Test Strategy Contracts in London

Test Strategy
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 258 251
Rank change year-on-year +65 -7 -24
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 218 242 436
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.23% 0.96% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.06% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 171 308
10th Percentile £368 £413 £413
25th Percentile £430 £458 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £609 £700 £675
90th Percentile £739 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.08% +140.58% -42.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in London

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in London over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in London

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 June 2024. 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
Central London +52 35 £515 -25.09% 6
West London +26 8 £410 - 1
East London - 4 £540 - 3
South London +9 1 £575 - 1
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.75%) MTS
3 5 (2.29%) Confluence
3 5 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.38%) CMS
4 3 (1.38%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.92%) Apache
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (3.21%) Aligne
1 7 (3.21%) Endur
2 6 (2.75%) EuroRunner
3 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.46%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.46%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.46%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 53 (24.31%) Azure
2 37 (16.97%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (11.01%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (9.17%) Azure API Management
5 19 (8.72%) AWS
6 16 (7.34%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (7.34%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.75%) Tricentis Tosca
8 4 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.83%) BrowserStack
8 4 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.38%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.38%) GCP
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) Network Security
1 3 (1.38%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.92%) HTTP
2 2 (0.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.34%) Power BI
2 11 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.21%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.83%) DB2
5 4 (1.83%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.83%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.38%) MySQL
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.92%) Big Data
7 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.92%) Sybase ASE
7 2 (0.92%) Sybase IQ
8 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (15.60%) Selenium
2 29 (13.30%) Postman
3 24 (11.01%) JMeter
3 24 (11.01%) LoadRunner
4 21 (9.63%) Git
5 17 (7.80%) Appium
5 17 (7.80%) Cucumber
5 17 (7.80%) JUnit
5 17 (7.80%) SpecFlow
6 16 (7.34%) WebDriver
7 14 (6.42%) JIRA
8 13 (5.96%) REST Assured
8 13 (5.96%) TestNG
9 10 (4.59%) eggPlant
9 10 (4.59%) SoapUI
9 10 (4.59%) SOAtest
9 10 (4.59%) Visual Studio
10 8 (3.67%) NeoLoad
11 7 (3.21%) Gatling
12 5 (2.29%) TestRail
General
1 75 (34.40%) Finance
2 58 (26.61%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.72%) Banking
4 18 (8.26%) Back Office
5 16 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.96%) Legal
7 12 (5.50%) Front Office
8 11 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (4.59%) Retail
10 8 (3.67%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.29%) Corporate Banking
11 5 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.29%) Law
12 3 (1.38%) Marketing
12 3 (1.38%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.92%) Electronics
13 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 60 (27.52%) Lead
2 40 (18.35%) Test Manager
3 32 (14.68%) Analyst
4 29 (13.30%) Test Leader
5 26 (11.93%) Senior
6 15 (6.88%) Test Analyst
7 14 (6.42%) Consultant
7 14 (6.42%) Tester
8 13 (5.96%) Business Analyst
9 11 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (5.05%) Test Engineer
10 10 (4.59%) Architect
11 9 (4.13%) Performance Test Leader
11 9 (4.13%) Senior Test Analyst
12 7 (3.21%) Developer
13 6 (2.75%) Automation Engineer
13 6 (2.75%) Integration Manager
13 6 (2.75%) Project Manager
13 6 (2.75%) QA Leader
14 5 (2.29%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.55%) XML
2 21 (9.63%) .NET
3 13 (5.96%) .NET Framework
3 13 (5.96%) REST
4 7 (3.21%) Playwright
5 6 (2.75%) Middleware
6 5 (2.29%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.83%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.83%) JSON
7 4 (1.83%) Swagger
8 3 (1.38%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.38%) React
8 3 (1.38%) Web Services
9 2 (0.92%) FHIR
9 2 (0.92%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.92%) React Native
9 2 (0.92%) SOAP
9 2 (0.92%) SwiftUI
9 2 (0.92%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.50%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.67%) Market Risk
3 7 (3.21%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.21%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.21%) Solar Panel
4 6 (2.75%) Hedge funds
4 6 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.29%) Equities
6 3 (1.38%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.38%) Life Science
6 3 (1.38%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.38%) Wiki
7 2 (0.92%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.92%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.05%) Windows
2 10 (4.59%) Linux
3 7 (3.21%) Android
4 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.92%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (42.20%) Agile
2 88 (40.37%) Test Automation
3 51 (23.39%) CI/CD
4 49 (22.48%) DevOps
5 42 (19.27%) Software Testing
6 39 (17.89%) Performance Testing
7 37 (16.97%) Continuous Integration
8 33 (15.14%) Test Management
9 30 (13.76%) Test Scripting
10 28 (12.84%) Mentoring
11 25 (11.47%) Use Case
12 23 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (10.55%) Data Transformation
12 23 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (10.55%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (10.09%) BDD
13 22 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (10.09%) Non-Functional Testing
14 21 (9.63%) Migration
14 21 (9.63%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.48%) C#
2 37 (16.97%) SQL
3 28 (12.84%) Java
4 18 (8.26%) Python
5 10 (4.59%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.21%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.29%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.38%) C
8 3 (1.38%) C++
9 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.92%) Swift
10 1 (0.46%) Go
10 1 (0.46%) ProC
Qualifications
1 25 (11.47%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.55%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.17%) Degree
4 15 (6.88%) ISTQB
5 7 (3.21%) ISEB
6 5 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CCA
10 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.46%) PgMP
10 1 (0.46%) PhD
10 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.46%) PMP
10 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (34.40%) QA
2 12 (5.50%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.38%) HL7
3 3 (1.38%) PMO
3 3 (1.38%) WCAG
4 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.46%) EMIR
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) IFRS
5 1 (0.46%) MiFID
5 1 (0.46%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.38%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.26%) Oracle
3 11 (5.05%) SAP
4 8 (3.67%) Splunk
5 5 (2.29%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (2.29%) HP
5 5 (2.29%) iManage
5 5 (2.29%) Intapp
5 5 (2.29%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.29%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.29%) VMware
6 4 (1.83%) IBM
7 3 (1.38%) Adobe
7 3 (1.38%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.38%) Google
7 3 (1.38%) Qualtrics
8 2 (0.92%) Apple
8 2 (0.92%) SnapLogic
8 2 (0.92%) Sybase
8 2 (0.92%) Workday