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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 335 152
Rank change year-on-year +31 -183 +72
Permanent jobs citing BDD 116 88 705
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.58% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.61% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 89 76 636
10th Percentile £39,127 £47,231 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,289 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,300 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -14.29%

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 16,195 14,419 30,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.61% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,649 8,373 23,770
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 13 June 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 3 (2.59%) Apache Solr
1 3 (2.59%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.86%) CMS
2 1 (0.86%) DNN
2 1 (0.86%) EPiServer
2 1 (0.86%) Immediacy CMS
2 1 (0.86%) Kentico
2 1 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.86%) Sitefinity
2 1 (0.86%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 70 (60.34%) AWS
2 56 (48.28%) Azure
3 26 (22.41%) GitHub
4 23 (19.83%) GitHub Copilot
5 8 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.90%) Serverless
6 7 (6.03%) Azure AI
7 5 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (4.31%) Datadog
7 5 (4.31%) dbt
7 5 (4.31%) PaaS
7 5 (4.31%) SaaS
8 4 (3.45%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.72%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.72%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.86%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (41.38%) MongoDB
2 34 (29.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (26.72%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (15.52%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (12.07%) MySQL
5 14 (12.07%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.59%) Flink
6 3 (2.59%) Redis
7 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (12.93%) Git
2 12 (10.34%) Cucumber
2 12 (10.34%) Selenium
3 9 (7.76%) JMeter
3 9 (7.76%) SpecFlow
4 8 (6.90%) Jenkins
5 7 (6.03%) WebDriver
6 5 (4.31%) JIRA
6 5 (4.31%) Locust
6 5 (4.31%) Postman
7 4 (3.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (3.45%) GitLab
7 4 (3.45%) REST Assured
8 3 (2.59%) JUnit
9 2 (1.72%) NUnit
9 2 (1.72%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.72%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.86%) Maven
10 1 (0.86%) Snyk
General
1 36 (31.03%) Finance
2 20 (17.24%) Banking
3 18 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.76%) Social Skills
5 7 (6.03%) Advertising
6 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.59%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Marketing
8 2 (1.72%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.86%) Games
9 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (37.07%) Developer
2 34 (29.31%) .NET Developer
3 33 (28.45%) Software Engineer
4 31 (26.72%) Lead
5 19 (16.38%) Development Engineer
5 19 (16.38%) Lead Software Engineer
5 19 (16.38%) Software Development Engineer
6 12 (10.34%) Java Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Java Software Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Senior
8 8 (6.90%) QA Engineer
9 7 (6.03%) Java Developer
10 6 (5.17%) Test Engineer
11 5 (4.31%) Junior
11 5 (4.31%) Test Leader
12 3 (2.59%) Analyst
12 3 (2.59%) Lead Developer
12 3 (2.59%) Platform Engineer
12 3 (2.59%) QA Automation Engineer
12 3 (2.59%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (41.38%) .NET
2 34 (29.31%) ASP.NET
2 34 (29.31%) ASP.NET Core
3 33 (28.45%) .NET Core
4 32 (27.59%) REST
5 30 (25.86%) AngularJS
6 28 (24.14%) Node.js
7 23 (19.83%) Vue
8 18 (15.52%) React
9 14 (12.07%) Playwright
10 13 (11.21%) .NET Framework
11 12 (10.34%) RESTful
11 12 (10.34%) Spring
12 11 (9.48%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (6.90%) HTML
13 8 (6.90%) Kafka
14 7 (6.03%) CSS
14 7 (6.03%) JSON
14 7 (6.03%) ML.NET
15 6 (5.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.69%) Product Ownership
2 19 (16.38%) Public Cloud
3 14 (12.07%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.86%) GNSS
7 1 (0.86%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.86%) Tandem
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.86%) Android
2 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (79.31%) TDD
2 87 (75.00%) Agile
3 48 (41.38%) Microservices
4 41 (35.34%) Test Automation
5 39 (33.62%) Software Engineering
6 38 (32.76%) Full-Stack Development
6 38 (32.76%) Scrum
7 33 (28.45%) CI/CD
8 32 (27.59%) Kanban
9 27 (23.28%) OO
10 26 (22.41%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (20.69%) DevOps
12 22 (18.97%) Roadmaps
13 21 (18.10%) Coaching
13 21 (18.10%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (18.10%) SOA
14 20 (17.24%) Mentoring
14 20 (17.24%) Pair Programming
14 20 (17.24%) Product Roadmap
15 19 (16.38%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 60 (51.72%) Java
2 54 (46.55%) SQL
3 44 (37.93%) C#
4 27 (23.28%) TypeScript
5 17 (14.66%) JavaScript
6 16 (13.79%) Python
7 2 (1.72%) Scala
8 1 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.86%) Go
8 1 (0.86%) Groovy
8 1 (0.86%) Perl
8 1 (0.86%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 12 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.90%) Degree
3 3 (2.59%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.97%) QA
2 17 (14.66%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (30.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (28.45%) Kubernetes
2 11 (9.48%) Terraform
3 6 (5.17%) Grafana
4 5 (4.31%) Ansible
5 3 (2.59%) Packer
6 2 (1.72%) Kibana
7 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (31.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.72%) AppDynamics
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle
3 1 (0.86%) Alterian
3 1 (0.86%) Conga
3 1 (0.86%) GoCardless
3 1 (0.86%) IBM
3 1 (0.86%) Optimizely
3 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.86%) Sitecore
3 1 (0.86%) Veracode