TDD Contracts in South Wales

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing TDD 6 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.48% - 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% - 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £343 - £413
25th Percentile £370 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.06%
75th Percentile £406 - £675
90th Percentile £418 - -
Wales median daily rate £395 - £625
% change year-on-year - - +47.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 268 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 90.08% 80.00% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 189 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £284 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +5.26% -3.85%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £668 £650
Wales median daily rate £415 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for TDD in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for TDD in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for TDD in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cardiff - 6 £395 - 6
TDD
Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Node.js
2 5 (83.33%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) React
3 3 (50.00%) Jest
3 3 (50.00%) Puppeteer
4 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Go
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG