Test Assurance Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Assurance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Test Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Assurance over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 143 161
Rank change year-on-year +10 +18 -29
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 1 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.038% 0.24% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.26% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £463 £400 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +20.00%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £548
90th Percentile - £491 £579
South East median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.95% - +15.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Test Assurance 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the Thames Valley

Test Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Test Assurance in the Thames Valley

Test Assurance
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Assurance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Buckinghamshire +24 1 £475 -
Test Assurance
South East

Test Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting