TDD Contracts in London

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for TDD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TDD over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 63 47
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 -18
Contract jobs citing TDD 490 1,028 2,081
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.81% 3.97% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 4.37% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 762 1,612
10th Percentile £379 £463 £450
25th Percentile £491 £563 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £713
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
England median daily rate £566 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -8.67% +3.33% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 28
10th Percentile £53.85 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £55.88 £49.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £75.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +15.38% -1.52%
75th Percentile £63.88 - £75.51
90th Percentile £65.15 £90.00 £79.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.99% -4.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

TDD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for TDD in London

TDD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TDD in London.

Daily rate trend for TDD in London

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TDD in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TDD in London

TDD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TDD in London.

Hourly rate trend for TDD in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -41 42 £625 -3.85% 47
West London +16 30 £330 -49.23% 6
East London +3 12 £738 +39.15% 5
South London -14 11 £510 -40.00%
TDD
England

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.88%) CMS
2 16 (3.27%) nginx
3 14 (2.86%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) Apache
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.43%) SAS
6 4 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.61%) Drupal
7 3 (0.61%) IIS
8 2 (0.41%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.41%) JBoss
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.20%) GemFire
9 1 (0.20%) Jadu
9 1 (0.20%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.22%) NEC Housing
1 6 (1.22%) Shopify
2 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.61%) RMDS
4 1 (0.20%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.20%) Endur
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.20%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 180 (36.73%) Azure
2 159 (32.45%) AWS
3 90 (18.37%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (14.08%) GCP
5 68 (13.88%) Azure Service Bus
6 50 (10.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 41 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
8 40 (8.16%) Serverless
9 26 (5.31%) GitHub
10 20 (4.08%) Azure API Management
11 18 (3.67%) Azure Pipelines
12 17 (3.47%) Power Platform
13 16 (3.27%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
13 16 (3.27%) Azure Key Vault
13 16 (3.27%) Azure Storage
13 16 (3.27%) PaaS
14 15 (3.06%) Azure Functions
15 14 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (2.86%) Entra ID
16 13 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.92%) HTTP
2 9 (1.84%) FTP
3 7 (1.43%) SSH
4 5 (1.02%) Internet
5 4 (0.82%) SSL
6 2 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) DNS
7 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.20%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.20%) SNMP
7 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.16%) NoSQL
3 38 (7.76%) Relational Database
4 32 (6.53%) Apache Cassandra
5 30 (6.12%) MongoDB
5 30 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (5.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.45%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.45%) KDB
8 11 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.24%) Power BI
9 9 (1.84%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.63%) Redis
11 7 (1.43%) Big Data
12 6 (1.22%) MySQL
12 6 (1.22%) OLTP
13 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.82%) Mixpanel
13 4 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 108 (22.04%) Git
2 58 (11.84%) Jenkins
3 44 (8.98%) JIRA
4 32 (6.53%) JUnit
5 30 (6.12%) Cucumber
5 30 (6.12%) Postman
6 25 (5.10%) Mockito
6 25 (5.10%) Selenium
7 23 (4.69%) TeamCity
8 21 (4.29%) Cypress.io
9 20 (4.08%) SpecFlow
10 16 (3.27%) Visual Studio
11 12 (2.45%) JMeter
11 12 (2.45%) SoapUI
12 10 (2.04%) Gradle
12 10 (2.04%) Maven
12 10 (2.04%) TestNG
12 10 (2.04%) WebDriver
13 9 (1.84%) Appium
13 9 (1.84%) eggPlant
General
1 148 (30.20%) Finance
2 84 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 68 (13.88%) Front Office
4 60 (12.24%) Banking
5 41 (8.37%) Back Office
5 41 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 19 (3.88%) Retail
9 12 (2.45%) Marketing
10 9 (1.84%) Advertising
11 8 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.02%) Law
13 5 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.82%) Local Government
15 3 (0.61%) Electronics
15 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.61%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.61%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 307 (62.65%) Developer
2 124 (25.31%) Senior
3 85 (17.35%) Senior Developer
4 78 (15.92%) Java Developer
5 54 (11.02%) Software Engineer
6 49 (10.00%) Lead
7 42 (8.57%) .NET Developer
8 40 (8.16%) Full Stack Developer
9 38 (7.76%) Scala Developer
10 33 (6.73%) C# Developer
11 31 (6.33%) Senior Java Developer
12 26 (5.31%) Finance Manager
12 26 (5.31%) Python Developer
13 25 (5.10%) .NET Software Developer
14 24 (4.90%) .NET Software Engineer
15 23 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 23 (4.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 23 (4.69%) Software Asset Manager
15 23 (4.69%) Software Manager
16 17 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (32.86%) .NET
2 104 (21.22%) React
3 100 (20.41%) .NET Core
4 76 (15.51%) Kafka
5 71 (14.49%) Spring
6 70 (14.29%) REST
7 66 (13.47%) HTML
8 65 (13.27%) CSS
9 54 (11.02%) RESTful
10 51 (10.41%) Redux
11 48 (9.80%) Web Services
12 44 (8.98%) AngularJS
12 44 (8.98%) Node.js
12 44 (8.98%) Spring Boot
13 36 (7.35%) ASP.NET
14 34 (6.94%) Akka
15 28 (5.71%) XML
16 27 (5.51%) JSON
16 27 (5.51%) Sass
17 26 (5.31%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.43%) Derivative
2 52 (10.61%) Fixed Income
3 38 (7.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (6.33%) Hedge funds
5 26 (5.31%) Equities
6 23 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 22 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (3.88%) Algorithms
9 18 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (3.06%) Data Structures
11 11 (2.24%) Mobile App
12 10 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.63%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.43%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.22%) Management Information System
15 6 (1.22%) Market Risk
15 6 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 5 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
17 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (14.29%) Linux
2 57 (11.63%) Unix
3 16 (3.27%) Mac OS X
4 8 (1.63%) Android
5 7 (1.43%) Windows
6 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (68.16%) Agile
2 222 (45.31%) DevOps
3 162 (33.06%) CI/CD
4 154 (31.43%) Microservices
5 145 (29.59%) BDD
6 130 (26.53%) Test Automation
7 118 (24.08%) Software Engineering
8 114 (23.27%) Continuous Integration
9 93 (18.98%) Clean Code
10 87 (17.76%) Pair Programming
11 85 (17.35%) Full Stack Development
11 85 (17.35%) Scrum
12 83 (16.94%) OO
13 63 (12.86%) API Management
14 62 (12.65%) Unit Testing
15 59 (12.04%) OOD
16 49 (10.00%) Kanban
17 47 (9.59%) Continuous Deployment
18 39 (7.96%) Web Development
19 38 (7.76%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 165 (33.67%) C#
2 158 (32.24%) Java
3 131 (26.73%) JavaScript
4 110 (22.45%) TypeScript
5 95 (19.39%) SQL
6 86 (17.55%) Python
7 55 (11.22%) Bicep
8 48 (9.80%) Scala
9 28 (5.71%) PHP
10 18 (3.67%) Go
10 18 (3.67%) Kotlin
11 14 (2.86%) PowerShell
12 10 (2.04%) C++
13 6 (1.22%) C
13 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.02%) Perl
15 4 (0.82%) Groovy
15 4 (0.82%) Ruby
15 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 57 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.41%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.92%) Degree
4 13 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.22%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.61%) PMP
8 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) ISEB
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.02%) QA
2 39 (7.96%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.29%) WCAG
4 10 (2.04%) MiFID
5 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.41%) HL7
6 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) GDPR
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (12.04%) Docker
2 49 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) GridGain
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 87 (17.76%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.35%) Terraform
3 19 (3.88%) Grafana
4 12 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.04%) Ansible
6 8 (1.63%) Kibana
7 6 (1.22%) Puppet
8 3 (0.61%) logstash
8 3 (0.61%) Netcool
8 3 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.41%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Salt
10 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.51%) Oracle
3 18 (3.67%) Typelevel
4 13 (2.65%) ION Trading
5 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.63%) SAP
6 7 (1.43%) Databricks
6 7 (1.43%) Splunk
7 6 (1.22%) Google
7 6 (1.22%) NEC
8 5 (1.02%) Adobe
8 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.02%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.02%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.82%) New Relic
9 4 (0.82%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.61%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.61%) Solace
11 2 (0.41%) Dell
11 2 (0.41%) MuleSoft