Test Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Test Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Planning over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 379 403
Rank change year-on-year +43 +24 -33
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 65 51 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.22% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.25% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 67
10th Percentile £351 £400 £282
25th Percentile £363 £425 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £550
90th Percentile £598 £625 £758
UK median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £64.25 £72.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £21.39
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +274.01% -61.11%
75th Percentile £88.75 £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £88.00 -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £23.70
% change year-on-year +9.38% +237.62% -56.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Test Planning 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
North of England +16 19 £500 -1.62% 1
South West +9 15 £410 -18.00% 3
Midlands +24 11 £450 -10.00% 1
North West +13 10 £500 -16.67%
East of England +13 10 £375 -
Yorkshire +16 9 £500 -0.79% 1
West Midlands +21 7 £475 -5.00% 1
South East +7 6 £500 +8.11% 5
Scotland +50 4 £526 +27.39% 2
East Midlands - 4 £335 -
Test Planning
UK

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (6.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) AWS
2 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.15%) SaaS
3 1 (1.54%) BrowserStack
3 1 (1.54%) Commercetools
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.54%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (18.46%) JIRA
2 7 (10.77%) JMeter
3 6 (9.23%) Selenium
4 4 (6.15%) GitLab
5 3 (4.62%) Cucumber
5 3 (4.62%) Postman
6 2 (3.08%) CppUnit
6 2 (3.08%) Cypress.io
6 2 (3.08%) PVCS
6 2 (3.08%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (3.08%) Zephyr
7 1 (1.54%) GoCD
7 1 (1.54%) JUnit
7 1 (1.54%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.54%) TestCafe
7 1 (1.54%) TestRail
General
1 15 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.31%) Finance
3 6 (9.23%) Games
4 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.62%) Legal
5 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.08%) Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Aviation
7 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Analyst
2 16 (24.62%) Test Manager
3 15 (23.08%) Test Analyst
4 14 (21.54%) Lead
5 13 (20.00%) Test Leader
6 12 (18.46%) Tester
7 9 (13.85%) Senior
8 5 (7.69%) Automation Tester
9 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
9 4 (6.15%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) Network Engineer
10 3 (4.62%) QA Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) QA Test Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) Senior Test Analyst
11 2 (3.08%) IT Business Analyst
11 2 (3.08%) SAP Manager
11 2 (3.08%) SAP Test Manager
11 2 (3.08%) Test Engineer
11 2 (3.08%) Validation Engineer
11 2 (3.08%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) Gherkin
1 4 (6.15%) LDAP
2 2 (3.08%) .NET
2 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.08%) Spring
3 1 (1.54%) Kafka
3 1 (1.54%) Node.js
3 1 (1.54%) React
3 1 (1.54%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) Equities
1 2 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Android
1 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Test Management
2 24 (36.92%) Agile
2 24 (36.92%) Test Automation
2 24 (36.92%) Test Strategy
3 21 (32.31%) Test Scripting
4 18 (27.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
6 14 (21.54%) Defect Management
7 13 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
8 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.38%) Regression Testing
9 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
10 8 (12.31%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (12.31%) Performance Testing
10 8 (12.31%) Scrum
10 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (10.77%) CI/CD
11 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (10.77%) Defect Tracking
11 7 (10.77%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) Java
2 7 (10.77%) Python
3 4 (6.15%) C#
4 3 (4.62%) SQL
5 2 (3.08%) C
5 2 (3.08%) C++
6 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.54%) ProC
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) Degree
4 4 (6.15%) ISEB
5 3 (4.62%) ISTQB
6 2 (3.08%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (33.85%) QA
2 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.08%) PMO
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.77%) Ansible
2 3 (4.62%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (4.62%) Terraform
3 1 (1.54%) Grafana
3 1 (1.54%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.62%) Oracle
2 3 (4.62%) SAP
2 3 (4.62%) VMware
3 1 (1.54%) Adobe
3 1 (1.54%) Apple
3 1 (1.54%) HP
3 1 (1.54%) Workday