Test Strategy Contracts in the South East

Test Strategy
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 135 149
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 50 79 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 1.37% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.53% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 56 69
10th Percentile £399 £374 £385
25th Percentile £413 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £519 £550
90th Percentile £654 £594 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £524
% change year-on-year - +0.24% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £21.88
25th Percentile - - £30.31
Median hourly rate - £62.55 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year - +28.77% +7.94%
75th Percentile - - £62.15
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £30.50
% change year-on-year +3.92% +105.08% -32.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,694 5,167 6,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.65% 89.46% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,751 3,590 4,710
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 223 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.10 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.96 £63.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Surrey +26 24 £525 +5.00% 6
Thames Valley -1 11 £513 +3.80% 4
West Sussex -9 10 £412 -0.48% 2
Berkshire -12 9 £494 -3.66% 3
Hampshire -7 3 £438 -7.89% 11
Buckinghamshire +21 2 £585 +21.56%
Kent - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Maya
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.00%) OCI
3 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.00%) MySQL
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
1 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.00%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (8.00%) JIRA
3 1 (2.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (2.00%) Selenium
General
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (22.00%) Finance
4 8 (16.00%) Marketing
4 8 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Automotive
7 1 (2.00%) Banking
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Developer
2 14 (28.00%) Test Manager
3 10 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
3 10 (20.00%) SAP Developer
3 10 (20.00%) Senior
4 8 (16.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) DOORS Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Software Integration Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
2 8 (16.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) Jest
3 1 (2.00%) Middleware
3 1 (2.00%) Node.js
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.00%) React
3 1 (2.00%) REST
3 1 (2.00%) SOAP
3 1 (2.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Life Science
2 3 (6.00%) NHS
3 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.00%) Windows
2 8 (16.00%) Unix
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Agile
2 18 (36.00%) Process Improvement
3 15 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (26.00%) Migration
4 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.00%) Test Automation
6 10 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 10 (20.00%) Validation
7 9 (18.00%) Requirements Management
7 9 (18.00%) Test Management
8 8 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (16.00%) Customer Engagement
8 8 (16.00%) ITIL
8 8 (16.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 8 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 8 (16.00%) Scenario Testing
8 8 (16.00%) Software Testing
8 8 (16.00%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (16.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) ABAP
2 9 (18.00%) SQL
3 6 (12.00%) VB
4 4 (8.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (8.00%) PL/SQL
4 4 (8.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.00%) Java
5 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Degree
2 8 (16.00%) ISTQB
2 8 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (16.00%) Master's Degree
3 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) PCI DSS
2 4 (8.00%) HL7
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
1 1 (2.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) SAP
2 10 (20.00%) Adobe
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.00%) VMware