Unit Testing Contracts in the South West

Unit Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 92 122
Rank change year-on-year -30 +30 +4
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 27 74 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 2.19% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 2.46% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 55 17
10th Percentile £375 £400 £305
25th Percentile £513 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £540
90th Percentile £734 £738 £555
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile - £49.55 £52.75
25th Percentile - £52.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -
75th Percentile - £78.00 £60.63
90th Percentile - - £62.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £64.13
% change year-on-year - +1.36% +29.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,688 3,011 3,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.10% 89.16% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,683 2,168 2,349
10th Percentile £238 £313 £300
25th Percentile £401 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 317 206
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.44 £15.40 £21.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +18.29% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £69.33
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unit Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in the South West

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
Bristol -1 7 £400 -38.46% 8
Dorset +4 4 £733 +39.52% 3
Gloucestershire -5 4 £543 -18.73% 1
Wiltshire -19 3 £400 -11.11%
Somerset -15 2 - - 2
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
1 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.41%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) NoSQL
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
1 3 (11.11%) Relational Database
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (7.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Eclipse
1 5 (18.52%) Visual Studio
2 3 (11.11%) Git
3 2 (7.41%) HP UFT
3 2 (7.41%) JIRA
3 2 (7.41%) LoadRunner
3 2 (7.41%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (3.70%) git-flow
4 1 (3.70%) webpack
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Military
4 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 3 (11.11%) Automotive
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) C# Software Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Full Stack Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Data Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Service Management Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) .NET Team Leader
7 1 (3.70%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Lead .NET Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Lead C# Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Principal Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Project Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (22.22%) Node.js
1 6 (22.22%) React
2 5 (18.52%) Spring
2 5 (18.52%) Web Services
3 1 (3.70%) .NET
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Linux
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
2 8 (29.63%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (29.63%) OO
2 8 (29.63%) Visualisation
3 7 (25.93%) DevOps
3 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
4 6 (22.22%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (22.22%) OOP
4 6 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 6 (22.22%) Secure Coding
4 6 (22.22%) TDD
5 5 (18.52%) Change Management
5 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
5 5 (18.52%) Digital Twin
5 5 (18.52%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Software Architecture
5 5 (18.52%) Synthetic Environment
5 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Java
2 8 (29.63%) C++
3 7 (25.93%) C#
3 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
4 5 (18.52%) C
4 5 (18.52%) Python
5 3 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.70%) ABAP
7 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) DV Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Degree
5 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) OpenText
2 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) VMware