BDD Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring BDD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BDD 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 28 29 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing BDD 9 3 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 3.69% 1.23% 6.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 1.44% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 20
10th Percentile £305 - -
25th Percentile £356 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £460 - £725
90th Percentile £550 - £758
North East median daily rate £390 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

BDD 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 203 208 325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 83.20% 85.60% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 98 255
10th Percentile £213 £297 £319
25th Percentile £350 £371 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £566 £589 £650
90th Percentile £626 £650 £736
North East median daily rate £470 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 36 0
10th Percentile - £11.50 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £50.70 £50.00 -
North East median hourly rate £14.07 £15.46 £40.75
% change year-on-year -8.99% -62.06% +146.97%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing BDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for BDD in Tyne and Wear

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BDD in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for BDD in Tyne and Wear

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Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BDD in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BDD in Tyne and Wear

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Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 9 £390 - 7
BDD
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Cucumber
2 4 (44.44%) JUnit
3 3 (33.33%) Git
3 3 (33.33%) REST Assured
4 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) QA Tester
1 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Scala Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) WireMock
2 2 (22.22%) Akka
2 2 (22.22%) Play Framework
3 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) API Development
4 2 (22.22%) API Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Functional Programming
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Microservices
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) TDD
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP