Test Strategy Contracts in the South West

Test Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 140 123
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 -7
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 26 21 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.80% 0.62% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.70% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 34
10th Percentile £328 £390 £337
25th Percentile £405 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £513
90th Percentile £594 £839 £576
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £58.94 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.08% +140.58% -42.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,675 3,010 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.18% 89.42% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,181 2,347
10th Percentile £225 £313 £300
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 314 206
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.29 £21.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +23.56% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.07 £68.73
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.99% +47.08% +11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy 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 Strategy in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy 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 Strategy in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy 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 Strategy within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 June 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 - 9 £494 - 1
Bristol +13 7 £590 +38.82% 3
Gloucestershire +1 3 £475 -45.09% 5
Wiltshire -7 2 - - 1
Somerset -2 1 £600 +14.29% 2
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England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
1 9 (34.62%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Visual Studio
2 6 (23.08%) Git
2 6 (23.08%) NUnit
2 6 (23.08%) Postman
3 3 (11.54%) JIRA
4 2 (7.69%) Cypress.io
4 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (7.69%) JUnit
4 2 (7.69%) Selenium
5 1 (3.85%) JMeter
5 1 (3.85%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Electronics
3 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Senior
1 10 (38.46%) Test Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Senior Test Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Test Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Test Automation Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) SEO Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Java Software Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Performance Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Test Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) .NET
1 6 (23.08%) AngularJS
2 5 (19.23%) GraphQL
2 5 (19.23%) Playwright
3 2 (7.69%) Spring
4 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) LIMS
2 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.85%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Agile
1 10 (38.46%) DevOps
1 10 (38.46%) Non-Functional Testing
2 9 (34.62%) Performance Testing
2 9 (34.62%) Test Management
3 8 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 8 (30.77%) Test Planning
4 7 (26.92%) Waterfall
5 6 (23.08%) BDD
5 6 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 6 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (23.08%) Kanban
5 6 (23.08%) Manual Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Scrum
5 6 (23.08%) TDD
5 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
6 5 (19.23%) Load Testing
6 5 (19.23%) Migration
6 5 (19.23%) Software Testing
6 5 (19.23%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
1 6 (23.08%) TypeScript
2 4 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) Java
3 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.85%) FIS
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft