Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Test Strategy
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 1.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - -
Dorset median daily rate £260 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70 41 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 81.40% 89.13% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 18 38
10th Percentile £320 £203 £175
25th Percentile £394 £273 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £438 £474
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -7.65% +22.26%
75th Percentile £675 £549 £530
90th Percentile £718 £619 £700
Dorset median daily rate £538 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +13.16% -2.56% -9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 5
10th Percentile £18.34 - -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £14.41
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -0.77% -18.31%
75th Percentile £25.38 £15.75 -
90th Percentile £27.25 - £21.36
Dorset median hourly rate £39.25 £15.50 £15.62
% change year-on-year +153.23% -0.77% -72.35%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

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

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA