Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Newport

Test Strategy
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 13.33% - 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% - 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £725 - £675
90th Percentile £733 - -
South Wales median daily rate £513 £162 £196
% change year-on-year +215.94% -17.22% -68.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36 73 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 80.00% 94.81% 85.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 49
10th Percentile £266 £164 £176
25th Percentile £406 £205 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -33.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £589 £423 £650
90th Percentile £713 £624 £688
South Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 33 12
10th Percentile £79.00 £16.19 £14.13
25th Percentile £81.25 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £85.00 £25.18 £32.33
Median % change year-on-year +237.57% -22.12% +59.75%
75th Percentile £88.13 £40.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £89.25 £48.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £26.58
% change year-on-year -24.06% -4.94% +33.51%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Newport

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) GitHub
3 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JMeter
1 6 (100.00%) MSTest
1 6 (100.00%) Selenium
1 6 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Automation Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Automation Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (66.67%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) API Testing
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Scalability Testing
6 1 (16.67%) SDET
6 1 (16.67%) SOLID
6 1 (16.67%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft