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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	285	234	140
Rank change year-on-year	-51	-94	+56
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing	181	140	301
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.89%	1.05%	1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.00%	1.13%	2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	126	93	195
10^th Percentile	£278	£359	£366
25^th Percentile	£393	£404	£493
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-4.76%	-4.55%	-9.84%
75^th Percentile	£588	£725	£650
90^th Percentile	£669	£815	£744
England median daily rate	£490	£475	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.16%	-13.64%	-8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	1	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£49.93
25^th 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%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£61.25	£61.44
90^th Percentile	-	-	£63.58
England median hourly rate	£68.50	£65.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+5.38%	-	-

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	18,170	12,368	14,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	89.13%	92.48%	89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,917	8,148	9,224
10^th Percentile	£359	£333	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£665	£664	£675
90^th 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	350	243	176
10^th Percentile	£15.55	£18.03	£17.75
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£25.00	£24.17
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£30.50	£37.79
Median % change year-on-year	+6.56%	-19.28%	-5.34%
75^th Percentile	£58.44	£47.75	£57.81
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£64.95	£78.75
England median hourly rate	£38.25	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+52.09%	-40.82%	-5.56%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 18 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.

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 18 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	-13	38	£538	+31.90%	12
West London	-	7	£611	-	3
East London	+4	2	£615	+36.67%
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Unit Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Unit Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Unit Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	49.2%	89
2	CI/CD	46.4%	84
3	SQL	38.1%	69
4	DevOps	35.4%	64
5	Azure	31.5%	57
6	Git	30.4%	55
7	Docker	29.3%	53
8	Python	28.2%	51
9	Problem-Solving	27.6%	50
10	AI	27.1%	49
10	Security Cleared	27.1%	49
12	Kubernetes	24.3%	44
13	Integration Testing	23.8%	43
14	Clean Code	22.7%	41
14	Software Engineering	22.7%	41
16	C#	21.5%	39
16	QA	21.5%	39
18	Scrum	20.4%	37
19	.NET	19.9%	36
20	Java	19.3%	35
20	SC Cleared	19.3%	35
20	TDD	19.3%	35
20	User Acceptance Testing	19.3%	35
24	AWS	18.8%	34
24	OOP	18.8%	34
24	pytest	18.8%	34
24	RESTful	18.8%	34
24	SQL Server	18.8%	34
29	REST	18.2%	33
29	Test Automation	18.2%	33

Unit Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	49.2%	89
2	CI/CD	46.4%	84
3	DevOps	35.4%	64
4	Problem-Solving	27.6%	50
5	AI	27.1%	49
6	Integration Testing	23.8%	43
7	Clean Code	22.7%	41
7	Software Engineering	22.7%	41
9	Scrum	20.4%	37
10	TDD	19.3%	35
10	User Acceptance Testing	19.3%	35
12	OOP	18.8%	34
13	Test Automation	18.2%	33
13	Validation	18.2%	33
15	Microservices	17.1%	31
16	SDLC	16.6%	30
17	Containerisation	13.3%	24
18	Design Patterns	12.7%	23
19	Continuous Improvement	12.2%	22
19	Generative AI	12.2%	22