Test Strategy Contracts in Kent

Test Strategy
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.49% - 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% - 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £568
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £633
South East median daily rate £463 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% +2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Test Strategy 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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 162 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 65.85% 75.70% 85.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 121 209
10th Percentile £205 £121 £184
25th Percentile £274 £205 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £430
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -18.60% +24.64%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £656 £738 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 11
10th Percentile £11.47 £36.85 £23.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £41.16 £29.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £52.28 £35.55
Median % change year-on-year -32.09% +47.07% -8.67%
75th Percentile £46.87 £57.44 £42.63
90th Percentile £62.96 £62.25 £46.09
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Kent

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Kent

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle