Test Strategy Contracts in Surrey

Test Strategy
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 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 28 56 64
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 24 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 4.11% 2.01% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 2.34% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 10
10th Percentile - £145 £474
25th Percentile £413 £235 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £563 - £606
90th Percentile £688 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £506 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +7.71% -6.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £62.55 -
South East median hourly rate - £62.55 £48.58
% change year-on-year - +28.77% +7.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 478 598 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 81.85% 85.92% 90.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 457 553
10th Percentile £237 £200 £207
25th Percentile £375 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £612
90th Percentile £700 £750 £697
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 32 23
10th Percentile £11.71 £30.80 £17.64
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +87.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £55.63 £60.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.63 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Surrey

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Surrey

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Surrey

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey 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
Leatherhead - 8 £425 - 1
Redhill -4 7 £525 +5.00%
Reigate -6 4 £700 +7.69%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (16.67%) MySQL
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Marketing
2 7 (29.17%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Test Manager
2 8 (33.33%) Senior
3 7 (29.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Developer
5 5 (20.83%) DOORS Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Integration Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Software Integration Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Business Manager
7 2 (8.33%) Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (8.33%) Change Manager
7 2 (8.33%) SQL Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Business IT Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Life Science
1 2 (8.33%) NHS
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Unix
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 8 (33.33%) Validation
3 7 (29.17%) Budgeting
3 7 (29.17%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (29.17%) Customer Engagement
3 7 (29.17%) Customer Requirements
3 7 (29.17%) ITIL
3 7 (29.17%) Process Improvement
3 7 (29.17%) Requirements Analysis
3 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
3 7 (29.17%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (29.17%) UML
3 7 (29.17%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (20.83%) Agile
5 5 (20.83%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
6 4 (16.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
1 6 (25.00%) VB
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 4 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (29.17%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) PCI DSS
2 2 (8.33%) HL7
3 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft