Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Test Strategy
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.24% - 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% - 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £501 - £605
25th Percentile £503 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £625
75th Percentile £528 - £638
90th Percentile £534 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £513 - £625

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 136 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.04% 80.47% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 56 75
10th Percentile £277 £144 £203
25th Percentile £325 £161 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £528
90th Percentile £623 £589 £600
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 17 9
10th Percentile £12.44 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £15.19 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +31.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.38 £16.00
90th Percentile - £41.65 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +31.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in County Antrim

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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Test Strategy

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Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Test Strategy

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Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
Belfast - 3 £513 - 3
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Northern Ireland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP