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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 156 208
Rank change year-on-year -40 +52 -53
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 205 222 196
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.64% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.81% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 139 126
10th Percentile £400 £341 £375
25th Percentile £415 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £641 £689 £697
90th Percentile £788 £755 £750
England median daily rate £492 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -18.00% - -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54.85
25th Percentile £85.00 - £58.38
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £65.50
75th Percentile £95.00 - £80.25
90th Percentile - - £88.35
England median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% -

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 13,484 12,268 16,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.74% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,972 7,787 11,832
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 345
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% - -

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 February 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 February 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 -15 22 £525 -20.75% 5
West London -13 4 £552 - 2
South London -6 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 14 (6.83%) Apache Spark
1 14 (6.83%) Confluence
2 11 (5.37%) Mendix
2 11 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.88%) HCL Notes
4 8 (3.90%) Apache
5 7 (3.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.93%) Ethereum
6 6 (2.93%) Hyperledger
7 4 (1.95%) Jupyter
8 3 (1.46%) CMS
9 2 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.49%) Drupal
10 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.49%) SAS
10 1 (0.49%) Traefik
10 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.46%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (7.80%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.49%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.51%) AWS
2 37 (18.05%) Azure
3 24 (11.71%) GitHub
4 23 (11.22%) Power Platform
5 22 (10.73%) GCP
5 22 (10.73%) Serverless
6 20 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (9.76%) OCI
6 20 (9.76%) PaaS
7 12 (5.85%) Power Automate
7 12 (5.85%) PowerApps
8 11 (5.37%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.37%) Azure Functions
8 11 (5.37%) IaaS
9 10 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.90%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.41%) HTTP
2 1 (0.49%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.49%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.15%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (9.76%) Power BI
4 19 (9.27%) Oracle Database
5 11 (5.37%) NoSQL
5 11 (5.37%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.88%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.41%) BigQuery
8 6 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.93%) MySQL
9 4 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.46%) DB2
10 3 (1.46%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.46%) Power Query
10 3 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.98%) Redis
11 2 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (28.78%) Git
2 26 (12.68%) JIRA
3 23 (11.22%) Jenkins
3 23 (11.22%) Postman
4 17 (8.29%) JUnit
5 16 (7.80%) Visual Studio
6 10 (4.88%) Maven
7 8 (3.90%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.41%) Gradle
8 7 (3.41%) MLflow
8 7 (3.41%) SoapUI
8 7 (3.41%) SpecFlow
8 7 (3.41%) Xcode
9 6 (2.93%) Android Studio
9 6 (2.93%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.93%) GitLab
9 6 (2.93%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.44%) Mockito
11 4 (1.95%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.95%) Selenium
General
1 70 (34.15%) Finance
2 46 (22.44%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.12%) Banking
4 22 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.80%) Front Office
6 13 (6.34%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (4.88%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.95%) Legal
8 4 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.46%) Military
10 2 (0.98%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.98%) Marketing
10 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Billing
11 1 (0.49%) French Language
11 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.49%) Retail
11 1 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 116 (56.59%) Developer
2 33 (16.10%) Senior
3 27 (13.17%) Java Developer
4 23 (11.22%) Senior Developer
5 21 (10.24%) C# Developer
6 14 (6.83%) Cloud Specialist
6 14 (6.83%) Integration Specialist
6 14 (6.83%) Oracle Specialist
7 13 (6.34%) Data Engineer
8 12 (5.85%) Python Developer
8 12 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (4.39%) .NET Developer
11 8 (3.90%) Agile Developer
11 8 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Python Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Angular Developer
12 7 (3.41%) Backend Developer
12 7 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.98%) REST
2 38 (18.54%) .NET
3 29 (14.15%) React
4 26 (12.68%) RESTful
5 25 (12.20%) CSS
6 24 (11.71%) Web Services
7 23 (11.22%) HTML
8 22 (10.73%) .NET Framework
8 22 (10.73%) SOAP
9 21 (10.24%) JSON
9 21 (10.24%) Spring
9 21 (10.24%) Spring Boot
10 19 (9.27%) AngularJS
10 19 (9.27%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (7.80%) pytest
12 15 (7.32%) Kafka
12 15 (7.32%) XML
13 13 (6.34%) FastAPI
14 12 (5.85%) OAuth
14 12 (5.85%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.78%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 12 (5.85%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.85%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (5.37%) Life Science
5 10 (4.88%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.39%) Genomics
7 8 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.90%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.44%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.95%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.95%) Derivative
10 4 (1.95%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.46%) Animation
11 3 (1.46%) Equities
11 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.32%) Windows
2 14 (6.83%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.41%) Android
3 7 (3.41%) Unix
4 6 (2.93%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.44%) Linux
6 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (43.90%) Agile
2 75 (36.59%) CI/CD
3 66 (32.20%) DevOps
4 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.00%) Microservices
6 40 (19.51%) Test Automation
7 39 (19.02%) Scrum
8 34 (16.59%) AI
8 34 (16.59%) Analytics
8 34 (16.59%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (15.12%) Software Engineering
10 30 (14.63%) Containerisation
10 30 (14.63%) Machine Learning
11 27 (13.17%) Code Quality
12 24 (11.71%) ERP
13 21 (10.24%) Clean Code
13 21 (10.24%) TDD
14 19 (9.27%) Natural Language Processing
14 19 (9.27%) OOP
15 18 (8.78%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (32.68%) SQL
2 58 (28.29%) Java
3 48 (23.41%) Python
4 45 (21.95%) C#
5 35 (17.07%) JavaScript
6 19 (9.27%) TypeScript
7 16 (7.80%) T-SQL
8 15 (7.32%) PL/SQL
9 10 (4.88%) Formula Language
9 10 (4.88%) LotusScript
10 9 (4.39%) Kotlin
11 7 (3.41%) Scala
12 5 (2.44%) Swift
13 4 (1.95%) Groovy
13 4 (1.95%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.46%) X++
15 2 (0.98%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (16.59%) Degree
2 29 (14.15%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.71%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.98%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.59%) QA
2 8 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.98%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.49%) SEPA
5 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (17.07%) Docker
2 2 (0.98%) OpenAM
2 2 (0.98%) OpenDJ
2 2 (0.98%) OpenIDM
2 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.49%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (12.68%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.41%) Terraform
3 4 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.49%) Grafana
4 1 (0.49%) Istio
4 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.49%) vRealize
Vendors
1 58 (28.29%) Oracle
2 20 (9.76%) Google
3 19 (9.27%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.34%) Citrix
5 11 (5.37%) Databricks
6 10 (4.88%) Lotus
7 9 (4.39%) Kofax
8 5 (2.44%) Pega
9 4 (1.95%) Dataiku
10 3 (1.46%) Adobe
10 3 (1.46%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.46%) SAP
10 3 (1.46%) Workday
11 2 (0.98%) Apple
11 2 (0.98%) Informatica
11 2 (0.98%) Murex
11 2 (0.98%) Splunk
11 2 (0.98%) Sybase
11 2 (0.98%) VMware