90.66% | 86.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,766 | 16,786 | 16,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £405 | £418 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,267 | 1,710 | 986 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.69 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £17.87 | £20.03 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £39.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -36.47% | -11.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.46 | £44.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.50 | £74.47 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.94 | £25.15 | £36.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.91% | -30.30% | -17.81% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 31 October 2026.
Unit Testing Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unit Testing.
Unit Testing Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
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 31 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -56 | 177 | £500 | -2.82% | 14 |
| North of England | -53 | 87 | £440 | +4.45% | 26 |
| South East | -33 | 48 | £530 | +6.00% | 10 |
| North West | -48 | 38 | £450 | -2.07% | 19 |
| Midlands | -52 | 33 | £492 | +6.43% | 23 |
| North East | -5 | 32 | £400 | -27.27% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 30 | £492 | -5.25% | 6 |
| East of England | -34 | 18 | £600 | +28.00% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -40 | 17 | £447 | +14.62% | 4 |
| South West | -21 | 11 | £500 | -9.09% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 3 | £568 | +35.12% | 17 |
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Unit Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 54.4% | 203 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 45.8% | 171 |
| 3 | DevOps | 34.0% | 127 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 32.2% | 120 |
| 5 | Software Engineering | 28.7% | 107 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 27.3% | 102 |
| 7 | Scrum | 25.5% | 95 |
| 8 | Integration Testing | 25.2% | 94 |
| 9 | TDD | 22.5% | 84 |
| 10 | User Acceptance Testing | 22.3% | 83 |
| 11 | SDLC | 20.1% | 75 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 19.8% | 74 |
| 13 | AI | 17.4% | 65 |
| 14 | Microservices | 16.6% | 62 |
| 15 | Validation | 15.8% | 59 |
| 16 | Clean Code | 14.2% | 53 |
| 17 | Code Quality | 13.9% | 52 |
| 18 | Sprint Planning | 13.1% | 49 |
| 19 | Front End Development | 11.8% | 44 |
| 19 | Stakeholder Management | 11.8% | 44 |