Test Planning Contracts in the West Midlands

Test Planning
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 134 155
Rank change year-on-year +31 +21 -42
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 6 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.32% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile £384 - £363
25th Percentile £428 £475 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £459
90th Percentile £569 - £493
England median daily rate £500 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Test Planning 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,616 2,179 3,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.69% 88.11% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 1,498 2,429
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +18.18%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 46 71
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.03 £13.31 £13.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -8.33%
75th Percentile £40.38 £23.02 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.00 £46.88 £24.25
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% +56.25% -

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the West Midlands

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the West Midlands

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in the West Midlands

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the West Midlands

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Birmingham +18 3 £475 -
Coventry - 2 £525 - 1
Staffordshire - 1 £425 -
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Defect Management
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) API Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Case Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (16.67%) Order to Cash
4 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Source to Pay
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP