BDD Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring BDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 85 107
Rank change year-on-year -36 +22 -12
Contract jobs citing BDD 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.21% 0.52% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.56% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile £355 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% - -
75th Percentile £362 - -
90th Percentile £363 - -
South East median daily rate £359 £413 £513
% change year-on-year -12.97% -19.51% +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

BDD 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,579 1,067 1,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.15% 93.27% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 642 846
10th Percentile £312 £325 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £519
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% -3.23% -1.19%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £618
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 38 111
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £17.50
25th Percentile £72.20 £30.70 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.58 £56.25 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +48.58% -3.83% -0.44%
75th Percentile £88.00 £79.30 £72.04
90th Percentile £106.90 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £53.90 £24.33 £47.50
% change year-on-year +121.54% -48.78% -5.00%

BDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BDD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

BDD job vacancy trend in Berkshire

BDD
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing BDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing BDD

BDD
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
Reading -33 2 - -
Wokingham - 2 £359 -
BDD
South East

BDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Balsamiq
3 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (25.00%) GitLab
3 1 (25.00%) Postman
3 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ADO
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Epics
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) User Research
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Conga
1 1 (25.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce