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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 58 73
Rank change year-on-year -84 +15 +1
Permanent jobs citing TDD 4 72 338
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.12% 3.79% 5.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 4.10% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4 41 78
10th Percentile £50,150 - £31,250
25th Percentile £50,375 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £79,569 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% +44.67% -20.80%
75th Percentile £63,750 £140,677 £79,900
90th Percentile - £146,300 £91,934
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +16.67% -14.29%

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 2,394 1,754 5,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.36% 92.36% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 876 2,407
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,125 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,188 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,150 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%

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
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 3 May 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 -32 3 £62,500 -25.49% 2
Glasgow -21 1 £51,000 -7.27% 4
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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Firebase
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) fastlane
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) Android Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Appium
2 1 (25.00%) Crashlytics
2 1 (25.00%) Gradle
2 1 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Android Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Android Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (25.00%) Android SDK
2 1 (25.00%) Core Data
2 1 (25.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (25.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (25.00%) Retrofit
2 1 (25.00%) SwiftUI
2 1 (25.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) API Development
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (50.00%) MVVM
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (50.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (25.00%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Google