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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 246 142
Rank change year-on-year -36 -104 +46
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 176 126 303
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.87% 0.94% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.02% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 87 202
10th Percentile £285 £359 £386
25th Percentile £400 £404 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £725 £638
90th Percentile £668 £800 £738
England median daily rate £500 £468 £550
% change year-on-year +6.78% -14.86% -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 17,900 12,362 14,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.61% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,695 8,173 9,697
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 255 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.09 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%

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 14 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 14 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 -7 38 £538 +31.90% 13
West London -14 8 £611 +10.60% 2
East London - 2 £615 - 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 4 (2.27%) Confluence
2 3 (1.70%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (1.14%) IIS
3 2 (1.14%) SAS
3 2 (1.14%) 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
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.70%) Trello
3 2 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.57%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) 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 52 (29.55%) Azure
2 28 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
2 28 (15.91%) GitHub
3 24 (13.64%) AWS
4 15 (8.52%) Power Platform
5 13 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (6.82%) GCP
7 10 (5.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (3.98%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.98%) Serverless
9 6 (3.41%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.27%) AWS Fargate
11 4 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.27%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.09%) Internet
2 2 (1.14%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.14%) Intranet
2 2 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.57%) DSL
3 1 (0.57%) Firewall
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
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 28 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.39%) Relational Database
3 10 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (5.68%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.55%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.98%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.41%) MySQL
6 6 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.84%) Redis
8 4 (2.27%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.70%) Metadata
9 3 (1.70%) Power BI
10 2 (1.14%) ClickHouse
10 2 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (26.70%) Git
2 29 (16.48%) Jenkins
3 17 (9.66%) JIRA
4 15 (8.52%) GitLab
5 11 (6.25%) Visual Studio
6 9 (5.11%) Gradle
7 7 (3.98%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.98%) JUnit
7 7 (3.98%) Maven
8 5 (2.84%) JSUnit
8 5 (2.84%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (2.27%) Cucumber
9 4 (2.27%) Selenium
9 4 (2.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.70%) Mocha
10 3 (1.70%) NUnit
10 3 (1.70%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.70%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.70%) Xcode
General
1 55 (31.25%) Finance
2 51 (28.98%) Social Skills
3 43 (24.43%) Banking
4 29 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.11%) Front Office
6 8 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.27%) Retail
9 3 (1.70%) Legal
9 3 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.70%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.14%) Local Government
10 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Marketing
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (50.57%) Developer
2 56 (31.82%) Senior
3 21 (11.93%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 15 (8.52%) C# Developer
6 12 (6.82%) Java Developer
7 11 (6.25%) Data Engineer
7 11 (6.25%) Lead
7 11 (6.25%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) Java Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Consultant
9 8 (4.55%) Informatica Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Architect
10 6 (3.41%) Pega Architect
10 6 (3.41%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Python Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Systems Architect
11 5 (2.84%) Junior
11 5 (2.84%) Senior Systems Architect
11 5 (2.84%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.16%) .NET
2 32 (18.18%) REST
3 29 (16.48%) RESTful
4 26 (14.77%) pytest
5 23 (13.07%) Spring
6 20 (11.36%) Spring Boot
7 19 (10.80%) .NET Framework
8 18 (10.23%) React
9 14 (7.95%) Node.js
10 13 (7.39%) JSON
11 12 (6.82%) CSS
11 12 (6.82%) HTML
12 11 (6.25%) OAuth
12 11 (6.25%) SOAP
13 10 (5.68%) GraphQL
13 10 (5.68%) Next.js
13 10 (5.68%) Web Services
13 10 (5.68%) XML
14 9 (5.11%) AngularJS
15 8 (4.55%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.23%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.68%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.98%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.27%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.70%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.70%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.70%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.70%) IoT
7 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.14%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.14%) CMDB
8 2 (1.14%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.95%) Linux
2 10 (5.68%) Windows
3 9 (5.11%) Unix
4 8 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.27%) Android
5 4 (2.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (44.89%) Agile
1 79 (44.89%) CI/CD
2 64 (36.36%) DevOps
3 49 (27.84%) AI
4 45 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (24.43%) Software Engineering
6 41 (23.30%) Integration Testing
7 39 (22.16%) Scrum
8 37 (21.02%) Clean Code
9 32 (18.18%) Microservices
9 32 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (17.61%) TDD
11 30 (17.05%) Test Automation
12 29 (16.48%) OOP
12 29 (16.48%) Validation
13 26 (14.77%) SDLC
14 24 (13.64%) Design Patterns
15 21 (11.93%) Generative AI
16 20 (11.36%) Code Quality
16 20 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (36.36%) SQL
2 44 (25.00%) Python
3 43 (24.43%) C#
4 31 (17.61%) Java
5 20 (11.36%) JavaScript
6 17 (9.66%) TypeScript
7 12 (6.82%) PL/SQL
7 12 (6.82%) T-SQL
8 9 (5.11%) Kotlin
9 8 (4.55%) Bash
10 4 (2.27%) Swift
11 3 (1.70%) C
11 3 (1.70%) X++
12 2 (1.14%) ABAP
12 2 (1.14%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.14%) Bicep
12 2 (1.14%) C++
12 2 (1.14%) ProC
12 2 (1.14%) Ruby
12 2 (1.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 49 (27.84%) Security Cleared
2 36 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.64%) Degree
4 7 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) ACCA
6 2 (1.14%) CIMA
6 2 (1.14%) 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 44 (25.00%) QA
2 5 (2.84%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.84%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.70%) Basel III
4 2 (1.14%) 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 43 (24.43%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (19.32%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.27%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.57%) Grafana
3 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 31 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.36%) Oracle
3 10 (5.68%) Informatica
4 9 (5.11%) Avaloq
5 8 (4.55%) Citrix
5 8 (4.55%) SAP
6 6 (3.41%) Pega
7 4 (2.27%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.27%) UiPath
8 3 (1.70%) Google
8 3 (1.70%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.70%) Workday
9 2 (1.14%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.57%) Apple
10 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.57%) Foundry
10 1 (0.57%) Kofax
10 1 (0.57%) Splunk