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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 356 271
Rank change year-on-year +53 -85 -36
Permanent jobs citing BDD 154 82 279
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.50% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.53% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 120 69 235
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,231 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £52,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.11% -1.56%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,778 £82,500
90th Percentile £79,100 £117,000 £95,000
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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 1 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 6 (3.90%) 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%) BrowserStack
12 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.58%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (54.55%) MongoDB
2 70 (45.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (38.96%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (12.34%) 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 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.79%) Git
2 11 (7.14%) Selenium
3 8 (5.19%) Cucumber
3 8 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.55%) SpecFlow
5 6 (3.90%) JMeter
6 5 (3.25%) JIRA
6 5 (3.25%) Locust
7 4 (2.60%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.95%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.95%) JUnit
9 2 (1.30%) GitLab
9 2 (1.30%) Maven
9 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.65%) Appium
10 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.65%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.65%) Postman
10 1 (0.65%) Snyk
10 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (30.52%) Finance
2 23 (14.94%) Banking
3 18 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.09%) Advertising
5 7 (4.55%) Social Skills
6 6 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.95%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (1.95%) Marketing
8 1 (0.65%) Back Office
8 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.65%) Games
8 1 (0.65%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 77 (50.00%) Developer
2 68 (44.16%) .NET Developer
3 37 (24.03%) Software Engineer
4 33 (21.43%) Lead
5 22 (14.29%) Development Engineer
5 22 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
5 22 (14.29%) Software Development Engineer
6 12 (7.79%) Java Engineer
7 10 (6.49%) Java Software Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Senior
9 8 (5.19%) Analyst
9 8 (5.19%) Junior
10 7 (4.55%) Java Developer
11 5 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.25%) Graduate
11 5 (3.25%) QA Engineer
11 5 (3.25%) Test Leader
12 4 (2.60%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.60%) Tester
13 3 (1.95%) Senior Software 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%) RESTful
14 12 (7.79%) Playwright
15 11 (7.14%) Gherkin
15 11 (7.14%) WinForms
15 11 (7.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.53%) Product Ownership
2 22 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 17 (11.04%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.95%) Tandem
7 2 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.30%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.65%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (83.77%) TDD
2 118 (76.62%) Agile
3 76 (49.35%) Microservices
4 72 (46.75%) Full-Stack Development
5 67 (43.51%) Scrum
6 62 (40.26%) Kanban
7 41 (26.62%) Software Engineering
8 39 (25.32%) Test Automation
9 38 (24.68%) CI/CD
10 36 (23.38%) OO
11 30 (19.48%) Technical Leadership
12 26 (16.88%) Collaborative Working
13 25 (16.23%) Mentoring
14 24 (15.58%) AI
14 24 (15.58%) Roadmaps
14 24 (15.58%) SOLID
15 23 (14.94%) Pair Programming
16 22 (14.29%) Product Management
16 22 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
16 22 (14.29%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 89 (57.79%) SQL
2 79 (51.30%) C#
3 62 (40.26%) 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 21 (13.64%) QA
2 14 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 55 (35.71%) 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%) Sitecore
3 2 (1.30%) AppDynamics
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle
4 1 (0.65%) Conga
4 1 (0.65%) GoCardless
4 1 (0.65%) IBM
4 1 (0.65%) Salesforce