Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 41 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 24 4 42
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.91% 1.17% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 1.37% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £605 - -
25th Percentile £613 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +228.77%
75th Percentile £626 - £650
90th Percentile £626 - -
East of England median daily rate £613 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 40
10th Percentile £63.13 £62.00 £61.25
25th Percentile - £63.13 £64.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - £67.38
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 646 293 722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 78.40% 85.42% 90.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 137 290
10th Percentile £306 £310 £236
25th Percentile £413 £425 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £530 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +24.71% -17.07%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £713
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 93 285
10th Percentile £16.35 £25.98 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £66.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.58% +32.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68.00 £76.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £53.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -57.30% +39.03% +53.65%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

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 14 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
Stevenage -1 22 £625 - 1
Watford - 2 - - 1
Unit Testing
East of England

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) Ethernet
2 10 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.50%) Modbus
3 3 (12.50%) RS-232
3 3 (12.50%) RS-422
3 3 (12.50%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 11 (45.83%) Eclipse
1 11 (45.83%) Visual Studio
2 8 (33.33%) Git
2 8 (33.33%) JIRA
2 8 (33.33%) PVCS
2 8 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (45.83%) Electronics
2 10 (41.67%) Military
2 10 (41.67%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) C# Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Developer
5 3 (12.50%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Azure Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) Node.js
1 10 (41.67%) Web Services
2 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) .NET Core
2 2 (8.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (8.33%) React
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Software Engineering
2 16 (66.67%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) Continuous Integration
3 14 (58.33%) TDD
4 13 (54.17%) CI/CD
5 11 (45.83%) Continuous Delivery
5 11 (45.83%) Digital Twin
5 11 (45.83%) Synthetic Environment
6 10 (41.67%) Validation
6 10 (41.67%) Verification and Validation
6 10 (41.67%) Visualisation
7 8 (33.33%) Code Coverage
7 8 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (33.33%) Workflow
8 5 (20.83%) DevOps
9 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
10 2 (8.33%) Design Patterns
10 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
11 1 (4.17%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (91.67%) C++
2 14 (58.33%) C#
3 11 (45.83%) C
4 10 (41.67%) JavaScript
5 7 (29.17%) Embedded C
5 7 (29.17%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
1 8 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) ANSYS
2 8 (33.33%) IBM
2 8 (33.33%) VMware