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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 107 70
Rank change year-on-year -90 -37 -2
Permanent jobs citing TDD 232 502 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 3.39% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 3.56% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 154 291 1,164
10th Percentile £45,375 £50,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £82,000 £93,778 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £115,000 £87,125
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +16.67% -14.29%

All Process & 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 15,402 14,083 29,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.07% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,940 8,654 23,358
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

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 16 May 2026.

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 4 (1.72%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.29%) Apache Solr
2 3 (1.29%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.86%) CMS
3 2 (0.86%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.43%) JBoss
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 133 (57.33%) AWS
2 86 (37.07%) Azure
3 44 (18.97%) Serverless
4 26 (11.21%) GCP
5 22 (9.48%) GitHub
6 20 (8.62%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (6.90%) GitHub Copilot
8 14 (6.03%) Amazon S3
9 13 (5.60%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (3.02%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (3.02%) SaaS
12 7 (3.02%) Sentry
13 6 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.59%) PaaS
14 5 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.16%) AWS CodeBuild
14 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
14 5 (2.16%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.91%) Broadband
2 14 (6.03%) HTTP
3 5 (2.16%) Bluetooth
3 5 (2.16%) Modbus
3 5 (2.16%) Profibus
3 5 (2.16%) RS-232
3 5 (2.16%) RS-485
3 5 (2.16%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.16%) Wireless
3 5 (2.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (20.69%) MongoDB
2 41 (17.67%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (13.36%) NoSQL
4 25 (10.78%) Elasticsearch
5 24 (10.34%) MySQL
6 19 (8.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (6.03%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (3.88%) Redis
9 4 (1.72%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.29%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.29%) Flink
11 1 (0.43%) Big Data
11 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.43%) DB2
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.43%) Parquet
11 1 (0.43%) Power BI
11 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (14.66%) Jenkins
2 29 (12.50%) Git
3 22 (9.48%) TeamCity
4 8 (3.45%) JUnit
5 5 (2.16%) JIRA
5 5 (2.16%) Maven
5 5 (2.16%) Mockito
5 5 (2.16%) Selenium
5 5 (2.16%) Storybook
6 4 (1.72%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.72%) GitLab
7 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.86%) MSTest
7 2 (0.86%) NUnit
7 2 (0.86%) Postman
7 2 (0.86%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.86%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.86%) Vite
8 1 (0.43%) XCUITest
General
1 49 (21.12%) Finance
2 37 (15.95%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.05%) Banking
5 16 (6.90%) Tech for Good
6 11 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.31%) Health Technology
7 10 (4.31%) Publishing
8 8 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.45%) Retail
9 5 (2.16%) Advertising
9 5 (2.16%) Back Office
9 5 (2.16%) Electronics
9 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.72%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.29%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.29%) Law
12 2 (0.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 93 (40.09%) Developer
2 83 (35.78%) Senior
2 83 (35.78%) Software Engineer
3 49 (21.12%) Lead
4 34 (14.66%) Senior Developer
5 27 (11.64%) Senior Software Engineer
6 26 (11.21%) Lead Software Engineer
7 25 (10.78%) Java Developer
8 23 (9.91%) .NET Developer
9 21 (9.05%) Software Developer
10 19 (8.19%) Development Engineer
10 19 (8.19%) Software Development Engineer
11 16 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (6.90%) Java Engineer
11 16 (6.90%) Senior Java Developer
12 15 (6.47%) Senior Software Developer
13 14 (6.03%) Lead Developer
13 14 (6.03%) Python Developer
14 13 (5.60%) Java Software Engineer
15 12 (5.17%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (21.55%) .NET
2 49 (21.12%) RESTful
3 48 (20.69%) React
4 37 (15.95%) Node.js
5 36 (15.52%) REST
6 35 (15.09%) Spring
7 29 (12.50%) AngularJS
8 26 (11.21%) .NET Core
8 26 (11.21%) Spring Boot
9 23 (9.91%) Akka
10 20 (8.62%) ASP.NET
10 20 (8.62%) Vue
11 17 (7.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (6.03%) Django
13 12 (5.17%) Kafka
13 12 (5.17%) Playwright
14 11 (4.74%) CSS
14 11 (4.74%) HTML
14 11 (4.74%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (3.45%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.93%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.78%) Product Ownership
3 23 (9.91%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (9.48%) Over-the-Top Content
5 14 (6.03%) Public Cloud
6 13 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.59%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.16%) Mobile Payment
9 4 (1.72%) IoT
9 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.86%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.86%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.31%) Linux
2 6 (2.59%) Android
3 5 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.16%) Unix
4 4 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (70.26%) Agile
2 106 (45.69%) Software Engineering
3 105 (45.26%) CI/CD
4 84 (36.21%) Scrum
5 83 (35.78%) Microservices
6 79 (34.05%) Mentoring
7 73 (31.47%) DevOps
8 70 (30.17%) BDD
9 61 (26.29%) Test Automation
10 55 (23.71%) Pair Programming
11 53 (22.84%) Full-Stack Development
11 53 (22.84%) Open Source
12 48 (20.69%) Kanban
13 45 (19.40%) Coaching
14 38 (16.38%) Containerisation
15 37 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (15.52%) Clean Code
16 36 (15.52%) Technical Leadership
17 34 (14.66%) Infrastructure as Code
18 33 (14.22%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 94 (40.52%) Java
2 65 (28.02%) SQL
3 51 (21.98%) Python
4 43 (18.53%) C#
5 41 (17.67%) JavaScript
6 38 (16.38%) TypeScript
7 24 (10.34%) Scala
8 7 (3.02%) PHP
9 6 (2.59%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.59%) Ruby
10 5 (2.16%) Apex Code
10 5 (2.16%) C
10 5 (2.16%) C++
11 4 (1.72%) Bash
12 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.43%) Go
14 1 (0.43%) Perl
14 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (9.91%) SC Cleared
1 23 (9.91%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.90%) Degree
3 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.36%) QA
2 10 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.29%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 90 (38.79%) Docker
2 8 (3.45%) Firmware
3 5 (2.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 80 (34.48%) Kubernetes
2 28 (12.07%) Terraform
3 8 (3.45%) Ansible
4 5 (2.16%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (2.16%) Packer
5 2 (0.86%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.31%) Oracle
3 7 (3.02%) Google
4 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.86%) AppDynamics
5 2 (0.86%) Facebook
5 2 (0.86%) IBM
5 2 (0.86%) SendGrid
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe
6 1 (0.43%) Conga
6 1 (0.43%) Databricks
6 1 (0.43%) GoCardless
6 1 (0.43%) Veracode