BDD Contract Job Trends in England

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring BDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 279 252
Rank change year-on-year -100 -27 +21
Contract jobs citing BDD 266 237 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.85% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.94% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 166 219
10th Percentile £306 £361 £357
25th Percentile £400 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% -3.70% -6.09%
75th Percentile £550 £648 £650
90th Percentile £669 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £458 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -10.73% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £46.88 - -
90th Percentile £48.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -47.06% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,349 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.76% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,108 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,747 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

BDD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BDD job vacancy trend in England

BDD
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BDD

BDD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BDD in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BDD in England

BDD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BDD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BDD

BDD
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
London -87 117 £500 -9.75% 138
North of England -79 71 £445 -15.24% 59
Midlands -18 42 £438 -8.85% 31
West Midlands -21 41 £438 -12.50% 19
North West -39 29 £438 +3.31% 32
Yorkshire -55 27 £500 -9.09% 16
North East -31 19 £450 -2.17% 12
South East -76 16 £275 -4.51% 31
South West -43 13 £513 +24.24% 14
East of England -26 5 £570 +52.00% 8
BDD
UK

BDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 23 (8.65%) Confluence
2 3 (1.13%) CMS
2 3 (1.13%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.38%) Camunda
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Notion
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 10 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.01%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 86 (32.33%) Azure
2 84 (31.58%) AWS
3 62 (23.31%) GitHub
4 40 (15.04%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (10.90%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (8.65%) Serverless
7 20 (7.52%) GCP
8 15 (5.64%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (5.26%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.51%) GitHub Copilot
10 12 (4.51%) Power Automate
11 11 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (3.01%) Azure Functions
14 7 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (2.63%) AWS KMS
14 7 (2.63%) Route 53
15 6 (2.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.63%) RTP
1 7 (2.63%) Wireshark
2 6 (2.26%) 3GPP
3 5 (1.88%) Internet
4 2 (0.75%) DNS
4 2 (0.75%) DSL
4 2 (0.75%) Firewall
4 2 (0.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.53%) MongoDB
2 27 (10.15%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (6.39%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.51%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.51%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (2.63%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.88%) Couchbase
8 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.50%) MySQL
9 3 (1.13%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (1.13%) Big Data
9 3 (1.13%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.75%) Flink
10 2 (0.75%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.75%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 102 (38.35%) Cucumber
2 90 (33.83%) Git
3 79 (29.70%) Selenium
4 57 (21.43%) JUnit
5 55 (20.68%) Jenkins
6 48 (18.05%) GitLab
7 42 (15.79%) REST Assured
8 40 (15.04%) JIRA
9 36 (13.53%) Postman
10 29 (10.90%) WebDriver
11 28 (10.53%) SonarQube
12 27 (10.15%) Mockito
13 23 (8.65%) Cypress.io
13 23 (8.65%) Gatling
14 18 (6.77%) Maven
15 17 (6.39%) SpecFlow
16 13 (4.89%) TeamCity
17 10 (3.76%) Gradle
17 10 (3.76%) JMeter
18 8 (3.01%) TestNG
General
1 90 (33.83%) Social Skills
2 51 (19.17%) Finance
2 51 (19.17%) Public Sector
3 45 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (13.16%) Banking
5 14 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.63%) Retail
7 6 (2.26%) Military
8 5 (1.88%) Aviation
8 5 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (1.88%) Front Office
8 5 (1.88%) Police
