Test Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 206 223
Rank change year-on-year +35 +17 -21
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 185 282 550
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.18% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.32% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 209 409
10th Percentile £354 £374 £400
25th Percentile £413 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -11.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £640 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.70% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £57.50 -
25th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +207.69% -30.67%
75th Percentile £72.50 £86.25 £26.50
90th Percentile - £88.50 -
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £62.55 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.08% +229.21% -57.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Strategy.

Test Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Strategy over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Test Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Strategy.

Test Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 3 (1.62%) CMS
1 3 (1.62%) Headless CMS
2 2 (1.08%) Confluence
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.54%) Maya
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.54%) Magento
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.54%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (0.54%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.62%) Azure
2 27 (14.59%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (13.51%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (10.27%) Azure API Management
5 16 (8.65%) Azure Logic Apps
6 12 (6.49%) AWS
7 5 (2.70%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.62%) GitHub
8 3 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.08%) Bitrise
9 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.08%) OCI
9 2 (1.08%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.08%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.62%) Network Security
2 2 (1.08%) SAN
3 1 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.49%) MySQL
2 8 (4.32%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.16%) Power BI
4 3 (1.62%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.08%) DB2
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.54%) Big Data
6 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (10.81%) Git
2 19 (10.27%) JMeter
3 18 (9.73%) Postman
4 17 (9.19%) Selenium
5 16 (8.65%) JIRA
6 12 (6.49%) LoadRunner
7 11 (5.95%) Cucumber
8 8 (4.32%) JUnit
9 7 (3.78%) Cypress.io
9 7 (3.78%) SpecFlow
10 6 (3.24%) TestNG
11 5 (2.70%) Appium
11 5 (2.70%) Jenkins
11 5 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (2.70%) WebDriver
12 4 (2.16%) REST Assured
12 4 (2.16%) SoapUI
12 4 (2.16%) TestRail
12 4 (2.16%) Visual Studio
13 3 (1.62%) NUnit
General
1 62 (33.51%) Finance
2 36 (19.46%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.57%) Banking
4 13 (7.03%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.86%) Retail
7 8 (4.32%) Marketing
8 7 (3.78%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.24%) Front Office
9 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.70%) Back Office
11 4 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.16%) Legal
12 3 (1.62%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.62%) Electronics
12 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (25.41%) Lead
2 43 (23.24%) Test Manager
3 24 (12.97%) Senior
4 23 (12.43%) Analyst
5 18 (9.73%) Test Leader
6 13 (7.03%) Test Analyst
7 12 (6.49%) Test Engineer
8 9 (4.86%) Architect
8 9 (4.86%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.86%) Tester
9 7 (3.78%) Developer
10 6 (3.24%) Consultant
10 6 (3.24%) QA Leader
10 6 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.24%) Senior Test Engineer
11 5 (2.70%) Automation Tester
11 5 (2.70%) DOORS Engineer
11 5 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.70%) Software Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.70%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.73%) XML
2 7 (3.78%) .NET
2 7 (3.78%) Playwright
3 6 (3.24%) GraphQL
3 6 (3.24%) React
3 6 (3.24%) REST
3 6 (3.24%) Web Services
4 5 (2.70%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.16%) Middleware
6 3 (1.62%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.62%) Swagger
7 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.08%) React Native
7 2 (1.08%) SOAP
7 2 (1.08%) SwiftUI
7 2 (1.08%) UIKit
8 1 (0.54%) CSS
8 1 (0.54%) EJB
8 1 (0.54%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.78%) Management Information System
1 7 (3.78%) Mobile App
2 5 (2.70%) Equities
3 4 (2.16%) Hedge funds
3 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.16%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.16%) Wiki
4 3 (1.62%) Life Science
5 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.08%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.08%) Insider Threat
5 2 (1.08%) LIMS
5 2 (1.08%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.08%) NHS
5 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.57%) Windows
2 6 (3.24%) Linux
2 6 (3.24%) Unix
3 5 (2.70%) Android
4 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (37.30%) Agile
2 67 (36.22%) Test Automation
3 36 (19.46%) DevOps
4 34 (18.38%) CI/CD
4 34 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (17.84%) Test Management
6 31 (16.76%) Software Testing
7 29 (15.68%) Continuous Integration
7 29 (15.68%) Mentoring
8 28 (15.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (14.59%) Test Scripting
10 26 (14.05%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (11.89%) Performance Testing
12 21 (11.35%) Non-Functional Testing
12 21 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (11.35%) Scenario Testing
12 21 (11.35%) Scrum
13 20 (10.81%) Functional Testing
14 19 (10.27%) Process Improvement
14 19 (10.27%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.59%) C#
2 24 (12.97%) SQL
3 15 (8.11%) Java
4 12 (6.49%) Python
5 9 (4.86%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.86%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.16%) PHP
7 3 (1.62%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.08%) C++
8 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.08%) Swift
9 1 (0.54%) C
9 1 (0.54%) Go
9 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.54%) VB
9 1 (0.54%) VBA
9 1 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.35%) ISTQB
4 20 (10.81%) Degree
5 9 (4.86%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.24%) ISEB
7 5 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.08%) CISM
9 2 (1.08%) CISSP
9 2 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.08%) PMP
10 1 (0.54%) CCA
10 1 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.54%) PhD
10 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (31.89%) QA
2 9 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.08%) HL7
4 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.54%) IFRS
5 1 (0.54%) NIST
5 1 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.16%) Docker
2 3 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.08%) vSphere
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.32%) Grafana
2 2 (1.08%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.54%) Kibana
3 1 (0.54%) Puppet
3 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.49%) Oracle
3 10 (5.41%) SAP
4 8 (4.32%) Denodo
4 8 (4.32%) Talend
5 5 (2.70%) VMware
6 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.08%) Apple
7 2 (1.08%) HP
7 2 (1.08%) InterSystems
7 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.08%) Splunk
7 2 (1.08%) Workday
8 1 (0.54%) Adobe
8 1 (0.54%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.54%) Ariba
8 1 (0.54%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.54%) FIS
8 1 (0.54%) Symantec
8 1 (0.54%) Temenos