Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Unit Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.00% 0.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £336 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.95% - -
75th Percentile £398 £575 -
90th Percentile £403 - -
UK median daily rate £490 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -10.09% +3.81% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 138 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 78.61% 92.00% 75.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 82 59
10th Percentile £325 £150 £205
25th Percentile £393 £275 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -16.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £655
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 20
10th Percentile £13.66 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £19.10 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £36.72 £35.25 £13.47
Median % change year-on-year +4.16% +161.79% -13.13%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £23.54
90th Percentile - £78.47 £31.88
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -9.72%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unit Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Unit Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 March 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
County Antrim +3 2 £369 -32.95% 1
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality