TDD Contracts in the UK excluding London

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for TDD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TDD over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 95 92
Rank change year-on-year -72 -3 -24
Contract jobs citing TDD 253 625 876
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 2.66% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.97% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 460 591
10th Percentile £361 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £575
90th Percentile £638 £738 £644
UK median daily rate £550 £603 £575
% change year-on-year -8.71% +4.78% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 32 12
10th Percentile - £61.25 £45.13
25th Percentile £61.25 - £49.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £64.56
Median % change year-on-year - +0.69% +43.46%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £67.58
90th Percentile - £75.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £68.50 £65.54
% change year-on-year -5.11% +4.52% +13.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

TDD 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TDD in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North of England -74 63 £550 -2.22% 102
East of England -2 58 £493 -15.52% 40
South East -36 57 £475 -17.39% 77
Scotland -14 34 £463 -13.55% 19
Yorkshire -24 33 £563 -6.25% 21
South West -20 30 £585 +6.36% 39
North West -52 26 £538 -2.27% 73
Midlands -22 11 £450 -21.74% 40
West Midlands -20 10 £450 -24.37% 21
North East -3 4 £375 -31.82% 9
East Midlands +1 1 £398 -43.21% 19
TDD
UK

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (4.74%) Confluence
2 8 (3.16%) Apache
3 6 (2.37%) Drupal
4 4 (1.58%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.79%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.79%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.79%) JBoss
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) Appian
6 1 (0.40%) Jadu
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 65 (25.69%) AWS
2 45 (17.79%) Azure
3 30 (11.86%) Serverless
4 22 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.51%) GitHub
6 16 (6.32%) GCP
7 15 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.74%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.95%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.16%) Azure Functions
11 6 (2.37%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.37%) PaaS
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.98%) SaaS
13 4 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.58%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.58%) BrowserStack
13 4 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.83%) Modbus
1 35 (13.83%) RS-422
1 35 (13.83%) RS-485
2 15 (5.93%) TCP/IP
3 11 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 6 (2.37%) HTTP
5 2 (0.79%) 5G
5 2 (0.79%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) Firewall
6 1 (0.40%) FTP
6 1 (0.40%) VPN
6 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.67%) NoSQL
2 25 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (6.72%) MongoDB
3 17 (6.72%) SQL Server
4 15 (5.93%) MySQL
5 11 (4.35%) Relational Database
6 9 (3.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (2.77%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.37%) Flink
9 5 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.19%) Couchbase
11 3 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.79%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.79%) Power BI
12 2 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.79%) Redis
12 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (24.11%) Git
2 42 (16.60%) Jenkins
3 27 (10.67%) JIRA
4 26 (10.28%) JUnit
5 20 (7.91%) Visual Studio
6 16 (6.32%) Cucumber
7 15 (5.93%) Postman
8 13 (5.14%) Selenium
9 12 (4.74%) Cypress.io
10 11 (4.35%) Eclipse
10 11 (4.35%) Mockito
11 8 (3.16%) JMeter
11 8 (3.16%) NUnit
12 7 (2.77%) Subversion
13 6 (2.37%) GitLab
13 6 (2.37%) WebDriver
14 5 (1.98%) Maven
14 5 (1.98%) TeamCity
15 4 (1.58%) Gatling
16 3 (1.19%) Gradle
General
1 80 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.02%) Electronics
3 26 (10.28%) Finance
4 22 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.35%) Military
7 6 (2.37%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.98%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.58%) Banking
9 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.58%) Marketing
10 3 (1.19%) Automotive
10 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.79%) Law
11 2 (0.79%) Legal
11 2 (0.79%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Games
12 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (51.78%) Developer
2 65 (25.69%) Software Engineer
3 55 (21.74%) Java Developer
4 40 (15.81%) Senior
5 36 (14.23%) C++ Software Engineer
6 19 (7.51%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.72%) Test Engineer
8 14 (5.53%) Full Stack Developer
8 14 (5.53%) Lead
9 13 (5.14%) Software Developer
10 11 (4.35%) Architect
10 11 (4.35%) C# Developer
10 11 (4.35%) Senior Java Developer
10 11 (4.35%) Senior Test Engineer
11 10 (3.95%) .NET Developer
11 10 (3.95%) C# Software Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 9 (3.56%) Python Developer
12 9 (3.56%) Test Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (24.11%) Spring
2 50 (19.76%) React
2 50 (19.76%) Spring Boot
3 45 (17.79%) REST
4 38 (15.02%) Kafka
5 36 (14.23%) Node.js
6 32 (12.65%) CSS
7 31 (12.25%) .NET
8 28 (11.07%) Web Services
9 23 (9.09%) HTML
10 21 (8.30%) RESTful
11 19 (7.51%) AngularJS
12 13 (5.14%) AWS CDK
12 13 (5.14%) GraphQL
13 11 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (3.16%) .NET Framework
15 7 (2.77%) ActiveMQ
15 7 (2.77%) Drools
15 7 (2.77%) J2EE
15 7 (2.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.23%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (8.30%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.58%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.58%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.19%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.79%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.79%) Derivative
7 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.79%) IoT
7 2 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.40%) Mashup
8 1 (0.40%) PKI
8 1 (0.40%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.70%) Linux
2 13 (5.14%) Windows
3 10 (3.95%) Unix
4 6 (2.37%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (71.94%) Agile
2 87 (34.39%) Software Engineering
3 85 (33.60%) CI/CD
4 82 (32.41%) DevOps
5 80 (31.62%) Continuous Integration
6 71 (28.06%) Microservices
7 68 (26.88%) Pair Programming
8 66 (26.09%) Test Automation
9 65 (25.69%) BDD
9 65 (25.69%) Unit Testing
10 51 (20.16%) Scrum
11 50 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (17.00%) Software Testing
13 41 (16.21%) Customer Requirements
14 39 (15.42%) Full Stack Development
15 30 (11.86%) Kanban
16 23 (9.09%) SOLID
17 22 (8.70%) SDLC
18 21 (8.30%) Mentoring
18 21 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 103 (40.71%) Java
2 78 (30.83%) C#
3 72 (28.46%) JavaScript
4 71 (28.06%) SQL
5 50 (19.76%) C++
6 40 (15.81%) C
7 33 (13.04%) TypeScript
8 24 (9.49%) Python
9 17 (6.72%) PHP
10 12 (4.74%) Scala
10 12 (4.74%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.56%) Bash
12 7 (2.77%) Groovy
13 6 (2.37%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.98%) Go
15 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.79%) VB
16 2 (0.79%) VBA
16 2 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.51%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.11%) Degree
3 16 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.58%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.79%) HNC
8 2 (0.79%) ISEB
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.35%) QA
3 3 (1.19%) PMO
4 2 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (19.76%) Docker
2 4 (1.58%) zsh
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (15.42%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.53%) Grafana
3 10 (3.95%) Terraform
4 6 (2.37%) Ansible
5 5 (1.98%) Kibana
6 4 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.30%) Oracle
3 10 (3.95%) Google
4 5 (1.98%) SAP
5 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.19%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (1.19%) IBM
7 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.79%) Atmel
7 2 (0.79%) Splunk
8 1 (0.40%) Ariba
8 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.40%) Embarcadero
8 1 (0.40%) New Relic
8 1 (0.40%) OpenText
8 1 (0.40%) Pega
8 1 (0.40%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) Sybase
8 1 (0.40%) VMware