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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 162 203
Rank change year-on-year -37 +41 -55
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 182 230 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.61% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.78% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 141 141
10th Percentile £378 £350 £413
25th Percentile £415 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £713 £690 £713
90th Percentile £795 £775 £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 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -

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 13,094 12,910 16,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.52% 90.24% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,658 8,267 11,566
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 160 246
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.09 £17.11
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.38% -13.08%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%

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 4 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 4 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 -3 24 £575 -13.21% 8
West London -13 4 £552 - 3
South London -7 2 £850 +13.33%
East London - 2 £450 - 3
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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 9 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.40%) Apache Spark
3 8 (4.40%) HCL Notes
4 7 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (3.85%) Mendix
5 5 (2.75%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.65%) CMS
7 2 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (1.10%) Apache
7 2 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.55%) CICS
8 1 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.55%) Drupal
8 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.55%) SAS
8 1 (0.55%) Traefik
8 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (6.59%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.55%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.78%) AWS
1 36 (19.78%) Azure
2 26 (14.29%) GitHub
3 23 (12.64%) GCP
4 20 (10.99%) Power Platform
5 17 (9.34%) Serverless
6 16 (8.79%) OCI
6 16 (8.79%) PaaS
7 14 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (6.04%) IaaS
9 10 (5.49%) Cloud Run
9 10 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.95%) Azure Functions
10 9 (4.95%) Power Automate
10 9 (4.95%) PowerApps
11 8 (4.40%) Amazon S3
11 8 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (4.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.55%) Network Security
1 1 (0.55%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 19 (10.44%) Oracle Database
3 18 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (9.89%) Power BI
4 13 (7.14%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.85%) BigQuery
6 6 (3.30%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.75%) Redis
8 4 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.20%) DB2
8 4 (2.20%) MySQL
9 3 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.65%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.65%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.65%) Power Query
10 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.10%) SQLite
10 2 (1.10%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (30.22%) Git
2 26 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 24 (13.19%) JIRA
4 22 (12.09%) Postman
5 18 (9.89%) JUnit
6 11 (6.04%) Visual Studio
7 10 (5.49%) Maven
7 10 (5.49%) Xcode
8 9 (4.95%) SpecFlow
9 8 (4.40%) Cucumber
9 8 (4.40%) Mockito
9 8 (4.40%) SoapUI
9 8 (4.40%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.85%) Bitbucket
10 7 (3.85%) MLflow
11 5 (2.75%) Android Studio
11 5 (2.75%) GitLab
11 5 (2.75%) REST Assured
11 5 (2.75%) Subversion
11 5 (2.75%) XCTest
General
1 57 (31.32%) Finance
2 44 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 28 (15.38%) Banking
4 24 (13.19%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.24%) Front Office
5 15 (8.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.10%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.10%) Legal
9 2 (1.10%) Marketing
9 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Billing
10 1 (0.55%) French Language
10 1 (0.55%) Games
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 104 (57.14%) Developer
2 29 (15.93%) Senior
3 22 (12.09%) Java Developer
3 22 (12.09%) Senior Developer
4 18 (9.89%) C# Developer
5 17 (9.34%) Software Engineer
6 13 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 13 (7.14%) Python Developer
7 11 (6.04%) Angular Developer
8 10 (5.49%) Cloud Specialist
8 10 (5.49%) Integration Specialist
8 10 (5.49%) Oracle Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) .NET Developer
9 8 (4.40%) Agile Developer
9 8 (4.40%) Lead
9 8 (4.40%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (4.40%) Python Engineer
9 8 (4.40%) Senior Python Developer
10 7 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (19.23%) REST
2 34 (18.68%) .NET
3 28 (15.38%) React
4 26 (14.29%) CSS
5 24 (13.19%) HTML
6 23 (12.64%) Web Services
7 20 (10.99%) AngularJS
7 20 (10.99%) RESTful
7 20 (10.99%) SOAP
8 19 (10.44%) .NET Framework
9 18 (9.89%) pytest
10 17 (9.34%) JSON
11 16 (8.79%) Spring
12 15 (8.24%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (8.24%) Spring Boot
13 14 (7.69%) FastAPI
13 14 (7.69%) Playwright
14 12 (6.59%) XML
15 11 (6.04%) Entity Framework
15 11 (6.04%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 13 (7.14%) Life Science
3 11 (6.04%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (6.04%) Genomics
4 9 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.95%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.30%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.30%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.30%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.65%) Animation
9 3 (1.65%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.65%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.59%) Linux
2 11 (6.04%) Android
2 11 (6.04%) Apple iOS
3 10 (5.49%) Unix
3 10 (5.49%) Windows
3 10 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.85%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) tvOS
5 1 (0.55%) VMS
5 1 (0.55%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (46.70%) Agile
2 57 (31.32%) DevOps
3 56 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 41 (22.53%) Test Automation
5 40 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 38 (20.88%) Microservices
7 38 (20.88%) Scrum
8 31 (17.03%) Analytics
9 30 (16.48%) Containerisation
10 29 (15.93%) AI
11 28 (15.38%) Code Quality
12 27 (14.84%) Machine Learning
13 26 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (13.74%) Clean Code
15 22 (12.09%) TDD
16 21 (11.54%) Natural Language Processing
17 20 (10.99%) Integration Testing
18 18 (9.89%) Design Patterns
18 18 (9.89%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 57 (31.32%) SQL
2 56 (30.77%) Java
3 44 (24.18%) Python
4 39 (21.43%) C#
5 34 (18.68%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 13 (7.14%) Kotlin
8 9 (4.95%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.95%) T-SQL
9 8 (4.40%) Formula Language
9 8 (4.40%) LotusScript
10 7 (3.85%) C++
10 7 (3.85%) Groovy
11 5 (2.75%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.75%) Swift
12 4 (2.20%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.65%) X++
14 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
14 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (19.23%) Degree
2 26 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 21 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.10%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.64%) QA
2 10 (5.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.55%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (21.98%) Docker
2 2 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.10%) OpenAM
2 2 (1.10%) OpenDJ
2 2 (1.10%) OpenIDM
2 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (16.48%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.49%) Terraform
3 4 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.55%) Ansible
5 1 (0.55%) Control-M
5 1 (0.55%) Istio
5 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.55%) vRealize
Vendors
1 46 (25.27%) Oracle
2 22 (12.09%) Google
3 17 (9.34%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.04%) Databricks
5 8 (4.40%) Citrix
5 8 (4.40%) Lotus
6 7 (3.85%) Kofax
7 5 (2.75%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (2.75%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.75%) Pega
7 5 (2.75%) Splunk
8 4 (2.20%) Dataiku
8 4 (2.20%) SAP
9 3 (1.65%) Adobe
9 3 (1.65%) Apple
9 3 (1.65%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.65%) Workday
10 2 (1.10%) Informatica
10 2 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.10%) VMware