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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 188 167
Rank change year-on-year -56 -21 +20
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 187 164 256
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 1.36% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.47% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 113 174
10th Percentile £333 £385 £382
25th Percentile £415 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £540 £536
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +0.70% -10.63%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £628
90th Percentile £668 £788 £725
England median daily rate £490 £523 £540
% change year-on-year -6.22% -3.24% -7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £57.20 - £49.53
25th Percentile £67.63 - £51.44
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - £65.44
90th Percentile - - £66.23
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -

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 16,273 11,140 15,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.30% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,862 7,463 11,094
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £430 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 193 320
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +14.29% -28.59%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.88 £63.20 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%

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 3 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in London

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 3 June 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 -30 20 £575 +5.50% 12
West London -23 5 - -
East London - 1 - - 1
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 10 (5.35%) Mendix
2 8 (4.28%) HCL Notes
2 8 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.21%) Apache
3 6 (3.21%) Apache Spark
3 6 (3.21%) Ethereum
3 6 (3.21%) Hyperledger
4 4 (2.14%) Confluence
5 3 (1.60%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.07%) CMS
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.53%) Camunda
7 1 (0.53%) IIS
7 1 (0.53%) JBoss
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.81%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.53%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.53%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 55 (29.41%) Azure
2 35 (18.72%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (18.18%) AWS
4 25 (13.37%) Serverless
5 23 (12.30%) GitHub
6 12 (6.42%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (6.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 12 (6.42%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.88%) Azure Functions
7 11 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 11 (5.88%) PowerApps
8 10 (5.35%) OCI
9 9 (4.81%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.81%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (4.81%) PaaS
10 8 (4.28%) Amazon S3
10 8 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (4.28%) GCP
10 8 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.74%) HTTP
2 4 (2.14%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (20.32%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.63%) Oracle Database
3 13 (6.95%) NoSQL
4 12 (6.42%) Data Lake
5 11 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (5.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (5.35%) MongoDB
7 9 (4.81%) Power BI
8 7 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.60%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.60%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.60%) Tableau
11 2 (1.07%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.07%) DB2
11 2 (1.07%) MySQL
11 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (18.72%) Git
2 19 (10.16%) JIRA
3 15 (8.02%) Jenkins
4 14 (7.49%) JUnit
5 12 (6.42%) Visual Studio
6 11 (5.88%) GitLab
7 10 (5.35%) Postman
8 9 (4.81%) Selenium
9 8 (4.28%) Cucumber
9 8 (4.28%) MSTest
10 6 (3.21%) Gradle
10 6 (3.21%) SoapUI
11 5 (2.67%) Mockito
11 5 (2.67%) NUnit
12 4 (2.14%) JMeter
12 4 (2.14%) Maven
12 4 (2.14%) Mocha
12 4 (2.14%) tSQLt
13 3 (1.60%) Moq
13 3 (1.60%) Zephyr
General
1 61 (32.62%) Finance
2 35 (18.72%) Banking
3 34 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 26 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.81%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.74%) Front Office
8 4 (2.14%) Military
9 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Legal
10 2 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (1.07%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Back Office
11 1 (0.53%) Billing
11 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (55.08%) Developer
2 45 (24.06%) Senior
3 22 (11.76%) C# Developer
3 22 (11.76%) Senior Developer
4 20 (10.70%) Java Developer
5 14 (7.49%) Data Engineer
6 10 (5.35%) Integration Specialist
6 10 (5.35%) Oracle Specialist
6 10 (5.35%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.81%) .NET Developer
7 9 (4.81%) Cloud Specialist
7 9 (4.81%) Informatica Engineer
7 9 (4.81%) Python Developer
8 8 (4.28%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (4.28%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 8 (4.28%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (3.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (3.21%) Backend Developer
9 6 (3.21%) Lead
9 6 (3.21%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (25.67%) .NET
2 42 (22.46%) REST
3 34 (18.18%) RESTful
4 27 (14.44%) .NET Framework
5 26 (13.90%) Spring Boot
6 25 (13.37%) Spring
7 22 (11.76%) React
8 19 (10.16%) CSS
8 19 (10.16%) HTML
8 19 (10.16%) JSON
9 18 (9.63%) AngularJS
10 17 (9.09%) Kafka
10 17 (9.09%) SOAP
11 15 (8.02%) XML
12 14 (7.49%) OAuth
12 14 (7.49%) pytest
13 12 (6.42%) Web Services
14 8 (4.28%) HTML5 Canvas
14 8 (4.28%) OAuth2
14 8 (4.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.02%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.42%) Low-Code
3 9 (4.81%) Algorithms
3 9 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.28%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.74%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.60%) CMDB
8 3 (1.60%) Equities
8 3 (1.60%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.07%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.63%) Windows
2 15 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.21%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.60%) Android
4 3 (1.60%) Unix
5 2 (1.07%) Linux
5 2 (1.07%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.07%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (43.32%) CI/CD
2 73 (39.04%) DevOps
3 71 (37.97%) Agile
4 42 (22.46%) Microservices
5 35 (18.72%) Scrum
6 34 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (16.58%) AI
8 30 (16.04%) Software Engineering
9 24 (12.83%) Test Automation
10 23 (12.30%) Code Quality
10 23 (12.30%) Integration Testing
11 22 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (11.23%) Clean Code
12 21 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (11.23%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (10.70%) Data Analysis
13 20 (10.70%) ERP
13 20 (10.70%) ETL
13 20 (10.70%) Observability
13 20 (10.70%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 74 (39.57%) SQL
2 54 (28.88%) C#
3 42 (22.46%) Python
4 41 (21.93%) Java
5 34 (18.18%) JavaScript
6 24 (12.83%) T-SQL
7 20 (10.70%) PL/SQL
8 15 (8.02%) TypeScript
9 8 (4.28%) Formula Language
9 8 (4.28%) LotusScript
10 7 (3.74%) Kotlin
10 7 (3.74%) Scala
11 5 (2.67%) Swift
12 4 (2.14%) Bicep
13 3 (1.60%) Apex Code
14 2 (1.07%) C++
14 2 (1.07%) Objective-C
14 2 (1.07%) VB.NET
14 2 (1.07%) X++
15 1 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 33 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.37%) Degree
3 24 (12.83%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (29.41%) QA
2 7 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.60%) WCAG
5 2 (1.07%) Basel III
5 2 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.07%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.53%) SEPA
6 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (20.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (14.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.28%) Terraform
3 3 (1.60%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.07%) Grafana
4 2 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) Ansible
5 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (26.74%) Oracle
2 32 (17.11%) Microsoft
3 17 (9.09%) Citrix
4 13 (6.95%) Informatica
5 8 (4.28%) Kofax
5 8 (4.28%) Lotus
6 6 (3.21%) Avaloq
7 5 (2.67%) Pega
8 4 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.60%) HP
9 3 (1.60%) SAP
9 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.07%) Databricks
10 2 (1.07%) Foundry
10 2 (1.07%) Google
10 2 (1.07%) IBM
10 2 (1.07%) Sybase
10 2 (1.07%) Workday
11 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.53%) Perforce