TDD Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for TDD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TDD over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 97 60
Rank change year-on-year -27 -37 -13
Permanent jobs citing TDD 1,609 2,026 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.25% 3.44% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 3.59% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,089 1,967
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,837 56,365 67,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.55% 95.59% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 41,306 29,082 41,028
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing TDD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for TDD in the UK excluding London

TDD
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -3 449 £57,500 -11.54% 113
South East -35 419 £57,500 -6.12% 103
Scotland -6 334 £56,318 -18.91% 23
North West +1 304 £60,000 -7.69% 81
Midlands -87 133 £52,500 -12.50% 50
South West -58 118 £60,000 - 40
East of England -4 117 £60,000 -7.69% 31
Yorkshire +3 106 £55,000 -16.03% 24
West Midlands -31 101 £52,500 -12.50% 32
North East -16 39 £55,000 +2.33% 9
East Midlands -78 32 £52,500 -12.50% 18
Wales -14 28 £45,000 +16.15% 18
Northern Ireland -32 11 £75,200 +50.40% 4
TDD
UK

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 96 (5.97%) Apache Spark
2 34 (2.11%) OpenStack
3 25 (1.55%) Apache
4 22 (1.37%) IIS
5 18 (1.12%) Confluence
6 15 (0.93%) Cloud Foundry
7 14 (0.87%) NServiceBus
8 10 (0.62%) JBoss
9 9 (0.56%) CMS
9 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.56%) Red Hat Fuse
10 5 (0.31%) SharePoint
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.12%) Drupal
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.062%) Jetty
Applications
1 10 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) Simulink
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.062%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.19%) SDL Web 8
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 790 (49.10%) AWS
2 687 (42.70%) Azure
3 108 (6.71%) SaaS
4 81 (5.03%) Serverless
5 80 (4.97%) GCP
6 49 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
6 49 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
7 42 (2.61%) GitHub
8 38 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
10 27 (1.68%) BlazeMeter
11 19 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (0.75%) IBM Cloud
13 10 (0.62%) dbt
14 8 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (0.44%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (0.44%) BigCommerce
16 6 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.37%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.85%) Internet
2 20 (1.24%) DNS
2 20 (1.24%) WAN
3 18 (1.12%) Firewall
4 16 (0.99%) Hyperconnected
5 12 (0.75%) Broadband
6 11 (0.68%) Wireless
7 10 (0.62%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.50%) Mobile Broadband
8 8 (0.50%) RS-232
8 8 (0.50%) RS-485
9 7 (0.44%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.37%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.31%) HTTP
11 5 (0.31%) Modbus
11 5 (0.31%) VoIP
11 5 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.31%) ZigBee
12 4 (0.25%) MQTT
13 3 (0.19%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 455 (28.28%) SQL Server
2 272 (16.90%) MongoDB
3 243 (15.10%) NoSQL
4 232 (14.42%) Elasticsearch
5 151 (9.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 131 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
7 92 (5.72%) Relational Database
8 86 (5.34%) Apache Hive
8 86 (5.34%) HBase
9 85 (5.28%) MySQL
10 67 (4.16%) Hadoop
11 60 (3.73%) Big Data
12 20 (1.24%) Looker
13 19 (1.18%) Redis
14 11 (0.68%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.56%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.56%) Flink
16 9 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 337 (20.94%) Git
2 225 (13.98%) Jenkins
3 100 (6.22%) Cypress.io
4 96 (5.97%) Selenium
5 93 (5.78%) JUnit
6 86 (5.34%) Bitbucket Server
7 75 (4.66%) Jasmine
8 61 (3.79%) WebDriver
9 60 (3.73%) Karma Test Runner
9 60 (3.73%) Protractor
10 48 (2.98%) Cucumber
10 48 (2.98%) JIRA
11 37 (2.30%) Visual Studio
12 35 (2.18%) Gradle
13 32 (1.99%) JMeter
13 32 (1.99%) Maven
14 24 (1.49%) NUnit
15 22 (1.37%) TeamCity
16 21 (1.31%) GitLab
16 21 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 515 (32.01%) Finance
2 313 (19.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 273 (16.97%) Law
4 248 (15.41%) Social Skills
5 143 (8.89%) Banking
6 142 (8.83%) Marketing
7 93 (5.78%) Investment Banking
8 81 (5.03%) Public Sector
9 75 (4.66%) Legal
10 54 (3.36%) Retail
11 45 (2.80%) Advertising
11 45 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
12 41 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.05%) Games
14 25 (1.55%) Tech for Good
15 18 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.93%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.87%) Electronics
18 13 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 962 (59.79%) Developer
2 448 (27.84%) .NET Developer
3 421 (26.17%) Software Engineer
4 316 (19.64%) Senior
5 189 (11.75%) Lead
6 178 (11.06%) C# Developer
7 173 (10.75%) Senior Developer
8 172 (10.69%) Java Engineer
9 159 (9.88%) C# .NET Developer
10 155 (9.63%) Java Software Engineer
11 131 (8.14%) Java Developer
12 92 (5.72%) Software Developer
13 79 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
14 78 (4.85%) AWS Software Engineer
15 77 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
16 74 (4.60%) PHP Developer
17 71 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
18 67 (4.16%) Full Stack Developer
19 56 (3.48%) Database Engineer
19 56 (3.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 642 (39.90%) .NET
2 552 (34.31%) React
3 435 (27.04%) .NET Core
4 393 (24.43%) AngularJS
5 390 (24.24%) Node.js
6 372 (23.12%) ASP.NET
7 359 (22.31%) Entity Framework
8 356 (22.13%) HTML
9 346 (21.50%) CSS
10 342 (21.26%) ASP.NET MVC
11 264 (16.41%) Vue
12 257 (15.97%) .NET Framework
13 251 (15.60%) Spring
14 222 (13.80%) ASP.NET Web API
15 208 (12.93%) REST
16 178 (11.06%) HTML5
17 158 (9.82%) CSS3
18 156 (9.70%) Blazor
19 149 (9.26%) Spring Boot
20 139 (8.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.89%) Algorithms
2 122 (7.58%) Greenfield Project
3 112 (6.96%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.60%) Data Structures
5 62 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
7 54 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 32 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.68%) Market Risk
10 25 (1.55%) Digital TV
10 25 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.49%) Private Cloud
12 22 (1.37%) PropTech
13 21 (1.31%) Taxonomies
13 21 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
13 21 (1.31%) Virtual Team
14 20 (1.24%) Clustering
14 20 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
15 16 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 99 (6.15%) Unix
2 77 (4.79%) Linux
3 26 (1.62%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.43%) Windows
5 16 (0.99%) Android
6 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.31%) ThreadX
9 3 (0.19%) CentOS
9 3 (0.19%) FreeBSD
9 3 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.12%) Debian
10 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,283 (79.74%) Agile
2 672 (41.77%) BDD
3 576 (35.80%) Microservices
4 553 (34.37%) Full Stack Development
5 541 (33.62%) Software Engineering
6 512 (31.82%) CI/CD
7 429 (26.66%) MVC
8 409 (25.42%) Scrum
9 312 (19.39%) Test Automation
10 303 (18.83%) Kanban
11 299 (18.58%) DevOps
12 280 (17.40%) SDLC
13 227 (14.11%) Mentoring
14 217 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
15 212 (13.18%) Machine Learning
16 201 (12.49%) Operational Stability
17 193 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
18 167 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
19 163 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
20 152 (9.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 739 (45.93%) JavaScript
2 650 (40.40%) C#
3 551 (34.24%) SQL
4 537 (33.37%) Java
5 393 (24.43%) TypeScript
6 254 (15.79%) Python
7 112 (6.96%) PHP
8 91 (5.66%) PL/SQL
9 81 (5.03%) Go
10 43 (2.67%) C
11 31 (1.93%) C++
12 25 (1.55%) Shell Script
13 18 (1.12%) T-SQL
14 17 (1.06%) Ada
15 15 (0.93%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.75%) Scala
17 11 (0.68%) Kotlin
17 11 (0.68%) Ruby
18 8 (0.50%) Bash
19 6 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 113 (7.02%) Security Cleared
2 101 (6.28%) Degree
3 76 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 29 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 23 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.06%) DBS Check
8 15 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.31%) CIPD
10 3 (0.19%) PhD
10 3 (0.19%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.12%) CISSP
11 2 (0.12%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.12%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.12%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.12%) PMP
11 2 (0.12%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.062%) ISEB
12 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (3.92%) QA
2 20 (1.24%) PMO
3 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.25%) DICOM
4 4 (0.25%) HL7
4 4 (0.25%) ISO 13485
5 3 (0.19%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.19%) MISRA
6 2 (0.12%) GRC
7 1 (0.062%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.062%) SEPA
7 1 (0.062%) WCAG
System Software
1 266 (16.53%) Docker
2 86 (5.34%) HDFS
3 27 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.24%) VMware NSX
5 18 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.56%) Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.062%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 184 (11.44%) Kubernetes
2 171 (10.63%) Terraform
3 52 (3.23%) Ansible
4 10 (0.62%) Grafana
5 9 (0.56%) Kibana
6 6 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.37%) Puppet
7 5 (0.31%) Argo
7 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.12%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.12%) linkerd
9 1 (0.062%) Istio
Vendors
1 463 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.96%) Databricks
3 86 (5.34%) Informatica
4 56 (3.48%) Cloudera
5 41 (2.55%) Oracle
6 34 (2.11%) Google
6 34 (2.11%) WSO2
7 22 (1.37%) Atlassian
7 22 (1.37%) Facebook
8 20 (1.24%) VMware
9 17 (1.06%) IBM
9 17 (1.06%) Salesforce
10 13 (0.81%) Splunk
11 9 (0.56%) Red Hat
11 9 (0.56%) TOWER Software
12 8 (0.50%) Teradata
13 7 (0.44%) Adobe
13 7 (0.44%) Dell
14 5 (0.31%) YouTube
15 4 (0.25%) Confluent