Test Planning Contract Job Trends in Wales

Test Planning
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Test Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
UK median daily rate £488 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +21.88% -21.95% +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 401 308 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.26% 87.50% 81.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 206 270
10th Percentile £201 £180 £160
25th Percentile £292 £250 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £504 £539 £560
90th Percentile £638 £644 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 27 31
10th Percentile £12.87 £18.47 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.81 £20.12 £14.78
Median hourly rate £19.10 £22.50 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year -15.13% -0.79% +16.37%
75th Percentile £28.94 £35.00 £53.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £86.00
UK median hourly rate £27.61 £32.50 £33.03
% change year-on-year -15.06% -1.61% -5.62%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Wales

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Test Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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 Wales - 1 £275 - 1
Test Planning
UK

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Test Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA