Test-First Development
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Test-First Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test-First Development over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 833 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -147 |
| Contract jobs citing Test-First Development | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.009% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £563 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £583 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £615 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +24.24% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £648 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £667 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Test-First Development 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,868 | 52,242 | 79,883 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.23% | 89.82% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,721 | 36,208 | 56,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £343 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £428 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,429 | 1,718 | 1,919 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.22 | £15.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +4.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +75.00% | -6.98% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Test-First Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test-First Development.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test-First Development.