Test Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Test Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 177 163
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 -8
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 217 310 476
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.06% 1.33% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.48% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 230 316
10th Percentile £358 £369 £363
25th Percentile £412 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £499
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +0.20% +11.51%
75th Percentile £570 £550 £540
90th Percentile £626 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +4.95% -3.80% +11.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 10
10th Percentile - £45.53 £16.93
25th Percentile - £54.16 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +229.21% -57.78%
75th Percentile £66.25 - £38.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - £62.15
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £62.55 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.91% +140.58% -42.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,295 20,910 27,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.44% 89.50% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,314 14,450 18,900
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,280 1,343
10th Percentile £12.32 £10.99 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £47.11
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £61.45
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the UK excluding London

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in the UK excluding London

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in the UK excluding London

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in the UK excluding London

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East -18 45 £513 +23.79% 22
East of England +30 40 £531 +1.19% 8
Midlands -16 39 £390 -27.51% 14
North of England -2 33 £463 -11.90% 21
West Midlands -32 30 £359 -33.27% 8
South West +15 27 £563 +9.76% 11
Scotland +30 20 £539 +21.01% 6
North West +7 15 £450 +2.86% 15
Yorkshire -7 15 £517 -6.00% 3
Wales +26 11 £535 -14.40% 3
East Midlands +18 9 £422 -29.75% 6
North East +14 3 £408 +1.88% 3
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
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 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Apache
2 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.92%) Maya
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.67%) Azure
2 15 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.23%) AWS
4 6 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.76%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.84%) OCI
5 4 (1.84%) SaaS
6 3 (1.38%) GitHub
6 3 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.92%) IaaS
7 2 (0.92%) PaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.46%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.84%) HTTP
2 2 (0.92%) SAN
3 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.29%) MySQL
2 12 (5.53%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.84%) Big Data
4 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.84%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.84%) Power BI
4 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.46%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (12.90%) Git
2 27 (12.44%) JIRA
3 18 (8.29%) Selenium
4 13 (5.99%) Cucumber
5 12 (5.53%) Postman
6 11 (5.07%) Jenkins
7 10 (4.61%) JMeter
8 9 (4.15%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.69%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (3.23%) JUnit
10 7 (3.23%) Visual Studio
11 6 (2.76%) NUnit
11 6 (2.76%) WebDriver
12 4 (1.84%) Gatling
12 4 (1.84%) REST Assured
13 3 (1.38%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.92%) Maven
14 2 (0.92%) Subversion
14 2 (0.92%) TestNG
General
1 76 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.43%) Finance
3 36 (16.59%) Manufacturing
4 34 (15.67%) Electronics
5 31 (14.29%) Aerospace
6 24 (11.06%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.61%) Banking
8 10 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.15%) Marketing
10 7 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.38%) Retail
13 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Automotive
14 1 (0.46%) Law
14 1 (0.46%) Legal
14 1 (0.46%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 46 (21.20%) Test Manager
2 45 (20.74%) Architect
3 39 (17.97%) Test Architect
4 30 (13.82%) Senior
5 24 (11.06%) Analyst
6 23 (10.60%) Lead
7 20 (9.22%) Test Engineer
8 15 (6.91%) Test Analyst
9 14 (6.45%) Test Leader
10 13 (5.99%) Developer
10 13 (5.99%) Senior Test Engineer
11 10 (4.61%) Tester
12 8 (3.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.23%) Automation Tester
13 7 (3.23%) Test Automation Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) DOORS Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) Senior Integration Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.91%) Web Services
2 10 (4.61%) .NET
3 7 (3.23%) AngularJS
3 7 (3.23%) Gherkin
3 7 (3.23%) Playwright
4 5 (2.30%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.84%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (1.84%) Kafka
5 4 (1.84%) Web Dynpro
5 4 (1.84%) XML
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.38%) React
6 3 (1.38%) Spring
7 2 (0.92%) CSS
7 2 (0.92%) HTML
7 2 (0.92%) Jest
7 2 (0.92%) JSON
7 2 (0.92%) Node.js
7 2 (0.92%) REST
8 1 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.21%) Analogue Electronics
2 13 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.69%) LIMS
3 8 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.76%) Life Science
5 5 (2.30%) NHS
6 3 (1.38%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.92%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.92%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.92%) Equities
7 2 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.92%) Insider Threat
7 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.92%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.46%) FMCG
8 1 (0.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.37%) Windows
2 13 (5.99%) Unix
3 6 (2.76%) Linux
4 4 (1.84%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.46%) Android
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (30.88%) Test Automation
2 65 (29.95%) Agile
3 54 (24.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (21.20%) Project Management
5 38 (17.51%) Test Management
6 37 (17.05%) Scrum
7 35 (16.13%) Software Testing
8 32 (14.75%) User Acceptance Testing
9 29 (13.36%) Process Improvement
10 27 (12.44%) Scenario Testing
11 26 (11.98%) Test Scripting
12 25 (11.52%) Analytics
12 25 (11.52%) Test Planning
13 23 (10.60%) Non-Functional Testing
13 23 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (10.14%) DevOps
15 21 (9.68%) Migration
16 20 (9.22%) Manual Testing
16 20 (9.22%) Requirements Gathering
16 20 (9.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.60%) SQL
2 22 (10.14%) Java
3 8 (3.69%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.69%) TypeScript
4 7 (3.23%) Shell Script
5 6 (2.76%) Python
5 6 (2.76%) VB
6 5 (2.30%) C#
6 5 (2.30%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.84%) ABAP
7 4 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.84%) Groovy
7 4 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.84%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.84%) Scala
8 3 (1.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.92%) C++
9 2 (0.92%) VBA
9 2 (0.92%) VBScript
10 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 68 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 65 (29.95%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.36%) ISTQB
4 21 (9.68%) Degree
5 13 (5.99%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.69%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.76%) ISEB
8 5 (2.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (1.84%) CISM
9 4 (1.84%) CISSP
9 4 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.92%) ISEB Practitioner
11 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (20.28%) QA
2 8 (3.69%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.30%) HL7
5 4 (1.84%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.92%) PMO
7 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.76%) Docker
2 3 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) vSphere
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (5.53%) Grafana
2 4 (1.84%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.92%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.53%) Denodo
2 12 (5.53%) SAP
2 12 (5.53%) Talend
3 11 (5.07%) Oracle
4 7 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.76%) InterSystems
6 4 (1.84%) Adobe
6 4 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.38%) VMware
8 2 (0.92%) HP
9 1 (0.46%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.46%) Databricks
9 1 (0.46%) Dell
9 1 (0.46%) FIS
9 1 (0.46%) Google
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.46%) ScienceLogic
9 1 (0.46%) Workday