Unit Testing Contracts in London

Unit Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Unit Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unit Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 187 172
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 -52
Contract jobs citing Unit Testing 279 362 682
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.58% 1.44% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.58% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 261 501
10th Percentile £390 £438 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £700
90th Percentile £726 £788 £788
England median daily rate £550 £578 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 5
10th Percentile £49.53 £50.42 -
25th Percentile £51.44 £52.82 £62.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £65.44 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.23 £88.97 £74.81
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +34.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Unit Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unit Testing in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unit Testing in London

Unit Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +23 36 £566 -7.25% 21
West London +31 20 £495 -27.07% 3
South London +3 1 - -
Unit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (6.09%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.87%) Confluence
3 7 (2.51%) CMS
4 5 (1.79%) Apache
4 5 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.08%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.08%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.08%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.72%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.72%) SAS
6 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.36%) IIS
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.08%) SAP PP
3 3 (1.08%) SAP QM
3 3 (1.08%) SAP VC
4 2 (0.72%) Advent Geneva
4 2 (0.72%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.72%) Shopify
5 1 (0.36%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.36%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.36%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 70 (25.09%) Azure
2 65 (23.30%) AWS
3 40 (14.34%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (12.90%) GCP
5 17 (6.09%) GitHub
6 16 (5.73%) Serverless
7 15 (5.38%) Amazon S3
8 13 (4.66%) dbt
8 13 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (3.58%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.15%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.15%) PaaS
13 5 (1.79%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.87%) HTTP
2 4 (1.43%) SSL
3 2 (0.72%) BGP
3 2 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.72%) MPLS
3 2 (0.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.36%) Multicast
4 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.36%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.26%) SQL Server
2 36 (12.90%) NoSQL
3 26 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (8.60%) Relational Database
5 19 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (4.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (4.30%) DynamoDB
8 10 (3.58%) Apache Cassandra
8 10 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (3.58%) Big Data
9 9 (3.23%) MySQL
9 9 (3.23%) Power BI
10 8 (2.87%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.51%) Hadoop
11 7 (2.51%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (2.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 6 (2.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 69 (24.73%) Git
2 17 (6.09%) JIRA
3 15 (5.38%) Visual Studio
4 14 (5.02%) JUnit
4 14 (5.02%) TeamCity
5 12 (4.30%) Selenium
6 11 (3.94%) Jenkins
7 10 (3.58%) Maven
8 9 (3.23%) Visual Studio Team System
9 8 (2.87%) Cypress.io
10 7 (2.51%) NUnit
11 6 (2.15%) Jasmine
11 6 (2.15%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (1.79%) Gatling
12 5 (1.79%) GitLab
12 5 (1.79%) Gradle
12 5 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
12 5 (1.79%) Subversion
13 4 (1.43%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.43%) ScalaTest
General
1 64 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.00%) Finance
3 33 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.09%) Banking
6 8 (2.87%) Retail
7 7 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.51%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.43%) Front Office
9 4 (1.43%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.43%) Marketing
9 4 (1.43%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.43%) Wearables
10 3 (1.08%) Law
10 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (65.23%) Developer
2 47 (16.85%) Senior
3 31 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 26 (9.32%) C# Developer
5 23 (8.24%) Java Developer
6 20 (7.17%) Lead
7 17 (6.09%) .NET Developer
7 17 (6.09%) Data Engineer
8 16 (5.73%) Angular Developer
9 15 (5.38%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.66%) Scala Developer
11 11 (3.94%) C# .NET Developer
12 10 (3.58%) C++ Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Full Stack Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.58%) SQL Developer
13 9 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Developer
13 9 (3.23%) Python Engineer
13 9 (3.23%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (20.43%) .NET
2 54 (19.35%) REST
3 43 (15.41%) HTML
4 42 (15.05%) React
5 41 (14.70%) RESTful
6 36 (12.90%) Kafka
7 32 (11.47%) AngularJS
8 31 (11.11%) Spring
9 29 (10.39%) CSS
10 25 (8.96%) Spring Boot
11 24 (8.60%) Web Services
12 23 (8.24%) .NET Core
13 21 (7.53%) .NET Framework
14 19 (6.81%) ASP.NET
15 18 (6.45%) JPA
16 17 (6.09%) Hibernate
17 16 (5.73%) Node.js
18 15 (5.38%) SOAP
19 13 (4.66%) XML
20 12 (4.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.09%) Algorithms
2 15 (5.38%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.15%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.15%) iPad
5 6 (2.15%) iPhone
6 5 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.43%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.08%) Derivative
8 3 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.08%) LIMS
8 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) State Machine
8 3 (1.08%) Wiki
9 2 (0.72%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.73%) Unix
2 14 (5.02%) Linux
3 9 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.51%) Android
5 6 (2.15%) Windows
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) VMS
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (39.07%) Agile
2 88 (31.54%) DevOps
3 73 (26.16%) CI/CD
4 61 (21.86%) TDD
5 53 (19.00%) Test Automation
6 51 (18.28%) Microservices
7 45 (16.13%) Software Engineering
8 44 (15.77%) Scrum
9 42 (15.05%) OO
10 41 (14.70%) Continuous Integration
11 39 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (11.11%) Front End Development
13 29 (10.39%) Design Patterns
14 27 (9.68%) Analytics
14 27 (9.68%) High Availability
15 26 (9.32%) ETL
15 26 (9.32%) MVC
16 25 (8.96%) Web Development
17 24 (8.60%) Integration Testing
18 23 (8.24%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 97 (34.77%) SQL
2 76 (27.24%) Java
3 65 (23.30%) Python
4 60 (21.51%) C#
5 59 (21.15%) JavaScript
6 37 (13.26%) TypeScript
7 26 (9.32%) C++
8 22 (7.89%) Scala
9 14 (5.02%) PL/SQL
9 14 (5.02%) T-SQL
10 12 (4.30%) C
11 11 (3.94%) Kotlin
11 11 (3.94%) VB.NET
12 10 (3.58%) PowerShell
13 8 (2.87%) Go
13 8 (2.87%) Swift
14 6 (2.15%) Objective-C
14 6 (2.15%) Perl
15 5 (1.79%) Bicep
15 5 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.75%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.96%) Degree
4 9 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.08%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.38%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.30%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.30%) QA
3 4 (1.43%) WCAG
4 3 (1.08%) MiFID
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (17.92%) Docker
2 5 (1.79%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 46 (16.49%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.02%) Terraform
3 11 (3.94%) Grafana
4 5 (1.79%) Hadoop YARN
4 5 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.72%) Istio
5 2 (0.72%) Kibana
6 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.36%) Podman
6 1 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.36%) systemd
Vendors
1 32 (11.47%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.96%) Oracle
3 19 (6.81%) SAP
4 14 (5.02%) Databricks
4 14 (5.02%) Google
5 6 (2.15%) Typelevel
6 5 (1.79%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.43%) Adobe
7 4 (1.43%) Informatica
7 4 (1.43%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.08%) Citrix
8 3 (1.08%) IBM
8 3 (1.08%) Micro Focus
9 2 (0.72%) ESRI
9 2 (0.72%) Eze Castle Integration
9 2 (0.72%) New Relic
9 2 (0.72%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.72%) Sybase
9 2 (0.72%) Xamarin