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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 44 47
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 47 31 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.60% 4.17% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 4.79% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £348
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% +10.17%
75th Percentile - - £516
90th Percentile - - £600
East of England median daily rate £550 £300 £500
% change year-on-year +83.33% -40.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 1
10th Percentile - £56.63 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £70.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.80% +56.67%
75th Percentile - £65.94 £70.75
90th Percentile - £69.88 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
% change year-on-year - -5.80% +53.33%

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 735 647 696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.60% 86.96% 87.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 341 417
10th Percentile £218 £260 £203
25th Percentile £313 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £708
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 144 84
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £40.13 £53.75 £35.87
Median hourly rate £50.00 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +26.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -4.62%

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 28 May 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 28 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
Stevenage -7 41 - - 1
Royston - 3 - - 1
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 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 34 (72.34%) Modbus
1 34 (72.34%) RS-422
1 34 (72.34%) RS-485
2 6 (12.77%) Ethernet
2 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Visual Studio
2 6 (12.77%) Eclipse
3 3 (6.38%) CppUnit
3 3 (6.38%) Git
3 3 (6.38%) PVCS
3 3 (6.38%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (6.38%) ReSharper
4 1 (2.13%) JIRA
4 1 (2.13%) Katalon Studio
General
1 37 (78.72%) Social Skills
2 34 (72.34%) Electronics
3 6 (12.77%) Military
3 6 (12.77%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (89.36%) Software Engineer
2 29 (61.70%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) C# Software Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Validation Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Verification Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) C# Developer
6 1 (2.13%) Developer
6 1 (2.13%) Lead
6 1 (2.13%) Software Validation Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Software Verification Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) Node.js
1 6 (12.77%) Web Services
2 3 (6.38%) .NET
2 3 (6.38%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (59.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Linux
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (91.49%) Agile
1 43 (91.49%) Software Engineering
2 40 (85.11%) Continuous Integration
2 40 (85.11%) TDD
3 34 (72.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (72.34%) Customer Requirements
3 34 (72.34%) DevOps
3 34 (72.34%) Pair Programming
3 34 (72.34%) Software Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Validation
4 9 (19.15%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
5 6 (12.77%) Continuous Delivery
5 6 (12.77%) Digital Twin
5 6 (12.77%) Scrum
5 6 (12.77%) Synthetic Environment
5 6 (12.77%) Visualisation
6 4 (8.51%) Integration Testing
7 3 (6.38%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (6.38%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 43 (91.49%) C#
1 43 (91.49%) C++
2 37 (78.72%) C
3 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) VMware