9 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.13%) Legal Technology
9 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Law
10 2 (0.75%) Local Government
10 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (24.81%) Developer
2 63 (23.68%) Senior
3 49 (18.42%) Test Engineer
4 45 (16.92%) Java Developer
5 33 (12.41%) Software Engineer
6 30 (11.28%) Test Automation Engineer
7 24 (9.02%) Lead
8 23 (8.65%) Senior Developer
9 19 (7.14%) Analyst
10 18 (6.77%) Java Engineer
11 17 (6.39%) Senior Java Developer
12 14 (5.26%) QA Engineer
12 14 (5.26%) Quality Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Test Leader
14 12 (4.51%) Test Analyst
15 11 (4.14%) Tester
16 10 (3.76%) Senior Software Engineer
16 10 (3.76%) Senior Test Engineer
17 9 (3.38%) Automation Tester
17 9 (3.38%) Salesforce Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.80%) Playwright
2 56 (21.05%) REST
3 55 (20.68%) Spring
4 49 (18.42%) Kafka
5 47 (17.67%) Spring Boot
6 46 (17.29%) Gherkin
7 31 (11.65%) RESTful
8 29 (10.90%) .NET
9 23 (8.65%) React
9 23 (8.65%) Terraform
10 22 (8.27%) Node.js
11 21 (7.89%) AngularJS
11 21 (7.89%) WireMock
12 18 (6.77%) ActiveMQ
12 18 (6.77%) SOAP
13 15 (5.64%) HTML
14 13 (4.89%) .NET Core
14 13 (4.89%) JPA
14 13 (4.89%) Swagger
15 12 (4.51%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.53%) Distributed Systems
2 27 (10.15%) Product Ownership
3 26 (9.77%) Cloud Native
4 19 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.14%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.88%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.88%) Robotics
8 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.88%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.50%) NHS
10 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.75%) Equities
11 2 (0.75%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.66%) Linux
2 18 (6.77%) Unix
3 5 (1.88%) Android
3 5 (1.88%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.88%) Mac OS X
4 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.13%) Windows
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (69.92%) Agile
2 168 (63.16%) CI/CD
2 168 (63.16%) TDD
3 166 (62.41%) Test Automation
4 97 (36.47%) DevOps
5 91 (34.21%) Microservices
6 62 (23.31%) AI
7 61 (22.93%) Scrum
8 58 (21.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (21.05%) Software Engineering
10 55 (20.68%) API Testing
10 55 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (20.68%) Test Strategy
11 46 (17.29%) Software Testing
11 46 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 41 (15.41%) SDLC
13 39 (14.66%) Continuous Integration
14 35 (13.16%) Integration Testing
14 35 (13.16%) Mentoring
15 33 (12.41%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 159 (59.77%) Java
2 66 (24.81%) SQL
3 58 (21.80%) Python
4 53 (19.92%) JavaScript
5 48 (18.05%) C#
6 26 (9.77%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.14%) Bash
8 8 (3.01%) Ruby
9 7 (2.63%) Groovy
10 6 (2.26%) Apex Code
10 6 (2.26%) R
11 5 (1.88%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.88%) Scala
12 3 (1.13%) Go
12 3 (1.13%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.75%) Bicep
13 2 (0.75%) Cypher
13 2 (0.75%) PromQL
13 2 (0.75%) SHACL
14 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.05%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.14%) Degree
4 17 (6.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (6.02%) ISTQB
6 14 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.75%) ISEB
12 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (28.57%) QA
2 46 (17.29%) Accessibility
3 33 (12.41%) WCAG
4 12 (4.51%) GDPR
5 4 (1.50%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.75%) SEPA
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 70 (26.32%) Docker
2 5 (1.88%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 55 (20.68%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.14%) Grafana
3 14 (5.26%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.26%) Ansible
5 4 (1.50%) Kibana
6 3 (1.13%) Istio
7 2 (0.75%) Argo
7 2 (0.75%) Consul
7 2 (0.75%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.38%) Control-M
8 1 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.76%) Databricks
4 9 (3.38%) Google
4 9 (3.38%) Oracle
5 7 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.63%) Conga
5 7 (2.63%) GoCardless
6 6 (2.26%) Jaspersoft
7 5 (1.88%) Checkmarx
7 5 (1.88%) IBM
7 5 (1.88%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.13%) Guidewire
8 3 (1.13%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.13%) Splunk
9 2 (0.75%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.75%) FactSet
9 2 (0.75%) Solace
9 2 (0.75%) Sybase