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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 156 206
Rank change year-on-year -36 +50 -58
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 196 226 198
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.34% 1.63% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.80% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 144 129
10th Percentile £411 £347 £379
25th Percentile £415 £458 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £700 £692 £713
90th Percentile £790 £768 £750
England median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £56.03
25th Percentile £51.75 - £61.31
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £77.75
75th Percentile £61.25 - £90.94
90th Percentile - - £92.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% -

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 13,291 12,555 16,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.17% 90.44% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,813 8,005 11,559
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -7.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 154 294
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £32.98 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +12.45% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55.25 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 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
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 21 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 -7 21 £579 -3.54% 5
West London -16 4 £552 - 1
South London -6 2 £850 +13.33% 2
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 13 (6.63%) Apache Spark
1 13 (6.63%) Confluence
2 11 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.10%) HCL Notes
4 9 (4.59%) Mendix
5 7 (3.57%) Apache
5 7 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (2.55%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.53%) CMS
8 2 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) Drupal
9 1 (0.51%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.51%) SAS
9 1 (0.51%) Traefik
9 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.53%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.51%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.90%) AWS
2 37 (18.88%) Azure
3 27 (13.78%) GitHub
4 24 (12.24%) GCP
5 23 (11.73%) Power Platform
6 22 (11.22%) Serverless
7 20 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (9.18%) OCI
8 18 (9.18%) PaaS
9 12 (6.12%) IaaS
9 12 (6.12%) Power Automate
9 12 (6.12%) PowerApps
10 11 (5.61%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.61%) Azure Functions
10 11 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (5.10%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (5.10%) Cloud Run
12 9 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.51%) HTTP
1 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.51%) Network Security
1 1 (0.51%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 20 (10.20%) Power BI
3 19 (9.69%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (9.18%) Oracle Database
5 11 (5.61%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.57%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.55%) MySQL
7 5 (2.55%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.04%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.53%) DB2
9 3 (1.53%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.53%) Power Query
9 3 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.02%) SQLite
10 2 (1.02%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 53 (27.04%) Git
2 23 (11.73%) Jenkins
3 21 (10.71%) Postman
4 19 (9.69%) JIRA
5 15 (7.65%) JUnit
5 15 (7.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (4.59%) SpecFlow
7 8 (4.08%) Maven
8 7 (3.57%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.57%) MLflow
9 6 (3.06%) Bitbucket
9 6 (3.06%) SoapUI
9 6 (3.06%) Xcode
10 5 (2.55%) Android Studio
10 5 (2.55%) GitLab
10 5 (2.55%) Gradle
10 5 (2.55%) Mockito
10 5 (2.55%) SonarQube
11 4 (2.04%) Cypress.io
11 4 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 64 (32.65%) Finance
2 46 (23.47%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.27%) Banking
4 23 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.65%) Front Office
6 15 (7.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (4.59%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.02%) Legal
9 2 (1.02%) Marketing
9 2 (1.02%) Military
9 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Billing
10 1 (0.51%) French Language
10 1 (0.51%) Games
10 1 (0.51%) Retail
10 1 (0.51%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 108 (55.10%) Developer
2 28 (14.29%) Senior
3 21 (10.71%) Java Developer
4 20 (10.20%) C# Developer
4 20 (10.20%) Senior Developer
5 17 (8.67%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.63%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.63%) Python Developer
7 12 (6.12%) Cloud Specialist
7 12 (6.12%) Integration Specialist
7 12 (6.12%) Oracle Specialist
8 10 (5.10%) Power Platform Developer
9 9 (4.59%) Angular Developer
10 8 (4.08%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.08%) Agile Developer
10 8 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.08%) Python Engineer
11 7 (3.57%) Lead
11 7 (3.57%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 7 (3.57%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.88%) .NET
2 35 (17.86%) REST
3 29 (14.80%) React
4 24 (12.24%) CSS
5 22 (11.22%) .NET Framework
5 22 (11.22%) HTML
5 22 (11.22%) Web Services
6 21 (10.71%) RESTful
7 20 (10.20%) SOAP
8 19 (9.69%) JSON
9 18 (9.18%) pytest
10 17 (8.67%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (7.65%) FastAPI
11 15 (7.65%) Spring
12 14 (7.14%) AngularJS
12 14 (7.14%) Playwright
12 14 (7.14%) Spring Boot
12 14 (7.14%) XML
13 11 (5.61%) Entity Framework
13 11 (5.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.22%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.65%) Algorithms
3 13 (6.63%) Life Science
4 11 (5.61%) Genomics
5 10 (5.10%) Low-Code
6 9 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (4.59%) Mobile App
7 7 (3.57%) Public Cloud
8 6 (3.06%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (3.06%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.06%) Virtual Reality
9 5 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.55%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (2.55%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.04%) Derivative
11 3 (1.53%) Animation
11 3 (1.53%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.53%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.63%) Windows
1 13 (6.63%) Windows Server
2 11 (5.61%) Android
2 11 (5.61%) Linux
3 10 (5.10%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.57%) Unix
5 6 (3.06%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (44.39%) Agile
2 67 (34.18%) DevOps
3 66 (33.67%) CI/CD
4 43 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.92%) Test Automation
6 39 (19.90%) Software Engineering
7 37 (18.88%) Microservices
7 37 (18.88%) Scrum
8 35 (17.86%) AI
9 33 (16.84%) Containerisation
10 32 (16.33%) Analytics
10 32 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (16.33%) Machine Learning
11 27 (13.78%) Clean Code
12 22 (11.22%) Code Quality
12 22 (11.22%) TDD
13 21 (10.71%) ERP
13 21 (10.71%) Natural Language Processing
14 19 (9.69%) Design Patterns
14 19 (9.69%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.65%) SQL
2 54 (27.55%) Java
3 49 (25.00%) Python
4 44 (22.45%) C#
5 33 (16.84%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.63%) PL/SQL
6 13 (6.63%) T-SQL
6 13 (6.63%) TypeScript
7 12 (6.12%) Kotlin
8 10 (5.10%) Formula Language
8 10 (5.10%) LotusScript
9 7 (3.57%) C++
10 6 (3.06%) Scala
11 4 (2.04%) Groovy
11 4 (2.04%) Swift
12 3 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.53%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.53%) X++
13 2 (1.02%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (19.90%) Degree
2 29 (14.80%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.02%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.80%) QA
2 8 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.51%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (19.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.02%) OpenAM
2 2 (1.02%) OpenDJ
2 2 (1.02%) OpenIDM
2 2 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (14.80%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.10%) Terraform
3 4 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.02%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) Ansible
5 1 (0.51%) Istio
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 52 (26.53%) Oracle
2 22 (11.22%) Google
3 20 (10.20%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.61%) Citrix
4 11 (5.61%) Databricks
5 10 (5.10%) Lotus
6 9 (4.59%) Kofax
7 5 (2.55%) Pega
8 4 (2.04%) Dataiku
8 4 (2.04%) SAP
9 3 (1.53%) Adobe
9 3 (1.53%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.53%) Workday
10 2 (1.02%) Apple
10 2 (1.02%) Informatica
10 2 (1.02%) Marketo
10 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.02%) Splunk
10 2 (1.02%) VMware