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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 1.32% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
South East median daily rate £460 £503 £438
% change year-on-year -8.46% +14.86% -16.67%

All Process & 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 127 115 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 84.11% 86.47% 81.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 57 119
10th Percentile £181 £185 £204
25th Percentile £297 £243 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +2.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £563 £623 £575
90th Percentile £638 £688 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 12
10th Percentile £16.10 £19.40 £20.08
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.43 £32.75
Median hourly rate £20.40 £54.00 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% +28.01% +9.39%
75th Percentile £35.54 £57.54 £55.06
90th Percentile £39.00 £69.64 £60.65
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend 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 13 January 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
Folkestone - 2 £300 - 1
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) UAT Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA