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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 64 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -7
Contract jobs citing TDD 31 23 48
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.98% 1.88% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.27% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile £371 - £510
25th Percentile £384 £513 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £629
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -16.47% +1.82%
75th Percentile £472 £538 £663
90th Percentile £504 - £700
England median daily rate £525 £562 £600
% change year-on-year -6.50% -6.42% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 32
10th Percentile £62.40 £62.50 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.13 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.15% - -

All Process and 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 1,335 1,013 1,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 85.14% 82.83% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 418 841
10th Percentile £185 £243 £237
25th Percentile £363 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £704
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 407 215 375
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.26 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -9 30 £456 -13.10% 6
Suffolk - 1 £375 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) npm
2 2 (6.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) Ethernet
1 19 (61.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (90.32%) Visual Studio
2 19 (61.29%) Eclipse
3 9 (29.03%) Artifactory
3 9 (29.03%) GitLab
3 9 (29.03%) JIRA
4 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 26 (83.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (61.29%) Military
2 19 (61.29%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Law
4 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Software Engineer
2 17 (54.84%) C# Software Engineer
3 12 (38.71%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Development Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) .NET Developer
7 2 (6.45%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.45%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Angular Developer
8 1 (3.23%) C++ Developer
8 1 (3.23%) C++/C# Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (90.32%) Node.js
2 19 (61.29%) Web Services
3 11 (35.48%) .NET
3 11 (35.48%) AngularJS
3 11 (35.48%) React
4 10 (32.26%) .NET Framework
4 10 (32.26%) CSS
4 10 (32.26%) HTML
4 10 (32.26%) Vue
5 9 (29.03%) Svelte
6 1 (3.23%) .NET Core
6 1 (3.23%) Blazor
6 1 (3.23%) Bootstrap
6 1 (3.23%) FastAPI
6 1 (3.23%) Jest
6 1 (3.23%) jQuery
6 1 (3.23%) Next.js
6 1 (3.23%) pytest
6 1 (3.23%) RESTful
6 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Algorithms
1 9 (29.03%) Data Structures
1 9 (29.03%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Linux
2 19 (61.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (96.77%) CI/CD
2 29 (93.55%) Agile
3 20 (64.52%) Software Engineering
3 20 (64.52%) Validation
4 19 (61.29%) Continuous Delivery
4 19 (61.29%) Continuous Integration
4 19 (61.29%) Digital Twin
4 19 (61.29%) Synthetic Environment
4 19 (61.29%) Unit Testing
4 19 (61.29%) Verification and Validation
4 19 (61.29%) Visualisation
5 12 (38.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 11 (35.48%) Microservices
7 10 (32.26%) Containerisation
7 10 (32.26%) OOP
8 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
8 9 (29.03%) Design Patterns
8 9 (29.03%) SDLC
8 9 (29.03%) Software Testing
9 8 (25.81%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 29 (93.55%) C#
1 29 (93.55%) JavaScript
2 26 (83.87%) C++
3 10 (32.26%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.23%) Python
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) Microsoft