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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 165 209
Rank change year-on-year -38 +44 -34
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 223 211 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 1.63% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.79% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 137 133
10th Percentile £381 £376 £365
25th Percentile £415 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £680
90th Percentile £763 £743 £738
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £57.20 - £54.85
25th Percentile £67.63 - £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 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 14,689 11,780 16,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.80% 91.03% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,858 7,852 11,511
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% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 159 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £70.75 £77.68 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -9 24 £563 -13.46% 7
West London -15 6 £552 +3.57%
East London - 2 £450 -
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 (6.28%) Apache Spark
2 12 (5.38%) Confluence
2 12 (5.38%) Mendix
2 12 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.93%) HCL Notes
4 8 (3.59%) Apache
5 6 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (2.69%) Ethereum
5 6 (2.69%) Hyperledger
6 4 (1.79%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.35%) CMS
8 2 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.45%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.45%) IIS
9 1 (0.45%) JBoss
9 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (6.28%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.45%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 50 (22.42%) Azure
2 45 (20.18%) AWS
3 29 (13.00%) GitHub
3 29 (13.00%) Serverless
4 27 (12.11%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (10.76%) Power Platform
6 23 (10.31%) GCP
7 17 (7.62%) OCI
7 17 (7.62%) PaaS
8 14 (6.28%) Azure Functions
9 13 (5.83%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (5.83%) Power Automate
9 13 (5.83%) PowerApps
10 12 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (4.48%) Amazon S3
12 10 (4.48%) IaaS
12 10 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) HTTP
2 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (10.31%) Oracle Database
3 21 (9.42%) Power BI
4 18 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (5.83%) NoSQL
6 12 (5.38%) MongoDB
7 11 (4.93%) Relational Database
8 7 (3.14%) BigQuery
9 6 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.69%) MySQL
10 4 (1.79%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.35%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.35%) Power Query
11 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.90%) Redis
12 2 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (26.46%) Git
2 24 (10.76%) Jenkins
2 24 (10.76%) JIRA
3 19 (8.52%) Postman
4 18 (8.07%) JUnit
5 16 (7.17%) Visual Studio
6 10 (4.48%) GitLab
7 8 (3.59%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.59%) MSTest
8 7 (3.14%) Maven
8 7 (3.14%) MLflow
8 7 (3.14%) Selenium
8 7 (3.14%) SoapUI
9 6 (2.69%) Android Studio
9 6 (2.69%) Gradle
9 6 (2.69%) Mockito
10 5 (2.24%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.24%) SpecFlow
10 5 (2.24%) Xcode
11 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
General
1 74 (33.18%) Finance
2 45 (20.18%) Social Skills
3 36 (16.14%) Banking
4 28 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.28%) Front Office
7 13 (5.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (4.93%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.79%) Legal
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.35%) Military
11 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
12 1 (0.45%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 128 (57.40%) Developer
2 39 (17.49%) Senior
3 27 (12.11%) Java Developer
4 24 (10.76%) C# Developer
4 24 (10.76%) Senior Developer
5 15 (6.73%) Software Engineer
6 14 (6.28%) Data Engineer
6 14 (6.28%) Python Developer
7 12 (5.38%) Cloud Specialist
7 12 (5.38%) Integration Specialist
7 12 (5.38%) Oracle Specialist
8 11 (4.93%) .NET Developer
8 11 (4.93%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (4.48%) Python Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.59%) Senior Java Developer
12 7 (3.14%) Data Scientist
12 7 (3.14%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 7 (3.14%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (22.42%) REST
2 46 (20.63%) .NET
3 34 (15.25%) React
4 29 (13.00%) CSS
5 28 (12.56%) HTML
5 28 (12.56%) RESTful
6 24 (10.76%) .NET Framework
6 24 (10.76%) Spring
6 24 (10.76%) Spring Boot
7 23 (10.31%) AngularJS
8 22 (9.87%) Web Services
9 21 (9.42%) JSON
9 21 (9.42%) SOAP
10 19 (8.52%) pytest
11 18 (8.07%) XML
12 17 (7.62%) Kafka
13 16 (7.17%) Oracle Fusion
14 15 (6.73%) FastAPI
14 15 (6.73%) OAuth
15 10 (4.48%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.17%) Algorithms
3 14 (6.28%) Mobile App
4 13 (5.83%) Low-Code
4 13 (5.83%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.93%) Life Science
6 10 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (4.04%) Genomics
8 8 (3.59%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.59%) Public Cloud
9 7 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.79%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.79%) Market Risk
13 3 (1.35%) Derivative
13 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.90%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.62%) Windows
2 15 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.59%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.14%) Android
4 7 (3.14%) Unix
5 3 (1.35%) Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (44.39%) Agile
2 84 (37.67%) CI/CD
3 81 (36.32%) DevOps
4 47 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (18.39%) Microservices
5 41 (18.39%) Test Automation
6 39 (17.49%) AI
7 37 (16.59%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (16.14%) Analytics
8 36 (16.14%) Scrum
8 36 (16.14%) Software Engineering
9 31 (13.90%) Containerisation
9 31 (13.90%) Machine Learning
10 30 (13.45%) Code Quality
11 24 (10.76%) Data Analysis
11 24 (10.76%) OOP
12 23 (10.31%) ERP
13 22 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (8.97%) Integration Testing
14 20 (8.97%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 77 (34.53%) SQL
2 56 (25.11%) Java
3 54 (24.22%) C#
3 54 (24.22%) Python
4 42 (18.83%) JavaScript
5 23 (10.31%) T-SQL
5 23 (10.31%) TypeScript
6 21 (9.42%) PL/SQL
7 12 (5.38%) Kotlin
8 11 (4.93%) Formula Language
8 11 (4.93%) LotusScript
9 7 (3.14%) Scala
9 7 (3.14%) Swift
10 4 (1.79%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.35%) Groovy
11 3 (1.35%) X++
12 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.90%) Bicep
13 1 (0.45%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 34 (15.25%) Degree
2 28 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 21 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.24%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (20.63%) QA
2 12 (5.38%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.79%) WCAG
4 3 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.45%) SEPA
System Software
1 40 (17.94%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) OpenAM
2 2 (0.90%) OpenDJ
2 2 (0.90%) OpenIDM
2 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 27 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.48%) Terraform
3 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.90%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 65 (29.15%) Oracle
2 26 (11.66%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.42%) Google
4 17 (7.62%) Citrix
5 11 (4.93%) Databricks
5 11 (4.93%) Lotus
6 10 (4.48%) Kofax
7 7 (3.14%) Pega
8 4 (1.79%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.79%) SAP
9 3 (1.35%) Adobe
9 3 (1.35%) Informatica
9 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.35%) Workday
10 2 (0.90%) Apple
10 2 (0.90%) HP
10 2 (0.90%) IBM
10 2 (0.90%) Murex
10 2 (0.90%) Sybase
10 2 (0.90%) VMware