Test Planning Contracts

Test Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 426 568 587
Rank change year-on-year +142 +19 -25
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 159 129 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.26% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 84 184
10th Percentile £363 £387 £308
25th Percentile £413 £424 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £591
90th Percentile £711 £625 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £64.25 £72.00 £21.80
25th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £22.42
Median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +237.62% -56.92%
75th Percentile £88.75 £85.00 £25.22
90th Percentile - £88.00 £25.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.50 £80.00 £21.39
% change year-on-year +9.38% +274.01% -61.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +130 147 £495 -2.56% 39
London +119 82 £550 +4.76% 8
UK excluding London +43 65 £450 -10.00% 36
Work from Home +118 55 £513 +13.89% 17
North of England +16 19 £500 -1.62% 7
South West +9 15 £410 -18.00% 8
Midlands +24 11 £450 -10.00% 1
North West +13 10 £500 -16.67% 4
East of England +13 10 £375 - 4
Yorkshire +16 9 £500 -0.79% 1
West Midlands +21 7 £475 -5.00% 1
South East +7 6 £500 +8.11% 8
Scotland +50 4 £526 +27.39% 2
East Midlands - 4 £335 -

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (11.95%) Confluence
2 2 (1.26%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (2.52%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.89%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (9.43%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.89%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.89%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.89%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.63%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.63%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.63%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.92%) Azure
2 9 (5.66%) AWS
2 9 (5.66%) BrowserStack
2 9 (5.66%) Firebase
2 9 (5.66%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (5.03%) BlazeMeter
3 8 (5.03%) SaaS
4 5 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.89%) GCP
5 3 (1.89%) PaaS
6 2 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.26%) GitHub
6 2 (1.26%) Oracle CX
6 2 (1.26%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 2 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.26%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.63%) Commercetools
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.03%) BGP
1 8 (5.03%) Ethernet VPN
1 8 (5.03%) HSRP
1 8 (5.03%) IPv4
1 8 (5.03%) MPLS
1 8 (5.03%) RSVP
1 8 (5.03%) SNMP
1 8 (5.03%) VPLS
1 8 (5.03%) VRRP
2 4 (2.52%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (2.52%) Internet
2 4 (2.52%) IOS XR
3 3 (1.89%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.89%) Wireless
4 1 (0.63%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.14%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.52%) DB2
4 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.63%) Big Data
5 1 (0.63%) HDInsight
5 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (25.79%) JIRA
2 15 (9.43%) JMeter
3 14 (8.81%) GitLab
3 14 (8.81%) Postman
4 13 (8.18%) Selenium
5 12 (7.55%) Jenkins
6 11 (6.92%) Cypress.io
7 10 (6.29%) Appium
8 8 (5.03%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.89%) Git
9 3 (1.89%) JUnit
9 3 (1.89%) Zephyr
10 2 (1.26%) CppUnit
10 2 (1.26%) PVCS
10 2 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (1.26%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.26%) SoapUI
10 2 (1.26%) TestNG
11 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.63%) SpecFlow
General
1 53 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.43%) Finance
4 10 (6.29%) Banking
4 10 (6.29%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.40%) Games
5 7 (4.40%) Investment Banking
5 7 (4.40%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.52%) Back Office
6 4 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.52%) Legal
6 4 (2.52%) Marketing
6 4 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.52%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.26%) Retail
8 1 (0.63%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (28.30%) Analyst
2 30 (18.87%) Lead
3 29 (18.24%) Tester
4 27 (16.98%) Test Analyst
5 26 (16.35%) Test Manager
6 24 (15.09%) Business Analyst
6 24 (15.09%) Test Leader
7 12 (7.55%) Senior
8 9 (5.66%) Automation Tester
9 8 (5.03%) IP Expert
9 8 (5.03%) QA Tester
10 6 (3.77%) Business IT Analyst
10 6 (3.77%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.77%) IT Business Analyst
10 6 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.14%) QA Analyst
11 5 (3.14%) Senior Test Analyst
12 4 (2.52%) Cisco Expert
12 4 (2.52%) QA Test Analyst
12 4 (2.52%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.81%) Middleware
2 10 (6.29%) ADO
3 9 (5.66%) WebdriverIO
4 8 (5.03%) Jinja
4 8 (5.03%) JSON
4 8 (5.03%) NETCONF
4 8 (5.03%) XML
4 8 (5.03%) YANG
5 5 (3.14%) Gherkin
6 4 (2.52%) .NET
6 4 (2.52%) LDAP
7 3 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.89%) pytest
8 2 (1.26%) React
8 2 (1.26%) Spring
9 1 (0.63%) CSS
9 1 (0.63%) HTML
9 1 (0.63%) React Native
9 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.03%) Distributed Architecture
2 6 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.52%) IoT
5 2 (1.26%) Equities
5 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.26%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.26%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.63%) DataPower
6 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.63%) FMCG
6 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.63%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.77%) Linux
2 4 (2.52%) Unix
2 4 (2.52%) Windows
3 2 (1.26%) Android
3 2 (1.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (41.51%) Agile
2 52 (32.70%) Test Automation
3 46 (28.93%) Test Management
4 40 (25.16%) Test Strategy
5 30 (18.87%) Test Scripting
6 29 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (18.24%) User Acceptance Testing
7 26 (16.35%) Performance Testing
7 26 (16.35%) Scenario Testing
7 26 (16.35%) Software Testing
8 25 (15.72%) CI/CD
9 24 (15.09%) Defect Management
9 24 (15.09%) Project Management
9 24 (15.09%) Regression Testing
10 22 (13.84%) Continuous Integration
10 22 (13.84%) Defect Tracking
10 22 (13.84%) Project Delivery
11 21 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (12.58%) Validation
13 19 (11.95%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.32%) Python
2 17 (10.69%) Java
2 17 (10.69%) SQL
3 10 (6.29%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.40%) C#
5 2 (1.26%) C
5 2 (1.26%) C++
5 2 (1.26%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.26%) ProC
5 2 (1.26%) R
6 1 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.18%) Degree
4 12 (7.55%) ISTQB
5 7 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.40%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.14%) ISEB
7 4 (2.52%) CCIE
7 4 (2.52%) CCIE Service Provider
7 4 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.26%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.26%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.26%) PMP
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (32.70%) QA
2 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.26%) PMO
5 1 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.40%) Ansible
2 4 (2.52%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.89%) Terraform
4 1 (0.63%) Grafana
4 1 (0.63%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.92%) Oracle
3 9 (5.66%) SAP
4 8 (5.03%) Nokia
5 7 (4.40%) VMware
6 4 (2.52%) Cisco
6 4 (2.52%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.52%) Genesys
7 3 (1.89%) PTC
7 3 (1.89%) Siemens
8 2 (1.26%) Databricks
8 2 (1.26%) Google
8 2 (1.26%) HP
9 1 (0.63%) Adobe
9 1 (0.63%) Apple
9 1 (0.63%) Ariba
9 1 (0.63%) Avaya
9 1 (0.63%) Informatica
9 1 (0.63%) Workday