Test Strategy Contracts in Shropshire

Test Strategy
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 17 18 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 +4
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 15 11 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 11.54% 8.21% 41.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.00% 13.25% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 60
10th Percentile £418 £356 £450
25th Percentile £453 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £358 £540
Median % change year-on-year +41.75% -33.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £524 - -
90th Percentile £527 £358 £566
West Midlands median daily rate £507 £359 £540
% change year-on-year +41.36% -33.52% +4.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 125 83 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 96.15% 61.94% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 51 125
10th Percentile £311 £260 £410
25th Percentile £403 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £378 £538
Median % change year-on-year +28.04% -29.74% +6.53%
75th Percentile £537 £497 £540
90th Percentile £544 £519 £595
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate £12.18 £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -81.05% +214.29%
75th Percentile - £11.32 £57.50
90th Percentile - £14.26 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Shropshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Shropshire

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford +4 15 £507 +41.75% 4
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
1 1 (6.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
1 12 (80.00%) Power Platform
1 12 (80.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
2 1 (6.67%) CA Gen
2 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (6.67%) Toad
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Lead
2 7 (46.67%) Technical Leader
3 5 (33.33%) Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) QA Leader
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Test Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Test Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Gherkin
1 1 (6.67%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Unix
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 12 (80.00%) DevOps
2 12 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (80.00%) Process Improvement
3 11 (73.33%) Data Modelling
3 11 (73.33%) OO
3 11 (73.33%) Problem Management
4 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.67%) BDD
6 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (6.67%) Microservices
6 1 (6.67%) Security Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) COBOL
2 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (13.33%) ISEB
1 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle
1 1 (6.67%) SAP
1 1 (6.67%) webMethods