Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Test Strategy
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire citing Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	58	37	47
Rank change year-on-year	-21	+10	+13
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy	15	8	5
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire	1.97%	2.15%	1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.35%	2.42%	1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted	9	8	4
10^th Percentile	£223	£248	-
25^th Percentile	£232	£267	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£395	£310	£419
Median % change year-on-year	+27.42%	-25.97%	-27.17%
75^th Percentile	£445	£381	£481
90^th Percentile	£478	£498	£502
South East median daily rate	£470	£461	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.06%	-12.29%	+26.66%

All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	638	330	324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire	83.84%	88.71%	82.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	405	195	230
10^th Percentile	£353	£224	£245
25^th Percentile	£435	£332	£402
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£545	£438	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+24.61%	-7.89%	-8.21%
75^th Percentile	£609	£540	£558
90^th Percentile	£649	£640	£650
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.44%	-1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted	74	42	9
10^th Percentile	£12.84	£15.12	£14.58
25^th Percentile	£13.46	£15.25	£18.70
Median hourly rate	£16.75	£18.00	£30.00
Median % change year-on-year	-6.94%	-40.00%	+46.34%
75^th Percentile	£33.75	£25.15	£36.75
90^th Percentile	£70.25	£29.61	£41.15
South East median hourly rate	£38.80	£20.71	£57.52
% change year-on-year	+87.35%	-64.00%	+9.56%

Test Strategy 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 Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Buckinghamshire

Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Test Strategy 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 7 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Milton Keynes	-20	13	£358	+32.41%	1
High Wycombe	-	1	-	-	1
Test Strategy South East

Test Strategy Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 7 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Test Strategy also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region citing Test Strategy.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	QA	46.7%	7
2	Defect Management	40.0%	6
2	End-to-End Testing	40.0%	6
2	Integration Testing	40.0%	6
2	Test Automation	40.0%	6
6	Acceptance Criteria	33.3%	5
6	CI/CD	33.3%	5
6	Regression Testing	33.3%	5
6	Scenario Testing	33.3%	5
6	System Integration Testing	33.3%	5
6	Test Management	33.3%	5
6	User Acceptance Testing	33.3%	5
13	Agile	26.7%	4
13	AWS	26.7%	4
13	Azure	26.7%	4
13	Data Migration	26.7%	4
13	ISTQB	26.7%	4
13	ISTQB Advanced Certification	26.7%	4
13	JIRA	26.7%	4
13	Migration	26.7%	4
13	Non-Functional Testing	26.7%	4
13	Performance Testing	26.7%	4
13	Process Improvement	26.7%	4
13	Security Cleared	26.7%	4
13	SQL	26.7%	4
13	User Stories	26.7%	4
13	Validation	26.7%	4
13	VMware	26.7%	4
29	Business Analysis	20.0%	3
29	Business Case	20.0%	3

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Defect Management	40.0%	6
1	End-to-End Testing	40.0%	6
1	Integration Testing	40.0%	6
1	Test Automation	40.0%	6
5	Acceptance Criteria	33.3%	5
5	CI/CD	33.3%	5
5	Regression Testing	33.3%	5
5	Scenario Testing	33.3%	5
5	System Integration Testing	33.3%	5
5	Test Management	33.3%	5
5	User Acceptance Testing	33.3%	5
12	Agile	26.7%	4
12	Data Migration	26.7%	4
12	Migration	26.7%	4
12	Non-Functional Testing	26.7%	4
12	Performance Testing	26.7%	4
12	Process Improvement	26.7%	4
12	User Stories	26.7%	4
12	Validation	26.7%	4
20	Business Analysis	20.0%	3