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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +2 |
| 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 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.27% | +8.50% | -10.95% |
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 | 139 | 224 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 89.83% | 87.42% | 85.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 93 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £189 | £175 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | £175 | £381 |
| 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 | £724 | £688 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.46% | +3.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 22 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.02 | £13.69 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.25 | £13.87 | £25.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.50 | £20.40 | £56.29 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.02% | -63.76% | +9.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £16.97 | £47.83 | £61.99 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.50 | £62.00 | £70.24 |
| 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.
Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Dorset.