Unit Testing Contracts in England

Unit Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 177 183
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -24
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 470 700 1,139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.29% 1.45% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.61% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 485 774
10th Percentile £375 £400 £377
25th Percentile £450 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% +6.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £650
90th Percentile £699 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £530 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.78% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 15
10th Percentile - £48.64 £39.78
25th Percentile £61.25 £50.42 £53.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £69.50 £66.25
90th Percentile - £76.20 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Unit Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in England

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024. 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 +2 231 £550 -8.33% 75
North of England +28 64 £495 -10.00% 48
East of England +21 58 £550 +83.33% 21
South East -1 55 £625 +13.64% 39
North West +25 45 £495 -1.00% 19
South West -38 29 £613 +5.65% 15
Yorkshire +14 19 £550 - 21
Midlands +3 4 £450 -18.18% 45
West Midlands +10 2 £450 -24.37% 28
East Midlands +4 1 £300 -12.41% 17
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.40%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.55%) Apache
3 11 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.13%) Confluence
5 7 (1.49%) CMS
6 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.85%) Mule
7 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.43%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.43%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 2 (0.43%) Traefik
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.06%) SAP CO
3 5 (1.06%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.85%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.85%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.64%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.64%) SAP VC
6 2 (0.43%) Advent Geneva
6 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.43%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.43%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.43%) Shopify
7 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 95 (20.21%) AWS
2 92 (19.57%) Azure
3 39 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (6.38%) Serverless
5 29 (6.17%) GCP
6 23 (4.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (4.04%) Azure Functions
8 17 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 17 (3.62%) GitHub
9 16 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (2.77%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.77%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.55%) dbt
13 10 (2.13%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.45%) Modbus
1 35 (7.45%) RS-422
1 35 (7.45%) RS-485
2 13 (2.77%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.34%) BGP
3 11 (2.34%) Ethernet
3 11 (2.34%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (2.34%) MPLS
3 11 (2.34%) VPN
4 10 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (1.70%) HTTP
6 4 (0.85%) SSL
7 2 (0.43%) DNS
7 2 (0.43%) Tactical Data Link
8 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.21%) Internet
8 1 (0.21%) Multicast
8 1 (0.21%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.77%) NoSQL
1 60 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (9.36%) SQL Server
3 38 (8.09%) Relational Database
4 22 (4.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (4.04%) Oracle Database
6 17 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.62%) MongoDB
7 13 (2.77%) Oracle Database 11g
8 11 (2.34%) Apache Cassandra
8 11 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (2.34%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.34%) MySQL
9 9 (1.91%) Big Data
9 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.49%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.49%) Power BI
11 6 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.06%) Apache Hive
12 5 (1.06%) HBase
Development Applications
1 115 (24.47%) Git
2 42 (8.94%) JIRA
3 31 (6.60%) JUnit
4 21 (4.47%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.47%) Visual Studio
5 19 (4.04%) TeamCity
6 17 (3.62%) GitLab
7 16 (3.40%) Android Studio
7 16 (3.40%) Selenium
8 12 (2.55%) Mockito
9 11 (2.34%) Eclipse
9 11 (2.34%) Robot Framework
9 11 (2.34%) TestRail
10 10 (2.13%) NUnit
11 9 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (1.70%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.70%) Maven
13 7 (1.49%) Liquibase
13 7 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (1.28%) Jasmine
General
1 121 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 72 (15.32%) Finance
