Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Test Strategy
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 3.78% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £302 - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 - £350
75th Percentile £398 - -
90th Percentile £401 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £393 - £350

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 201 123 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 84.45% 77.85% 82.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 72 74
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £156 £184 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% -17.89%
75th Percentile £463 £538 £559
90th Percentile £620 £638 £668
Merseyside median daily rate £225 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -43.75% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 24
10th Percentile - £12.22 £11.64
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.10 £17.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.43% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £51.02 £25.78 £34.21
90th Percentile - £30.78 £36.32
Merseyside median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £17.50
% change year-on-year +107.31% +15.37% -1.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Liverpool

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Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Liverpool over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Liverpool

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (88.89%) Change Management
2 8 (88.89%) Cutover Planning
2 8 (88.89%) Data Governance
2 8 (88.89%) Data Validation
2 8 (88.89%) ETL
2 8 (88.89%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Operational Stability
2 8 (88.89%) Regression Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Test Management
2 8 (88.89%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) AI
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) IFRS
1 8 (88.89%) IFRS 17
2 6 (66.67%) QA
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