Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Test Strategy
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.60% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 0.62% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £388 £419 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £375 £320 -
% change year-on-year +17.19% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 162 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 89.84% 91.53% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 83 69
10th Percentile £183 £357 £279
25th Percentile £345 £438 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £538 £420
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +27.98% -6.67%
75th Percentile £515 £631 £560
90th Percentile £580 £700 £638
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £505 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -3.90% +16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 16
10th Percentile £18.53 £17.95 £20.25
25th Percentile £23.35 £44.91 £25.32
Median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +196.28%
75th Percentile £55.00 £69.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £78.75 £69.38
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.22 £16.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.13% -1.42% +11.93%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Ranorex
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft