Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Test Strategy
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.68% 2.10% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 2.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £456 £441 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £459 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% - -
75th Percentile £469 £478 -
90th Percentile - £480 -
East Midlands median daily rate £421 £525 -
% change year-on-year -19.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 113 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.56% 79.02% 79.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 47 72
10th Percentile £134 £231 £160
25th Percentile £178 £310 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +7.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £589
90th Percentile £650 £630 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £430 £475
% change year-on-year -2.33% -9.47% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 12
10th Percentile £15.77 - £15.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.30 £21.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +7.95% +18.84%
75th Percentile £23.71 £24.18 £35.06
90th Percentile £25.15 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £21.52
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.46% +27.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Test Strategy

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Test Strategy

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA