Test Planning Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 135 142 149
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -18
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.31% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile £436 - £418
25th Percentile £453 £400 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £415 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -24.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile £509 £469 -
90th Percentile £526 - £580
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,291 2,613 3,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.94% 91.78% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,289 1,814 2,089
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 63 84
10th Percentile £14.09 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £64.57 £66.21 £24.06
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £64.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the Thames Valley

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the Thames Valley

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the Thames Valley

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -10 3 £475 +2.70%
Buckinghamshire +24 2 £500 +25.00%
Test Planning
South East

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle