Test Strategy Contracts in Hertfordshire

Test Strategy
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 62 71
Rank change year-on-year +32 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 42 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.88% 1.43% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 1.64% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 2
10th Percentile £444 - £441
25th Percentile £455 £450 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £600 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.71% +23.08% -22.00%
75th Percentile £517 £700 £522
90th Percentile £518 - £524
East of England median daily rate £513 £700 £518
% change year-on-year -26.79% +35.14% +11.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 752 669 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.44% 87.00% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 373 425
10th Percentile £224 £260 £205
25th Percentile £313 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £578 £676 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £709
East of England median daily rate £441 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -8.13% +1.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 136 87
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £50.94 £36.83
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £58.25
90th Percentile £75.25 £78.50 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £21.26 £17.50
% change year-on-year +88.15% +21.49% +9.38%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Hertfordshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Hertfordshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Hertfordshire

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Stevenage - 37 - -
Hatfield -9 2 £475 -20.83%
St Albans - 1 £513 -
Test Strategy
East of England

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SAP HCM
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Katalon Studio
General
1 37 (88.10%) Electronics
1 37 (88.10%) Manufacturing
2 33 (78.57%) Social Skills
3 31 (73.81%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (83.33%) Architect
1 35 (83.33%) Test Architect
2 3 (7.14%) Lead
2 3 (7.14%) Test Manager
3 2 (4.76%) Hardware Specialist
3 2 (4.76%) Test Leader
3 2 (4.76%) Test Specialist
4 1 (2.38%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (2.38%) Portfolio Test Manager
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Manager
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 37 (88.10%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.38%) FMCG
2 1 (2.38%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (88.10%) Project Management
1 37 (88.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (7.14%) Test Management
2 3 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (4.76%) Coaching
3 2 (4.76%) Defect Management
3 2 (4.76%) ITIL
3 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2
3 2 (4.76%) Validation
4 1 (2.38%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (2.38%) DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) Matrix Management
4 1 (2.38%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (2.38%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.38%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (2.38%) Smoke Testing
4 1 (2.38%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (2.38%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.38%) TMMi
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) SC Cleared
1 34 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.38%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (2.38%) HP
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.38%) SAP
1 1 (2.38%) ScienceLogic
1 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow