Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Test Strategy
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.26% 0.86% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.98% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £505 -
25th Percentile £556 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £531 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +4.12% -2.86% -2.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 330 305 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 86.61% 87.14% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 195 227
10th Percentile £325 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £460 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £626 £676 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 43
10th Percentile £19.69 £31.51 £27.60
25th Percentile £29.39 £43.75 £46.86
Median hourly rate £51.21 £67.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -24.13% +38.55% -11.42%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.94 £78.18
90th Percentile £74.37 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.23% +8.33% -7.69%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Cheltenham - 1 £563 - 4
Test Strategy
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared