Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in London

Unit Testing
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 158 211
Rank change year-on-year -40 +53 -54
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 208 230 195
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.68% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.85% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 143 128
10th Percentile £402 £346 £375
25th Percentile £415 £450 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £663 £689 £700
90th Percentile £788 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54.85
25th Percentile £85.00 - £58.38
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £65.50
75th Percentile £95.00 - £80.25
90th Percentile - - £88.35
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,562 12,418 16,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.85% 90.52% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,022 7,884 11,754
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 154 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £25.48 £19.10
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.65 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +22.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £55.75 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £79.63 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in London

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 6 February 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
Central London -7 23 £538 -18.87% 4
West London -18 4 £552 - 2
South London -9 2 £850 +13.33%
East London - 2 £450 - 3
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (6.73%) Apache Spark
1 14 (6.73%) Confluence
2 11 (5.29%) Mendix
2 11 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.81%) HCL Notes
4 8 (3.85%) Apache
5 7 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.88%) Ethereum
6 6 (2.88%) Hyperledger
7 4 (1.92%) Jupyter
8 3 (1.44%) CMS
9 2 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.48%) Drupal
10 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.48%) SAS
10 1 (0.48%) Traefik
10 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.48%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.23%) AWS
2 37 (17.79%) Azure
3 27 (12.98%) GitHub
4 23 (11.06%) GCP
4 23 (11.06%) Power Platform
5 22 (10.58%) Serverless
6 20 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (9.62%) OCI
6 20 (9.62%) PaaS
7 12 (5.77%) IaaS
7 12 (5.77%) Power Automate
7 12 (5.77%) PowerApps
8 11 (5.29%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.29%) Azure Functions
8 11 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.81%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.81%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (4.33%) Cloud Run
10 9 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.48%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.48%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.90%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (9.62%) Power BI
4 18 (8.65%) Oracle Database
5 11 (5.29%) NoSQL
5 11 (5.29%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.81%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.37%) BigQuery
8 6 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.88%) MySQL
9 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.44%) DB2
10 3 (1.44%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.44%) Power Query
10 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.96%) Redis
11 2 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (29.33%) Git
2 27 (12.98%) JIRA
3 24 (11.54%) Jenkins
4 23 (11.06%) Postman
5 17 (8.17%) JUnit
6 16 (7.69%) Visual Studio
7 10 (4.81%) Maven
8 9 (4.33%) SpecFlow
9 8 (3.85%) Cucumber
10 7 (3.37%) Gradle
10 7 (3.37%) MLflow
10 7 (3.37%) SoapUI
10 7 (3.37%) Xcode
11 6 (2.88%) Android Studio
11 6 (2.88%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.88%) GitLab
11 6 (2.88%) SonarQube
12 5 (2.40%) Mockito
13 4 (1.92%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 72 (34.62%) Finance
2 47 (22.60%) Social Skills
3 33 (15.87%) Banking
4 22 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.69%) Front Office
7 14 (6.73%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (4.33%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.92%) Legal
10 3 (1.44%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.44%) Military
10 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.96%) Marketing
11 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Billing
12 1 (0.48%) French Language
12 1 (0.48%) Games
12 1 (0.48%) Retail
12 1 (0.48%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 119 (57.21%) Developer
2 35 (16.83%) Senior
3 27 (12.98%) Java Developer
4 25 (12.02%) Senior Developer
5 21 (10.10%) C# Developer
6 14 (6.73%) Cloud Specialist
6 14 (6.73%) Integration Specialist
6 14 (6.73%) Oracle Specialist
7 13 (6.25%) Data Engineer
7 13 (6.25%) Python Developer
7 13 (6.25%) Software Engineer
8 10 (4.81%) Power Platform Developer
9 9 (4.33%) .NET Developer
9 9 (4.33%) Angular Developer
10 8 (3.85%) Agile Developer
10 8 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (3.85%) Python Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Backend Developer
11 7 (3.37%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.37%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.67%) REST
2 40 (19.23%) .NET
3 29 (13.94%) React
3 29 (13.94%) RESTful
4 25 (12.02%) CSS
5 24 (11.54%) .NET Framework
5 24 (11.54%) Web Services
6 23 (11.06%) HTML
7 22 (10.58%) SOAP
8 21 (10.10%) AngularJS
8 21 (10.10%) JSON
8 21 (10.10%) Spring
8 21 (10.10%) Spring Boot
9 19 (9.13%) Oracle Fusion
10 17 (8.17%) pytest
11 15 (7.21%) Kafka
11 15 (7.21%) XML
12 14 (6.73%) FastAPI
12 14 (6.73%) Playwright
13 12 (5.77%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.13%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.21%) Algorithms
3 12 (5.77%) Life Science
3 12 (5.77%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (4.81%) Genomics
5 10 (4.81%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.85%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.40%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.40%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.92%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.92%) Derivative
9 4 (1.92%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.44%) Animation
10 3 (1.44%) Equities
10 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.21%) Windows
2 14 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.37%) Android
3 7 (3.37%) Unix
4 6 (2.88%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.88%) Linux
5 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (45.19%) Agile
2 75 (36.06%) CI/CD
3 67 (32.21%) DevOps
4 46 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (20.67%) Microservices
6 42 (20.19%) Scrum
7 41 (19.71%) Test Automation
8 34 (16.35%) AI
8 34 (16.35%) Analytics
8 34 (16.35%) Business Intelligence
9 33 (15.87%) Software Engineering
10 31 (14.90%) Containerisation
10 31 (14.90%) Machine Learning
11 27 (12.98%) Code Quality
12 24 (11.54%) ERP
13 23 (11.06%) Clean Code
14 22 (10.58%) TDD
15 20 (9.62%) Natural Language Processing
16 19 (9.13%) OOP
17 18 (8.65%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 69 (33.17%) SQL
2 58 (27.88%) Java
3 50 (24.04%) Python
4 47 (22.60%) C#
5 35 (16.83%) JavaScript
6 19 (9.13%) TypeScript
7 16 (7.69%) T-SQL
8 15 (7.21%) PL/SQL
9 10 (4.81%) Formula Language
9 10 (4.81%) LotusScript
10 9 (4.33%) Kotlin
11 7 (3.37%) Scala
12 5 (2.40%) Swift
13 4 (1.92%) Groovy
13 4 (1.92%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.44%) X++
15 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (17.79%) Degree
2 29 (13.94%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.96%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.87%) QA
2 8 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (17.31%) Docker
2 2 (0.96%) OpenAM
2 2 (0.96%) OpenDJ
2 2 (0.96%) OpenIDM
2 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.85%) Terraform
3 4 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Istio
4 1 (0.48%) vRealize
Vendors
1 57 (27.40%) Oracle
2 21 (10.10%) Google
3 19 (9.13%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.25%) Citrix
5 11 (5.29%) Databricks
6 10 (4.81%) Lotus
7 9 (4.33%) Kofax
8 5 (2.40%) Pega
9 4 (1.92%) Dataiku
10 3 (1.44%) Adobe
10 3 (1.44%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.44%) SAP
10 3 (1.44%) Workday
11 2 (0.96%) Apple
11 2 (0.96%) Informatica
11 2 (0.96%) Murex
11 2 (0.96%) Splunk
11 2 (0.96%) Sybase
11 2 (0.96%) VMware