Test Strategy Contracts in Cardiff

Test Strategy
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 10 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.75% 4.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 5.99% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 0
10th Percentile £305 £458 -
25th Percentile £307 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £535 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.89% - -
75th Percentile £373 £553 -
90th Percentile £403 £570 -
South Wales median daily rate £322 £535 £625
% change year-on-year -39.89% -14.40% +25.00%

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 159 167 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.38% 71.98% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 134 163
10th Percentile £230 £143 £190
25th Percentile £305 £336 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £498 £551 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £625
South Wales median daily rate £405 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.61 £14.61
25th Percentile £12.65 £15.48 £17.48
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% -17.47% +18.42%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.67 £24.69
90th Percentile £25.54 - £25.50
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £20.24 £19.49
% change year-on-year -20.93% +3.82% -2.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Postman
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 4 (40.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (10.00%) Appium
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) NUnit
3 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (10.00%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Lead Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Engineer
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 4 (40.00%) CSS
2 4 (40.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) Blazor
3 3 (30.00%) GWT
4 1 (10.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (30.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) 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%) Coaching
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (40.00%) Product Management
3 4 (40.00%) Product Requirements
3 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) API Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) ISEB
2 6 (60.00%) ISTQB
3 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) SEPA