Unit Testing Contracts in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 40 52
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 46 34 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.59% 4.16% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.18% 4.80% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £89 £393
25th Percentile £550 £124 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £183 £475
Median % change year-on-year +228.77% -61.58% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £241 £525
90th Percentile - £277 £675
East of England median daily rate £575 £300 £500
% change year-on-year +91.67% -40.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 13 0
10th Percentile - £57.00 -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £68.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 708 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.40% 86.66% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 376 406
10th Percentile £235 £239 £203
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £703 £788 £688
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 157 82
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.50 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +22.82% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.10 -
East of England median hourly rate £39.55 £23.31 £15.50
% change year-on-year +69.67% +50.39% -11.93%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Stevenage -6 41 - - 5
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 36 (78.26%) Modbus
1 36 (78.26%) RS-422
1 36 (78.26%) RS-485
2 4 (8.70%) Ethernet
2 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) CppUnit
1 4 (8.70%) Eclipse
1 4 (8.70%) PVCS
1 4 (8.70%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (8.70%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Katalon Studio
General
1 36 (78.26%) Electronics
2 32 (69.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Military
3 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (84.78%) Software Engineer
2 29 (63.04%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Validation Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Verification Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Lead
7 1 (2.17%) C# Developer
7 1 (2.17%) Consultant
7 1 (2.17%) IFS Consultant
7 1 (2.17%) Lead Consultant
7 1 (2.17%) Lead Developer
7 1 (2.17%) Software Validation Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Software Verification Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.17%) Technical Developer
7 1 (2.17%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Node.js
1 4 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (60.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (86.96%) Agile
1 40 (86.96%) Continuous Integration
1 40 (86.96%) Software Engineering
1 40 (86.96%) TDD
2 37 (80.43%) Customer Requirements
3 36 (78.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (78.26%) DevOps
3 36 (78.26%) Pair Programming
3 36 (78.26%) Software Testing
4 8 (17.39%) Scrum
4 8 (17.39%) Validation
4 8 (17.39%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (8.70%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.70%) Code Coverage
5 4 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (8.70%) Digital Twin
5 4 (8.70%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (8.70%) Synthetic Environment
5 4 (8.70%) Test Planning
5 4 (8.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (95.65%) C++
2 40 (86.96%) C
2 40 (86.96%) C#
3 4 (8.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) VMware
3 1 (2.17%) IFS