Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Kent

Test Strategy
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.81% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £525 £414
% change year-on-year -14.29% +26.81% -25.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 102 138 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.26% 72.25% 75.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 63 129
10th Percentile £179 £155 £204
25th Percentile £256 £205 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £522 £586 £550
90th Percentile £625 £635 £632
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 8
10th Percentile £17.98 - £52.28
25th Percentile - - £53.44
Median hourly rate £20.40 £15.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -73.33% +51.49%
75th Percentile - £53.50 £79.05
90th Percentile - £54.36 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £20.75 £57.35 £53.50
% change year-on-year -63.82% +7.20% +69.68%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Kent

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Folkestone - 1 - -
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing