Test Planning Contracts in the South East

Test Planning
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 186 223
Rank change year-on-year +7 +37 -16
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 8 17 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.34% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 16
10th Percentile £481 £400 £403
25th Percentile - £411 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -11.90% +27.27%
75th Percentile £528 £556 £569
90th Percentile £538 £594 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.39
England median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £23.70
% change year-on-year +9.38% +237.62% -5.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,596 4,978 6,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.27% 89.15% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,675 3,464 4,669
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £595
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 213 279
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £11.99
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the South East

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the South East

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the South East

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +6 4 £500 +20.48% 1
Surrey - 3 £500 -
Buckinghamshire +26 2 £500 +25.00% 1
Berkshire -9 2 £500 +8.11%
Hampshire -13 1 - - 3
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) TestRail
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Project Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Test Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Test Management
1 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Defect Management
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Apple