Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham
Test Strategy
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham citing Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | - | 39 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Test Strategy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham | 0.94% | - | 0.99% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.22% | - | 1.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £550 | - | £513 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 164 | 79 | 166 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 77.36% | 79.80% | 81.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 110 | 52 | 93 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £412 | £464 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £463 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £647 | £675 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £789 | £752 | £969 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £550 | £475 | £586 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -18.87% | +6.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £63.00 | £41.28 | £51.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £66.81 | £49.19 | £65.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £74.75 | £64.25 | £72.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.34% | -11.38% | +101.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £81.19 | £73.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.75 | £90.23 | - |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £37.50 | £34.34 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.20% | +4.06% | -36.37% |
Test Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Test Strategy.
Test Strategy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | DevSecOps | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Network Segmentation | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Security Testing | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Validation | 100.0% | 2 |
| 8 | Collaborative Engineering | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Containerisation | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Decision-Making | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Identity Access Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Manual Testing | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Observability | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Principle of Least Privilege | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Regression Testing | 50.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Test Automation | 50.0% | 1 |