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 citing Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	302	230	133
Rank change year-on-year	-72	-97	+64
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing	176	155	304
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.87%	1.12%	1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.97%	1.22%	2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted	126	102	196
10^th Percentile	£279	£359	£366
25^th Percentile	£403	£404	£493
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£520	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-3.80%	-5.50%	-12.00%
75^th Percentile	£584	£709	£651
90^th Percentile	£668	£817	£738
England median daily rate	£475	£478	£562
% change year-on-year	-0.52%	-14.96%	-6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	1	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£49.93
25^th Percentile	£51.25	£51.75	£52.44
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£56.50	£57.25
Median % change year-on-year	-7.08%	-1.31%	-36.39%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£61.25	£61.44
90^th 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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,204	12,742	13,918
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	89.86%	92.47%	89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,981	8,388	8,956
10^th Percentile	£358	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-2.27%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£663	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£798
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	391	255	165
10^th Percentile	£15.58	£17.98	£17.35
25^th Percentile	£18.83	£25.01	£25.00
Median hourly rate	£33.00	£30.00	£38.07
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-21.20%	+0.18%
75^th Percentile	£57.50	£46.88	£58.75
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£64.90	£80.45
England median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+39.17%	-32.93%	-15.73%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 5 November 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.

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 5 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-19	37	£538	+24.13%	3
West London	-	8	£613	-	4
East London	0	1	£615	+36.67%
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Unit Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Unit Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	54.0%	95
2	CI/CD	49.4%	87
3	DevOps	36.4%	64
3	SQL	36.4%	64
5	Git	34.1%	60
6	Azure	32.4%	57
7	Docker	30.1%	53
8	AI	29.0%	51
9	Problem-Solving	28.4%	50
10	Python	26.7%	47
10	Security Cleared	26.7%	47
12	Kubernetes	26.1%	46
13	Software Engineering	23.9%	42
14	TDD	23.3%	41
15	C#	21.6%	38
15	Clean Code	21.6%	38
15	Integration Testing	21.6%	38
15	Scrum	21.6%	38
15	Test Automation	21.6%	38
20	QA	21.0%	37
20	REST	21.0%	37
22	AWS	20.5%	36
23	Java	19.3%	34
23	SC Cleared	19.3%	34
25	OOP	18.8%	33
25	pytest	18.8%	33
25	Validation	18.8%	33
28	.NET	18.2%	32
28	RESTful	18.2%	32
28	SQL Server	18.2%	32

Unit Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	54.0%	95
2	CI/CD	49.4%	87
3	DevOps	36.4%	64
4	AI	29.0%	51
5	Problem-Solving	28.4%	50
6	Software Engineering	23.9%	42
7	TDD	23.3%	41
8	Clean Code	21.6%	38
8	Integration Testing	21.6%	38
8	Scrum	21.6%	38
8	Test Automation	21.6%	38
12	OOP	18.8%	33
12	Validation	18.8%	33
14	User Acceptance Testing	18.2%	32
15	Microservices	17.6%	31
16	SDLC	16.5%	29
17	Continuous Improvement	14.8%	26
18	Generative AI	14.2%	25
19	Containerisation	13.6%	24
19	Design Patterns	13.6%	24