Test Planning Contracts in Dorset

Test Planning
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Test Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Planning over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset - - 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £400 £543 £575
% change year-on-year -26.27% -5.65% +2.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Test Planning 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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 141 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 89.83% 87.58% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 94 132
10th Percentile £189 £175 £200
25th Percentile £306 £175 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £630 £638
90th Percentile £575 £721 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 42
10th Percentile £15.02 - £17.50
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.69 £25.28
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -72.25% +9.02%
75th Percentile £16.97 £47.83 £61.68
90th Percentile £67.50 £61.50 £70.45
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in Dorset

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in Dorset