The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 23 September 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Test Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
106
501
718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff
69.74%
82.81%
89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted
77
350
571
Median daily rate
£420
£413
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.82%
+3.13%
+8.84%
10th Percentile
£163
£263
£285
90th Percentile
£625
£613
£550
South Wales median daily rate
£445
£425
£405
% change year-on-year
+4.71%
+4.94%
+8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
7
14
16
Median hourly rate
£25.00
£26.75
£11.78
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.54%
+127.08%
-24.87%
10th Percentile
£14.49
£12.16
£10.75
90th Percentile
£38.50
£44.63
£18.00
Median hourly rate
£21.80
£21.00
£13.00
% change year-on-year
+3.81%
+61.54%
-43.65%
Test Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Test Strategy Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Cardiff.
Test Strategy Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Cardiff.
Test Strategy Top 3 Co-occurring IT Skills in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 23 September 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Test Strategy also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region with a requirement for Test Strategy.
Test Strategy Co-occurring IT Skills in Cardiff by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
