Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Bath

Test Strategy
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bath requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 1.80% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
Somerset median daily rate £525 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bath

Test Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 64 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 86.49% 90.14% 67.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 48 29
10th Percentile £357 £225 £255
25th Percentile £461 £380 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £601 £675 £525
90th Percentile £675 - £610
Somerset median daily rate £523 £520 £516
% change year-on-year +0.48% +0.78% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £16.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% +15.69% -69.05%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Bath

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Test Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Test Strategy

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) QA Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) QA