Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Test Strategy
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 4.14% 1.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 1.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% - -
75th Percentile £738 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £421 £525 -
% change year-on-year -19.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 77 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 76.33% 91.67% 82.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 57 101
10th Percentile £132 £203 £158
25th Percentile £360 £275 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +17.28%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £638 £714 £705
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £430 £475
% change year-on-year -2.33% -9.47% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 9
10th Percentile £18.33 - £12.80
25th Percentile £20.44 £21.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +7.14% -65.00%
75th Percentile £27.44 £23.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £30.25 - £57.80
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £21.52
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.46% +27.84%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Leicestershire

Test Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Test Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Test Strategy

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Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Leicester - 6 £543 - 4
Loughborough -1 1 £360 -31.43%
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Receivables
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 7 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle