BDD Job Trends in England

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring BDD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 426 382
Rank change year-on-year -5 -44 -92
Permanent jobs citing BDD 305 235 557
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.54% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.60% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 203 167 450
10th Percentile £42,915 £50,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £98,474 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £111,250 £95,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

BDD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,629 39,087 73,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.05% 90.39% 82.46%
Number of salaries quoted 45,666 22,238 52,403
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

BDD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BDD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

BDD job vacancy trend in England

BDD
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BDD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BDD

BDD
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BDD in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for BDD in England

BDD
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the England region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -60 111 £75,000 -9.09% 27
South East -6 71 £60,000 -15.79% 19
North of England +1 65 £57,500 -20.69% 16
Midlands -14 37 £70,000 -3.45% 9
North West +7 33 £63,750 -29.17% 10
West Midlands -4 31 £70,000 -3.45% 6
Yorkshire -15 21 £57,500 +18.54% 4
North East -39 11 £52,315 - 2
East of England -7 8 £67,500 +22.73% 4
South West -65 7 £55,625 +1.14% 2
East Midlands -25 6 - - 3
BDD
UK

BDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 23 (7.54%) Confluence
2 4 (1.31%) JBoss
2 4 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) CMS
3 3 (0.98%) DNN
3 3 (0.98%) EPiServer
3 3 (0.98%) Immediacy CMS
3 3 (0.98%) Kentico
3 3 (0.98%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.98%) Sitefinity
3 3 (0.98%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 169 (55.41%) AWS
2 146 (47.87%) Azure
3 61 (20.00%) GitHub
4 46 (15.08%) GitHub Copilot
5 34 (11.15%) Serverless
6 33 (10.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 33 (10.82%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (7.54%) SaaS
8 21 (6.89%) Amazon ECS
9 20 (6.56%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (4.59%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (4.59%) Azure AI
10 14 (4.59%) dbt
10 14 (4.59%) PaaS
11 13 (4.26%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.30%) BrowserStack
14 6 (1.97%) GCP
15 5 (1.64%) AWS Fargate
15 5 (1.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.56%) HTTP
2 6 (1.97%) MQTT
2 6 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.97%) Wireless
2 6 (1.97%) ZigBee
3 4 (1.31%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (30.49%) MongoDB
2 71 (23.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 57 (18.69%) Elasticsearch
4 43 (14.10%) NoSQL
5 28 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.57%) Relational Database
7 16 (5.25%) MySQL
8 9 (2.95%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.97%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.64%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.66%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.33%) Big Data
12 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.33%) Power BI
12 1 (0.33%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 54 (17.70%) Cucumber
2 45 (14.75%) GitLab
3 38 (12.46%) Git
4 37 (12.13%) Jenkins
5 35 (11.48%) JIRA
6 27 (8.85%) Selenium
7 21 (6.89%) JMeter
8 19 (6.23%) Postman
8 19 (6.23%) SpecFlow
9 12 (3.93%) JUnit
10 11 (3.61%) REST Assured
11 10 (3.28%) Cypress.io
12 8 (2.62%) Bitbucket
12 8 (2.62%) WebDriver
13 7 (2.30%) Gatling
13 7 (2.30%) Mockito
13 7 (2.30%) SonarQube
13 7 (2.30%) Zephyr
14 6 (1.97%) GDB
15 5 (1.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 110 (36.07%) Finance
2 42 (13.77%) Banking
3 37 (12.13%) Public Sector
4 27 (8.85%) Social Skills
5 16 (5.25%) Advertising
6 15 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.62%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.98%) Aviation
10 3 (0.98%) Marketing
11 2 (0.66%) Electronics
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
11 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) Games
12 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 100 (32.79%) Developer
