Test Planning Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Test Planning
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Test Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.43% 0.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £484 £438 -
90th Percentile £490 - -
South West median daily rate £450 £450 £410
% change year-on-year - +9.76% +1.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 570 384 738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 81.55% 87.47% 83.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 256 519
10th Percentile £383 £313 £310
25th Percentile £478 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% - -2.57%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £724 £729
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 3 25
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £12.60 £36.40 £14.54
Median hourly rate £21.01 £60.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.98% +263.64% -74.81%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £46.95
90th Percentile £25.15 - £69.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +23.81% -14.63%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Test Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Corsham - 2 £469 - 2
Test Planning
South West

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA