TDD Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 20 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 -
Contract jobs citing TDD 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 6.33% 4.30% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.46% 4.55% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £387 £309 -
25th Percentile £428 £323 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £348 £650
Median % change year-on-year +46.04% -46.54% -
75th Percentile £573 £357 -
90th Percentile - £362 -
South East median daily rate £500 £444 £550
% change year-on-year +12.74% -19.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 88 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 84.81% 94.62% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 61 46
10th Percentile £160 £306 £305
25th Percentile £294 £380 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -5.21% -8.26%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £830 £675 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile £12.56 - -
25th Percentile £12.60 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% - -
75th Percentile £17.75 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £18.45 - -
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
% change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

TDD job vacancy trend in East Sussex

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing TDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing TDD

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TDD in East Sussex over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TDD in East Sussex

TDD
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 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
Brighton +12 5 £508 +69.17% 2
TDD
South East

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) GitHub
1 4 (80.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (80.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (80.00%) Couchbase
2 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (20.00%) Big Data
3 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Git
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
2 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Kafka
2 4 (80.00%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (80.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Express.js
3 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Go
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian