Test Strategy Contracts in England

Test Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 233 217
Rank change year-on-year +32 -16 -18
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 430 564 924
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.17% 1.15% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.28% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 408 610
10th Percentile £358 £379 £384
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £518
% change year-on-year +2.44% -1.06% +9.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile £60.75 £49.03 £20.88
25th Percentile £61.88 £52.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% +105.08% -32.22%
75th Percentile £69.38 - £55.36
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £62.55 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.91% +140.58% -42.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
London +70 242 £550 - 47
South East -14 44 £506 +14.60% 23
East of England +24 40 £531 +1.19% 8
Midlands -13 39 £390 -27.51% 16
North of England -9 33 £463 -11.90% 20
West Midlands -28 30 £359 -33.27% 10
South West +16 25 £563 +9.76% 14
North West +4 15 £450 +5.88% 10
Yorkshire -6 15 £517 -6.00% 6
East Midlands +22 9 £422 -29.75% 6
North East +11 3 £408 +1.88% 4
Test Strategy
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Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.86%) Confluence
2 8 (1.86%) MTS
3 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.93%) Apache
5 3 (0.70%) CMS
5 3 (0.70%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.47%) Maya
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (3.02%) Oracle Applications
2 8 (1.86%) Aligne
2 8 (1.86%) Endur
2 8 (1.86%) EuroRunner
2 8 (1.86%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.63%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 6 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (1.16%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 90 (20.93%) Azure
2 47 (10.93%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (7.21%) AWS
4 26 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 25 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (4.19%) OCI
7 16 (3.72%) Azure API Management
7 16 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (2.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 9 (2.09%) Oracle CX
9 9 (2.09%) SaaS
10 6 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.40%) Serverless
10 6 (1.40%) Tricentis Tosca
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.93%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.40%) HTTP
2 3 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.47%) Internet
3 2 (0.47%) SAN
4 1 (0.23%) Network Security
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.35%) Power BI
2 22 (5.12%) MySQL
3 15 (3.49%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.09%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.16%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.93%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.70%) Big Data
10 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (11.63%) Git
2 45 (10.47%) Selenium
3 43 (10.00%) JIRA
4 34 (7.91%) Postman
5 29 (6.74%) Cucumber
6 26 (6.05%) JMeter
7 24 (5.58%) JUnit
8 21 (4.88%) SpecFlow
9 19 (4.42%) WebDriver
10 17 (3.95%) LoadRunner
10 17 (3.95%) REST Assured
11 16 (3.72%) Appium
12 15 (3.49%) TestNG
13 14 (3.26%) TestRail
13 14 (3.26%) Visual Studio
14 13 (3.02%) Gatling
14 13 (3.02%) Jenkins
15 11 (2.56%) SoapUI
16 10 (2.33%) eggPlant
16 10 (2.33%) SOAtest
General
1 139 (32.33%) Social Skills
2 106 (24.65%) Finance
3 37 (8.60%) Manufacturing
4 35 (8.14%) Electronics
5 31 (7.21%) Aerospace
5 31 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.51%) Banking
7 22 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.72%) Back Office
9 15 (3.49%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.79%) Legal
10 12 (2.79%) Marketing
11 11 (2.56%) Front Office
12 10 (2.33%) Retail
13 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.16%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (19.30%) Lead
1 83 (19.30%) Test Manager
2 54 (12.56%) Architect
3 52 (12.09%) Senior
4 46 (10.70%) Analyst
5 42 (9.77%) Test Leader
6 40 (9.30%) Test Architect
7 29 (6.74%) Tester
8 28 (6.51%) Test Engineer
9 25 (5.81%) Test Analyst
10 19 (4.42%) Developer
11 15 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.26%) Senior Test Engineer
13 13 (3.02%) Automation Tester
13 13 (3.02%) Consultant
14 12 (2.79%) Project Manager
15 11 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (2.33%) Test Automation Engineer
17 8 (1.86%) QA Analyst
17 8 (1.86%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.51%) .NET
2 26 (6.05%) XML
3 18 (4.19%) Web Services
4 17 (3.95%) REST
5 13 (3.02%) .NET Framework
5 13 (3.02%) Playwright
6 11 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.33%) Gherkin
7 10 (2.33%) GraphQL
8 9 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.63%) React
10 6 (1.40%) JSON
11 4 (0.93%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (0.93%) Kafka
11 4 (0.93%) Web Dynpro
12 3 (0.70%) CSS
12 3 (0.70%) HTML
12 3 (0.70%) Middleware
12 3 (0.70%) Node.js
12 3 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.44%) Analogue Electronics
2 14 (3.26%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.02%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.56%) Equities
4 11 (2.56%) Hedge funds
5 9 (2.09%) Market Risk
6 8 (1.86%) Life Science
6 8 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.86%) Solar Panel
7 7 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.16%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.16%) NHS
9 4 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.93%) Derivative
9 4 (0.93%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.70%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.70%) FMCG
10 3 (0.70%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.42%) Windows
2 15 (3.49%) Unix
3 13 (3.02%) Linux
4 8 (1.86%) Android
5 4 (0.93%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (36.74%) Agile
2 149 (34.65%) Test Automation
3 68 (15.81%) Software Testing
3 68 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (15.58%) User Acceptance Testing
5 66 (15.35%) Project Management
6 65 (15.12%) DevOps
7 60 (13.95%) CI/CD
8 59 (13.72%) Test Management
9 54 (12.56%) Continuous Integration
10 53 (12.33%) Performance Testing
10 53 (12.33%) Scrum
11 48 (11.16%) Test Scripting
12 45 (10.47%) Migration
13 44 (10.23%) System Integration Testing
14 42 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (9.30%) Process Improvement
15 40 (9.30%) Scenario Testing
16 38 (8.84%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.33%) SQL
2 52 (12.09%) C#
3 47 (10.93%) Java
4 25 (5.81%) Python
5 19 (4.42%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.79%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.40%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.40%) VB
8 5 (1.16%) Scala
8 5 (1.16%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.93%) ABAP
9 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.93%) Groovy
9 4 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.70%) C
10 3 (0.70%) C++
10 3 (0.70%) PHP
10 3 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 94 (21.86%) Security Cleared
2 92 (21.40%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.47%) Degree
4 38 (8.84%) ISTQB
5 22 (5.12%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.86%) ISEB
8 7 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.93%) CISM
9 4 (0.93%) CISSP
9 4 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.23%) CCA
12 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.23%) PhD
12 1 (0.23%) PMP
12 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (27.91%) QA
2 14 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.86%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.86%) HL7
4 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.40%) PMO
5 6 (1.40%) SLA
6 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.47%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) EMIR
8 1 (0.23%) GDPR
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.33%) Docker
2 5 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.70%) vSphere
4 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.02%) Grafana
2 4 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.70%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (0.70%) Kibana
4 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.14%) Oracle
3 24 (5.58%) SAP
4 13 (3.02%) Denodo
4 13 (3.02%) Talend
5 12 (2.79%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.33%) Splunk
7 8 (1.86%) Adobe
8 6 (1.40%) HP
8 6 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (0.93%) Google
9 4 (0.93%) iManage
9 4 (0.93%) Intapp
9 4 (0.93%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.93%) Qualtrics
9 4 (0.93%) VMware
10 3 (0.70%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.70%) Okta
10 3 (0.70%) Ping Identity