TDD Contract Job Trends in Preston

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing TDD 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - £550 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - -
Median hourly rate £39.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £43.15 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 64 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 74.44% 92.75% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 41 16
10th Percentile £368 £350 £356
25th Percentile £525 £447 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £530 £571
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -7.25% +30.62%
75th Percentile £806 £575 £743
90th Percentile £900 £630 £981
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +2.76% -0.42% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 32
10th Percentile £37.16 £24.76 £12.20
25th Percentile £39.53 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.21%
75th Percentile £68.94 £31.07 £19.05
90th Percentile £71.78 £43.39 £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £46.13 £28.75 £19.18
% change year-on-year +60.45% +49.90% -54.87%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

TDD job vacancy trend in Preston

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing TDD

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing TDD

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle