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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 343 153
Rank change year-on-year +30 -190 +65
Permanent jobs citing BDD 106 84 710
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.56% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.60% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 79 72 645
10th Percentile £39,221 £47,231 £39,250
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 £82,750 £115,000 £98,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 15,867 14,093 30,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.67% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,291 23,580
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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% -8.00%
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% -9.54%

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 6 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 (2.83%) Apache Solr
1 3 (2.83%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.83%) Confluence
2 2 (1.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 62 (58.49%) AWS
2 44 (41.51%) Azure
3 18 (16.98%) GitHub
4 15 (14.15%) GitHub Copilot
5 10 (9.43%) Serverless
6 8 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.66%) Azure AI
7 6 (5.66%) Datadog
8 5 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (4.72%) dbt
8 5 (4.72%) PaaS
8 5 (4.72%) SaaS
9 4 (3.77%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (3.77%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (1.89%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.89%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.94%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (33.96%) MongoDB
2 22 (20.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (18.87%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (18.87%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (15.09%) NoSQL
5 14 (13.21%) MySQL
6 3 (2.83%) Flink
6 3 (2.83%) Redis
7 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.89%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (16.04%) Git
2 13 (12.26%) Cucumber
2 13 (12.26%) Selenium
3 9 (8.49%) Jenkins
3 9 (8.49%) JMeter
3 9 (8.49%) SpecFlow
4 7 (6.60%) WebDriver
5 6 (5.66%) JIRA
5 6 (5.66%) Postman
6 5 (4.72%) Cypress.io
6 5 (4.72%) GitLab
6 5 (4.72%) Locust
7 4 (3.77%) REST Assured
8 3 (2.83%) JUnit
9 2 (1.89%) NUnit
9 2 (1.89%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.89%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.89%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.94%) Appium
10 1 (0.94%) Snyk
General
1 33 (31.13%) Finance
2 20 (18.87%) Banking
3 18 (16.98%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.49%) Social Skills
5 6 (5.66%) Advertising
6 5 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.83%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.94%) Games
9 1 (0.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (32.08%) Software Engineer
2 33 (31.13%) Developer
3 32 (30.19%) Lead
4 23 (21.70%) .NET Developer
5 20 (18.87%) Development Engineer
5 20 (18.87%) Software Development Engineer
6 19 (17.92%) Lead Software Engineer
7 12 (11.32%) Java Engineer
8 10 (9.43%) Java Software Engineer
8 10 (9.43%) Senior
9 8 (7.55%) Java Developer
9 8 (7.55%) QA Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) Test Leader
11 5 (4.72%) Test Engineer
12 4 (3.77%) Junior
13 3 (2.83%) Analyst
13 3 (2.83%) Business Analyst
13 3 (2.83%) Lead Developer
13 3 (2.83%) Quality Engineer
13 3 (2.83%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (33.02%) .NET
2 34 (32.08%) REST
3 22 (20.75%) .NET Core
3 22 (20.75%) ASP.NET
3 22 (20.75%) ASP.NET Core
4 20 (18.87%) AngularJS
5 19 (17.92%) Node.js
6 16 (15.09%) React
7 15 (14.15%) Playwright
8 14 (13.21%) Spring
9 13 (12.26%) Vue
10 12 (11.32%) RESTful
11 9 (8.49%) JSON
11 9 (8.49%) Kafka
12 8 (7.55%) Spring Boot
12 8 (7.55%) XML
13 7 (6.60%) .NET Framework
13 7 (6.60%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (6.60%) Gherkin
13 7 (6.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.64%) Product Ownership
2 19 (17.92%) Public Cloud
3 14 (13.21%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.94%) GNSS
7 1 (0.94%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.94%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.94%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Android
2 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (76.42%) TDD
2 76 (71.70%) Agile
3 41 (38.68%) Test Automation
4 39 (36.79%) Microservices
5 38 (35.85%) Software Engineering
6 35 (33.02%) CI/CD
7 29 (27.36%) Scrum
8 28 (26.42%) Full-Stack Development
9 27 (25.47%) DevOps
10 26 (24.53%) OO
10 26 (24.53%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (21.70%) Kanban
12 22 (20.75%) Roadmaps
13 21 (19.81%) Coaching
13 21 (19.81%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (19.81%) SOA
14 20 (18.87%) Mentoring
14 20 (18.87%) Pair Programming
14 20 (18.87%) Product Roadmap
15 19 (17.92%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 62 (58.49%) Java
2 43 (40.57%) SQL
3 31 (29.25%) C#
4 17 (16.04%) TypeScript
5 16 (15.09%) JavaScript
6 14 (13.21%) Python
7 2 (1.89%) Scala
8 1 (0.94%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.94%) Go
8 1 (0.94%) Groovy
8 1 (0.94%) Perl
8 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) SC Cleared
1 12 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.66%) Degree
3 3 (2.83%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.94%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.70%) QA
2 17 (16.04%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (27.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (25.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (10.38%) Terraform
3 7 (6.60%) Ansible
3 7 (6.60%) Grafana
4 3 (2.83%) Packer
5 2 (1.89%) Kibana
6 1 (0.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.89%) AppDynamics
2 2 (1.89%) Oracle
3 1 (0.94%) Conga
3 1 (0.94%) GoCardless
3 1 (0.94%) IBM
3 1 (0.94%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.94%) Veracode