Test Strategy Contracts in Northampton

Test Strategy
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 5.00% 0.76% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 0.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £379 £355 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £360 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.08% - -
75th Percentile £457 £365 -
90th Percentile £483 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £422 £393 -
% change year-on-year +7.39% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton

Test Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 110 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 94.17% 83.33% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 88 180
10th Percentile £325 £163 £310
25th Percentile £358 £245 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £373 £453
Median % change year-on-year +28.52% -17.68% +14.27%
75th Percentile £591 £500 £515
90th Percentile £622 £579 £584
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile - - £9.75
25th Percentile - - £10.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.52 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +7.56% -70.00%
75th Percentile - - £13.75
90th Percentile £35.75 - £16.70
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £24.50 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.96% +50.91% -38.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Northampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Northampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Northampton over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Northampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Automation Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) QA Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) QA Automation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) QA Automation Tester
2 1 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) QA Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Functional Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (83.33%) System Integration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) QA Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow