Test Planning Contracts in Hertfordshire

Test Planning
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 12 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.45% 0.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £375 - £315
% change year-on-year - - -23.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £72.00 -
25th Percentile £86.25 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - -
75th Percentile £89.06 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £89.63 £88.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year +9.38% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Test Planning 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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 738 675 676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 89.35% 87.10% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 352 405
10th Percentile £237 £240 £187
25th Percentile £320 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £688
East of England median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.11% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 153 75
10th Percentile £38.12 £23.09 £21.60
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.14 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +63.03% +58.84% -15.16%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in Hertfordshire

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in Hertfordshire

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in Hertfordshire

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Watford - 8 £375 - 2
Stevenage -11 1 - -
Test Planning
East of England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) CppUnit
1 4 (33.33%) PVCS
1 4 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (50.00%) Games
2 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Lead
1 8 (66.67%) Test Leader
2 4 (33.33%) Validation Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Validation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 8 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
1 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 8 (66.67%) Test Management
1 8 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Code Coverage
2 4 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
2 4 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Semantic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C
1 4 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) VMware