Test Planning Contracts in London

Test Planning
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Test Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Planning over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 437 488
Rank change year-on-year +119 +51 -39
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 82 45 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.46% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.20% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 24 80
10th Percentile £393 £378 £348
25th Percentile £460 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +16.02%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £600
90th Percentile £750 £676 £638
England median daily rate £495 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% +1.50% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Test Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in London.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in London

Test Planning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +42 11 £525 -3.09% 2
West London - 2 £610 -
South London +8 1 £380 -43.70%
North London 0 1 £375 -21.05%
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (14.63%) Confluence
2 2 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.66%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.66%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (18.29%) Loan IQ
2 3 (3.66%) ENOVIA
2 3 (3.66%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (3.66%) Teamcenter
3 2 (2.44%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.22%) Fidessa
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.22%) SAP CX
4 1 (1.22%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (1.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Azure
1 6 (7.32%) Firebase
1 6 (7.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 5 (6.10%) AWS
2 5 (6.10%) BlazeMeter
2 5 (6.10%) BrowserStack
3 4 (4.88%) SaaS
4 3 (3.66%) GCP
4 3 (3.66%) PaaS
5 2 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.44%) GitHub
5 2 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.22%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) BGP
1 8 (9.76%) Ethernet VPN
1 8 (9.76%) HSRP
1 8 (9.76%) IPv4
1 8 (9.76%) MPLS
1 8 (9.76%) RSVP
1 8 (9.76%) SNMP
1 8 (9.76%) VPLS
1 8 (9.76%) VRRP
2 4 (4.88%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (4.88%) Internet
2 4 (4.88%) IOS XR
3 1 (1.22%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Relational Database
2 4 (4.88%) DB2
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.22%) Big Data
5 1 (1.22%) HDInsight
5 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.22%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (26.83%) JIRA
2 9 (10.98%) Jenkins
3 8 (9.76%) Postman
4 7 (8.54%) Appium
4 7 (8.54%) GitLab
4 7 (8.54%) Selenium
5 6 (7.32%) Cypress.io
6 5 (6.10%) Cucumber
6 5 (6.10%) JMeter
7 3 (3.66%) Git
8 2 (2.44%) JUnit
8 2 (2.44%) REST Assured
8 2 (2.44%) TestNG
9 1 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 1 (1.22%) Maven
9 1 (1.22%) SoapUI
9 1 (1.22%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.22%) TeamCity
9 1 (1.22%) TestDirector
9 1 (1.22%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Banking
4 6 (7.32%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Investment Banking
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.88%) Back Office
5 4 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.88%) Marketing
5 4 (4.88%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Games
6 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.22%) Legal
6 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Analyst
2 20 (24.39%) Business Analyst
3 16 (19.51%) Lead
4 15 (18.29%) Tester
5 11 (13.41%) Test Analyst
5 11 (13.41%) Test Leader
6 8 (9.76%) IP Expert
7 6 (7.32%) QA Tester
7 6 (7.32%) Test Manager
8 4 (4.88%) Business IT Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Cisco Expert
8 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) IT Business Analyst
9 3 (3.66%) Agile Business Analyst
9 3 (3.66%) Automation Tester
9 3 (3.66%) Oracle Analyst
9 3 (3.66%) QA Leader
9 3 (3.66%) Senior
10 2 (2.44%) Business Test Analyst
10 2 (2.44%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.41%) Middleware
2 8 (9.76%) Jinja
2 8 (9.76%) JSON
2 8 (9.76%) NETCONF
2 8 (9.76%) XML
2 8 (9.76%) YANG
3 6 (7.32%) ADO
3 6 (7.32%) WebdriverIO
4 3 (3.66%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (3.66%) pytest
5 2 (2.44%) .NET
6 1 (1.22%) CSS
6 1 (1.22%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.22%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.22%) React
6 1 (1.22%) REST
6 1 (1.22%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.22%) Web Services
6 1 (1.22%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (4.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (4.88%) IoT
3 2 (2.44%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.22%) DataPower
4 1 (1.22%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.22%) FMCG
4 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Linux
2 4 (4.88%) Unix
2 4 (4.88%) Windows
3 1 (1.22%) Android
3 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.46%) Agile
2 24 (29.27%) Test Automation
3 17 (20.73%) Migration
3 17 (20.73%) Project Delivery
3 17 (20.73%) Project Management
4 16 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (18.29%) CI/CD
5 15 (18.29%) Performance Testing
5 15 (18.29%) Test Management
6 13 (15.85%) Test Strategy
7 12 (14.63%) DevOps
8 11 (13.41%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (13.41%) Defect Tracking
8 11 (13.41%) Regression Testing
8 11 (13.41%) Software Testing
8 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (13.41%) Validation
9 10 (12.20%) Functional Testing
9 10 (12.20%) Scenario Testing
10 9 (10.98%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.07%) SQL
2 11 (13.41%) Python
3 8 (9.76%) Java
4 7 (8.54%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.66%) C#
6 2 (2.44%) R
7 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.22%) ProC
7 1 (1.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (8.54%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) ISTQB
3 4 (4.88%) CCIE
3 4 (4.88%) CCIE Service Provider
3 4 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (29.27%) QA
2 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (9.76%) Nokia
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.10%) Oracle
3 5 (6.10%) SAP
4 4 (4.88%) Cisco
4 4 (4.88%) Fortinet
4 4 (4.88%) VMware
5 3 (3.66%) PTC
5 3 (3.66%) Siemens
6 2 (2.44%) Databricks
6 2 (2.44%) Google
7 1 (1.22%) Informatica