Add instruction for running unit tests in parallel

changelog.d/13928.doc

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+Added instruction to contributing guide for running unit tests in parallel. Contributed by @ashfame.

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

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 poetry run trial tests
 ```
 
+You can run unit tests in parallel by specifying `-jX` argument to `trial` where `X` is the number of parallel runners you want. To use 4 cpu cores, you would run them like:
+
+```sh
+poetry run trial -j4 tests
+```
+
 If you wish to only run *some* unit tests, you may specify
 another module instead of `tests` - or a test class or a method: