Test Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Strategy
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 Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 208 214
Rank change year-on-year +28 +6 -12
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 177 289 554
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.20% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.34% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 215 407
10th Percentile £353 £374 £400
25th Percentile £413 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £465 £520
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -10.58% +9.47%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £673 £700 £656
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £57.50 £27.40
25th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £30.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +128.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £72.50 £86.25 £48.58
90th Percentile - £88.50 £56.72
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
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Strategy.

Test Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Strategy over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Test Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Strategy.

Test Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 3 (1.69%) CMS
1 3 (1.69%) Headless CMS
2 2 (1.13%) Confluence
2 2 (1.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Maya
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Magento
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (0.56%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 42 (23.73%) Azure
2 27 (15.25%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (14.12%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (10.73%) Azure API Management
5 16 (9.04%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (7.34%) AWS
7 5 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.69%) GitHub
8 3 (1.69%) OCI
9 2 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.13%) Bitrise
9 2 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.13%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.13%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.13%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.13%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.69%) Network Security
2 2 (1.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.95%) MySQL
2 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.26%) Power BI
3 3 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.56%) Big Data
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) DB2
5 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (10.17%) Postman
2 17 (9.60%) JIRA
2 17 (9.60%) Selenium
3 15 (8.47%) Git
4 14 (7.91%) JMeter
5 11 (6.21%) Cucumber
6 8 (4.52%) JUnit
7 7 (3.95%) Cypress.io
7 7 (3.95%) LoadRunner
7 7 (3.95%) SpecFlow
8 6 (3.39%) TestNG
9 5 (2.82%) Appium
9 5 (2.82%) Jenkins
9 5 (2.82%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (2.82%) WebDriver
10 4 (2.26%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.26%) SoapUI
10 4 (2.26%) TestRail
10 4 (2.26%) Visual Studio
11 3 (1.69%) NUnit
General
1 59 (33.33%) Finance
2 33 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.34%) Banking
5 10 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.08%) Retail
7 8 (4.52%) Marketing
8 7 (3.95%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.39%) Front Office
9 6 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.82%) Back Office
11 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.69%) Electronics
12 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.69%) Legal
12 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (25.99%) Lead
2 41 (23.16%) Test Manager
3 22 (12.43%) Analyst
3 22 (12.43%) Senior
4 16 (9.04%) Test Leader
5 12 (6.78%) Test Analyst
6 10 (5.65%) Test Engineer
7 9 (5.08%) Architect
7 9 (5.08%) Tester
8 8 (4.52%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.52%) Developer
9 7 (3.95%) QA Leader
10 6 (3.39%) Consultant
10 6 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Software Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.17%) XML
2 7 (3.95%) .NET
2 7 (3.95%) Playwright
3 6 (3.39%) GraphQL
3 6 (3.39%) React
3 6 (3.39%) REST
3 6 (3.39%) Web Services
4 5 (2.82%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.69%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.69%) Swagger
6 2 (1.13%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.13%) Middleware
6 2 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.13%) React Native
6 2 (1.13%) SOAP
6 2 (1.13%) SwiftUI
6 2 (1.13%) UIKit
7 1 (0.56%) CSS
7 1 (0.56%) EJB
7 1 (0.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.95%) Equities
1 7 (3.95%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.82%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.26%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.26%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.26%) Wiki
5 3 (1.69%) Life Science
5 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.13%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.13%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.13%) Derivative
6 2 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.13%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.13%) LIMS
6 2 (1.13%) NHS
6 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.34%) Windows
2 6 (3.39%) Unix
3 5 (2.82%) Android
3 5 (2.82%) Linux
4 2 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (37.29%) Test Automation
2 64 (36.16%) Agile
3 36 (20.34%) DevOps
4 34 (19.21%) CI/CD
4 34 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (18.08%) Software Testing
6 31 (17.51%) Test Management
7 29 (16.38%) Mentoring
8 28 (15.82%) Test Scripting
9 27 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (14.69%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
12 22 (12.43%) Non-Functional Testing
13 21 (11.86%) Scenario Testing
14 20 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (10.73%) Functional Testing
15 19 (10.73%) Test Planning
16 18 (10.17%) Performance Testing
17 17 (9.60%) Data Transformation
17 17 (9.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.25%) C#
2 23 (12.99%) SQL
3 15 (8.47%) Java
4 12 (6.78%) Python
5 9 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.08%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.26%) PHP
7 3 (1.69%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.13%) C++
8 2 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.13%) Swift
9 1 (0.56%) ABAP
9 1 (0.56%) C
9 1 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) VB
9 1 (0.56%) VBA
9 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (16.38%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.86%) ISTQB
4 20 (11.30%) Degree
5 9 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.82%) ISEB
7 5 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.13%) CISM
9 2 (1.13%) CISSP
9 2 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.13%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.13%) PMP
10 1 (0.56%) CCA
10 1 (0.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.56%) PhD
10 1 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (33.90%) QA
2 9 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.82%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.13%) HL7
4 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.13%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.56%) IFRS
5 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (2.26%) Docker
2 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.13%) vSphere
4 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Grafana
2 2 (1.13%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) Kibana
3 1 (0.56%) Puppet
3 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.21%) Oracle
3 9 (5.08%) SAP
4 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.26%) VMware
5 3 (1.69%) Denodo
5 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.69%) Talend
6 2 (1.13%) Adobe
6 2 (1.13%) Apple
6 2 (1.13%) HP
6 2 (1.13%) InterSystems
6 2 (1.13%) Splunk
7 1 (0.56%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.56%) Ariba
7 1 (0.56%) FIS
7 1 (0.56%) Temenos
7 1 (0.56%) Workday