Test Strategy Contracts in Knutsford

Test Strategy
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 6.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £414 - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £522 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £497 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +16.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 98 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.95% 90.74% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 90 115
10th Percentile £341 £362 £342
25th Percentile £358 £401 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -7.95% +19.05%
75th Percentile £492 £598 £621
90th Percentile £537 £627 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Knutsford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Knutsford

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Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Knutsford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Knutsford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CICS
1 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
1 2 (22.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
1 2 (22.22%) SOAtest
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) General Ledger
2 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Business Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Test Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) J2EE
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) CMDB
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Payment
3 2 (22.22%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (66.67%) Focus Group
2 6 (66.67%) ITSM
2 6 (66.67%) Service Management
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 5 (55.56%) Service Catalogue
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Identification
4 4 (44.44%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (22.22%) API Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 2 (22.22%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) COBOL
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) JCL
1 2 (22.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (22.22%) Ab Initio
2 2 (22.22%) Informatica
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Parasoft
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft