Hybrid/Remote TDD Job Trends

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring TDD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 97 90
Rank change year-on-year -83 -7 -36
Permanent jobs citing TDD 215 621 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 3.12% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 3.47% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 171 464 608
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,762
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.96% -3.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

TDD 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 13,874 17,882 19,977
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.99% 89.98% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,763 16,162
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

TDD job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

TDD
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TDD over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

TDD salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

TDD
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 5 (2.33%) CMS
2 4 (1.86%) IIS
2 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.40%) NServiceBus
3 3 (1.40%) WordPress
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.93%) Drupal
4 2 (0.93%) Luigi
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (0.93%) Elementor
1 2 (0.93%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (1.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 122 (56.74%) AWS
2 90 (41.86%) Azure
3 42 (19.53%) Serverless
4 33 (15.35%) GCP
5 28 (13.02%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (10.23%) GitHub
7 13 (6.05%) Amazon S3
8 12 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.58%) SaaS
9 11 (5.12%) Amazon SQS
9 11 (5.12%) OpenShift
10 10 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.79%) Figma
11 6 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.33%) npm
12 5 (2.33%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.93%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.26%) Broadband
2 2 (0.93%) AMQP
2 2 (0.93%) HTTP
3 1 (0.47%) Multicast
3 1 (0.47%) RFID
3 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (18.60%) MongoDB
2 34 (15.81%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (13.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (13.02%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (10.23%) SQL Server
6 18 (8.37%) NoSQL
7 14 (6.51%) DynamoDB
8 13 (6.05%) Relational Database
9 12 (5.58%) MySQL
10 5 (2.33%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.86%) Data Hub
11 4 (1.86%) SQL CLR
12 2 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.93%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.47%) Power BI
13 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (15.35%) Git
2 18 (8.37%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.51%) Selenium
4 10 (4.65%) Cucumber
4 10 (4.65%) GitLab
5 9 (4.19%) JUnit
6 8 (3.72%) Cypress.io
7 7 (3.26%) JIRA
8 6 (2.79%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.40%) Mocha
9 3 (1.40%) webpack
10 2 (0.93%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.93%) Protractor
11 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.47%) Mockito
11 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.47%) RSpec
11 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.74%) Tech for Good
3 32 (14.88%) Finance
4 25 (11.63%) Health Technology
5 23 (10.70%) Publishing
6 18 (8.37%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (5.12%) Front Office
7 11 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.12%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.86%) Back Office
9 3 (1.40%) Legal
9 3 (1.40%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.40%) Retail
10 2 (0.93%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Automotive
10 2 (0.93%) Banking
10 2 (0.93%) Games
10 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.93%) Law
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (60.00%) Developer
2 71 (33.02%) Senior
3 41 (19.07%) Senior Developer
4 39 (18.14%) .NET Developer
5 38 (17.67%) Software Engineer
6 27 (12.56%) Python Developer
6 27 (12.56%) Software Developer
7 24 (11.16%) Lead
8 21 (9.77%) React Developer
9 17 (7.91%) AWS Developer
10 16 (7.44%) Lead Developer
10 16 (7.44%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (6.98%) Java Developer
11 15 (6.98%) Senior Software Developer
12 12 (5.58%) C# Developer
12 12 (5.58%) Senior Python Developer
13 11 (5.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 11 (5.12%) Lead Python Developer
14 9 (4.19%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (43.26%) React
2 75 (34.88%) .NET
3 45 (20.93%) AngularJS
4 44 (20.47%) .NET Core
5 40 (18.60%) Node.js
6 38 (17.67%) RESTful
7 37 (17.21%) ASP.NET
8 34 (15.81%) Vue
9 33 (15.35%) Entity Framework
10 32 (14.88%) .NET Framework
11 28 (13.02%) ASP.NET MVC
11 28 (13.02%) CSS
11 28 (13.02%) HTML
11 28 (13.02%) Spring Boot
12 25 (11.63%) Spring
13 23 (10.70%) ASP.NET Web API
14 20 (9.30%) REST
15 16 (7.44%) Kafka
16 15 (6.98%) Django
16 15 (6.98%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.05%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.12%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.26%) Digital TV
5 7 (3.26%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.33%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.86%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.86%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.86%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.40%) Equities
8 3 (1.40%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.40%) Social Media
9 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.93%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.26%) Windows
2 4 (1.86%) Linux
2 4 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.40%) Android
3 3 (1.40%) Unix
4 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (72.09%) Agile
2 97 (45.12%) CI/CD
3 86 (40.00%) Microservices
4 79 (36.74%) Software Engineering
5 65 (30.23%) BDD
5 65 (30.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (29.77%) DevOps
7 62 (28.84%) Scrum
8 51 (23.72%) Mentoring
9 39 (18.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (18.14%) Pair Programming
10 37 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (16.74%) Kanban
12 33 (15.35%) MVC
13 32 (14.88%) Coaching
13 32 (14.88%) Test Automation
14 26 (12.09%) Continuous Delivery
14 26 (12.09%) SOLID
15 25 (11.63%) Code Quality
15 25 (11.63%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 82 (38.14%) C#
2 70 (32.56%) TypeScript
3 69 (32.09%) JavaScript
4 62 (28.84%) Python
5 56 (26.05%) SQL
6 55 (25.58%) Java
7 9 (4.19%) PHP
8 8 (3.72%) Delphi
8 8 (3.72%) Ruby
9 6 (2.79%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.33%) Scala
11 4 (1.86%) Go
12 3 (1.40%) R
13 2 (0.93%) C
13 2 (0.93%) Swift
14 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 14 (6.51%) Degree
1 14 (6.51%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.12%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.40%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.93%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.67%) QA
2 20 (9.30%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.40%) WCAG
4 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (16.74%) Docker
2 4 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (14.88%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.19%) Grafana
2 9 (4.19%) Terraform
3 4 (1.86%) Ansible
4 3 (1.40%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.93%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.19%) Oracle
3 4 (1.86%) VMware
4 3 (1.40%) Google
4 3 (1.40%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.93%) Netlify
6 1 (0.47%) Databricks
6 1 (0.47%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.47%) Pega
6 1 (0.47%) Revolut
6 1 (0.47%) Splunk
6 1 (0.47%) UiPath
6 1 (0.47%) WSO2