Unit Testing Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Unit Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 31 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 -8 -6
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 16 4 41
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.24% 2.90% 8.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 3.05% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £605 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £626 - -
90th Percentile £626 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £626 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +228.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 40
10th Percentile - £62.00 -
25th Percentile - £63.13 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 277 131 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 73.47% 94.93% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 39 45
10th Percentile £218 £450 £80
25th Percentile £425 £513 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% +37.50% +1.59%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £575
90th Percentile £710 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -4.55% +29.41% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 64 296
10th Percentile £22.68 £37.54 £38.12
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +40.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £82.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.53 £85.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £40.00 £63.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.51% +26.00% -20.32%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Unit Testing job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Unit Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Unit Testing

Unit Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Ethernet
2 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
3 3 (18.75%) Modbus
3 3 (18.75%) RS-232
3 3 (18.75%) RS-422
3 3 (18.75%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 8 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 5 (31.25%) Git
2 5 (31.25%) JIRA
2 5 (31.25%) PVCS
2 5 (31.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (50.00%) Electronics
2 7 (43.75%) Military
3 6 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Software Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) C Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) C# Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) Node.js
1 7 (43.75%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 11 (68.75%) Continuous Integration
2 11 (68.75%) TDD
3 8 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 8 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (50.00%) Digital Twin
3 8 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
4 6 (37.50%) Validation
4 6 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
5 5 (31.25%) Code Coverage
5 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (31.25%) Workflow
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (68.75%) C#
3 8 (50.00%) C
4 7 (43.75%) JavaScript
5 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
5 5 (31.25%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Virtual Machines
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) ANSYS
2 5 (31.25%) IBM
2 5 (31.25%) VMware