Test Strategy Contracts in Cheshire

Test Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 58 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 -11
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.19% 0.74% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.81% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £334
25th Percentile - £413 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £364
Median % change year-on-year - +16.92% -6.19%
75th Percentile - £475 £382
90th Percentile - £543 £393
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 440 493 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.78% 91.64% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 332 253
10th Percentile £285 £264 £214
25th Percentile £400 £385 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +7.19% +2.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £630 £656 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +24.65% -19.50%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Cheshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Cheshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Cheshire

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +4 1 - -
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA