Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Test Strategy
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 4.55% - 7.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% - 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Devon median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 49 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 97.73% 79.03% 74.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 12
10th Percentile £265 £114 £364
25th Percentile £313 £179 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £706 £675 £585
90th Percentile £738 £686 £733
Devon median daily rate £438 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.09% +3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 15
10th Percentile £15.74 £26.40 £11.36
25th Percentile £23.50 £50.63 £18.62
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +50.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £46.00 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £80.00
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% +50.00% -27.27%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

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

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) YouTube