Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Warwick

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Warwickshire > Warwick

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwick requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 -7
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 11 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 3.78% 1.18% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 1.32% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £414 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £545 - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £425 - £500

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwick

Test Strategy 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 Warwick.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 244 152 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick 83.85% 89.94% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 74 80
10th Percentile £350 £413 £150
25th Percentile £400 £500 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £688
90th Percentile £663 £734 £739
Warwickshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £32.42 £32.41 -
25th Percentile £35.60 £32.60 -
Median hourly rate £42.80 £32.91 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.05% +64.55% +37.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £33.23 -
90th Percentile - £33.41 -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £35.30 £32.28 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.36% +43.47% +45.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Warwick

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Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Test Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Test Strategy

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warwick

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Warwick over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Warwick

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Test Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Test Strategy

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Maximo
1 2 (18.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) TestPartner
3 1 (9.09%) NeoLoad
3 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) QA Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) QA Test Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Workday Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Payroll Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (9.09%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) System Integration Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Scenario Testing
2 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Defect Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) Sprint Planning
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) User Stories
6 2 (18.18%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 2 (18.18%) Test Management
6 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) HP
1 2 (18.18%) IBM
1 2 (18.18%) MuleSoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Workday