TDD Contract Job Trends in Reading

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 73 75
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -12
Contract jobs citing TDD 1 1 19
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.11% 0.13% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.14% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £390
25th Percentile £525 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.01% -6.63% +2.98%
75th Percentile £575 £465 £488
90th Percentile - - £528
Berkshire median daily rate £454 £408 £475
% change year-on-year +11.35% -14.21% +3.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 778 732 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.21% 93.97% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 408 638
10th Percentile £310 £309 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £521
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +5.52% -3.47%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £615
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 5 36
10th Percentile £41.08 £27.35 £20.17
25th Percentile £73.05 £29.00 £55.41
Median hourly rate £82.75 £61.76 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year +33.99% +0.07% -8.57%
75th Percentile £97.50 £64.73 £67.81
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.20 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.00 £61.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year +31.72% +0.81% -5.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

TDD job vacancy trend in Reading

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TDD

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TDD

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Android Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript