Test Strategy Contracts in England

Test Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 248 210
Rank change year-on-year +33 -38 -15
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 416 497 976
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.06% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.17% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 363 669
10th Percentile £355 £374 £400
25th Percentile £413 £428 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile - £52.16 £18.10
25th Percentile - £60.04 £20.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +140.58% -42.22%
75th Percentile £62.81 £67.54 £26.50
90th Percentile £68.13 £84.75 -
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £62.55 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.08% +229.21% -57.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,789 42,321 64,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 89.92% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,706 45,695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,534 1,708
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in England

Test Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +62 219 £525 -4.55% 38
East of England +27 44 £513 -26.79% 13
Midlands +15 44 £360 -31.75% 14
South East -36 39 £525 +26.81% 16
North of England +1 37 £463 -11.90% 22
West Midlands 0 34 £358 -32.83% 11
South West +17 26 £531 +1.19% 15
North West +7 17 £450 -7.69% 15
Yorkshire -8 17 £534 -3.00% 3
East Midlands +13 10 £422 -43.27% 3
North East +13 3 £408 +5.16% 4
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.68%) Confluence
2 7 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.44%) MTS
4 3 (0.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.72%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.48%) Maya
3 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Aligne
1 6 (1.44%) Endur
1 6 (1.44%) EuroRunner
2 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 85 (20.43%) Azure
2 49 (11.78%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (6.25%) AWS
5 20 (4.81%) Azure API Management
5 20 (4.81%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (1.68%) Tricentis Tosca
8 6 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.96%) BrowserStack
10 4 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.96%) OCI
10 4 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.96%) SaaS
10 4 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.44%) HTTP
2 3 (0.72%) Network Security
2 3 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.48%) Internet
3 2 (0.48%) SAN
4 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.97%) MySQL
2 21 (5.05%) Amazon Redshift
3 19 (4.57%) Power BI
4 12 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.68%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.44%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.20%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.96%) DB2
8 4 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.96%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
10 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (12.74%) Git
2 45 (10.82%) Selenium
3 38 (9.13%) Postman
4 31 (7.45%) JIRA
4 31 (7.45%) JMeter
5 26 (6.25%) Cucumber
5 26 (6.25%) JUnit
6 24 (5.77%) LoadRunner
7 20 (4.81%) WebDriver
8 18 (4.33%) SpecFlow
9 17 (4.09%) Appium
9 17 (4.09%) Visual Studio
10 15 (3.61%) REST Assured
11 13 (3.13%) TestNG
12 11 (2.64%) Gatling
12 11 (2.64%) SoapUI
13 10 (2.40%) eggPlant
13 10 (2.40%) Jenkins
13 10 (2.40%) SOAtest
14 9 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 121 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 105 (25.24%) Finance
3 41 (9.86%) Manufacturing
4 39 (9.38%) Electronics
5 31 (7.45%) Aerospace
6 27 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 21 (5.05%) Banking
9 20 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (4.33%) Back Office
11 13 (3.13%) Legal
11 13 (3.13%) Retail
12 12 (2.88%) Front Office
13 11 (2.64%) Marketing
14 8 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.92%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.68%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.44%) Law
17 5 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (20.67%) Test Manager
2 77 (18.51%) Lead
3 51 (12.26%) Architect
4 49 (11.78%) Senior
5 48 (11.54%) Analyst
6 38 (9.13%) Test Leader
7 37 (8.89%) Test Architect
8 33 (7.93%) Test Engineer
9 27 (6.49%) Test Analyst
10 25 (6.01%) Tester
11 17 (4.09%) Developer
12 16 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
13 15 (3.61%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.37%) Consultant
15 12 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
16 11 (2.64%) Automation Tester
16 11 (2.64%) Test Automation Engineer
17 10 (2.40%) Project Manager
18 9 (2.16%) Senior Test Analyst
18 9 (2.16%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.97%) .NET
2 26 (6.25%) XML
3 18 (4.33%) Web Services
4 14 (3.37%) REST
5 13 (3.13%) .NET Framework
6 12 (2.88%) Playwright
7 11 (2.64%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.64%) Gherkin
8 10 (2.40%) GraphQL
9 9 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.92%) Middleware
11 7 (1.68%) React
12 6 (1.44%) JSON
13 5 (1.20%) Swagger
14 4 (0.96%) ActiveMQ
14 4 (0.96%) Kafka
15 3 (0.72%) CSS
15 3 (0.72%) HTML
15 3 (0.72%) SOAP
15 3 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.65%) Analogue Electronics
2 17 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.88%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.16%) Life Science
5 8 (1.92%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.68%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.68%) Market Risk
6 7 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.44%) Equities
7 6 (1.44%) Solar Panel
8 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.20%) NHS
8 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.20%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.72%) FMCG
10 3 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.53%) Windows
2 15 (3.61%) Linux
3 13 (3.13%) Unix
4 8 (1.92%) Android
5 4 (0.96%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (37.98%) Agile
2 141 (33.89%) Test Automation
3 72 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (16.35%) Software Testing
5 66 (15.87%) DevOps
6 64 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 61 (14.66%) CI/CD
7 61 (14.66%) Scrum
7 61 (14.66%) Test Management
8 56 (13.46%) Project Management
9 52 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 51 (12.26%) Test Scripting
11 50 (12.02%) Performance Testing
12 41 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (9.86%) Process Improvement
12 41 (9.86%) Scenario Testing
13 40 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (9.38%) TDD
15 38 (9.13%) Non-Functional Testing
16 37 (8.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.98%) SQL
2 52 (12.50%) C#
3 47 (11.30%) Java
4 23 (5.53%) Python
5 17 (4.09%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.88%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.44%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.44%) VB
8 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.96%) Groovy
8 4 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.96%) Scala
8 4 (0.96%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.96%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.72%) C
9 3 (0.72%) C++
9 3 (0.72%) PHP
9 3 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.48%) ProC
Qualifications
1 101 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 96 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.65%) Degree
4 31 (7.45%) ISTQB
5 12 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.16%) ISEB
8 7 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.96%) CISM
10 4 (0.96%) CISSP
10 4 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.24%) PgMP
12 1 (0.24%) PMP
12 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (25.48%) QA
2 17 (4.09%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.92%) HL7
4 7 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.68%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.96%) PMO
6 3 (0.72%) WCAG
7 2 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) EMIR
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.40%) Docker
2 6 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.72%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.81%) Grafana
2 4 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.72%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (0.72%) Kibana
4 2 (0.48%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 51 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.77%) Oracle
3 21 (5.05%) SAP
4 20 (4.81%) Denodo
4 20 (4.81%) Talend
5 11 (2.64%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.16%) Splunk
7 8 (1.92%) VMware
8 6 (1.44%) HP
8 6 (1.44%) IBM
9 5 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.20%) iManage
9 5 (1.20%) Intapp
9 5 (1.20%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.72%) Adobe
10 3 (0.72%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.72%) Google
10 3 (0.72%) Qualtrics
10 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.48%) Sybase