TDD Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 68 89
Rank change year-on-year -13 +21 +4
Contract jobs citing TDD 7 15 13
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.64% 1.37% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.70% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 6
10th Percentile £369 £400 £513
25th Percentile £385 £423 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £509 £569
90th Percentile £581 £550 £619
South East median daily rate £475 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £67.00
25th Percentile - - £68.13
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 943 884 1,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.43% 80.88% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 585 664
10th Percentile £311 £360 £275
25th Percentile £432 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.66% +2.14%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 59 89
10th Percentile £16.17 £25.45 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.55% +25.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £27.50 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £50.00 - £71.17
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

TDD job vacancy trend in Hampshire

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing TDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing TDD

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TDD in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TDD in Hampshire

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing TDD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing TDD

TDD
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Farnborough 0 3 £378 -5.63%
Southampton - 1 - - 9
TDD
South East

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (57.14%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Selenium
2 5 (71.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (57.14%) Bitbucket
3 4 (57.14%) Cucumber
4 3 (42.86%) JIRA
4 3 (42.86%) REST Assured
5 2 (28.57%) HP UFT
5 2 (28.57%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (14.29%) Gatling
6 1 (14.29%) Git
6 1 (14.29%) Gradle
6 1 (14.29%) JUnit
6 1 (14.29%) Maven
6 1 (14.29%) Postman
6 1 (14.29%) SonarQube
6 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) TestNG
6 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Automation Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium Automation Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft Developer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) REST
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 3 (42.86%) SOAP
3 2 (28.57%) Playwright
3 2 (28.57%) Swagger
4 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
4 1 (14.29%) MUnit
4 1 (14.29%) RAML
4 1 (14.29%) Spring
4 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
5 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
6 1 (14.29%) API Design
6 1 (14.29%) API Development
6 1 (14.29%) API Integration
6 1 (14.29%) API Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
6 1 (14.29%) SDLC
6 1 (14.29%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce