The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 27 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
86
96
215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire
78.90%
73.28%
89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted
70
57
151
Median daily rate
£373
£335
£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.19%
-10.67%
-1.32%
10th Percentile
£256
£170
£263
90th Percentile
£501
£488
£463
West Midlands median daily rate
£413
£450
£425
% change year-on-year
-8.33%
+5.88%
+6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted
3
18
11
Median hourly rate
£42.50
£16.20
£45.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+162.35%
-64.00%
+143.24%
10th Percentile
£28.45
£11.17
£15.13
90th Percentile
£48.75
£43.75
£58.00
Median hourly rate
£17.50
£15.85
£16.00
% change year-on-year
+10.41%
-0.94%
-29.17%
Test Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Test Strategy Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Staffordshire.
Test Strategy Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Staffordshire.
Test Strategy Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 27 January 2021. 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
Test Strategy Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 27 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Test Strategy also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region with a requirement for Test Strategy.
Test Strategy Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
