Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 47 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +43
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 8 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.31% 1.01% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.21% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £245 - £485
25th Percentile £265 £363 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £419 £575
Median % change year-on-year -35.52% -27.17% +12.20%
75th Percentile £413 £481 £581
90th Percentile £505 £502 £584
South East median daily rate £475 £515 £414
% change year-on-year -7.72% +24.34% -31.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £61.63
% change year-on-year - - +20.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 312 331 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 90.17% 83.59% 92.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 233 463
10th Percentile £233 £239 £275
25th Percentile £350 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £613
90th Percentile £635 £648 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 14
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.70 £14.24
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +57.89% +38.18%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £23.56
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £24.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Buckinghamshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Test Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Test Strategy

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +6 6 £270 -28.00% 3
Gerrards Cross - 1 £475 -
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Avionics
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) QA Leader
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (25.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Defect Management
3 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Test Planning
4 3 (37.50%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Logistics
5 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Test Management
5 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Compaq
3 1 (12.50%) Conga
3 1 (12.50%) JDA
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) Terracotta
3 1 (12.50%) webMethods