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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 186 181
Rank change year-on-year -34 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 194 172 234
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.08% 1.39% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.50% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 118 156
10th Percentile £363 £379 £378
25th Percentile £415 £421 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £638
90th Percentile £670 £788 £732
England median daily rate £490 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -8.58% -2.55% -5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £57.20 - £54.85
25th Percentile £67.63 - £58.38
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - £65.88
90th Percentile - - £66.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 15,896 11,429 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 92.26% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,636 7,715 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £760 £812 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 185 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.90 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +22.13% -25.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -30 15 £575 +4.55% 6
West London -20 7 £552 -0.09%
East London - 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 12 (6.19%) Mendix
2 10 (5.15%) HCL Notes
2 10 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.61%) Apache
3 7 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 6 (3.09%) Ethereum
4 6 (3.09%) Hyperledger
5 4 (2.06%) Confluence
6 3 (1.55%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.03%) CMS
7 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.52%) Camunda
8 1 (0.52%) IIS
8 1 (0.52%) JBoss
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.52%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.52%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.87%) Azure
2 38 (19.59%) AWS
3 36 (18.56%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (15.46%) Serverless
5 23 (11.86%) GitHub
6 15 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (6.70%) Azure Functions
7 13 (6.70%) Power Automate
7 13 (6.70%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.70%) PowerApps
8 12 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (5.67%) Amazon S3
9 11 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.67%) OCI
9 11 (5.67%) PaaS
10 10 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (5.15%) GCP
10 10 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.64%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.61%) HTTP
2 1 (0.52%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.07%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.34%) Oracle Database
3 14 (7.22%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.70%) Data Lake
4 13 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (5.15%) MongoDB
5 10 (5.15%) Power BI
6 8 (4.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.03%) DB2
10 2 (1.03%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (19.59%) Git
2 19 (9.79%) Jenkins
2 19 (9.79%) JIRA
3 14 (7.22%) JUnit
4 13 (6.70%) Visual Studio
5 12 (6.19%) GitLab
5 12 (6.19%) Postman
6 9 (4.64%) Selenium
7 8 (4.12%) Cucumber
7 8 (4.12%) MSTest
8 6 (3.09%) Gradle
8 6 (3.09%) SoapUI
9 5 (2.58%) MLflow
9 5 (2.58%) Mockito
9 5 (2.58%) NUnit
10 4 (2.06%) JMeter
10 4 (2.06%) Maven
10 4 (2.06%) Mocha
10 4 (2.06%) tSQLt
11 3 (1.55%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (32.99%) Finance
2 39 (20.10%) Social Skills
3 33 (17.01%) Banking
4 25 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.67%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.09%) Front Office
8 4 (2.06%) Military
9 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Legal
10 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Retail
11 1 (0.52%) Back Office
11 1 (0.52%) Billing
11 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 109 (56.19%) Developer
2 44 (22.68%) Senior
3 23 (11.86%) Senior Developer
4 22 (11.34%) C# Developer
4 22 (11.34%) Java Developer
5 15 (7.73%) Data Engineer
6 11 (5.67%) Python Developer
7 10 (5.15%) Cloud Specialist
7 10 (5.15%) Integration Specialist
7 10 (5.15%) Oracle Specialist
7 10 (5.15%) Power Platform Developer
7 10 (5.15%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.64%) Informatica Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) .NET Developer
9 8 (4.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (4.12%) Python Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Java Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (3.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (25.26%) .NET
2 44 (22.68%) REST
3 34 (17.53%) RESTful
4 28 (14.43%) Spring Boot
5 27 (13.92%) .NET Framework
5 27 (13.92%) Spring
6 24 (12.37%) React
7 20 (10.31%) CSS
7 20 (10.31%) HTML
7 20 (10.31%) JSON
8 19 (9.79%) SOAP
9 18 (9.28%) AngularJS
10 17 (8.76%) Kafka
10 17 (8.76%) OAuth
11 16 (8.25%) XML
12 14 (7.22%) Web Services
13 11 (5.67%) pytest
14 10 (5.15%) HTML5 Canvas
14 10 (5.15%) Oracle Fusion
15 8 (4.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.22%) Low-Code
1 14 (7.22%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.67%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.15%) Algorithms
4 9 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.12%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.09%) Mobile App
7 6 (3.09%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.06%) Derivative
9 4 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.55%) CMDB
10 3 (1.55%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.55%) Equities
10 3 (1.55%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.55%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.28%) Windows
2 15 (7.73%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.58%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.55%) Android
4 3 (1.55%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (42.78%) CI/CD
2 77 (39.69%) DevOps
3 75 (38.66%) Agile
4 46 (23.71%) Microservices
5 38 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (18.04%) Scrum
7 32 (16.49%) AI
8 30 (15.46%) Software Engineering
8 30 (15.46%) Test Automation
9 27 (13.92%) Integration Testing
10 26 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (13.40%) Code Quality
11 22 (11.34%) Containerisation
12 21 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (10.82%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (10.31%) Clean Code
13 20 (10.31%) Data Analysis
13 20 (10.31%) ERP
13 20 (10.31%) ETL
14 19 (9.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 77 (39.69%) SQL
2 55 (28.35%) C#
3 47 (24.23%) Java
4 44 (22.68%) Python
5 36 (18.56%) JavaScript
6 25 (12.89%) T-SQL
7 21 (10.82%) PL/SQL
8 15 (7.73%) TypeScript
9 10 (5.15%) Formula Language
9 10 (5.15%) LotusScript
10 7 (3.61%) Kotlin
10 7 (3.61%) Scala
11 4 (2.06%) Bicep
11 4 (2.06%) Swift
12 3 (1.55%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.55%) Groovy
13 2 (1.03%) C++
13 2 (1.03%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.03%) X++
14 1 (0.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 36 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 26 (13.40%) Degree
4 8 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.58%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (30.41%) QA
2 7 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.55%) WCAG
5 2 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.03%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) Basel III
6 1 (0.52%) IFRS
6 1 (0.52%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.52%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.52%) SEPA
6 1 (0.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (18.56%) Docker
2 2 (1.03%) OpenAM
2 2 (1.03%) OpenDJ
2 2 (1.03%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.52%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (14.43%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.12%) Terraform
3 3 (1.55%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.03%) Grafana
4 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.52%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 55 (28.35%) Oracle
2 35 (18.04%) Microsoft
3 17 (8.76%) Citrix
4 12 (6.19%) Informatica
5 10 (5.15%) Kofax
5 10 (5.15%) Lotus
6 5 (2.58%) Avaloq
6 5 (2.58%) Databricks
6 5 (2.58%) Pega
7 4 (2.06%) Google
7 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.55%) HP
8 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.03%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.03%) Foundry
9 2 (1.03%) IBM
9 2 (1.03%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) Sybase
9 2 (1.03%) Workday
10 1 (0.52%) Atlassian