2 68 (22.30%) .NET Developer
3 56 (18.36%) Lead
4 53 (17.38%) Java Engineer
5 49 (16.07%) Software Engineer
6 41 (13.44%) Senior
7 24 (7.87%) Lead Software Engineer
8 20 (6.56%) Development Engineer
8 20 (6.56%) Software Development Engineer
9 19 (6.23%) Java Developer
9 19 (6.23%) Test Engineer
10 18 (5.90%) Principal Engineer
10 18 (5.90%) Principal Java Engineer
10 18 (5.90%) Senior Java Engineer
11 14 (4.59%) Test Leader
12 13 (4.26%) Java Software Engineer
12 13 (4.26%) QA Engineer
12 13 (4.26%) Scrum Master
13 11 (3.61%) Test Automation Engineer
14 10 (3.28%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (31.80%) .NET
2 73 (23.93%) AngularJS
2 73 (23.93%) Node.js
3 70 (22.95%) ASP.NET
3 70 (22.95%) ASP.NET Core
4 69 (22.62%) Spring
5 68 (22.30%) .NET Core
6 64 (20.98%) Spring Boot
7 49 (16.07%) React
8 48 (15.74%) REST
8 48 (15.74%) Vue
9 41 (13.44%) Kafka
10 38 (12.46%) .NET Framework
11 28 (9.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (8.85%) HTML
12 27 (8.85%) Playwright
13 21 (6.89%) CSS
13 21 (6.89%) Gherkin
14 19 (6.23%) RESTful
15 15 (4.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.39%) Product Ownership
2 46 (15.08%) Public Cloud
3 45 (14.75%) Distributed Systems
4 43 (14.10%) Cloud Native
5 25 (8.20%) e-Learning
6 20 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (6.56%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.97%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.97%) Device Driver
9 6 (1.97%) IoT
9 6 (1.97%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.31%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.31%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.98%) Tandem
12 2 (0.66%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
13 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.61%) Linux
2 3 (0.98%) Windows
3 2 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Android
4 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (74.43%) Agile
2 197 (64.59%) TDD
3 143 (46.89%) Microservices
4 137 (44.92%) Test Automation
5 128 (41.97%) CI/CD
6 105 (34.43%) Scrum
7 93 (30.49%) Kanban
8 81 (26.56%) Full-Stack Development
9 73 (23.93%) Software Engineering
10 61 (20.00%) Mentoring
11 59 (19.34%) DevOps
12 48 (15.74%) Coaching
13 44 (14.43%) AI
14 43 (14.10%) Event-Driven
15 41 (13.44%) Performance Testing
16 38 (12.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 38 (12.46%) OO
17 37 (12.13%) Roadmaps
18 36 (11.80%) SDLC
19 35 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 155 (50.82%) Java
2 140 (45.90%) SQL
3 103 (33.77%) C#
4 71 (23.28%) Python
5 66 (21.64%) JavaScript
6 63 (20.66%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.93%) C
8 8 (2.62%) Bash
8 8 (2.62%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.30%) C++
9 7 (2.30%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.64%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.31%) Groovy
12 3 (0.98%) Go
13 2 (0.66%) Scala
14 1 (0.33%) JCL
14 1 (0.33%) Perl
14 1 (0.33%) PHP
14 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (11.15%) Degree
2 33 (10.82%) AWS Certification
3 28 (9.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 26 (8.52%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.23%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.93%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.97%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.66%) ISEB
11 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.10%) QA
2 25 (8.20%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.30%) GDPR
4 6 (1.97%) JTAG
5 5 (1.64%) WCAG
6 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) MiFID
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (29.51%) Docker
2 7 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.98%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 78 (25.57%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.57%) Terraform
3 14 (4.59%) Kibana
4 10 (3.28%) Grafana
5 7 (2.30%) Ansible
6 4 (1.31%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.33%) Nagios
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.57%) Splunk
3 9 (2.95%) Oracle
4 7 (2.30%) Atlassian
4 7 (2.30%) Dynatrace
5 6 (1.97%) AppDynamics
6 4 (1.31%) IBM
7 3 (0.98%) Alterian
7 3 (0.98%) Google
7 3 (0.98%) Optimizely
7 3 (0.98%) Pega
7 3 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.98%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.66%) Veracode
8 2 (0.66%) WSO2
9 1 (0.33%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.33%) New Relic
9 1 (0.33%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.33%) Talend