Test Planning Contracts in London

Test Planning
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 451 490
Rank change year-on-year +148 +39 -66
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 87 42 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.50% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 25 77
10th Percentile £380 £383 £343
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £600
90th Percentile £750 £699 £630
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in London.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London +40 9 £550 -35.29% 2
West London - 2 £610 -
South London +6 1 £380 -45.13% 1
North London 0 1 £375 -21.05%
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 11 (12.64%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) CMS
3 1 (1.15%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (3.45%) MS Visio
1 3 (3.45%) Windchill
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (17.24%) Loan IQ
2 3 (3.45%) ENOVIA
2 3 (3.45%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (3.45%) Teamcenter
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.15%) Fidessa
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.15%) SAP CX
4 1 (1.15%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (1.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.90%) AWS
1 6 (6.90%) Azure
2 5 (5.75%) Firebase
2 5 (5.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 4 (4.60%) BlazeMeter
3 4 (4.60%) BrowserStack
3 4 (4.60%) SaaS
4 3 (3.45%) PaaS
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.30%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) GitHub
5 2 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.15%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) BGP
1 14 (16.09%) Ethernet VPN
1 14 (16.09%) HSRP
1 14 (16.09%) IPv4
1 14 (16.09%) MPLS
1 14 (16.09%) RSVP
1 14 (16.09%) SNMP
1 14 (16.09%) VPLS
1 14 (16.09%) VRRP
2 7 (8.05%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (8.05%) IOS XR
3 4 (4.60%) Internet
4 1 (1.15%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.15%) Big Data
4 1 (1.15%) DB2
4 1 (1.15%) HDInsight
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (22.99%) JIRA
2 9 (10.34%) Selenium
3 8 (9.20%) Jenkins
4 7 (8.05%) Cucumber
4 7 (8.05%) GitLab
4 7 (8.05%) Postman
5 6 (6.90%) Appium
5 6 (6.90%) Cypress.io
6 5 (5.75%) Git
6 5 (5.75%) JMeter
7 3 (3.45%) JUnit
7 3 (3.45%) REST Assured
7 3 (3.45%) TestNG
8 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.15%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.15%) Travis CI
8 1 (1.15%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.15%) Zephyr
General
1 36 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.05%) Banking
3 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.90%) Investment Banking
5 4 (4.60%) Back Office
5 4 (4.60%) Finance
5 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.60%) Marketing
5 4 (4.60%) Wholesale Banking
6 2 (2.30%) Games
7 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.15%) Legal
7 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (24.14%) Analyst
2 20 (22.99%) Business Analyst
3 16 (18.39%) Lead
4 15 (17.24%) Tester
5 14 (16.09%) IP Expert
6 11 (12.64%) Test Analyst
6 11 (12.64%) Test Leader
7 7 (8.05%) Cisco Expert
8 5 (5.75%) QA Tester
9 4 (4.60%) Automation Tester
9 4 (4.60%) Business IT Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) IT Business Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Test Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Agile Business Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Oracle Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) QA Leader
10 3 (3.45%) Senior
11 2 (2.30%) Business Test Analyst
11 2 (2.30%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.09%) Jinja
1 14 (16.09%) JSON
1 14 (16.09%) NETCONF
1 14 (16.09%) XML
1 14 (16.09%) YANG
2 8 (9.20%) Middleware
3 6 (6.90%) ADO
4 5 (5.75%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (3.45%) pytest
5 3 (3.45%) REST
6 2 (2.30%) .NET
6 2 (2.30%) Gherkin
6 2 (2.30%) Web Services
7 1 (1.15%) CSS
7 1 (1.15%) Jest
7 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.15%) React
7 1 (1.15%) TensorFlow
7 1 (1.15%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (4.60%) IoT
3 2 (2.30%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.15%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.15%) FMCG
4 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Unix
2 2 (2.30%) Linux
3 1 (1.15%) Android
3 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Agile
2 24 (27.59%) Test Automation
3 19 (21.84%) DevOps
4 18 (20.69%) Migration
5 17 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (19.54%) Project Delivery
5 17 (19.54%) Project Management
6 15 (17.24%) CI/CD
7 14 (16.09%) Performance Testing
7 14 (16.09%) Test Management
8 11 (12.64%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (12.64%) Functional Testing
8 11 (12.64%) Regression Testing
8 11 (12.64%) Software Testing
9 10 (11.49%) Defect Tracking
9 10 (11.49%) Non-Functional Testing
9 10 (11.49%) Scenario Testing
9 10 (11.49%) Test Strategy
9 10 (11.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (10.34%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.79%) Python
2 11 (12.64%) SQL
3 10 (11.49%) Java
4 6 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.60%) C#
6 2 (2.30%) R
7 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.15%) ProC
7 1 (1.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (8.05%) CCIE
1 7 (8.05%) CCIE Service Provider
1 7 (8.05%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (8.05%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) ISTQB
2 6 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.30%) ISEB
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (29.89%) QA
2 4 (4.60%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Nokia
2 7 (8.05%) Cisco
2 7 (8.05%) Fortinet
3 5 (5.75%) Oracle
3 5 (5.75%) SAP
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.45%) PTC
4 3 (3.45%) Siemens
5 2 (2.30%) Databricks
6 1 (1.15%) Google
6 1 (1.15%) Informatica
6 1 (1.15%) VMware