Test Strategy Contracts in Sheffield

Test Strategy
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 46 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -20
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 4 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.03% 1.14% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.19% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £523 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +36.25% -33.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £568 £450 -
90th Percentile - £465 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £545 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +36.25% -33.33% +41.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Test Strategy 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 348 337 522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 89.69% 96.29% 94.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 215 369
10th Percentile £240 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £435 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +17.78%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £614
90th Percentile £652 £739 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £520 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -5.45% +7.32% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile £13.14 £18.80 £9.84
25th Percentile £15.22 £19.25 £11.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.21% +17.86%
75th Percentile £21.50 £25.63 £19.50
90th Percentile - £29.00 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.83 £23.75 £14.75
% change year-on-year -45.98% +61.02% +5.36%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Katalon Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Strategy Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco