Hybrid/Remote BDD Job Trends

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring BDD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 351 263
Rank change year-on-year +40 -88 -34
Permanent jobs citing BDD 154 81 276
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.49% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.53% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 118 68 232
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,231 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £52,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.11% -0.05%
75th Percentile £73,750 £94,083 £82,500
90th Percentile £78,552 £118,000 £94,875
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

BDD
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BDD and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

BDD job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

BDD
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BDD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BDD

BDD
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BDD over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

BDD salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

BDD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (5.19%) CMS
2 3 (1.95%) Apache Solr
2 3 (1.95%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.95%) DNN
2 3 (1.95%) EPiServer
2 3 (1.95%) Immediacy CMS
2 3 (1.95%) Kentico
2 3 (1.95%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (1.95%) Sitefinity
2 3 (1.95%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 98 (63.64%) AWS
2 92 (59.74%) Azure
3 47 (30.52%) GitHub
4 46 (29.87%) GitHub Copilot
5 14 (9.09%) Azure AI
6 9 (5.84%) Serverless
7 6 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.25%) Datadog
8 5 (3.25%) dbt
8 5 (3.25%) PaaS
8 5 (3.25%) SaaS
9 4 (2.60%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.65%) AWS Step Functions
12 1 (0.65%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (17.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (53.90%) MongoDB
2 70 (45.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (38.96%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (12.99%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (9.74%) NoSQL
6 14 (9.09%) MySQL
7 3 (1.95%) Flink
7 3 (1.95%) Redis
7 3 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.30%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (7.79%) Git
2 10 (6.49%) Selenium
3 8 (5.19%) Cucumber
3 8 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.55%) JIRA
5 6 (3.90%) JMeter
5 6 (3.90%) SpecFlow
6 5 (3.25%) Locust
7 3 (1.95%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.95%) JUnit
7 3 (1.95%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.30%) GitLab
8 2 (1.30%) Maven
8 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.65%) Appium
9 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.65%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.65%) Postman
9 1 (0.65%) Snyk
9 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (29.87%) Finance
2 24 (15.58%) Banking
3 18 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.09%) Advertising
5 7 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.55%) Social Skills
6 3 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.95%) Marketing
7 1 (0.65%) Back Office
7 1 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.65%) Games
7 1 (0.65%) Prime Brokerage
7 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 77 (50.00%) Developer
2 68 (44.16%) .NET Developer
3 39 (25.32%) Software Engineer
4 34 (22.08%) Lead
5 23 (14.94%) Development Engineer
5 23 (14.94%) Lead Software Engineer
5 23 (14.94%) Software Development Engineer
6 11 (7.14%) Java Engineer
7 10 (6.49%) Java Software Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Senior
9 8 (5.19%) Analyst
10 7 (4.55%) Java Developer
11 6 (3.90%) Junior
11 6 (3.90%) Tester
12 5 (3.25%) Business Analyst
12 5 (3.25%) Graduate
12 5 (3.25%) Test Leader
13 4 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
13 4 (2.60%) Software Tester
13 4 (2.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (51.30%) .NET
2 70 (45.45%) ASP.NET
2 70 (45.45%) ASP.NET Core
3 68 (44.16%) .NET Core
4 58 (37.66%) Node.js
5 52 (33.77%) AngularJS
6 46 (29.87%) Vue
7 32 (20.78%) REST
8 30 (19.48%) .NET Framework
9 29 (18.83%) React
10 24 (15.58%) ASP.NET Web API
11 15 (9.74%) HTML
12 14 (9.09%) CSS
12 14 (9.09%) Entity Framework
12 14 (9.09%) ML.NET
13 13 (8.44%) Gherkin
13 13 (8.44%) RESTful
14 11 (7.14%) WinForms
14 11 (7.14%) WPF
15 10 (6.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 23 (14.94%) Public Cloud
3 17 (11.04%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.60%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (2.60%) Online Gambling
5 4 (2.60%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.95%) Tandem
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.65%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (83.12%) TDD
2 117 (75.97%) Agile
3 75 (48.70%) Microservices
4 72 (46.75%) Full-Stack Development
5 67 (43.51%) Scrum
6 62 (40.26%) Kanban
7 42 (27.27%) Software Engineering
8 37 (24.03%) CI/CD
8 37 (24.03%) OO
9 36 (23.38%) Test Automation
10 31 (20.13%) Technical Leadership
11 27 (17.53%) Collaborative Working
12 25 (16.23%) AI
12 25 (16.23%) Roadmaps
12 25 (16.23%) SOLID
13 24 (15.58%) Mentoring
14 23 (14.94%) Pair Programming
14 23 (14.94%) Product Management
14 23 (14.94%) Product Roadmap
14 23 (14.94%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 88 (57.14%) SQL
2 79 (51.30%) C#
3 61 (39.61%) Java
4 49 (31.82%) TypeScript
5 29 (18.83%) JavaScript
6 18 (11.69%) Python
7 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.65%) Groovy
7 1 (0.65%) Perl
7 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.65%) Scala
7 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (6.49%) SC Cleared
1 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.19%) Degree
3 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.99%) QA
2 16 (10.39%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (35.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 54 (35.06%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.14%) Terraform
3 6 (3.90%) Grafana
4 5 (3.25%) Ansible
5 3 (1.95%) Packer
6 2 (1.30%) Kibana
7 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (47.40%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.95%) Alterian
2 3 (1.95%) Optimizely
2 3 (1.95%) Oracle
2 3 (1.95%) Sitecore
3 2 (1.30%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.65%) Conga
4 1 (0.65%) GoCardless
4 1 (0.65%) IBM
4 1 (0.65%) RedGate
4 1 (0.65%) Salesforce