Test Strategy Contracts in Telford

Test Strategy
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 14 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +5
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 15 10 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 13.89% 8.55% 45.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 13.70% 47.30%
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
Shropshire median daily rate £507 £358 £540
% change year-on-year +41.75% -33.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 73 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 97.22% 62.39% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 45 119
10th Percentile £315 £341 £412
25th Percentile £448 £358 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £540
Median % change year-on-year +23.50% -25.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £545
90th Percentile £541 £520 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £484 £378 £538
% change year-on-year +28.04% -29.74% +6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - £11.85 -
Shropshire median hourly rate £12.18 £10.42 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.89% -81.05% +214.29%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Telford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Telford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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