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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 165 202
Rank change year-on-year -32 +37 -50
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 187 227 192
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 1.62% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.79% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 144 127
10th Percentile £403 £347 £412
25th Percentile £415 £458 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £713 £699 £713
90th Percentile £802 £793 £750
England median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £56.03
25th Percentile £51.75 - £61.31
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £77.75
75th Percentile £61.25 - £90.94
90th Percentile - - £92.63
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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -2 21 £579 -14.26% 5
West London -16 4 £552 - 2
South London -4 2 £850 +13.33% 2
East London - 2 £450 - 2
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 13 (6.95%) Confluence
2 10 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.81%) HCL Notes
4 8 (4.28%) Apache Spark
4 8 (4.28%) Mendix
5 7 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (2.67%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.60%) CMS
8 2 (1.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (1.07%) Apache
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.53%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.53%) Drupal
9 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.53%) SAS
9 1 (0.53%) Traefik
9 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (7.49%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.79%) AWS
2 31 (16.58%) Azure
3 26 (13.90%) GitHub
4 23 (12.30%) GCP
5 22 (11.76%) Power Platform
6 21 (11.23%) Serverless
7 18 (9.63%) OCI
7 18 (9.63%) PaaS
8 14 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (6.42%) IaaS
10 11 (5.88%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.88%) Power Automate
10 11 (5.88%) PowerApps
11 10 (5.35%) Azure Functions
11 10 (5.35%) Cloud Run
11 10 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (4.81%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (4.81%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.53%) Network Security
1 1 (0.53%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.44%) SQL Server
2 19 (10.16%) Power BI
3 18 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (9.09%) Oracle Database
5 11 (5.88%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.74%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.67%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.14%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.14%) MySQL
9 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.60%) DB2
9 3 (1.60%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.60%) Power Query
9 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.07%) Redis
10 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.07%) SQLite
10 2 (1.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (25.67%) Git
2 22 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 21 (11.23%) Postman
4 19 (10.16%) JIRA
5 14 (7.49%) JUnit
5 14 (7.49%) Visual Studio
6 9 (4.81%) SpecFlow
7 7 (3.74%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.74%) Maven
7 7 (3.74%) MLflow
8 6 (3.21%) Bitbucket
8 6 (3.21%) SoapUI
8 6 (3.21%) Xcode
9 5 (2.67%) Android Studio
9 5 (2.67%) Cypress.io
9 5 (2.67%) GitLab
9 5 (2.67%) SonarQube
10 4 (2.14%) Gradle
10 4 (2.14%) Mockito
10 4 (2.14%) Selenium
General
1 57 (30.48%) Finance
2 46 (24.60%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.37%) Banking
4 24 (12.83%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.02%) Front Office
5 15 (8.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.28%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.07%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.07%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.07%) Legal
9 2 (1.07%) Marketing
9 2 (1.07%) Military
9 2 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Billing
10 1 (0.53%) French Language
10 1 (0.53%) Games
10 1 (0.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.53%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 105 (56.15%) Developer
2 27 (14.44%) Senior
3 20 (10.70%) Java Developer
3 20 (10.70%) Senior Developer
4 19 (10.16%) C# Developer
5 17 (9.09%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.95%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.95%) Python Developer
7 12 (6.42%) Cloud Specialist
7 12 (6.42%) Integration Specialist
7 12 (6.42%) Oracle Specialist
8 9 (4.81%) Angular Developer
8 9 (4.81%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (4.28%) .NET Developer
9 8 (4.28%) Agile Developer
9 8 (4.28%) Lead
9 8 (4.28%) Python Engineer
10 7 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.74%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 7 (3.74%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.25%) .NET
2 35 (18.72%) REST
3 29 (15.51%) React
4 24 (12.83%) CSS
5 22 (11.76%) HTML
5 22 (11.76%) Web Services
6 21 (11.23%) .NET Framework
7 20 (10.70%) RESTful
7 20 (10.70%) SOAP
8 19 (10.16%) JSON
9 18 (9.63%) pytest
10 17 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (8.02%) FastAPI
12 14 (7.49%) AngularJS
12 14 (7.49%) Playwright
12 14 (7.49%) Spring
12 14 (7.49%) XML
13 13 (6.95%) Spring Boot
14 11 (5.88%) Entity Framework
14 11 (5.88%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.23%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.02%) Algorithms
3 13 (6.95%) Life Science
4 11 (5.88%) Genomics
5 9 (4.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (4.81%) Low-Code
5 9 (4.81%) Mobile App
6 8 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.74%) Public Cloud
8 6 (3.21%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.21%) Virtual Reality
9 5 (2.67%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (2.67%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.14%) Derivative
11 3 (1.60%) Animation
11 3 (1.60%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.60%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.42%) Windows
1 12 (6.42%) Windows Server
2 11 (5.88%) Android
2 11 (5.88%) Linux
3 10 (5.35%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.74%) Unix
5 6 (3.21%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (45.99%) Agile
2 60 (32.09%) DevOps
3 58 (31.02%) CI/CD
4 40 (21.39%) Test Automation
5 39 (20.86%) Software Engineering
6 38 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (19.79%) Scrum
8 35 (18.72%) Microservices
9 33 (17.65%) Containerisation
10 31 (16.58%) Analytics
11 30 (16.04%) AI
11 30 (16.04%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (14.44%) Machine Learning
13 26 (13.90%) Clean Code
14 23 (12.30%) Code Quality
15 22 (11.76%) TDD
16 21 (11.23%) ERP
16 21 (11.23%) Natural Language Processing
17 19 (10.16%) Design Patterns
17 19 (10.16%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.95%) SQL
2 53 (28.34%) Java
3 44 (23.53%) Python
4 42 (22.46%) C#
5 32 (17.11%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.49%) TypeScript
7 12 (6.42%) Kotlin
7 12 (6.42%) PL/SQL
7 12 (6.42%) T-SQL
8 9 (4.81%) Formula Language
8 9 (4.81%) LotusScript
9 7 (3.74%) C++
10 4 (2.14%) Groovy
10 4 (2.14%) Swift
11 3 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.60%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.60%) X++
12 2 (1.07%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.07%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.07%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (20.32%) Degree
2 29 (15.51%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.83%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.07%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.97%) QA
2 9 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.07%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (19.79%) Docker
2 2 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.07%) OpenAM
2 2 (1.07%) OpenDJ
2 2 (1.07%) OpenIDM
2 2 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (14.97%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.35%) Terraform
3 4 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.07%) Grafana
5 1 (0.53%) Ansible
5 1 (0.53%) Istio
5 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (26.20%) Oracle
2 22 (11.76%) Google
3 19 (10.16%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.88%) Databricks
5 10 (5.35%) Citrix
6 9 (4.81%) Lotus
7 8 (4.28%) Kofax
8 5 (2.67%) Pega
9 4 (2.14%) Dataiku
9 4 (2.14%) SAP
10 3 (1.60%) Adobe
10 3 (1.60%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.60%) Workday
11 2 (1.07%) Apple
11 2 (1.07%) Informatica
11 2 (1.07%) Marketo
11 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.07%) Splunk
11 2 (1.07%) VMware