Unit Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Unit Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 177 149
Rank change year-on-year +21 -28 -2
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 212 342 787
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.45% 1.42% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.58% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 270 519
10th Percentile £375 £400 £385
25th Percentile £436 £453 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £622 £630 £621
90th Percentile £700 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 13
10th Percentile £29.40 £53.40 £26.50
25th Percentile £42.75 £63.38 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.00 £68.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +30.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Unit Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unit Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Unit Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unit Testing.

Unit Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unit Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Unit Testing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.89%) Confluence
3 3 (1.42%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.42%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.42%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.94%) Mule
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.47%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.47%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.94%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 65 (30.66%) AWS
2 54 (25.47%) Azure
3 29 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (7.08%) Serverless
5 11 (5.19%) Amazon S3
5 11 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (5.19%) GCP
6 8 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.30%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (3.30%) dbt
7 7 (3.30%) GitHub
8 6 (2.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (2.83%) PaaS
8 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (2.36%) OCI
9 5 (2.36%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (1.89%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.47%) HTTP
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
1 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (11.32%) SQL Server
3 18 (8.49%) Oracle Database
4 16 (7.55%) NoSQL
5 13 (6.13%) Oracle Database 11g
5 13 (6.13%) Relational Database
6 12 (5.66%) MySQL
7 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (4.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (3.30%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.89%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.42%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.94%) Big Data
13 2 (0.94%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.94%) Power BI
13 2 (0.94%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (18.40%) Git
2 22 (10.38%) JIRA
3 12 (5.66%) Mockito
4 10 (4.72%) JUnit
5 9 (4.25%) Jenkins
6 7 (3.30%) Android Studio
6 7 (3.30%) Cypress.io
6 7 (3.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (2.83%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.83%) Selenium
8 5 (2.36%) Storybook
8 5 (2.36%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.89%) git-flow
9 4 (1.89%) PHPUnit
10 3 (1.42%) HP UFT
10 3 (1.42%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (1.42%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.42%) Vite
11 2 (0.94%) PyUnit
11 2 (0.94%) rollup.js
General
1 40 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.21%) Finance
3 18 (8.49%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.13%) Banking
6 7 (3.30%) Retail
7 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.89%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.42%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.42%) Automotive
10 3 (1.42%) Law
10 3 (1.42%) Legal
10 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Electronics
11 2 (0.94%) Front Office
11 2 (0.94%) Marketing
11 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (62.74%) Developer
2 27 (12.74%) Senior
3 22 (10.38%) C# Developer
4 18 (8.49%) .NET Developer
4 18 (8.49%) Lead
5 16 (7.55%) Full Stack Developer
6 14 (6.60%) Software Engineer
7 12 (5.66%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 12 (5.66%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.66%) SQL Developer
8 10 (4.72%) C# .NET Developer
9 9 (4.25%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Full Stack .NET Developer
10 8 (3.77%) React Developer
10 8 (3.77%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.30%) Android Developer
11 7 (3.30%) Azure Developer
11 7 (3.30%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.30%) Python Developer
11 7 (3.30%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (19.34%) .NET
2 31 (14.62%) RESTful
3 27 (12.74%) React
4 22 (10.38%) Node.js
4 22 (10.38%) REST
5 20 (9.43%) CSS
6 18 (8.49%) Web Services
7 17 (8.02%) HTML
8 16 (7.55%) AngularJS
9 15 (7.08%) Spring
10 13 (6.13%) .NET Core
10 13 (6.13%) FastAPI
10 13 (6.13%) Spring Boot
11 12 (5.66%) Kafka
11 12 (5.66%) SOAP
11 12 (5.66%) WebSockets
12 11 (5.19%) .NET Framework
13 10 (4.72%) Jest
13 10 (4.72%) jQuery
13 10 (4.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.13%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.30%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.36%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.89%) iPad
5 4 (1.89%) iPhone
5 4 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.42%) Blockchain
6 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.94%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.94%) Hackathon
7 2 (0.94%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.94%) Life Science
7 2 (0.94%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.25%) Android
2 8 (3.77%) Linux
3 6 (2.83%) Unix
4 5 (2.36%) Windows
5 4 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.02%) Agile
2 66 (31.13%) DevOps
3 55 (25.94%) Test Automation
4 50 (23.58%) Software Engineering
5 39 (18.40%) CI/CD
6 32 (15.09%) Software Testing
7 31 (14.62%) TDD
8 28 (13.21%) Analytics
9 27 (12.74%) OO
10 25 (11.79%) Full Stack Development
11 24 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (10.38%) Microservices
13 21 (9.91%) Integration Testing
14 20 (9.43%) Clean Code
14 20 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
15 19 (8.96%) Code Quality
16 18 (8.49%) Scrum
16 18 (8.49%) User Experience
17 17 (8.02%) API Development
18 16 (7.55%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 78 (36.79%) SQL
2 49 (23.11%) Java
3 48 (22.64%) C#
4 41 (19.34%) Python
5 31 (14.62%) TypeScript
6 28 (13.21%) JavaScript
7 24 (11.32%) PL/SQL
8 16 (7.55%) C++
9 8 (3.77%) Bicep
9 8 (3.77%) Kotlin
9 8 (3.77%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.83%) Bash
11 5 (2.36%) C
11 5 (2.36%) PHP
12 4 (1.89%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.89%) Scala
12 4 (1.89%) Swift
13 3 (1.42%) Go
13 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (19.34%) SC Cleared
1 41 (19.34%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.13%) Degree
3 7 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.47%) PhD
6 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.02%) QA
2 12 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 10 (4.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.94%) SLA
5 2 (0.94%) WCAG
6 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 25 (11.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (8.49%) Terraform
2 12 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.77%) Grafana
4 2 (0.94%) Kibana
5 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (18.40%) Oracle
2 20 (9.43%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.66%) SAP
4 9 (4.25%) OpenAI
5 7 (3.30%) Avaloq
6 5 (2.36%) Google
7 4 (1.89%) Databricks
8 3 (1.42%) IBM
8 3 (1.42%) Informatica
8 3 (1.42%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.42%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.94%) Adobe
9 2 (0.94%) Ariba
9 2 (0.94%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.94%) JDA
9 2 (0.94%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.94%) New Relic
9 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.47%) Optimizely