Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Test Strategy
Surrey > Leatherhead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leatherhead requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 5.88% - 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% - 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £471 - -
25th Percentile £484 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £425
75th Percentile £534 - £438
90th Percentile £544 - £488
Surrey median daily rate £550 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33 29 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 97.06% 96.67% 86.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 55
10th Percentile £463 £158 £177
25th Percentile £465 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £541 £650 £638
90th Percentile £569 £675 £688
Surrey median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £53.75 - -
25th Percentile £59.38 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - £60.00
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 £26.33 £18.35
% change year-on-year +146.91% +43.46% -59.22%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

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

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Swim Lanes
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft