Test Strategy Contracts in Oxford

Test Strategy
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 13 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 4.17% - 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% - 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £484 - -
25th Percentile £497 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £450
75th Percentile £559 - £475
90th Percentile £576 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £525 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 87 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 93.75% 83.65% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 85
10th Percentile £206 £250 £300
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £550
90th Percentile £700 £575 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.75 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -14.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £46.30 £39.13 £27.13
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Oxford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Oxford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Oxford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation