Test Strategy Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 126 120
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 10 19 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.38% 0.68% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.74% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 26
10th Percentile £348 £457 £369
25th Percentile £438 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £494 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% +1.80% -3.00%
75th Percentile £589 £523 £622
90th Percentile £615 £566 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £414 £500
% change year-on-year +26.81% -17.20% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,283 2,565 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.94% 91.31% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,780 2,115
10th Percentile £213 £318 £226
25th Percentile £366 £413 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.99% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 62 88
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.38 £11.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +197.79% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.29 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £60.41
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -3.06% +127.90% -21.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in the Thames Valley

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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 Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire -11 8 £513 - 1
Buckinghamshire +24 2 £585 +21.56%
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South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) React Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) Jest
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Life Science
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Test Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
5 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) HL7
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) SAP