Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

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South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 27 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 10 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 4.61% 1.65% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 2.21% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £290 - £184
25th Percentile £305 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £162 £193
Median % change year-on-year +153.92% -15.61% -51.88%
75th Percentile £526 - £201
90th Percentile £529 - £201
South Wales median daily rate £519 £162 £196
% change year-on-year +219.33% -17.22% -60.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £25.60 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 181 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.18% 74.79% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 123 168
10th Percentile £226 £140 £172
25th Percentile £293 £209 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £538
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
South Wales median daily rate £405 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -3.28% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 5
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.54 £21.59 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% -16.96% +44.44%
75th Percentile £18.36 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £22.82 £27.50 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £17.65 £25.27 £29.83
% change year-on-year -30.16% -15.29% +49.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Cardiff over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Postman
2 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (20.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (20.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (10.00%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
1 5 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Payments Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Test Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) JSON
1 5 (50.00%) REST
1 5 (50.00%) SOAP
1 5 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) Entity Framework
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) Jest
2 2 (20.00%) Next.js
2 2 (20.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) Blazor
3 1 (10.00%) GWT
3 1 (10.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (10.00%) NHS
4 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (10.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Case Management
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 2 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 2 (20.00%) Open Source
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (20.00%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
1 6 (60.00%) ISTQB
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (50.00%) ISEB
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) SEPA
2 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) HP
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft