Test Planning Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 419 503
Rank change year-on-year +133 +84 -72
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 59 58 129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 37 98
10th Percentile £413 £385 £301
25th Percentile £467 £408 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -8.16% +10.11%
75th Percentile £613 £469 £550
90th Percentile £750 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £513 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +10.81% -3.65% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £61.88 - -
25th Percentile £66.56 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +100.00% -
75th Percentile £82.81 - -
90th Percentile £87.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year +25.00% +129.51% +22.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,483 23,229 40,650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.87% 89.84% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 16,418 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Test Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning.

Test Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Test Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning.

Test Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Test Planning hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Loan IQ
2 2 (3.39%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) AWS
1 4 (6.78%) SaaS
2 3 (5.08%) PaaS
3 2 (3.39%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) BlazeMeter
3 2 (3.39%) BrowserStack
3 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.39%) Firebase
3 2 (3.39%) OCI
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle CX
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) GCP
4 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) JIRA
2 5 (8.47%) Cypress.io
2 5 (8.47%) JMeter
2 5 (8.47%) Selenium
3 4 (6.78%) Cucumber
3 4 (6.78%) Postman
4 3 (5.08%) GitLab
5 2 (3.39%) Appium
5 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.39%) TestNG
6 1 (1.69%) CppUnit
6 1 (1.69%) Git
6 1 (1.69%) GoCD
6 1 (1.69%) JUnit
6 1 (1.69%) PVCS
6 1 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.69%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.69%) Subversion
6 1 (1.69%) TestCafe
6 1 (1.69%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.78%) Banking
5 4 (6.78%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Marketing
6 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Legal
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Test Manager
2 16 (27.12%) Analyst
2 16 (27.12%) Business Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Lead
3 6 (10.17%) Test Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Business IT Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Business Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Tester
5 4 (6.78%) Test Leader
6 3 (5.08%) Agile Business Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Customer Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Product Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) QA Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) QA Test Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Software Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Software Product Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Automation Tester
7 2 (3.39%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) ADO
2 3 (5.08%) Gherkin
2 3 (5.08%) Middleware
3 2 (3.39%) Web Services
3 2 (3.39%) WebdriverIO
4 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) IoT
1 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.39%) NHS
3 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Agile
2 19 (32.20%) Test Strategy
3 17 (28.81%) Test Automation
4 16 (27.12%) Project Management
5 13 (22.03%) Migration
5 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (20.34%) Test Scripting
7 11 (18.64%) Defect Tracking
7 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
7 11 (18.64%) Test Management
8 10 (16.95%) Validation
9 9 (15.25%) Manual Testing
9 9 (15.25%) Scenario Testing
10 8 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (13.56%) Software Testing
11 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
11 7 (11.86%) Defect Management
11 7 (11.86%) Regression Testing
11 7 (11.86%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Java
1 4 (6.78%) Python
2 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.39%) R
3 1 (1.69%) C
3 1 (1.69%) C#
3 1 (1.69%) C++
3 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) ISTQB
2 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.39%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) ISEB
4 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.39%) PMP
5 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.90%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
1 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Grafana
1 1 (1.69%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.69%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) SAP
2 4 (6.78%) Genesys
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) Ariba
3 2 (3.39%) Cerner
4 1 (1.69%) Adobe
4 1 (1.69%) Apple
4 1 (1.69%) Avaya
4 1 (1.69%) Google
4 1 (1.69%) HP
4 1 (1.69%) VMware