TDD Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring TDD skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing TDD 26 35 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 12.62% 11.74% 10.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.21% 14.58% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £456 £525 -
% change year-on-year -13.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 27
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile - £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 - £66.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 183 240 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 88.83% 80.54% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 25 60
10th Percentile £370 £260 £271
25th Percentile £500 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £465
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -21.51% -17.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £780 £590 £632
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +29.41% -22.73% +4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 136 126
10th Percentile £41.25 - £42.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +16.07%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for TDD in Stevenage

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing TDD

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing TDD

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Ethernet
1 16 (61.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (96.15%) Visual Studio
2 16 (61.54%) Eclipse
3 9 (34.62%) Artifactory
3 9 (34.62%) GitLab
3 9 (34.62%) JIRA
4 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 23 (88.46%) Social Skills
2 16 (61.54%) Military
2 16 (61.54%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) Software Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) C# Software Engineer
3 13 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Development Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Software Development Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (96.15%) Node.js
2 16 (61.54%) Web Services
3 10 (38.46%) React
4 9 (34.62%) .NET
4 9 (34.62%) .NET Framework
4 9 (34.62%) AngularJS
4 9 (34.62%) CSS
4 9 (34.62%) HTML
4 9 (34.62%) Svelte
4 9 (34.62%) Vue
5 1 (3.85%) FastAPI
5 1 (3.85%) Jest
5 1 (3.85%) Next.js
5 1 (3.85%) pytest
5 1 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Algorithms
1 9 (34.62%) Data Structures
1 9 (34.62%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Linux
2 16 (61.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Agile
1 26 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 19 (73.08%) Software Engineering
3 17 (65.38%) Validation
4 16 (61.54%) Continuous Delivery
4 16 (61.54%) Continuous Integration
4 16 (61.54%) Digital Twin
4 16 (61.54%) Synthetic Environment
4 16 (61.54%) Unit Testing
4 16 (61.54%) Verification and Validation
4 16 (61.54%) Visualisation
5 10 (38.46%) Containerisation
5 10 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
6 9 (34.62%) Design Patterns
6 9 (34.62%) Microservices
6 9 (34.62%) OOP
6 9 (34.62%) SDLC
6 9 (34.62%) Software Testing
7 7 (26.92%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) C#
1 25 (96.15%) JavaScript
2 23 (88.46%) C++
3 10 (38.46%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.85%) Python
4 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft