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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 246 140
Rank change year-on-year -37 -106 +54
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 174 130 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.86% 0.97% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.04% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 87 204
10th Percentile £286 £361 £372
25th Percentile £398 £404 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £590 £744 £638
90th Percentile £668 £800 £738
England median daily rate £500 £472 £550
% change year-on-year +5.93% -14.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £49.93
25th 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% -30.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £61.44
90th Percentile - - £63.58
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +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 17,985 12,452 14,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.52% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,784 8,227 9,667
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 252 178
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.94 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% -10.01% -7.28%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.61% -41.51% -3.37%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 39 £538 +31.90% 19
West London -17 8 £611 +10.60% 3
East London - 2 £615 - 3
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 5 (2.87%) Confluence
2 3 (1.72%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (1.15%) IIS
3 2 (1.15%) SAS
3 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) Camunda
4 1 (0.57%) CMS
4 1 (0.57%) Mendix
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.57%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.72%) Trello
3 2 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.57%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.15%) HFM
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.57%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.57%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.57%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (27.59%) Azure
2 27 (15.52%) AWS
3 25 (14.37%) GitHub
4 23 (13.22%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (8.62%) Power Platform
6 14 (8.05%) GCP
7 13 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.60%) Serverless
9 7 (4.02%) PowerApps
10 6 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (3.45%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (2.30%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.30%) AWS Fargate
12 4 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.30%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.20%) Internet
2 2 (1.15%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.15%) Intranet
2 2 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.57%) DSL
3 1 (0.57%) Firewall
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
3 1 (0.57%) Network Security
3 1 (0.57%) NFC
3 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.57%) SSL
3 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (8.05%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.17%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.60%) Oracle Database
5 7 (4.02%) MySQL
5 7 (4.02%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (3.45%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.87%) Redis
8 4 (2.30%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.72%) Metadata
9 3 (1.72%) Power BI
10 2 (1.15%) ClickHouse
10 2 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (28.16%) Git
2 30 (17.24%) Jenkins
3 18 (10.34%) JIRA
4 15 (8.62%) GitLab
5 11 (6.32%) Visual Studio
6 10 (5.75%) Gradle
7 9 (5.17%) JUnit
8 8 (4.60%) Maven
9 7 (4.02%) Bitbucket
10 5 (2.87%) JSUnit
10 5 (2.87%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (2.30%) Cucumber
11 4 (2.30%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (2.30%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.30%) Selenium
11 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (1.72%) Mocha
12 3 (1.72%) NUnit
12 3 (1.72%) Xcode
General
1 54 (31.03%) Finance
2 53 (30.46%) Social Skills
3 43 (24.71%) Banking
4 30 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.75%) Front Office
6 7 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.30%) Retail
9 3 (1.72%) Legal
9 3 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.72%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.15%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.15%) Local Government
10 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Marketing
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (49.43%) Developer
2 56 (32.18%) Senior
3 22 (12.64%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 15 (8.62%) C# Developer
6 11 (6.32%) Java Developer
6 11 (6.32%) Lead
6 11 (6.32%) Software Engineer
7 10 (5.75%) Java Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Consultant
9 7 (4.02%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Pega Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.45%) Python Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Systems Architect
11 5 (2.87%) .NET Developer
11 5 (2.87%) Java Software Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Senior Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.41%) .NET
2 32 (18.39%) REST
3 29 (16.67%) pytest
3 29 (16.67%) RESTful
4 24 (13.79%) Spring
5 21 (12.07%) Spring Boot
6 19 (10.92%) .NET Framework
7 18 (10.34%) React
8 14 (8.05%) Node.js
9 13 (7.47%) JSON
10 12 (6.90%) CSS
10 12 (6.90%) HTML
10 12 (6.90%) SOAP
10 12 (6.90%) Web Services
11 11 (6.32%) OAuth
12 10 (5.75%) GraphQL
12 10 (5.75%) Next.js
12 10 (5.75%) Terraform
12 10 (5.75%) XML
13 9 (5.17%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.17%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.30%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.30%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.72%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.72%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.72%) IoT
8 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.15%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.15%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.62%) Linux
2 10 (5.75%) Unix
2 10 (5.75%) Windows
3 8 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.30%) Android
4 4 (2.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (47.70%) CI/CD
2 81 (46.55%) Agile
3 62 (35.63%) DevOps
4 49 (28.16%) AI
5 44 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (24.71%) Software Engineering
7 42 (24.14%) Integration Testing
8 38 (21.84%) Clean Code
9 37 (21.26%) Scrum
10 33 (18.97%) Microservices
11 32 (18.39%) Test Automation
12 31 (17.82%) TDD
13 30 (17.24%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (16.67%) OOP
15 28 (16.09%) Validation
16 26 (14.94%) SDLC
17 24 (13.79%) Design Patterns
18 22 (12.64%) Generative AI
19 20 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
20 19 (10.92%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 62 (35.63%) SQL
2 47 (27.01%) Python
3 43 (24.71%) C#
4 34 (19.54%) Java
5 20 (11.49%) JavaScript
6 17 (9.77%) TypeScript
7 12 (6.90%) PL/SQL
7 12 (6.90%) T-SQL
8 8 (4.60%) Bash
8 8 (4.60%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.30%) Swift
10 3 (1.72%) C
10 3 (1.72%) X++
11 2 (1.15%) ABAP
11 2 (1.15%) Bicep
11 2 (1.15%) C++
11 2 (1.15%) Go
11 2 (1.15%) ProC
11 2 (1.15%) Ruby
11 2 (1.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) Degree
4 7 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.15%) ACCA
6 2 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.15%) CIMA
6 2 (1.15%) CISSP
6 2 (1.15%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) CCNA
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (23.56%) QA
2 5 (2.87%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.72%) Basel III
4 2 (1.15%) WCAG
5 1 (0.57%) GRC
5 1 (0.57%) IFRS
5 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
System Software
1 46 (26.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.30%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.57%) Grafana
3 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.57%) Istio
Vendors
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.07%) Oracle
3 9 (5.17%) Avaloq
4 8 (4.60%) Citrix
4 8 (4.60%) SAP
5 6 (3.45%) Informatica
5 6 (3.45%) Pega
6 5 (2.87%) Google
7 4 (2.30%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.30%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.30%) UiPath
8 3 (1.72%) Workday
9 2 (1.15%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.57%) Apple
10 1 (0.57%) Cisco
10 1 (0.57%) HP
10 1 (0.57%) Kofax
10 1 (0.57%) Murex
10 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.57%) Sybase