Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ATDD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ATDD over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 868 941
Rank change year-on-year - +73 +28
Permanent jobs citing ATDD 0 44 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK - 0.043% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.051% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 14
10th Percentile - £33,875 £47,500
25th Percentile - £41,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.92%
75th Percentile - £153,750 £99,375
90th Percentile - £175,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -20.83% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ATDD 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

ATDD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ATDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ATDD in the UK

ATDD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ATDD.

Salary trend for ATDD in the UK