Test Planning Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 412 482
Rank change year-on-year +127 +70 -44
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 59 51 134
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.23% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 35 102
10th Percentile £413 £386 £313
25th Percentile £459 £414 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -10.00% +10.80%
75th Percentile £613 £469 £573
90th Percentile £750 £575 £654
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £61.88 £72.00 -
25th Percentile £66.56 £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +128.57% -
75th Percentile £82.81 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £87.13 £88.00 -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% +207.69% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,938 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,680 15,535 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 510 537
10th Percentile £14.66 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £27.48 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.27 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Test Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning.

Test Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Test Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Planning.

Test Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Test Planning hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) BlazeMeter
1 5 (8.47%) BrowserStack
1 5 (8.47%) Firebase
1 5 (8.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 4 (6.78%) SaaS
3 3 (5.08%) AWS
3 3 (5.08%) PaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Azure
4 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.39%) GCP
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle CX
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) OCI
5 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) DB2
2 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (18.64%) JIRA
2 8 (13.56%) JMeter
3 7 (11.86%) Cypress.io
3 7 (11.86%) Postman
4 6 (10.17%) GitLab
5 5 (8.47%) Appium
5 5 (8.47%) Jenkins
6 4 (6.78%) Selenium
7 3 (5.08%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.69%) CppUnit
8 1 (1.69%) GoCD
8 1 (1.69%) JUnit
8 1 (1.69%) PVCS
8 1 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.69%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.69%) TestCafe
8 1 (1.69%) TestNG
8 1 (1.69%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.56%) Finance
4 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.78%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Marketing
5 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.08%) Banking
6 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Analyst
1 16 (27.12%) Business Analyst
1 16 (27.12%) Test Manager
2 7 (11.86%) Tester
3 6 (10.17%) Lead
3 6 (10.17%) Test Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Business IT Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Business Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) QA Tester
5 4 (6.78%) Test Leader
6 3 (5.08%) Agile Business Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Customer Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Product Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) QA Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) QA Test Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Software Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Software Product Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) Middleware
2 5 (8.47%) WebdriverIO
3 4 (6.78%) ADO
4 3 (5.08%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) IoT
1 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Agile
2 19 (32.20%) Test Automation
2 19 (32.20%) Test Strategy
3 16 (27.12%) Project Management
4 14 (23.73%) Defect Tracking
4 14 (23.73%) Test Management
5 13 (22.03%) Migration
5 13 (22.03%) Validation
6 12 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (20.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
8 10 (16.95%) Test Scripting
9 9 (15.25%) CI/CD
9 9 (15.25%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (15.25%) Manual Testing
9 9 (15.25%) Scenario Testing
9 9 (15.25%) Software Testing
10 8 (13.56%) Analytics
10 8 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (13.56%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.47%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.08%) Java
2 3 (5.08%) Python
3 2 (3.39%) R
3 2 (3.39%) SQL
4 1 (1.69%) C
4 1 (1.69%) C++
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) ISTQB
2 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.39%) Degree
3 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.39%) PMP
3 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) ISEB
4 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (37.29%) QA
2 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Grafana
1 1 (1.69%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.69%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.17%) SAP
2 4 (6.78%) Genesys
3 3 (5.08%) Oracle
4 2 (3.39%) Ariba
4 2 (3.39%) Google
4 2 (3.39%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) Adobe
5 1 (1.69%) Apple
5 1 (1.69%) Avaya
5 1 (1.69%) HP