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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 167 210
Rank change year-on-year -31 +43 -43
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 219 201 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 1.59% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.74% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 126 128
10th Percentile £398 £390 £371
25th Percentile £415 £449 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £675
90th Percentile £741 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.46% -8.75%
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 15,109 11,547 15,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.66% 91.42% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,127 7,832 11,395
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
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 235 169 335
10th Percentile £18.14 £19.16 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.25 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -17 23 £550 -8.33% 8
West London -13 6 £552 +3.57%
East London - 1 £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 12 (5.48%) Apache Spark
1 12 (5.48%) Mendix
1 12 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.02%) Confluence
2 11 (5.02%) HCL Notes
3 8 (3.65%) Apache
4 6 (2.74%) Ethereum
4 6 (2.74%) Hyperledger
5 5 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.83%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.37%) CMS
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.46%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.46%) IIS
9 1 (0.46%) JBoss
9 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (5.48%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.46%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.46%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.46%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 56 (25.57%) Azure
2 42 (19.18%) AWS
3 35 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (13.24%) GitHub
4 29 (13.24%) Serverless
5 24 (10.96%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.76%) GCP
7 15 (6.85%) OCI
7 15 (6.85%) PaaS
8 14 (6.39%) Azure Functions
9 13 (5.94%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (5.94%) Power Automate
9 13 (5.94%) PowerApps
10 12 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (5.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (4.57%) Amazon S3
12 10 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (4.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (15.98%) SQL Server
2 22 (10.05%) Oracle Database
3 21 (9.59%) Power BI
4 16 (7.31%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (6.39%) NoSQL
6 11 (5.02%) MongoDB
7 10 (4.57%) Data Lake
7 10 (4.57%) Relational Database
8 7 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.74%) BigQuery
9 6 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.83%) MySQL
10 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.37%) Power Query
11 3 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 53 (24.20%) Git
2 24 (10.96%) JIRA
3 23 (10.50%) Jenkins
4 18 (8.22%) Postman
5 17 (7.76%) JUnit
6 16 (7.31%) Visual Studio
7 11 (5.02%) GitLab
8 8 (3.65%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.65%) MSTest
8 8 (3.65%) Selenium
9 7 (3.20%) MLflow
10 6 (2.74%) Gradle
10 6 (2.74%) Maven
10 6 (2.74%) SoapUI
11 5 (2.28%) Android Studio
11 5 (2.28%) Mockito
12 4 (1.83%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.83%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.83%) Mocha
12 4 (1.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 75 (34.25%) Finance
2 42 (19.18%) Social Skills
3 35 (15.98%) Banking
4 27 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.42%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.94%) Front Office
7 11 (5.02%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.83%) Legal
9 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.37%) Military
11 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Marketing
12 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (57.08%) Developer
2 39 (17.81%) Senior
3 26 (11.87%) Java Developer
4 23 (10.50%) C# Developer
4 23 (10.50%) Senior Developer
5 19 (8.68%) Data Engineer
6 15 (6.85%) Python Developer
7 12 (5.48%) Cloud Specialist
7 12 (5.48%) Integration Specialist
7 12 (5.48%) Oracle Specialist
8 11 (5.02%) Power Platform Developer
8 11 (5.02%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (4.57%) Python Engineer
10 9 (4.11%) .NET Developer
11 8 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.65%) Senior Java Developer
12 7 (3.20%) Data Scientist
12 7 (3.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 7 (3.20%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (22.37%) REST
2 44 (20.09%) .NET
3 30 (13.70%) React
4 27 (12.33%) RESTful
5 24 (10.96%) Spring
5 24 (10.96%) Spring Boot
6 23 (10.50%) .NET Framework
6 23 (10.50%) CSS
6 23 (10.50%) HTML
7 22 (10.05%) SOAP
8 21 (9.59%) Web Services
9 19 (8.68%) AngularJS
9 19 (8.68%) JSON
10 18 (8.22%) XML
11 16 (7.31%) Kafka
12 14 (6.39%) OAuth
12 14 (6.39%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (6.39%) pytest
13 11 (5.02%) FastAPI
14 10 (4.57%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.76%) Algorithms
2 15 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.94%) Low-Code
4 12 (5.48%) Mobile App
4 12 (5.48%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (4.11%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.65%) Life Science
7 8 (3.65%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.28%) Genomics
11 4 (1.83%) CMDB
11 4 (1.83%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.83%) Market Risk
12 3 (1.37%) Derivative
12 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.76%) Windows
2 15 (6.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.20%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.20%) Unix
4 6 (2.74%) Android
5 3 (1.37%) Linux
6 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.91%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (42.47%) Agile
2 82 (37.44%) DevOps
3 81 (36.99%) CI/CD
4 45 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (17.35%) Microservices
6 37 (16.89%) AI
6 37 (16.89%) Scrum
6 37 (16.89%) Test Automation
7 36 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (15.07%) Software Engineering
9 32 (14.61%) Analytics
10 29 (13.24%) Code Quality
11 27 (12.33%) Machine Learning
12 24 (10.96%) Containerisation
12 24 (10.96%) Data Analysis
13 23 (10.50%) OOP
14 21 (9.59%) ERP
15 20 (9.13%) TDD
16 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (7.76%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (37.44%) SQL
2 53 (24.20%) C#
2 53 (24.20%) Java
3 51 (23.29%) Python
4 35 (15.98%) JavaScript
5 23 (10.50%) T-SQL
6 21 (9.59%) PL/SQL
7 20 (9.13%) TypeScript
8 11 (5.02%) Formula Language
8 11 (5.02%) Kotlin
8 11 (5.02%) LotusScript
9 7 (3.20%) Scala
10 6 (2.74%) Swift
11 4 (1.83%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.37%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.37%) X++
13 2 (0.91%) Bicep
13 2 (0.91%) Groovy
14 1 (0.46%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 37 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.61%) Degree
3 29 (13.24%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.28%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.66%) QA
2 10 (4.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.83%) WCAG
4 3 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.46%) SEPA
System Software
1 34 (15.53%) Docker
2 2 (0.91%) OpenAM
2 2 (0.91%) OpenDJ
2 2 (0.91%) OpenIDM
2 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.46%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 22 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.20%) Terraform
3 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.91%) Grafana
4 2 (0.91%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 61 (27.85%) Oracle
2 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
3 17 (7.76%) Citrix
4 16 (7.31%) Google
5 11 (5.02%) Lotus
6 10 (4.57%) Databricks
6 10 (4.57%) Kofax
7 9 (4.11%) Informatica
8 6 (2.74%) Pega
9 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.83%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.37%) SAP
11 3 (1.37%) Workday
12 2 (0.91%) Adobe
12 2 (0.91%) Apple
12 2 (0.91%) HP
12 2 (0.91%) IBM
12 2 (0.91%) Murex
12 2 (0.91%) Sybase