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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 221 145
Rank change year-on-year -27 -76 +36
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 188 153 293
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.95% 1.12% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.21% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 107 203
10th Percentile £286 £359 £400
25th Percentile £388 £404 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £648 £638
90th Percentile £668 £780 £738
England median daily rate £500 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% -7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.93
25th Percentile £50.25 - £52.44
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £57.25
75th Percentile £50.75 - £61.44
90th Percentile - - £63.58
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 17,699 12,607 14,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.22% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,437 10,407
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.69 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -20.35%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -5 39 £538 +31.90% 5
West London -12 10 £611 +10.60% 3
East London - 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 6 (3.19%) Confluence
2 3 (1.60%) Cloud Foundry
2 3 (1.60%) IIS
2 3 (1.60%) Mendix
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.53%) Camunda
4 1 (0.53%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.53%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.53%) JBoss
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.60%) Trello
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.53%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.06%) HFM
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.53%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.53%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (26.60%) Azure
2 28 (14.89%) GitHub
3 26 (13.83%) AWS
3 26 (13.83%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (7.45%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (6.91%) Serverless
6 12 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (5.32%) GCP
8 9 (4.79%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.66%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (2.66%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (2.66%) OCI
10 5 (2.66%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.66%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.13%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 4 (2.13%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.45%) Internet
2 2 (1.06%) Intranet
3 1 (0.53%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.53%) DSL
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) NFC
3 1 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.91%) Oracle Database
3 11 (5.85%) Data Lake
4 10 (5.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (4.26%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.72%) NoSQL
7 7 (3.72%) Relational Database
7 7 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.13%) Redis
9 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.60%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.60%) Metadata
9 3 (1.60%) Power BI
10 2 (1.06%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.06%) ClickHouse
10 2 (1.06%) Essbase
10 2 (1.06%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (16.49%) Git
2 26 (13.83%) Jenkins
3 18 (9.57%) JIRA
4 15 (7.98%) GitLab
5 10 (5.32%) JUnit
5 10 (5.32%) Selenium
5 10 (5.32%) Visual Studio
6 8 (4.26%) MSTest
7 6 (3.19%) Bitbucket
7 6 (3.19%) Cucumber
8 5 (2.66%) Gradle
8 5 (2.66%) JSUnit
8 5 (2.66%) NUnit
9 4 (2.13%) JMeter
9 4 (2.13%) Mocha
9 4 (2.13%) Mockito
9 4 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (2.13%) TeamCity
9 4 (2.13%) tSQLt
9 4 (2.13%) Xcode
General
1 52 (27.66%) Finance
2 45 (23.94%) Banking
3 42 (22.34%) Social Skills
4 25 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.32%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.19%) Front Office
7 4 (2.13%) Retail
8 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.60%) Legal
8 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.06%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.06%) Military
9 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.06%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (1.06%) Publishing
10 1 (0.53%) Billing
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (52.66%) Developer
2 59 (31.38%) Senior
3 23 (12.23%) C# Developer
4 21 (11.17%) Senior Developer
5 14 (7.45%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 14 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.91%) Java Developer
7 12 (6.38%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) .NET Developer
9 9 (4.79%) Informatica Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Lead
10 7 (3.72%) Junior
10 7 (3.72%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.19%) Architect
11 6 (3.19%) Consultant
11 6 (3.19%) iOS Developer
11 6 (3.19%) Java Engineer
11 6 (3.19%) Pega Architect
11 6 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (3.19%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (25.53%) .NET
2 39 (20.74%) REST
3 30 (15.96%) RESTful
4 28 (14.89%) .NET Framework
5 21 (11.17%) React
5 21 (11.17%) Spring
6 20 (10.64%) pytest
7 18 (9.57%) JSON
7 18 (9.57%) Spring Boot
8 17 (9.04%) CSS
8 17 (9.04%) HTML
9 15 (7.98%) SOAP
10 14 (7.45%) AngularJS
11 12 (6.38%) GraphQL
11 12 (6.38%) OAuth
11 12 (6.38%) XML
12 10 (5.32%) Node.js
12 10 (5.32%) Web Services
13 9 (4.79%) Next.js
13 9 (4.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.91%) Data Structures
2 12 (6.38%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.85%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.19%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.66%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.13%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.60%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.60%) Mobile Banking
10 2 (1.06%) CMDB
10 2 (1.06%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.06%) Equities
10 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.06%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.98%) Windows
2 12 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.26%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.19%) Unix
5 5 (2.66%) Android
6 4 (2.13%) Linux
7 2 (1.06%) VMS
8 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (43.09%) CI/CD
2 77 (40.96%) Agile
3 68 (36.17%) DevOps
4 43 (22.87%) Software Engineering
5 38 (20.21%) AI
6 37 (19.68%) Scrum
7 35 (18.62%) Microservices
7 35 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (17.55%) Integration Testing
9 30 (15.96%) Clean Code
10 29 (15.43%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (14.36%) Design Patterns
11 27 (14.36%) Test Automation
12 25 (13.30%) OOP
12 25 (13.30%) Validation
13 24 (12.77%) TDD
14 22 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (10.64%) Code Quality
16 19 (10.11%) Performance Tuning
17 18 (9.57%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 65 (34.57%) SQL
2 52 (27.66%) C#
3 39 (20.74%) Python
4 31 (16.49%) Java
5 26 (13.83%) JavaScript
6 22 (11.70%) T-SQL
7 20 (10.64%) PL/SQL
8 18 (9.57%) TypeScript
9 13 (6.91%) Kotlin
10 8 (4.26%) Swift
11 4 (2.13%) Bicep
12 3 (1.60%) X++
13 2 (1.06%) ABAP
13 2 (1.06%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.06%) C
13 2 (1.06%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.06%) ProC
13 2 (1.06%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.53%) C++
14 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 28 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.70%) Degree
4 6 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.66%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) ACCA
7 2 (1.06%) CIMA
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (28.72%) QA
2 8 (4.26%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.13%) WCAG
4 2 (1.06%) Basel III
4 2 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (1.06%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.53%) SEPA
5 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (22.34%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 34 (18.09%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.26%) Terraform
3 5 (2.66%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.60%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.06%) Grafana
6 1 (0.53%) Ansible
6 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (19.15%) Microsoft
1 36 (19.15%) Oracle
2 14 (7.45%) Citrix
3 11 (5.85%) Informatica
4 9 (4.79%) Avaloq
5 8 (4.26%) Pega
6 6 (3.19%) SAP
7 4 (2.13%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.60%) HP
8 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.60%) Workday
9 2 (1.06%) Foundry
9 2 (1.06%) Google
9 2 (1.06%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.06%) IBM
9 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.06%) Sybase
10 1 (0.53%) Apple
10 1 (0.53%) Lotus
10 1 (0.53%) Murex