Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Winchester

Test Strategy
Hampshire > Winchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Winchester requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Winchester 10.53% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £521 £500
% change year-on-year -4.03% +4.20% -3.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Winchester

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 Winchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 24 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Winchester 78.95% 68.57% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 8
10th Percentile £170 £323 £351
25th Percentile £183 £406 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £484 £405
Median % change year-on-year -9.61% +19.51% -16.58%
75th Percentile £523 £558 £625
90th Percentile £721 £592 £783
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £566 £530
% change year-on-year -7.28% +6.84% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -70.41% +34.72% +15.47%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

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

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Winchester

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Winchester

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

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

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winchester 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 1 (50.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared