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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 158 202
Rank change year-on-year -31 +44 -55
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 203 230 199
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.65% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.83% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 145 130
10th Percentile £405 £347 £375
25th Percentile £415 £460 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £700 £690 £713
90th Percentile £788 £765 £750
England median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £58.40 - £56.03
25th Percentile £68.38 - £61.31
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £77.75
75th Percentile £95.00 - £90.94
90th Percentile - - £92.63
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 13,346 12,596 16,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.41% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,853 8,021 11,715
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.67% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 155 306
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.77 £24.71 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.36% -15.86%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.06
90th Percentile £70.80 £80.45 £73.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.33% +11.41%

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 24 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 24 January 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 24 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 -8 22 £575 +4.55% 4
West London -13 4 £552 - 1
South London -2 2 £850 +13.33%
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 14 (6.90%) Apache Spark
2 13 (6.40%) Confluence
3 11 (5.42%) SharePoint
4 10 (4.93%) HCL Notes
5 9 (4.43%) Mendix
6 8 (3.94%) Apache
7 7 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (2.46%) Ethereum
8 5 (2.46%) Hyperledger
9 4 (1.97%) Jupyter
10 3 (1.48%) CMS
11 2 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.49%) Drupal
12 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.49%) SAS
12 1 (0.49%) Traefik
12 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.48%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (6.90%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.21%) AWS
2 37 (18.23%) Azure
3 27 (13.30%) GitHub
4 24 (11.82%) GCP
5 23 (11.33%) Power Platform
6 21 (10.34%) Serverless
7 20 (9.85%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (8.87%) OCI
8 18 (8.87%) PaaS
9 12 (5.91%) IaaS
9 12 (5.91%) Power Automate
9 12 (5.91%) PowerApps
10 11 (5.42%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.42%) Azure Functions
10 11 (5.42%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.93%) Cloud Run
12 9 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) HTTP
2 1 (0.49%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.49%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.49%) Network Security
2 1 (0.49%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.85%) Power BI
3 19 (9.36%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (8.87%) Oracle Database
5 11 (5.42%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.93%) NoSQL
7 9 (4.43%) MongoDB
8 7 (3.45%) BigQuery
9 5 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.46%) MySQL
10 3 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.48%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.48%) DB2
10 3 (1.48%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.48%) Power Query
10 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.99%) Redis
11 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 60 (29.56%) Git
2 25 (12.32%) JIRA
3 23 (11.33%) Jenkins
4 21 (10.34%) Postman
5 20 (9.85%) JUnit
6 15 (7.39%) Visual Studio
7 9 (4.43%) Maven
7 9 (4.43%) SpecFlow
8 7 (3.45%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.45%) MLflow
9 6 (2.96%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.96%) Gradle
9 6 (2.96%) SoapUI
9 6 (2.96%) Xcode
10 5 (2.46%) Android Studio
10 5 (2.46%) GitLab
10 5 (2.46%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.97%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.97%) Mockito
11 4 (1.97%) Selenium
General
1 68 (33.50%) Finance
2 46 (22.66%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.78%) Banking
4 22 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.39%) Front Office
6 15 (7.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (4.43%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.48%) Legal
8 3 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.99%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.99%) Marketing
9 2 (0.99%) Military
9 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Billing
10 1 (0.49%) French Language
10 1 (0.49%) Games
10 1 (0.49%) Retail
10 1 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 113 (55.67%) Developer
2 32 (15.76%) Senior
3 26 (12.81%) Java Developer
4 23 (11.33%) Senior Developer
5 20 (9.85%) C# Developer
6 17 (8.37%) Software Engineer
7 13 (6.40%) Data Engineer
7 13 (6.40%) Python Developer
8 12 (5.91%) Cloud Specialist
8 12 (5.91%) Integration Specialist
8 12 (5.91%) Oracle Specialist
9 10 (4.93%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (4.43%) Angular Developer
11 8 (3.94%) .NET Developer
11 8 (3.94%) Agile Developer
11 8 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.94%) Python Engineer
12 7 (3.45%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 7 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
12 7 (3.45%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.21%) REST
2 37 (18.23%) .NET
3 29 (14.29%) React
4 25 (12.32%) RESTful
5 24 (11.82%) CSS
6 22 (10.84%) .NET Framework
6 22 (10.84%) HTML
6 22 (10.84%) Web Services
7 20 (9.85%) SOAP
7 20 (9.85%) Spring
8 19 (9.36%) AngularJS
8 19 (9.36%) JSON
8 19 (9.36%) Spring Boot
9 18 (8.87%) pytest
10 17 (8.37%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (7.39%) FastAPI
12 14 (6.90%) Kafka
12 14 (6.90%) Playwright
12 14 (6.90%) XML
13 11 (5.42%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.39%) Algorithms
3 13 (6.40%) Life Science
4 11 (5.42%) Genomics
4 11 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (4.93%) Low-Code
6 9 (4.43%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.45%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.96%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (2.96%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.46%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (2.46%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.97%) Derivative
12 3 (1.48%) Animation
12 3 (1.48%) Credit Risk
12 3 (1.48%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.40%) Windows
1 13 (6.40%) Windows Server
2 11 (5.42%) Android
2 11 (5.42%) Linux
3 10 (4.93%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.45%) Unix
5 6 (2.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (44.83%) Agile
2 71 (34.98%) CI/CD
3 67 (33.00%) DevOps
4 44 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.20%) Microservices
5 41 (20.20%) Scrum
5 41 (20.20%) Test Automation
6 39 (19.21%) Software Engineering
7 35 (17.24%) AI
8 33 (16.26%) Containerisation
9 32 (15.76%) Analytics
9 32 (15.76%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (15.76%) Machine Learning
10 27 (13.30%) Clean Code
11 26 (12.81%) Code Quality
12 21 (10.34%) ERP
12 21 (10.34%) Natural Language Processing
12 21 (10.34%) TDD
13 19 (9.36%) Integration Testing
14 18 (8.87%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 65 (32.02%) SQL
2 59 (29.06%) Java
3 50 (24.63%) Python
4 44 (21.67%) C#
5 33 (16.26%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.87%) TypeScript
7 13 (6.40%) PL/SQL
7 13 (6.40%) T-SQL
8 12 (5.91%) Kotlin
9 10 (4.93%) Formula Language
9 10 (4.93%) LotusScript
10 7 (3.45%) C++
10 7 (3.45%) Scala
11 4 (1.97%) Groovy
11 4 (1.97%) Swift
12 3 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.48%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.48%) X++
13 2 (0.99%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (19.21%) Degree
2 28 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 23 (11.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.99%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.78%) QA
2 8 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.49%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (18.72%) Docker
2 2 (0.99%) OpenAM
2 2 (0.99%) OpenDJ
2 2 (0.99%) OpenIDM
2 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.43%) Terraform
3 4 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.99%) Grafana
5 1 (0.49%) Ansible
5 1 (0.49%) Istio
5 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.49%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (26.11%) Oracle
2 22 (10.84%) Google
3 19 (9.36%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.42%) Citrix
4 11 (5.42%) Databricks
5 10 (4.93%) Lotus
6 9 (4.43%) Kofax
7 5 (2.46%) Pega
8 4 (1.97%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.97%) SAP
9 3 (1.48%) Adobe
9 3 (1.48%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.48%) Workday
10 2 (0.99%) Apple
10 2 (0.99%) Informatica
10 2 (0.99%) Marketo
10 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.99%) Splunk
10 2 (0.99%) VMware