Test Strategy Contracts in England

Test Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 235 215
Rank change year-on-year +27 -20 -23
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 410 549 946
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.13% 1.13% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.26% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 401 636
10th Percentile £358 £374 £389
25th Percentile £413 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -1.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.35% +10.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile - £52.16 £19.95
25th Percentile - £60.04 £25.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +140.58% -42.22%
75th Percentile £63.13 £67.54 £35.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £84.75 £51.29
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.92% +178.00% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Test Strategy 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
London +69 223 £543 -1.36% 49
South East -21 44 £519 +25.30% 40
East of England +28 39 £513 -2.38% 18
Midlands -20 36 £380 -28.71% 18
North of England -2 34 £475 -9.52% 22
South West +13 27 £563 +9.76% 10
West Midlands -21 27 £358 -33.33% 12
Yorkshire -3 16 £517 -6.00% 4
North West +8 15 £450 - 14
East Midlands +15 9 £422 -29.75% 6
North East +11 3 £408 +1.88% 4
Test Strategy
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Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.95%) MTS
3 7 (1.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) CMS
4 3 (0.73%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.49%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.49%) Maya
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.95%) Aligne
1 8 (1.95%) Endur
1 8 (1.95%) EuroRunner
2 6 (1.46%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.98%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.49%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 84 (20.49%) Azure
2 44 (10.73%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (6.59%) AWS
4 25 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (5.85%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.90%) Azure API Management
6 16 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (2.44%) OCI
8 8 (1.95%) SaaS
9 7 (1.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 7 (1.71%) Tricentis Tosca
10 5 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.22%) Oracle CX
10 5 (1.22%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.98%) BrowserStack
11 4 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.46%) HTTP
2 3 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.49%) Internet
3 2 (0.49%) SAN
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.37%) MySQL
1 22 (5.37%) Power BI
2 14 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.20%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.22%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.22%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.98%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (11.22%) Git
2 44 (10.73%) Selenium
3 34 (8.29%) JIRA
3 34 (8.29%) Postman
4 26 (6.34%) Cucumber
5 25 (6.10%) JUnit
6 24 (5.85%) JMeter
7 20 (4.88%) WebDriver
8 19 (4.63%) SpecFlow
9 18 (4.39%) LoadRunner
10 17 (4.15%) Appium
11 15 (3.66%) REST Assured
11 15 (3.66%) Visual Studio
12 13 (3.17%) TestNG
13 11 (2.68%) Gatling
13 11 (2.68%) SoapUI
14 10 (2.44%) eggPlant
14 10 (2.44%) Jenkins
14 10 (2.44%) SOAtest
15 8 (1.95%) NeoLoad
General
1 130 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 103 (25.12%) Finance
3 39 (9.51%) Manufacturing
4 37 (9.02%) Electronics
5 31 (7.56%) Aerospace
6 29 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (5.12%) Banking
9 17 (4.15%) Back Office
10 12 (2.93%) Legal
10 12 (2.93%) Marketing
11 11 (2.68%) Front Office
12 10 (2.44%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.44%) Retail
13 8 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.46%) Law
16 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (19.02%) Test Manager
2 76 (18.54%) Lead
3 55 (13.41%) Architect
4 53 (12.93%) Senior
5 46 (11.22%) Analyst
6 41 (10.00%) Test Architect
7 38 (9.27%) Test Leader
8 29 (7.07%) Test Engineer
9 27 (6.59%) Tester
10 25 (6.10%) Test Analyst
11 19 (4.63%) Developer
12 15 (3.66%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.41%) Senior Test Engineer
14 13 (3.17%) Automation Tester
14 13 (3.17%) Project Manager
15 12 (2.93%) Consultant
15 12 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (2.44%) Test Automation Engineer
17 9 (2.20%) Senior Test Analyst
18 8 (1.95%) QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.83%) .NET
2 26 (6.34%) XML
3 18 (4.39%) Web Services
4 14 (3.41%) REST
5 13 (3.17%) .NET Framework
6 12 (2.93%) Playwright
7 11 (2.68%) AngularJS
8 10 (2.44%) Gherkin
8 10 (2.44%) GraphQL
9 9 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.71%) React
11 6 (1.46%) JSON
12 4 (0.98%) ActiveMQ
12 4 (0.98%) Kafka
12 4 (0.98%) Middleware
13 3 (0.73%) CSS
13 3 (0.73%) HTML
13 3 (0.73%) SOAP
13 3 (0.73%) Spring
13 3 (0.73%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.29%) Analogue Electronics
2 16 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.93%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.44%) Hedge funds
5 9 (2.20%) Equities
5 9 (2.20%) Market Risk
6 8 (1.95%) Life Science
6 8 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.95%) Solar Panel
7 7 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.22%) NHS
10 4 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.73%) Derivative
11 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.12%) Windows
2 14 (3.41%) Unix
3 12 (2.93%) Linux
4 8 (1.95%) Android
5 4 (0.98%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (37.32%) Agile
2 142 (34.63%) Test Automation
3 70 (17.07%) Software Testing
4 69 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (15.12%) Project Management
6 61 (14.88%) DevOps
7 58 (14.15%) CI/CD
8 56 (13.66%) Continuous Integration
8 56 (13.66%) Test Management
9 53 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
10 52 (12.68%) Performance Testing
11 51 (12.44%) Scrum
12 48 (11.71%) Test Scripting
13 42 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (9.76%) Migration
14 40 (9.76%) Process Improvement
15 38 (9.27%) Functional Testing
15 38 (9.27%) Scenario Testing
16 37 (9.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.93%) C#
2 51 (12.44%) SQL
3 45 (10.98%) Java
4 23 (5.61%) Python
5 19 (4.63%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.93%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.46%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.46%) VB
8 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.98%) Groovy
8 4 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.98%) Scala
8 4 (0.98%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.98%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.73%) ABAP
9 3 (0.73%) C
9 3 (0.73%) C++
9 3 (0.73%) PHP
9 3 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 95 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 91 (22.20%) SC Cleared
3 40 (9.76%) Degree
4 36 (8.78%) ISTQB
5 17 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.95%) ISEB
7 8 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.98%) CISM
9 4 (0.98%) CISSP
9 4 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.24%) CCA
11 1 (0.24%) PgMP
11 1 (0.24%) PMP
11 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (27.32%) QA
2 13 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.95%) HL7
3 8 (1.95%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.46%) PMO
5 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.73%) SLA
7 2 (0.49%) WCAG
8 1 (0.24%) EMIR
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.44%) Docker
2 5 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.73%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.17%) Grafana
2 4 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.73%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (0.73%) Kibana
4 2 (0.49%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.59%) Oracle
3 22 (5.37%) SAP
4 13 (3.17%) Denodo
4 13 (3.17%) Talend
5 11 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.20%) Splunk
7 6 (1.46%) Adobe
7 6 (1.46%) HP
8 5 (1.22%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (1.22%) iManage
8 5 (1.22%) Intapp
8 5 (1.22%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.22%) VMware
9 4 (0.98%) IBM
10 3 (0.73%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.73%) Google
10 3 (0.73%) Qualtrics
10 3 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.49%) Okta