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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 236 136
Rank change year-on-year -51 -100 +59
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 174 131 313
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.86% 0.98% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.05% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 86 209
10th Percentile £277 £359 £375
25th Percentile £379 £404 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £747 £638
90th Percentile £669 £822 £740
England median daily rate £500 £468 £550
% change year-on-year +6.95% -15.00% -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% -33.74%
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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 £664 £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 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -5 38 £538 +31.90% 18
West London - 7 £611 - 3
East London +5 2 £615 +36.67% 1
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%) CMS
3 2 (1.15%) IIS
3 2 (1.15%) SAS
3 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.15%) Traefik
4 1 (0.57%) Camunda
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 (3.45%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.72%) Trello
4 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.57%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 7 (4.02%) 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 PM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.57%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.74%) Azure
2 30 (17.24%) AWS
3 25 (14.37%) GitHub
4 19 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (8.62%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.47%) GCP
7 12 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.17%) Serverless
9 7 (4.02%) PowerApps
10 6 (3.45%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.87%) Amazon S3
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 OpenSearch
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%) 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 32 (18.39%) SQL Server
2 18 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (9.77%) Relational Database
4 12 (6.90%) MongoDB
4 12 (6.90%) MySQL
5 8 (4.60%) Oracle Database
6 6 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.87%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.87%) Redis
8 4 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.30%) Data Lake
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%) Essbase
10 2 (1.15%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.15%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 51 (29.31%) Git
2 30 (17.24%) Jenkins
3 18 (10.34%) JIRA
4 13 (7.47%) GitLab
5 11 (6.32%) Gradle
5 11 (6.32%) JUnit
5 11 (6.32%) Visual Studio
6 10 (5.75%) Maven
7 7 (4.02%) Bitbucket
7 7 (4.02%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (3.45%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.87%) JSUnit
10 4 (2.30%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (2.30%) Mockito
10 4 (2.30%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.30%) SonarQube
10 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (1.72%) Mocha
11 3 (1.72%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 56 (32.18%) Finance
3 44 (25.29%) Banking
4 35 (20.11%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.75%) Front Office
6 8 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.30%) General Ledger
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%) Local Government
10 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.57%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Marketing
11 1 (0.57%) Military
11 1 (0.57%) Publishing
11 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (49.43%) Developer
2 55 (31.61%) Senior
3 23 (13.22%) Senior Developer
4 16 (9.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 14 (8.05%) C# Developer
6 11 (6.32%) Consultant
6 11 (6.32%) Java Developer
6 11 (6.32%) Lead
7 10 (5.75%) Java Engineer
7 10 (5.75%) Software Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Architect
8 8 (4.60%) Python Engineer
9 7 (4.02%) Junior
9 7 (4.02%) Pega Architect
9 7 (4.02%) Python Developer
9 7 (4.02%) Systems Architect
10 6 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Systems Architect
11 5 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (21.26%) .NET
2 32 (18.39%) REST
3 31 (17.82%) pytest
3 31 (17.82%) RESTful
4 22 (12.64%) React
4 22 (12.64%) Spring
5 19 (10.92%) .NET Framework
5 19 (10.92%) Spring Boot
6 18 (10.34%) SOAP
7 17 (9.77%) Web Services
8 16 (9.20%) CSS
8 16 (9.20%) HTML
8 16 (9.20%) Node.js
9 14 (8.05%) JSON
10 13 (7.47%) AngularJS
10 13 (7.47%) XML
11 10 (5.75%) Next.js
11 10 (5.75%) OAuth
11 10 (5.75%) Terraform
12 9 (5.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.64%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.60%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.02%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.30%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.30%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.72%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.72%) IoT
9 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.15%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.15%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.15%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.64%) Linux
2 11 (6.32%) Unix
3 10 (5.75%) Windows
4 8 (4.60%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.72%) Android
6 3 (1.72%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (47.13%) Agile
2 79 (45.40%) CI/CD
3 59 (33.91%) DevOps
4 49 (28.16%) AI
5 46 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (24.14%) Integration Testing
7 41 (23.56%) Software Engineering
8 39 (22.41%) Clean Code
9 35 (20.11%) Scrum
10 33 (18.97%) OOP
10 33 (18.97%) TDD
10 33 (18.97%) User Acceptance Testing
11 31 (17.82%) Validation
12 30 (17.24%) Microservices
12 30 (17.24%) Test Automation
13 28 (16.09%) SDLC
14 22 (12.64%) Design Patterns
14 22 (12.64%) Generative AI
15 21 (12.07%) Containerisation
16 20 (11.49%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 65 (37.36%) SQL
2 48 (27.59%) Python
3 40 (22.99%) C#
4 34 (19.54%) Java
5 25 (14.37%) JavaScript
6 19 (10.92%) TypeScript
7 14 (8.05%) T-SQL
8 12 (6.90%) Bash
8 12 (6.90%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.45%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.30%) Swift
11 3 (1.72%) C
11 3 (1.72%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.72%) X++
12 2 (1.15%) ABAP
12 2 (1.15%) C++
12 2 (1.15%) Go
12 2 (1.15%) ProC
12 2 (1.15%) Ruby
12 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
4 7 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.02%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.15%) ACCA
6 2 (1.15%) CIMA
6 2 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) CCNA
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.57%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (21.84%) QA
2 6 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.87%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.72%) Basel III
5 2 (1.15%) WCAG
6 1 (0.57%) GRC
6 1 (0.57%) IFRS
6 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (27.59%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (21.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.72%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.15%) Istio
Vendors
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.64%) Oracle
3 10 (5.75%) SAP
4 9 (5.17%) Avaloq
5 8 (4.60%) Citrix
5 8 (4.60%) Pega
6 7 (4.02%) Google
7 4 (2.30%) Informatica
7 4 (2.30%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.30%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.30%) UiPath
8 3 (1.72%) webMethods
9 2 (1.15%) Databricks
9 2 (1.15%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.15%) Workday
10 1 (0.57%) Cisco
10 1 (0.57%) JDA
10 1 (0.57%) Murex
10 1 (0.57%) Okta
10 1 (0.57%) Sybase