Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

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Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 +27
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 11 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.16% 0.72% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 0.82% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £222 - £485
25th Percentile £232 £363 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £375 £575
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -34.78% +9.52%
75th Percentile £350 £388 £581
90th Percentile £404 - £584
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £270 £375 £575
% change year-on-year -28.00% -34.78% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 293 243 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.20% 87.10% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 173 357
10th Percentile £224 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £628 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.68 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £18.70 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £34.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% +41.67% +43.28%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.75 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.50 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £23.88
% change year-on-year -30.46% +51.48% +54.03%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Test Strategy

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Test Strategy

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SAP HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
1 6 (54.55%) Test Leader
2 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (18.18%) SAP PI
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) XML
2 1 (9.09%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (81.82%) Defect Management
3 7 (63.64%) Regression Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Scenario Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Data Migration
5 5 (45.45%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (45.45%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (45.45%) Migration
5 5 (45.45%) Test Assurance
5 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
6 4 (36.36%) Validation
7 3 (27.27%) Agile
7 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
7 3 (27.27%) Data Reconciliation
7 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (27.27%) ETL
7 3 (27.27%) Functional Testing
7 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
8 2 (18.18%) Logistics
8 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISEB
2 1 (9.09%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
2 3 (27.27%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) CheckPoint
2 3 (27.27%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) HP
4 1 (9.09%) Compaq
4 1 (9.09%) JDA
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 1 (9.09%) Terracotta
4 1 (9.09%) webMethods