Test-First Development
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Test-First Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test-First Development over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 846 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -187 |
| Contract jobs citing Test-First Development | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.010% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.011% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £572 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £604 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £665 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +34.34% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £679 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Test-First Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,706 | 54,523 | 81,413 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.36% | 89.87% | 90.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,375 | 37,727 | 57,191 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +10.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,416 | 1,789 | 1,947 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.38 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.31 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.59% | +45.22% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58.70 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.88 | £75.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.00 | £19.96 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +80.41% | -7.83% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Test-First Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test-First Development.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test-First Development.