TDD Job Trends in Scotland

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 63 77
Rank change year-on-year -75 +14 +12
Permanent jobs citing TDD 5 89 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.14% 3.50% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 3.89% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 33
10th Percentile £39,850 £54,675 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,875 £67,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £78,810 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.70% +26.10% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £93,778 £73,886
90th Percentile - £135,987 £94,000
UK median annual salary £66,013 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.70% +7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,557 2,288 4,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 69.52% 90.08% 86.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,475 1,016 1,825
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,929 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,851 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

TDD job vacancy trend in Scotland

TDD
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing TDD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing TDD

TDD
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing TDD in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for TDD in Scotland

TDD
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
Edinburgh -8 3 £62,500 -20.70% 7
Glasgow -11 2 - - 5
TDD
UK

TDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Firebase
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (20.00%) Google Play
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) fastlane
3 1 (20.00%) Android Studio
3 1 (20.00%) Crashlytics
3 1 (20.00%) Git
3 1 (20.00%) Gradle
3 1 (20.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) iOS Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior iOS Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) React
1 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Android SDK
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
2 1 (20.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (20.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (20.00%) JMS
2 1 (20.00%) JSF
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) UIKit
2 1 (20.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) API Development
2 2 (40.00%) API Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (40.00%) MVVM
2 2 (40.00%) OWASP
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) Kotlin
3 1 (20.00%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft