TDD Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 131 136 68
Rank change year-on-year +5 -68 -16
Contract jobs citing TDD 195 243 870
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.97% 1.58% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.80% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 179 672
10th Percentile £399 £325 £440
25th Percentile £443 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £663 £625 £714
90th Percentile £801 £700 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 25
10th Percentile £35.63 £66.25 £61.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £68.13 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +10.69% +45.56%
75th Percentile - £78.13 £75.00
90th Percentile - £80.75 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +2.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

TDD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TDD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

TDD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing TDD.

TDD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing TDD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

TDD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing TDD.

TDD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing TDD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

TDD hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 25 (12.82%) Confluence
2 6 (3.08%) Apache
3 5 (2.56%) CMS
4 4 (2.05%) Drupal
4 4 (2.05%) WordPress
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Trello
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.51%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (44.10%) AWS
2 78 (40.00%) Azure
3 36 (18.46%) GCP
4 32 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (11.79%) Serverless
6 14 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (5.13%) GitHub
8 8 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.10%) SaaS
9 7 (3.59%) PaaS
10 6 (3.08%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.08%) IaaS
10 6 (3.08%) Slack
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.54%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (1.54%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.08%) HTTP
2 4 (2.05%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.05%) Internet
2 4 (2.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.54%) IPsec
3 3 (1.54%) Kerberos
3 3 (1.54%) SSL
4 2 (1.03%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) Firewall
5 1 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.97%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (10.77%) Relational Database
3 16 (8.21%) MongoDB
4 15 (7.69%) MySQL
5 13 (6.67%) SQL Server
6 12 (6.15%) NoSQL
7 9 (4.62%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (4.62%) Redis
8 6 (3.08%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (2.05%) CockroachDB
10 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.54%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.03%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.51%) Flink
12 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (17.95%) Jenkins
2 32 (16.41%) JIRA
3 29 (14.87%) Git
4 25 (12.82%) JUnit
5 15 (7.69%) Cypress.io
6 13 (6.67%) Mockito
7 11 (5.64%) Cucumber
7 11 (5.64%) GitLab
7 11 (5.64%) Postman
8 10 (5.13%) Selenium
9 9 (4.62%) Gradle
9 9 (4.62%) Liquibase
10 8 (4.10%) Jasmine
10 8 (4.10%) NUnit
11 6 (3.08%) Maven
11 6 (3.08%) REST Assured
11 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio
12 5 (2.56%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (2.56%) Subversion
13 4 (2.05%) Eclipse
General
1 51 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.03%) Finance
3 37 (18.97%) Public Sector
4 21 (10.77%) Front Office
5 20 (10.26%) Banking
6 15 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.67%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.08%) Back Office
8 6 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.56%) Electronics
9 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.56%) Marketing
9 5 (2.56%) Military
9 5 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.51%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 114 (58.46%) Developer
2 41 (21.03%) Senior
3 40 (20.51%) Java Developer
4 38 (19.49%) Lead
5 33 (16.92%) Software Engineer
6 26 (13.33%) Senior Developer
7 24 (12.31%) Lead Developer
8 23 (11.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (10.26%) .NET Developer
10 18 (9.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 17 (8.72%) Senior Java Developer
12 16 (8.21%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 16 (8.21%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 16 (8.21%) Lead Java Developer
13 12 (6.15%) Java Engineer
14 9 (4.62%) C# Developer
15 8 (4.10%) C# .NET Developer
16 7 (3.59%) Python Developer
16 7 (3.59%) React Developer
17 6 (3.08%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (23.59%) React
2 40 (20.51%) Spring Boot
3 36 (18.46%) .NET
3 36 (18.46%) AngularJS
4 35 (17.95%) Spring
5 28 (14.36%) Kafka
6 27 (13.85%) Node.js
7 25 (12.82%) Redux
8 24 (12.31%) REST
9 20 (10.26%) HTML
10 19 (9.74%) CSS
10 19 (9.74%) RESTful
10 19 (9.74%) Swagger
11 18 (9.23%) Vue
12 16 (8.21%) OpenAPI
12 16 (8.21%) Web Services
13 12 (6.15%) .NET Core
13 12 (6.15%) .NET Framework
14 10 (5.13%) GraphQL
14 10 (5.13%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.82%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.77%) Fixed Income
3 16 (8.21%) Hedge funds
4 11 (5.64%) Equities
5 9 (4.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (4.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (3.59%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.59%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.56%) Derivative
8 5 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.05%) Legacy Code
9 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (1.54%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.54%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.54%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.79%) Linux
2 9 (4.62%) Unix
3 8 (4.10%) Windows
4 7 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (69.74%) Agile
2 86 (44.10%) CI/CD
3 76 (38.97%) DevOps
4 64 (32.82%) Microservices
5 61 (31.28%) Software Engineering
6 54 (27.69%) BDD
7 48 (24.62%) Test Automation
8 44 (22.56%) Continuous Integration
9 38 (19.49%) Full-Stack Development
10 33 (16.92%) Scrum
11 29 (14.87%) Continuous Delivery
12 28 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (13.85%) Mentoring
14 25 (12.82%) Analytics
14 25 (12.82%) Containerisation
14 25 (12.82%) Design Patterns
15 22 (11.28%) OO
16 21 (10.77%) Pair Programming
17 20 (10.26%) Kanban
18 19 (9.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 97 (49.74%) Java
2 79 (40.51%) JavaScript
3 61 (31.28%) SQL
4 50 (25.64%) TypeScript
5 48 (24.62%) Python
6 40 (20.51%) C#
7 13 (6.67%) Shell Script
8 12 (6.15%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.62%) C++
10 8 (4.10%) Scala
11 7 (3.59%) Bash
12 5 (2.56%) F#
13 4 (2.05%) Groovy
13 4 (2.05%) Kotlin
13 4 (2.05%) PHP
14 3 (1.54%) DAML
15 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
15 2 (1.03%) VBA
15 2 (1.03%) VBScript
16 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (16.41%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.18%) Degree
4 7 (3.59%) Numerate Degree
5 6 (3.08%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.03%) ISEB
7 2 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.51%) MCAD
8 1 (0.51%) MCPD
8 1 (0.51%) MCSA
8 1 (0.51%) MCSD
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) OCA
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.23%) Accessibility
2 17 (8.72%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.54%) WCAG
5 2 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.03%) GDPR
6 1 (0.51%) HL7
6 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (24.62%) Docker
2 3 (1.54%) RACF
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (17.44%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.74%) Terraform
3 8 (4.10%) Ansible
4 5 (2.56%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Kibana
6 3 (1.54%) Packer
6 3 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.51%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.51%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.67%) Oracle
3 6 (3.08%) SAP
4 4 (2.05%) Splunk
4 4 (2.05%) Zend
5 3 (1.54%) Databricks
5 3 (1.54%) Google
6 2 (1.03%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.51%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.51%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.51%) Veeam
7 1 (0.51%) Veracode
7 1 (0.51%) VMware