Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Unit Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 66 98
Rank change year-on-year -27 +32 0
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.37% 0.28% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.31% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - £662
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.70%
75th Percentile £730 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £515 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -17.60% - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £38.25 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -24.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,307 649 1,333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.78% 89.89% 85.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 476 714
10th Percentile £337 £332 £388
25th Percentile £463 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £621 £675
90th Percentile £750 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £513 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +1.59% +0.90% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 38 151
10th Percentile £12.60 £20.07 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.31 £20.25
Median hourly rate £24.29 £56.38 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -56.92% -1.70% +14.70%
75th Percentile £48.78 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.90 - £76.86
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £28.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.35% -36.67% -2.70%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unit Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Unit Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Unit Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Southampton -4 2 £720 - 2
Farnborough - 1 - - 5
Unit Testing
South East

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
1 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) GitLab
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms Developer
3 1 (16.67%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) WinForms
1 5 (83.33%) WPF
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft