Test Strategy Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Strategy
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 25 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 -5
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.24% 0.95% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 1.13% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £366 £386 -
25th Percentile £382 £392 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.61% +1.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £417 -
90th Percentile - £419 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £520 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +27.61% +1.88% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 177 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 84.75% 84.29% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 89 243
10th Percentile £225 £335 £352
25th Percentile £358 £400 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £650
90th Percentile £629 £650 £740
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £565
% change year-on-year -8.00% -11.50% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
1 3 (60.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
2 1 (20.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) BDD
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) API Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Packer
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform