Test Strategy Contracts in Southampton

Test Strategy
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 15 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 4.63% - 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% - 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £474
25th Percentile £333 - £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £358 - £518
90th Percentile - - £521
Hampshire median daily rate £413 £438 £490
% change year-on-year -5.71% -10.71% +1.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) TestRail
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
3 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Validation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco