TDD Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 61 50
Rank change year-on-year -31 -11 +17
Contract jobs citing TDD 27 34 51
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.22% 2.67% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 3.00% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 7
10th Percentile £493 £449 £360
25th Percentile £500 £465 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -2.35% -28.57%
75th Percentile £561 £514 £544
90th Percentile £590 £516 £560
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 31
10th Percentile - £64.35 -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £65.88 -
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

TDD 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,733 1,134 1,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.24% 89.15% 82.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 501 495
10th Percentile £190 £200 £195
25th Percentile £385 £373 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £592 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £656 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 291 436
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.70
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.20 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -27.02% +115.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £80.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TDD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

TDD job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TDD

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TDD in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TDD in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TDD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TDD

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
Essex -11 14 £530 +8.61% 4
Suffolk -4 8 £495 +32.00%
Hertfordshire -39 3 - - 4
Bedfordshire - 2 £555 -
TDD
England

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) GCP
2 8 (29.63%) GitHub
3 7 (25.93%) AWS
3 7 (25.93%) Azure
4 3 (11.11%) Apple Pay
4 3 (11.11%) Google Ads
5 1 (3.70%) dbt
5 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (7.41%) Ethernet
2 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 19 (70.37%) Git
2 8 (29.63%) GitLab
2 8 (29.63%) Gradle
2 8 (29.63%) JUnit
2 8 (29.63%) SonarQube
3 6 (22.22%) IntelliJ
4 2 (7.41%) Eclipse
4 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Banking
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Automotive
5 2 (7.41%) Military
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Developer
2 17 (62.96%) Java Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Java Software Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Software Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) GCP Developer
5 3 (11.11%) GCP Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) GCP Software Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IAM Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Backend Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (7.41%) GCP Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Java Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Java Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Java Software Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Java Software Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Software Architect
7 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (59.26%) Spring Boot
2 13 (48.15%) Spring
3 6 (22.22%) OAuth
3 6 (22.22%) OpenID
4 5 (18.52%) Node.js
5 2 (7.41%) Web Services
6 1 (3.70%) .NET
6 1 (3.70%) CSS
6 1 (3.70%) HTML
6 1 (3.70%) Jest
6 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Cloud Native
1 6 (22.22%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (81.48%) Software Engineering
2 21 (77.78%) CI/CD
3 14 (51.85%) Microservices
4 13 (48.15%) Agile
5 11 (40.74%) DevOps
6 9 (33.33%) SDLC
7 8 (29.63%) BDD
7 8 (29.63%) Containerisation
7 8 (29.63%) Test Automation
7 8 (29.63%) User Stories
8 7 (25.93%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (22.22%) Code Quality
9 6 (22.22%) Customer Experience
9 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (22.22%) Open Source
9 6 (22.22%) Security Testing
10 5 (18.52%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (18.52%) High Availability
10 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (18.52%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 23 (85.19%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) Python
3 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 3 (11.11%) Go
4 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.41%) C#
5 2 (7.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
2 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Ansible
2 6 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Google
2 8 (29.63%) Checkmarx
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks