Test Planning Contracts in the South West

Test Planning
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 148 167
Rank change year-on-year +8 +19 -35
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 12 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.38% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.35% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 8
10th Percentile £255 £315 £269
25th Percentile £323 £319 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% +6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £415 £588 £494
90th Percentile - £873 £532
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,622 3,107 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.72% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,271 2,297
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 204
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.03% +13.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Devon - 5 £320 -
Gloucestershire +2 2 - - 3
Bristol +19 1 £200 -33.33% 1
Test Planning
England

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

Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
1 1 (8.33%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Test Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
3 1 (8.33%) UAT Lead
3 1 (8.33%) UAT Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 7 (58.33%) Test Management
3 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Scalability Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (8.33%) Agile
7 1 (8.33%) ITIL
7 1 (8.33%) Regression Testing
7 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Workday