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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 238 147
Rank change year-on-year -38 -91 +51
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 178 132 305
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.98% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.06% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 91 203
10th Percentile £281 £359 £375
25th Percentile £390 £404 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £598 £750 £638
90th Percentile £669 £800 £738
England median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £49.93
25th 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% -30.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £61.44
90th Percentile - - £63.58
England median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.92% - -

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 18,051 12,472 14,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.78% 92.51% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 8,235 9,567
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £675
90th 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 318 247 185
10th Percentile £16.21 £17.62 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.27 £25.02 £24.15
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 39 £538 +31.90% 14
West London -17 8 £611 +10.60% 4
East London +3 2 £615 +36.67% 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 6 (3.37%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (1.12%) CMS
3 2 (1.12%) IIS
3 2 (1.12%) SAS
3 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) Traefik
4 1 (0.56%) Camunda
4 1 (0.56%) Mendix
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Trello
3 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.12%) HFM
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.56%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.56%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.56%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.09%) Azure
2 32 (17.98%) AWS
3 25 (14.04%) GitHub
4 20 (11.24%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (8.43%) GCP
5 15 (8.43%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.49%) Serverless
8 7 (3.93%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.37%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.81%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 4 (2.25%) AWS Fargate
11 4 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.99%) Internet
2 2 (1.12%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.12%) Intranet
2 2 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.56%) DSL
3 1 (0.56%) Firewall
3 1 (0.56%) LAN
3 1 (0.56%) Network Security
3 1 (0.56%) NFC
3 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.56%) SSL
3 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (18.54%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.55%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (9.55%) Relational Database
3 11 (6.18%) MySQL
4 10 (5.62%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.49%) Oracle Database
6 7 (3.93%) NoSQL
7 6 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.81%) Redis
9 4 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (2.25%) Data Lake
9 4 (2.25%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.69%) Metadata
10 3 (1.69%) Power BI
11 2 (1.12%) Essbase
11 2 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (29.78%) Git
2 31 (17.42%) Jenkins
3 19 (10.67%) JIRA
4 15 (8.43%) GitLab
5 11 (6.18%) Gradle
5 11 (6.18%) Visual Studio
6 10 (5.62%) JUnit
7 9 (5.06%) Maven
8 7 (3.93%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (2.81%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.81%) JSUnit
10 4 (2.25%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (2.25%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.69%) Mocha
11 3 (1.69%) Mockito
11 3 (1.69%) NUnit
11 3 (1.69%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.69%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 53 (29.78%) Finance
3 44 (24.72%) Banking
4 32 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.62%) Front Office
6 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.37%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.25%) Retail
9 3 (1.69%) Legal
9 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.69%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.12%) Local Government
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Billing
11 1 (0.56%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (51.12%) Developer
2 57 (32.02%) Senior
3 23 (12.92%) Senior Developer
4 16 (8.99%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 15 (8.43%) C# Developer
6 12 (6.74%) Java Developer
7 11 (6.18%) Lead
7 11 (6.18%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.62%) Java Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Consultant
9 8 (4.49%) Python Developer
10 7 (3.93%) Architect
10 7 (3.93%) Junior
10 7 (3.93%) Python Engineer
11 6 (3.37%) Pega Architect
11 6 (3.37%) Systems Architect
12 5 (2.81%) .NET Developer
12 5 (2.81%) Java Software Engineer
12 5 (2.81%) SAP Consultant
12 5 (2.81%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (21.91%) .NET
2 33 (18.54%) REST
3 32 (17.98%) RESTful
4 30 (16.85%) pytest
5 25 (14.04%) Spring
6 22 (12.36%) Spring Boot
7 21 (11.80%) React
8 20 (11.24%) .NET Framework
9 17 (9.55%) SOAP
10 16 (8.99%) Web Services
11 15 (8.43%) CSS
11 15 (8.43%) HTML
11 15 (8.43%) Node.js
12 14 (7.87%) JSON
13 12 (6.74%) AngularJS
13 12 (6.74%) XML
14 11 (6.18%) OAuth
15 10 (5.62%) GraphQL
15 10 (5.62%) Next.js
15 10 (5.62%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.48%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.62%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.06%) Data Structures
4 8 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.37%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.25%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.25%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.69%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.69%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.69%) IoT
9 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.12%) Legacy Code
10 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Mobile Banking
10 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.24%) Linux
2 10 (5.62%) Unix
2 10 (5.62%) Windows
3 8 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.25%) Android
4 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (47.75%) CI/CD
2 84 (47.19%) Agile
3 61 (34.27%) DevOps
4 49 (27.53%) AI
5 46 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (24.16%) Integration Testing
7 42 (23.60%) Software Engineering
8 40 (22.47%) Clean Code
9 38 (21.35%) Scrum
10 36 (20.22%) Microservices
11 33 (18.54%) TDD
11 33 (18.54%) Test Automation
12 32 (17.98%) OOP
13 30 (16.85%) User Acceptance Testing
14 28 (15.73%) Validation
15 27 (15.17%) SDLC
16 25 (14.04%) Design Patterns
17 22 (12.36%) Code Quality
17 22 (12.36%) Containerisation
17 22 (12.36%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 66 (37.08%) SQL
2 49 (27.53%) Python
3 43 (24.16%) C#
4 37 (20.79%) Java
5 24 (13.48%) JavaScript
6 19 (10.67%) TypeScript
7 14 (7.87%) T-SQL
8 12 (6.74%) PL/SQL
9 11 (6.18%) Bash
10 8 (4.49%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.25%) Swift
12 3 (1.69%) C
12 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.69%) X++
13 2 (1.12%) ABAP
13 2 (1.12%) C++
13 2 (1.12%) Go
13 2 (1.12%) ProC
13 2 (1.12%) Ruby
13 2 (1.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.54%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.04%) Degree
4 7 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.37%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.12%) ACCA
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.12%) CIMA
6 2 (1.12%) CISSP
6 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.56%) CCNA
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (21.91%) QA
2 5 (2.81%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.69%) Basel III
4 2 (1.12%) WCAG
5 1 (0.56%) GRC
5 1 (0.56%) IFRS
5 1 (0.56%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.56%) Solvency II
System Software
1 50 (28.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.25%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.12%) Istio
4 1 (0.56%) Grafana
4 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 27 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.92%) Oracle
3 9 (5.06%) Avaloq
4 8 (4.49%) Citrix
4 8 (4.49%) SAP
5 7 (3.93%) Pega
6 6 (3.37%) Google
7 4 (2.25%) Informatica
7 4 (2.25%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.25%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.25%) UiPath
8 3 (1.69%) webMethods
8 3 (1.69%) Workday
9 2 (1.12%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.56%) Apple
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco
10 1 (0.56%) HP
10 1 (0.56%) JDA
10 1 (0.56%) Murex
10 1 (0.56%) Sybase