3 59 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 37 (7.87%) Electronics
6 24 (5.11%) Banking
7 22 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.34%) Military
9 7 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.49%) Law
9 7 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.49%) Retail
10 6 (1.28%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.28%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.28%) Marketing
10 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.85%) Legal
11 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 272 (57.87%) Developer
2 72 (15.32%) Software Engineer
3 46 (9.79%) Full Stack Developer
3 46 (9.79%) Senior
4 38 (8.09%) Java Developer
5 37 (7.87%) C++ Software Engineer
6 32 (6.81%) C# Developer
7 31 (6.60%) Lead
8 25 (5.32%) Senior Developer
9 24 (5.11%) .NET Developer
10 20 (4.26%) Android Developer
10 20 (4.26%) Azure Developer
10 20 (4.26%) Test Engineer
11 17 (3.62%) Angular Developer
11 17 (3.62%) Consultant
12 15 (3.19%) SQL Developer
13 14 (2.98%) C# .NET Developer
13 14 (2.98%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.98%) Python Developer
13 14 (2.98%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (17.23%) React
2 78 (16.60%) REST
3 65 (13.83%) .NET
4 56 (11.91%) RESTful
5 55 (11.70%) Spring
6 49 (10.43%) AngularJS
7 45 (9.57%) Web Services
8 40 (8.51%) Spring Boot
9 39 (8.30%) Kafka
10 37 (7.87%) Node.js
11 35 (7.45%) HTML
12 34 (7.23%) Hibernate
13 30 (6.38%) JPA
14 27 (5.74%) CSS
14 27 (5.74%) SOAP
15 26 (5.53%) .NET Core
16 21 (4.47%) .NET Framework
17 17 (3.62%) ASP.NET
17 17 (3.62%) Jest
18 16 (3.40%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.83%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.13%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.49%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.28%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.28%) iPad
8 6 (1.28%) iPhone
9 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) Blockchain
11 3 (0.64%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.64%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.64%) LIMS
11 3 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.23%) Linux
2 24 (5.11%) Android
3 23 (4.89%) Windows
4 19 (4.04%) Unix
5 10 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (49.57%) Agile
2 175 (37.23%) DevOps
3 127 (27.02%) TDD
4 122 (25.96%) Software Engineering
5 107 (22.77%) CI/CD
6 98 (20.85%) Continuous Integration
7 90 (19.15%) Test Automation
8 85 (18.09%) Scrum
9 80 (17.02%) Software Testing
10 76 (16.17%) Microservices
11 61 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (11.91%) OO
13 55 (11.70%) Full Stack Development
13 55 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (10.00%) Integration Testing
14 47 (10.00%) Pair Programming
15 42 (8.94%) Customer Requirements
15 42 (8.94%) High Availability
16 41 (8.72%) Front End Development
17 40 (8.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 134 (28.51%) Java
2 123 (26.17%) SQL
3 120 (25.53%) C#
4 99 (21.06%) Python
5 75 (15.96%) JavaScript
6 72 (15.32%) C++
7 64 (13.62%) C
8 57 (12.13%) TypeScript
9 30 (6.38%) PL/SQL
10 25 (5.32%) Kotlin
11 24 (5.11%) Scala
12 11 (2.34%) Perl
12 11 (2.34%) PowerShell
13 10 (2.13%) Go
14 8 (1.70%) Swift
14 8 (1.70%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.49%) Bash
15 7 (1.49%) Bicep
15 7 (1.49%) Objective-C
16 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (20.64%) Security Cleared
2 84 (17.87%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.02%) Degree
4 30 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.57%) QA
2 13 (2.77%) Accessibility
2 13 (2.77%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.70%) GDPR
4 5 (1.06%) WCAG
5 4 (0.85%) SLA
6 3 (0.64%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) NCSC
7 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 74 (15.74%) Docker
2 15 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.06%) HDFS
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (13.83%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.68%) Terraform
3 13 (2.77%) Grafana
4 8 (1.70%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.06%) Hadoop YARN
6 4 (0.85%) Istio
6 4 (0.85%) Kibana
6 4 (0.85%) Puppet
7 3 (0.64%) Ansible
7 3 (0.64%) Podman
8 2 (0.43%) Consul
8 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.43%) Graphite
8 2 (0.43%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.43%) linkerd
8 2 (0.43%) Packer
8 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) systemd
Vendors
1 50 (10.64%) Oracle
2 48 (10.21%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.96%) SAP
4 13 (2.77%) Google
5 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.28%) Typelevel
5 6 (1.28%) VMware
6 5 (1.06%) Adobe
6 5 (1.06%) Databricks
6 5 (1.06%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.85%) FIS
7 4 (0.85%) Liquidlogic
7 4 (0.85%) MuleSoft
7 4 (0.85%) Splunk
8 3 (0.64%) Citrix
8 3 (0.64%) IBM
8 3 (0.64%) Informatica
8 3 (0.64%) Micro Focus
8 3 (0.64%) Siemens
8 3 (0.64%) Xamarin