Test Strategy Contracts in Warwickshire

Test Strategy
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 45 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 21 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 4.29% 1.04% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 1.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £425 £775 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% - -
75th Percentile - £825 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £519 £360 £540
% change year-on-year +44.03% -33.33% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.18 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 435 339 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 88.78% 88.28% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 229 250
10th Percentile £311 £375 £262
25th Percentile £400 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +5.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £670 £722
90th Percentile £700 £778 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 5
10th Percentile £16.13 £13.00 £16.62
25th Percentile £28.18 £13.84 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.46 £14.70 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +175.24% -34.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £33.64 £30.00
90th Percentile - £35.00 £32.70
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.99 £27.00
% change year-on-year +21.79% -25.98% +54.29%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Warwickshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Warwickshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Warwickshire

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Warwickshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Warwickshire

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Warwick +9 17 £500 -37.50% 1
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £425 -
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Chatbot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Converged Networks
1 1 (4.76%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 15 (71.43%) JIRA
2 3 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) Plastic SCM
3 2 (9.52%) TestPartner
4 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Games
4 2 (9.52%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) OAT Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Games Developer
3 3 (14.29%) QA Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) QA Test Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Rig Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Applications Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Middleware
2 3 (14.29%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) SCADA
2 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
3 6 (28.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (9.52%) Infotainment
5 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Scenario Testing
2 9 (42.86%) Agile
2 9 (42.86%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 6 (28.57%) User Stories
4 5 (23.81%) Defect Management
4 5 (23.81%) Project Planning
4 5 (23.81%) Scrum
4 5 (23.81%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Test Management
5 4 (19.05%) Sprint Planning
5 4 (19.05%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Data Management
6 3 (14.29%) Design Patterns
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (14.29%) Software Architecture
6 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 3 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C#
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
2 2 (9.52%) COSHH
2 2 (9.52%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) MuleSoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) Atlassian