TDD Contracts in Hertfordshire

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring TDD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TDD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 35 39
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing TDD 8 42 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.49% 5.04% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 5.58% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £136
25th Percentile £465 £525 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £550 £363
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +51.72% -34.09%
75th Percentile £515 £575 £458
90th Percentile - - £495
East of England median daily rate £489 £493 £583
% change year-on-year -0.80% -15.52% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 40 15
10th Percentile £62.00 - £57.75
25th Percentile £63.13 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.88
90th Percentile - - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +9.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for TDD in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TDD in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for TDD in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TDD in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for TDD in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage +1 4 - - 14
TDD
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
1 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Backend Developer
3 3 (37.50%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Developer
5 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Linux Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Programmer
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Node.js
1 4 (50.00%) REST
1 4 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 4 (50.00%) OO
1 4 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (12.50%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft