Test Strategy Contracts in South Wales

Test Strategy
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 52 76
Rank change year-on-year +22 +24 -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 11 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 3.24% 0.96% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 1.09% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £257 £581 -
25th Percentile £495 £609 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +31.58% -
75th Percentile £553 - £488
90th Percentile £570 - -
Wales median daily rate £535 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -14.40% +31.58% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 272 459 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 80.24% 88.44% 83.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 352 558
10th Percentile £160 £190 £255
25th Percentile £352 £333 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £650
Wales median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 24 28
10th Percentile £11.21 £13.97 £14.31
25th Percentile £15.35 £16.98 £19.46
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -23.62% +15.85%
75th Percentile £52.31 £21.29 £31.97
90th Percentile £87.62 £49.63 £47.40
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £18.14 £25.00
% change year-on-year +24.04% -27.44% +29.87%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in South Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Cardiff +18 10 £535 - 1
Test Strategy
Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) GitHub
1 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Postman
2 2 (18.18%) Cypress.io
3 1 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
1 1 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) GUI Tester
3 1 (9.09%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Administration Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Playwright
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) LIMS
1 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Change Management
1 7 (63.64%) Information Management
1 7 (63.64%) Service Management
2 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Kanban
3 3 (27.27%) Manual Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Scrum
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) API Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Health Informatics
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.09%) QA Automation
4 1 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) InterSystems
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft