TDD Job Trends in the Midlands

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring TDD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 134 203
Rank change year-on-year -93 +69 -117
Permanent jobs citing TDD 43 97 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.31% 1.69% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.99% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 69
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £64,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +17.27% -5.17%
75th Percentile £69,375 £73,563 £71,991
90th Percentile £88,058 £75,375 £79,300
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -8.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

TDD 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,769 4,883 8,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.83% 85.29% 78.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,960 2,951 5,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,024 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,920 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% +1.67% -11.29%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

TDD job vacancy trend in the Midlands

TDD
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing TDD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing TDD

TDD
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing TDD in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for TDD in the Midlands

TDD
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands -42 39 £60,000 -7.69% 19
East Midlands -56 4 £65,000 +36.84% 10
TDD
England

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (11.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 36 (83.72%) Azure
2 30 (69.77%) AWS
3 7 (16.28%) GitHub
4 6 (13.95%) GitHub Copilot
5 4 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Functions
6 2 (4.65%) Serverless
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) MongoDB
2 8 (18.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (18.60%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (16.28%) NoSQL
4 3 (6.98%) MySQL
4 3 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (44.19%) JUnit
2 12 (27.91%) Git
2 12 (27.91%) Maven
2 12 (27.91%) Mockito
3 7 (16.28%) Cucumber
3 7 (16.28%) GitLab
4 6 (13.95%) Gatling
4 6 (13.95%) Postman
4 6 (13.95%) Selenium
5 1 (2.33%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.33%) NUnit
General
1 18 (41.86%) Finance
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Developer
2 14 (32.56%) Senior
3 13 (30.23%) Lead
4 11 (25.58%) .NET Developer
5 8 (18.60%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (18.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 8 (18.60%) Java Developer
6 7 (16.28%) Quality Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior Developer
8 5 (11.63%) Lead Developer
8 5 (11.63%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (11.63%) Senior Java Developer
8 5 (11.63%) Senior Quality Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) Software Developer
8 5 (11.63%) Software Engineer
9 4 (9.30%) Java Team Leader
9 4 (9.30%) Lead Software Engineer
9 4 (9.30%) Team Leader
10 3 (6.98%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (6.98%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (39.53%) .NET
2 16 (37.21%) React
3 15 (34.88%) Spring
4 13 (30.23%) REST
5 12 (27.91%) Node.js
6 10 (23.26%) ASP.NET
7 9 (20.93%) .NET Core
7 9 (20.93%) RESTful
8 8 (18.60%) AngularJS
8 8 (18.60%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (13.95%) Playwright
10 5 (11.63%) Vue
11 4 (9.30%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (6.98%) Blazor
12 3 (6.98%) MassTransit
12 3 (6.98%) RabbitMQ
13 2 (4.65%) CSS
13 2 (4.65%) Entity Framework
13 2 (4.65%) SOAP
13 2 (4.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (86.05%) Agile
2 26 (60.47%) CI/CD
2 26 (60.47%) Microservices
3 25 (58.14%) Mentoring
3 25 (58.14%) Scrum
4 18 (41.86%) Full-Stack Development
5 14 (32.56%) Coaching
5 14 (32.56%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (25.58%) Test Automation
7 10 (23.26%) AI
7 10 (23.26%) BDD
7 10 (23.26%) SDLC
7 10 (23.26%) Unit Testing
8 9 (20.93%) Containerisation
8 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (20.93%) Kanban
8 9 (20.93%) LLM
8 9 (20.93%) Sprint Planning
9 8 (18.60%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (18.60%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (62.79%) SQL
2 21 (48.84%) JavaScript
3 19 (44.19%) Java
4 18 (41.86%) C#
5 12 (27.91%) PL/SQL
6 8 (18.60%) Bash
7 7 (16.28%) TypeScript
8 2 (4.65%) C++
8 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
9 1 (2.33%) Python
9 1 (2.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) SC Cleared
1 17 (39.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) Accessibility
2 6 (13.95%) WCAG
3 4 (9.30%) QA
System Software
1 24 (55.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (53.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) Oracle
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) OpenAI