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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 196 164
Rank change year-on-year -50 -32 +18
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 185 164 284
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.97% 1.30% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.41% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 114 200
10th Percentile £300 £364 £380
25th Percentile £415 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £625
90th Percentile £668 £788 £725
England median daily rate £500 £475 £540
% change year-on-year +5.26% -12.04% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £57.20 - £49.10
25th Percentile £67.63 - £50.38
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £63.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 17,007 11,628 15,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.40% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,350 7,788 11,072
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 214 309
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -13 33 £550 +15.79% 11
West London -26 5 - - 2
East London - 1 - - 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 7 (3.78%) Mendix
2 6 (3.24%) Apache
2 6 (3.24%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.24%) Ethereum
2 6 (3.24%) Hyperledger
3 5 (2.70%) Confluence
3 5 (2.70%) HCL Notes
3 5 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.62%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.08%) CMS
5 2 (1.08%) IIS
6 1 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.54%) Camunda
6 1 (0.54%) JBoss
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.54%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.54%) SDL Web 8
2 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (29.19%) Azure
2 33 (17.84%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (16.22%) AWS
4 23 (12.43%) GitHub
5 22 (11.89%) Serverless
6 12 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (5.95%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.86%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (4.32%) Azure Functions
9 8 (4.32%) Power Automate
9 8 (4.32%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.78%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (3.78%) GCP
11 6 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (3.24%) OCI
12 5 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.86%) Internet
2 7 (3.78%) HTTP
3 1 (0.54%) DSL
3 1 (0.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (22.70%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.73%) Oracle Database
3 13 (7.03%) NoSQL
4 11 (5.95%) Data Lake
4 11 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (5.41%) MongoDB
6 8 (4.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (3.78%) Power BI
8 6 (3.24%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.62%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.62%) Tableau
12 2 (1.08%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (1.08%) Db2
12 2 (1.08%) MySQL
12 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (20.54%) Git
2 20 (10.81%) JIRA
3 14 (7.57%) Jenkins
3 14 (7.57%) JUnit
4 11 (5.95%) GitLab
4 11 (5.95%) Visual Studio
5 9 (4.86%) Selenium
6 8 (4.32%) Cucumber
6 8 (4.32%) MSTest
7 6 (3.24%) Gradle
7 6 (3.24%) Postman
8 5 (2.70%) Mockito
8 5 (2.70%) NUnit
9 4 (2.16%) JMeter
9 4 (2.16%) Maven
9 4 (2.16%) Mocha
9 4 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (2.16%) tSQLt
10 3 (1.62%) git-flow
10 3 (1.62%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (30.81%) Finance
2 43 (23.24%) Banking
3 35 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 29 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.24%) Front Office
7 3 (1.62%) Military
7 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.08%) Legal
8 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Prime Brokerage
8 2 (1.08%) Retail
9 1 (0.54%) Back Office
9 1 (0.54%) Billing
9 1 (0.54%) Marketing
9 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 101 (54.59%) Developer
2 49 (26.49%) Senior
3 23 (12.43%) C# Developer
4 21 (11.35%) Senior Developer
5 18 (9.73%) Java Developer
6 11 (5.95%) Data Engineer
7 10 (5.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 10 (5.41%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.86%) .NET Developer
8 9 (4.86%) Informatica Engineer
9 8 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (4.32%) Lead
9 8 (4.32%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.24%) Integration Specialist
10 6 (3.24%) Java Engineer
10 6 (3.24%) Oracle Specialist
10 6 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (2.70%) Consultant
11 5 (2.70%) iOS Developer
11 5 (2.70%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (27.03%) .NET
2 37 (20.00%) REST
3 36 (19.46%) RESTful
4 29 (15.68%) .NET Framework
5 27 (14.59%) Spring Boot
6 26 (14.05%) Spring
7 20 (10.81%) CSS
7 20 (10.81%) HTML
8 19 (10.27%) AngularJS
8 19 (10.27%) React
9 18 (9.73%) pytest
10 17 (9.19%) Kafka
11 16 (8.65%) JSON
12 14 (7.57%) SOAP
13 13 (7.03%) XML
14 12 (6.49%) OAuth
15 9 (4.86%) Web Services
16 8 (4.32%) OAuth2
17 7 (3.78%) ASP.NET
17 7 (3.78%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.65%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.86%) Low-Code
2 9 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.32%) Data Structures
3 8 (4.32%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.78%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.62%) CMDB
7 3 (1.62%) Equities
7 3 (1.62%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.08%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.08%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (1.08%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.73%) Windows
2 15 (8.11%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.78%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.16%) Unix
5 2 (1.08%) Android
5 2 (1.08%) Linux
5 2 (1.08%) VMS
6 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (46.49%) CI/CD
2 73 (39.46%) Agile
3 72 (38.92%) DevOps
4 42 (22.70%) Microservices
5 36 (19.46%) Scrum
6 35 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (18.92%) Software Engineering
7 33 (17.84%) AI
8 26 (14.05%) Integration Testing
9 23 (12.43%) Clean Code
9 23 (12.43%) Code Quality
9 23 (12.43%) Design Patterns
9 23 (12.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 22 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (11.89%) OOP
11 21 (11.35%) Observability
11 21 (11.35%) Test Automation
11 21 (11.35%) Validation
12 20 (10.81%) Data Analysis
12 20 (10.81%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 75 (40.54%) SQL
2 55 (29.73%) C#
3 42 (22.70%) Python
4 39 (21.08%) Java
5 32 (17.30%) JavaScript
6 25 (13.51%) T-SQL
7 22 (11.89%) PL/SQL
8 16 (8.65%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.78%) Kotlin
9 7 (3.78%) Scala
9 7 (3.78%) Swift
10 5 (2.70%) Formula Language
10 5 (2.70%) LotusScript
11 4 (2.16%) Bicep
12 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.08%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.08%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.54%) C
13 1 (0.54%) C++
13 1 (0.54%) ProC
Qualifications
1 33 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.43%) Degree
2 23 (12.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.70%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (30.27%) QA
2 7 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.24%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.62%) WCAG
5 2 (1.08%) Basel III
5 2 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.08%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.54%) IFRS
6 1 (0.54%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.54%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.54%) SEPA
6 1 (0.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 39 (21.08%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 31 (16.76%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.32%) Terraform
3 3 (1.62%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.08%) Grafana
4 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 45 (24.32%) Oracle
2 31 (16.76%) Microsoft
3 17 (9.19%) Citrix
4 13 (7.03%) Informatica
5 7 (3.78%) Pega
6 6 (3.24%) Avaloq
7 5 (2.70%) Kofax
7 5 (2.70%) Lotus
8 3 (1.62%) HP
8 3 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.62%) SAP
8 3 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.62%) Workday
9 2 (1.08%) Foundry
9 2 (1.08%) IBM
9 2 (1.08%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.08%) Sybase
10 1 (0.54%) Apple
10 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.54%) Google