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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 67 60
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 -8
Contract jobs citing TDD 18 15 50
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.17% 1.39% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.65% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £371 - £500
25th Percentile £384 £513 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £607
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -13.51% -2.88%
75th Percentile £434 £538 £650
90th Percentile £444 - £700
England median daily rate £525 £562 £600
% change year-on-year -6.50% -6.42% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £58.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.77% - -

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 1,307 910 1,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.65% 84.57% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 400 775
10th Percentile £200 £242 £230
25th Percentile £363 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £696 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 168 365
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.27 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.10% +59.09% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

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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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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 12 January 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
Hertfordshire -17 16 £413 -21.43% 5
Suffolk - 2 £413 - 2
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England

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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 2 (11.11%) npm
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) Ethernet
1 13 (72.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Visual Studio
2 13 (72.22%) Eclipse
3 3 (16.67%) GitLab
4 2 (11.11%) Artifactory
4 2 (11.11%) Git
4 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (72.22%) Military
2 13 (72.22%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Software Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) C# Software Engineer
3 8 (44.44%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (27.78%) Developer
5 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Development Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Angular Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C++ Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Node.js Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (88.89%) Node.js
2 13 (72.22%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) React
4 3 (16.67%) .NET
4 3 (16.67%) AngularJS
5 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 2 (11.11%) CSS
5 2 (11.11%) HTML
5 2 (11.11%) Svelte
5 2 (11.11%) Vue
6 1 (5.56%) Express.js
6 1 (5.56%) FastAPI
6 1 (5.56%) Jest
6 1 (5.56%) Kafka
6 1 (5.56%) MERN Stack
6 1 (5.56%) Next.js
6 1 (5.56%) pytest
6 1 (5.56%) RESTful
6 1 (5.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 2 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 2 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Agile
1 17 (94.44%) CI/CD
2 14 (77.78%) Unit Testing
3 13 (72.22%) Continuous Delivery
3 13 (72.22%) Continuous Integration
3 13 (72.22%) Digital Twin
3 13 (72.22%) Synthetic Environment
3 13 (72.22%) Validation
3 13 (72.22%) Verification and Validation
3 13 (72.22%) Visualisation
4 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
5 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (22.22%) Containerisation
6 4 (22.22%) Microservices
7 3 (16.67%) OOP
8 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
8 2 (11.11%) SDLC
8 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
9 1 (5.56%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 15 (83.33%) C#
3 14 (77.78%) C++
4 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) Java
5 1 (5.56%) Python
5 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft