TDD Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 68 52
Rank change year-on-year -68 -16 -3
Contract jobs citing TDD 237 808 2,049
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.60% 3.28% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 3.66% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 629 1,447
10th Percentile £325 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £650
90th Percentile £723 £800 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 35
10th Percentile £66.25 £61.25 -
25th Percentile £68.13 £64.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £68.50 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% +4.52% +45.64%
75th Percentile £78.13 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.75 - £77.16
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £68.17
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.69% +17.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,003 22,075 40,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.68% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,632 29,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 503 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.68 £20.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +35.21% +61.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

TDD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TDD trend for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing TDD.

TDD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing TDD over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

TDD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing TDD.

TDD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing TDD over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

TDD hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (6.75%) nginx
2 9 (3.80%) CMS
2 9 (3.80%) Confluence
3 3 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.27%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (1.27%) Drupal
4 2 (0.84%) Apache
4 2 (0.84%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.42%) GemFire
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) RMDS
2 2 (0.84%) Shopify
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Endur
3 1 (0.42%) Magento
3 1 (0.42%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.44%) AWS
2 77 (32.49%) Azure
3 43 (18.14%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (10.13%) Azure Service Bus
4 24 (10.13%) Serverless
5 23 (9.70%) GCP
6 16 (6.75%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7 14 (5.91%) Azure Functions
7 14 (5.91%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (5.91%) GitHub
8 13 (5.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (5.06%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (4.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.80%) Azure API Management
11 9 (3.80%) Power Platform
12 8 (3.38%) Amazon S3
12 8 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (3.38%) Azure Pipelines
13 7 (2.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) HTTP
2 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) FTP
4 1 (0.42%) DHCP
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.42%) Firewall
4 1 (0.42%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.42%) VLAN
4 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.77%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.28%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (5.06%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.64%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.38%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.95%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (2.95%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.95%) MySQL
8 6 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.11%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.11%) Power BI
10 4 (1.69%) OLTP
10 4 (1.69%) Redis
11 3 (1.27%) Big Data
11 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 49 (20.68%) Git
2 23 (9.70%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.17%) JIRA
4 11 (4.64%) Visual Studio
5 10 (4.22%) JUnit
6 9 (3.80%) Cucumber
6 9 (3.80%) Selenium
7 8 (3.38%) Cypress.io
7 8 (3.38%) JMeter
7 8 (3.38%) Postman
7 8 (3.38%) SpecFlow
8 7 (2.95%) GitLab
9 6 (2.53%) Mockito
10 5 (2.11%) Moq
11 4 (1.69%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.69%) Gradle
11 4 (1.69%) SoapUI
11 4 (1.69%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.69%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (1.69%) WebDriver
General
1 37 (15.61%) Public Sector
2 36 (15.19%) Finance
3 31 (13.08%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.06%) Back Office
4 12 (5.06%) Banking
5 8 (3.38%) Front Office
5 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.38%) Retail
6 6 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.53%) Marketing
7 5 (2.11%) Electronics
7 5 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Automotive
10 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Law
11 1 (0.42%) Legal
11 1 (0.42%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 141 (59.49%) Developer
2 49 (20.68%) Senior
3 35 (14.77%) Java Developer
4 34 (14.35%) Senior Developer
5 27 (11.39%) Full Stack Developer
6 25 (10.55%) Software Engineer
7 23 (9.70%) C# Developer
8 20 (8.44%) Lead
9 14 (5.91%) Senior Java Developer
10 13 (5.49%) .NET Developer
10 13 (5.49%) Java Engineer
11 12 (5.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 11 (4.64%) Software Developer
13 10 (4.22%) Azure Developer
13 10 (4.22%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (4.22%) Java Software Engineer
14 9 (3.80%) C# .NET Developer
14 9 (3.80%) PHP Developer
14 9 (3.80%) Scala Developer
15 7 (2.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.74%) .NET
2 48 (20.25%) HTML
3 44 (18.57%) React
4 43 (18.14%) CSS
5 36 (15.19%) REST
6 32 (13.50%) Spring
7 30 (12.66%) Node.js
7 30 (12.66%) Spring Boot
8 26 (10.97%) .NET Core
8 26 (10.97%) Laravel
9 24 (10.13%) Kafka
10 20 (8.44%) Sass
11 16 (6.75%) AngularJS
11 16 (6.75%) GraphQL
12 15 (6.33%) ASP.NET
13 13 (5.49%) .NET Framework
14 12 (5.06%) WebSockets
15 11 (4.64%) jQuery
15 11 (4.64%) Web Services
15 11 (4.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.91%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.06%) Derivative
3 9 (3.80%) Fixed Income
4 8 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.95%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.11%) NHS
8 4 (1.69%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 3 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.27%) Equities
9 3 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.27%) Social Media
10 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.84%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.66%) Linux
2 27 (11.39%) Unix
3 6 (2.53%) Android
4 5 (2.11%) Windows
5 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.27%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (50.21%) Agile
2 79 (33.33%) DevOps
3 76 (32.07%) Test Automation
4 63 (26.58%) BDD
4 63 (26.58%) CI/CD
4 63 (26.58%) Microservices
5 58 (24.47%) Software Engineering
6 44 (18.57%) Full Stack Development
7 43 (18.14%) Scrum
8 35 (14.77%) Clean Code
9 30 (12.66%) Pair Programming
10 28 (11.81%) OO
10 28 (11.81%) Unit Testing
11 27 (11.39%) Continuous Integration
12 24 (10.13%) Kanban
12 24 (10.13%) SOLID
13 22 (9.28%) API Management
13 22 (9.28%) Web Development
14 20 (8.44%) Mentoring
14 20 (8.44%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 83 (35.02%) Java
2 79 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 61 (25.74%) C#
4 50 (21.10%) TypeScript
5 44 (18.57%) SQL
6 36 (15.19%) PHP
7 31 (13.08%) Python
8 19 (8.02%) Bicep
9 13 (5.49%) Scala
10 10 (4.22%) C++
11 9 (3.80%) PowerShell
12 8 (3.38%) Bash
12 8 (3.38%) Shell Script
13 7 (2.95%) Ruby
14 6 (2.53%) Go
15 5 (2.11%) Kotlin
16 4 (1.69%) C
17 3 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.84%) Groovy
19 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 30 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.55%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.75%) Degree
4 7 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.11%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) ISEB
7 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) HNC
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMP
8 1 (0.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.08%) Accessibility
2 14 (5.91%) QA
3 8 (3.38%) WCAG
4 4 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.69%) MiFID
5 3 (1.27%) PMO
6 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (12.66%) Docker
2 11 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.27%) zsh
4 1 (0.42%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 28 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.86%) Terraform
3 11 (4.64%) Grafana
4 9 (3.80%) Kibana
5 4 (1.69%) Ansible
6 3 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.84%) logstash
7 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.84%) Puppet
8 1 (0.42%) Istio
Vendors
1 26 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.33%) Oracle
3 12 (5.06%) Google
4 7 (2.95%) SAP
5 5 (2.11%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.69%) ION Trading
7 3 (1.27%) Databricks
7 3 (1.27%) Solace
8 2 (0.84%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) New Relic
8 2 (0.84%) Splunk
8 2 (0.84%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.42%) Adobe
9 1 (0.42%) Embarcadero
9 1 (0.42%) Informatica
9 1 (0.42%) NEC
9 1 (0.42%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.42%) Sitecore