Test Planning Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Test Planning
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Test Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 66 93
Rank change year-on-year -26 +27 +6
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.35% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.47% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - £403 -
25th Percentile £650 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +70.59% +6.25% -23.81%
75th Percentile £738 £456 £498
90th Percentile - £468 £556
South East median daily rate £550 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +33.33% -13.16% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,168 644 1,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.84% 86.91% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 450 657
10th Percentile £320 £356 £388
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +6.13%
75th Percentile £648 £613 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 37 121
10th Percentile £15.03 £19.38 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.38 £27.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +33.90%
75th Percentile £35.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £53.40 £72.75 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £25.04 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.61% -9.73% +5.56%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Test Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Test Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
Winchester - 3 £725 -
Southampton - 2 £650 - 1
Test Planning
South East

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Multicast
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Automation Tester
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Tester
3 2 (40.00%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCIE
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Iperf
1 2 (40.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds