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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 144 205
Rank change year-on-year -67 +61 -57
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 176 280 214
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.23% 1.79% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.00% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 175 153
10th Percentile £372 £352 £450
25th Percentile £415 £493 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% -9.92% -0.79%
75th Percentile £713 £688 £738
90th Percentile £793 £770 £769
England median daily rate £495 £582 £600
% change year-on-year -14.95% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £81.25
25th Percentile £51.75 - £84.53
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £90.00
75th Percentile £61.25 - £91.88
90th Percentile - - £93.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and 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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 +5 27 £525 -19.23% 6
South London -5 2 £850 +13.33% 5
West London -16 2 £552 +11.41% 2
East London - 2 £450 - 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 18 (10.23%) Confluence
2 8 (4.55%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.84%) Jupyter
5 4 (2.27%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.70%) CMS
6 3 (1.70%) HCL Notes
7 2 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (1.14%) Apache
7 2 (1.14%) Mendix
8 1 (0.57%) Appian
8 1 (0.57%) Camunda
8 1 (0.57%) CICS
8 1 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.57%) Drupal
8 1 (0.57%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.57%) SAS
8 1 (0.57%) Traefik
8 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.70%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.70%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (1.14%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.57%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.57%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.18%) AWS
2 30 (17.05%) Azure
3 26 (14.77%) GitHub
4 23 (13.07%) GCP
5 14 (7.95%) Power Platform
6 12 (6.82%) OCI
6 12 (6.82%) PaaS
7 10 (5.68%) Cloud Run
7 10 (5.68%) Serverless
8 9 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.11%) IaaS
9 8 (4.55%) Firebase
9 8 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (3.41%) Figma
11 5 (2.84%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.27%) Azure Functions
12 4 (2.27%) Google Play
12 4 (2.27%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.70%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.14%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.57%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.57%) HTTP
3 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.57%) Network Security
3 1 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.34%) SQL Server
2 19 (10.80%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (7.95%) Oracle Database
4 13 (7.39%) Power BI
4 13 (7.39%) Relational Database
5 9 (5.11%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.98%) BigQuery
6 7 (3.98%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.84%) Redis
8 4 (2.27%) DB2
8 4 (2.27%) MySQL
9 3 (1.70%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.70%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.70%) Power Query
10 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.14%) SQLite
10 2 (1.14%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.57%) KDB
Development Applications
1 57 (32.39%) Git
2 27 (15.34%) JIRA
3 26 (14.77%) Jenkins
4 18 (10.23%) JUnit
4 18 (10.23%) Postman
5 11 (6.25%) Maven
5 11 (6.25%) SpecFlow
6 10 (5.68%) Xcode
7 9 (5.11%) Mockito
8 8 (4.55%) Bitbucket
8 8 (4.55%) SonarQube
8 8 (4.55%) Visual Studio
9 6 (3.41%) Android Studio
9 6 (3.41%) Cucumber
10 5 (2.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.84%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.84%) GitLab
10 5 (2.84%) MLflow
10 5 (2.84%) REST Assured
10 5 (2.84%) SoapUI
General
1 55 (31.25%) Finance
2 41 (23.30%) Social Skills
3 30 (17.05%) Banking
4 22 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (7.39%) Front Office
7 10 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Legal
9 2 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Billing
10 1 (0.57%) French Language
10 1 (0.57%) Games
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (56.82%) Developer
2 34 (19.32%) Senior
3 23 (13.07%) Senior Developer
4 22 (12.50%) Java Developer
5 17 (9.66%) Software Engineer
6 15 (8.52%) C# Developer
7 14 (7.95%) Angular Developer
7 14 (7.95%) Python Developer
8 11 (6.25%) Data Engineer
9 10 (5.68%) Lead
10 8 (4.55%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Agile Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Android Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Senior Python Developer
12 6 (3.41%) Cloud Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Integration Specialist
12 6 (3.41%) Oracle Specialist
13 5 (2.84%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (17.61%) .NET
2 29 (16.48%) REST
3 28 (15.91%) CSS
4 27 (15.34%) React
5 26 (14.77%) HTML
6 23 (13.07%) RESTful
7 22 (12.50%) AngularJS
8 20 (11.36%) .NET Framework
9 19 (10.80%) Web Services
10 17 (9.66%) Spring
11 16 (9.09%) pytest
11 16 (9.09%) SOAP
11 16 (9.09%) Spring Boot
12 15 (8.52%) Node.js
13 14 (7.95%) Playwright
14 13 (7.39%) Entity Framework
14 13 (7.39%) JSON
15 12 (6.82%) FastAPI
15 12 (6.82%) HTML5
15 12 (6.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.95%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.82%) Life Science
4 11 (6.25%) Genomics
5 9 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.55%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.84%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (2.84%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.84%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (2.27%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.27%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.70%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.70%) Derivative
10 3 (1.70%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.70%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.52%) Android
2 13 (7.39%) Apple iOS
3 11 (6.25%) Linux
4 9 (5.11%) Unix
5 8 (4.55%) Windows
5 8 (4.55%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.57%) tvOS
7 1 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.57%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (49.43%) Agile
2 56 (31.82%) CI/CD
3 53 (30.11%) DevOps
4 44 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 42 (23.86%) Microservices
5 42 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (22.16%) Software Engineering
7 38 (21.59%) Scrum
8 32 (18.18%) Clean Code
9 29 (16.48%) Analytics
10 28 (15.91%) TDD
11 27 (15.34%) Containerisation
12 26 (14.77%) AI
13 25 (14.20%) Code Quality
13 25 (14.20%) Machine Learning
14 22 (12.50%) Integration Testing
15 19 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (10.80%) Full-Stack Development
15 19 (10.80%) Natural Language Processing
15 19 (10.80%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.25%) Java
1 55 (31.25%) SQL
2 39 (22.16%) Python
3 33 (18.75%) C#
4 31 (17.61%) JavaScript
5 15 (8.52%) Kotlin
5 15 (8.52%) TypeScript
6 9 (5.11%) PL/SQL
6 9 (5.11%) T-SQL
7 7 (3.98%) Groovy
8 6 (3.41%) C++
9 5 (2.84%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.84%) Swift
10 4 (2.27%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.70%) Formula Language
11 3 (1.70%) LotusScript
12 2 (1.14%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.14%) X++
13 1 (0.57%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 32 (18.18%) Degree
2 23 (13.07%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.14%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.20%) QA
2 13 (7.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (21.02%) Docker
2 2 (1.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.14%) OpenAM
2 2 (1.14%) OpenDJ
2 2 (1.14%) OpenIDM
2 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (17.05%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.68%) Terraform
3 4 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.14%) Ansible
4 2 (1.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.57%) Control-M
5 1 (0.57%) Istio
5 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.57%) vRealize
Vendors
1 37 (21.02%) Oracle
2 24 (13.64%) Google
3 11 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.11%) Databricks
5 7 (3.98%) Citrix
6 5 (2.84%) CA Agile Central
6 5 (2.84%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.84%) SAP
6 5 (2.84%) Splunk
7 4 (2.27%) Dataiku
8 3 (1.70%) Adobe
8 3 (1.70%) Apple
8 3 (1.70%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.70%) Lotus
8 3 (1.70%) OpenText
8 3 (1.70%) Pega
8 3 (1.70%) Workday
9 2 (1.14%) Marketo
9 2 (1.14%) Temenos
9 2 (1.14%) VMware