Test Analyst Contracts in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 157 172
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 49 58 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.85% 1.02% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.08% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 46 68
10th Percentile £389 £294 £296
25th Percentile £463 £370 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £433 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% +8.13% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £438
90th Percentile £606 £588 £495
England median daily rate £450 £475 £415
% change year-on-year -5.26% +14.46% +10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 - £51.88
% change year-on-year - - +5.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,301 5,353 7,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 3,704 5,019
10th Percentile £243 £213 £211
25th Percentile £400 £387 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.33 £12.55
25th Percentile £18.82 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.21 £47.44
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the South East 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
Hampshire -10 30 £550 +21.61% 2
Thames Valley +9 19 £500 +26.58% 1
Berkshire -4 14 £500 - 1
Buckinghamshire +24 5 £360 -2.70%
East Sussex +4 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - - 3
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (69.39%) Agile
2 28 (57.14%) Test Management
3 23 (46.94%) Test Automation
4 20 (40.82%) Security Cleared
5 19 (38.78%) TestRail
6 18 (36.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 18 (36.73%) DV Cleared
6 18 (36.73%) Continuous Integration
6 18 (36.73%) ISTQB
7 15 (30.61%) Azure
7 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
8 13 (26.53%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (26.53%) DevOps
9 12 (24.49%) QA
10 11 (22.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 10 (20.41%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (18.37%) Oracle
12 9 (18.37%) Procure-to-Pay
12 9 (18.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
14 7 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
14 7 (14.29%) JIRA
15 6 (12.24%) Finance
15 6 (12.24%) SAP
15 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
15 6 (12.24%) End-to-End Testing
15 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (10.20%) System Integration Testing
16 5 (10.20%) Degree

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.61%) Azure
2 13 (26.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.12%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) SNMP
1 2 (4.08%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) DB2
Development Applications
1 19 (38.78%) TestRail
2 7 (14.29%) JIRA
3 3 (6.12%) Selenium
4 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
4 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
4 2 (4.08%) Eclipse
4 2 (4.08%) Git
4 2 (4.08%) GoogleTest
4 2 (4.08%) Maven
4 2 (4.08%) Postman
4 2 (4.08%) Robot Framework
5 1 (2.04%) JMeter
5 1 (2.04%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.04%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (2.04%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Finance
2 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Automotive
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) ADO
1 3 (6.12%) Gherkin
2 2 (4.08%) CSS
2 2 (4.08%) HTML
3 1 (2.04%) .NET
3 1 (2.04%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (69.39%) Agile
2 28 (57.14%) Test Management
3 23 (46.94%) Test Automation
4 18 (36.73%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (26.53%) DevOps
6 11 (22.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 10 (20.41%) Requirements Analysis
8 9 (18.37%) Procure-to-Pay
8 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
10 6 (12.24%) End-to-End Testing
11 5 (10.20%) ERP
11 5 (10.20%) Functional Testing
11 5 (10.20%) Scrum
11 5 (10.20%) Software Testing
11 5 (10.20%) System Integration Testing
12 4 (8.16%) Software Engineering
13 3 (6.12%) Kanban
13 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 2 (4.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.12%) Java
2 3 (6.12%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) SQL
4 1 (2.04%) C
4 1 (2.04%) C++
4 1 (2.04%) VB
4 1 (2.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (40.82%) Security Cleared
2 18 (36.73%) DV Cleared
2 18 (36.73%) ISTQB
2 18 (36.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 5 (10.20%) Degree
4 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Oracle
2 6 (12.24%) SAP
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.08%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.08%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe
5 1 (2.04%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce