Test Strategy Contracts in the South West

Test Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 127 143 121
Rank change year-on-year +16 -22 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 23 25 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 0.68% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.76% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 40
10th Percentile £405 £390 £348
25th Percentile £409 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £538 £488
90th Percentile £596 £813 £554
England median daily rate £525 £533 £518
% change year-on-year -1.50% +2.90% +11.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £62.55 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.55 £30.50
% change year-on-year -0.08% +105.08% -32.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,650 3,299 3,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.57% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 2,417 2,348
10th Percentile £223 £313 £301
25th Percentile £406 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 348 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.63 £17.69 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.83 £61.50 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% +27.13% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.34 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Bristol +20 10 £580 +28.89% 3
Devon - 8 £562 -
Somerset +3 1 £600 +14.29% 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
1 6 (26.09%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) NUnit
1 4 (17.39%) Postman
1 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
2 3 (13.04%) JIRA
3 2 (8.70%) Cypress.io
3 2 (8.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (8.70%) JUnit
3 2 (8.70%) Selenium
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Senior
2 9 (39.13%) Test Manager
3 6 (26.09%) Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Test Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Test Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Test Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Architect
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Test Architect
5 4 (17.39%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) SEO Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
1 4 (17.39%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.04%) GraphQL
2 3 (13.04%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Test Management
2 8 (34.78%) Non-Functional Testing
2 8 (34.78%) Performance Testing
3 7 (30.43%) DevOps
4 6 (26.09%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Manual Testing
4 6 (26.09%) Risk Analysis
4 6 (26.09%) Test Automation
4 6 (26.09%) Test Planning
4 6 (26.09%) Test Scripting
5 5 (21.74%) Security Testing
5 5 (21.74%) Software Testing
6 4 (17.39%) BDD
6 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
6 4 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (17.39%) Kanban
6 4 (17.39%) Migration
6 4 (17.39%) Scrum
6 4 (17.39%) TDD
6 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
1 4 (17.39%) TypeScript
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) QA
2 3 (13.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) FIS
1 1 (4.35%) SAP