Test Strategist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Testing Strategist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Testing Strategist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Strategist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
UK median daily rate £420 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,783 16,444 20,410
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.28% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 9,515 13,624
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £678 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,274 1,412 1,211
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.27 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.19 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.13 £43.90 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% +0.34% +98.86%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Test Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Test Strategist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategist in the UK excluding London

Test Strategist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Strategist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Strategist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Test Strategist
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 Strategist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. 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
South East - 2 £420 -
Test Strategist
UK

Test Strategist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Test Strategist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Test Strategist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Workday
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

Test Strategist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Workday