Unit Testing Contracts in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for Unit Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unit Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 0
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 43 33 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 9.66% 11.38% 6.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 12.45% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £183 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £183 £475
% change year-on-year +228.77% -61.58% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 0
10th Percentile - £56.63 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £68.38 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

Unit Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 416 265 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 93.48% 91.38% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 60 42
10th Percentile £80 £269 £293
25th Percentile £256 £311 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £504 £588
90th Percentile £650 £607 £631
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 130 52
10th Percentile £38.12 £49.00 £39.50
25th Percentile £42.63 £53.75 £49.06
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
% change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in Stevenage over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 38 (88.37%) Modbus
1 38 (88.37%) RS-422
1 38 (88.37%) RS-485
2 4 (9.30%) Ethernet
2 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Eclipse
1 4 (9.30%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.33%) CppUnit
2 1 (2.33%) PVCS
2 1 (2.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (88.37%) Electronics
2 33 (76.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Military
3 4 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (95.35%) Software Engineer
2 31 (72.09%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) C Software Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.33%) Developer
5 1 (2.33%) Software Validation Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Software Verification Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Validation Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Node.js
1 4 (9.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (67.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (97.67%) Agile
1 42 (97.67%) Continuous Integration
1 42 (97.67%) Software Engineering
1 42 (97.67%) TDD
2 38 (88.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (88.37%) Customer Requirements
2 38 (88.37%) DevOps
2 38 (88.37%) Pair Programming
2 38 (88.37%) Software Testing
3 9 (20.93%) Scrum
4 5 (11.63%) Validation
4 5 (11.63%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (9.30%) CI/CD
5 4 (9.30%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (9.30%) Digital Twin
5 4 (9.30%) Synthetic Environment
5 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
6 1 (2.33%) Code Coverage
6 1 (2.33%) Semantic Analysis
6 1 (2.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) C++
2 42 (97.67%) C#
3 39 (90.70%) C
4 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) VMware