Test Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £440, 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 233 297 347
Rank change year-on-year +64 +50 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 109 162 294
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 0.68% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.71% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 140 235
10th Percentile £356 £274 £305
25th Percentile £363 £325 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £418 £415
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +0.60% +10.67%
75th Percentile £509 £497 £488
90th Percentile £603 £544 £548
UK median daily rate £443 £466 £405
% change year-on-year -5.09% +15.12% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.25 - £51.88
% change year-on-year - - +9.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Test Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Analyst
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 Analyst.

Test Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Test Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Analyst
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 Analyst.

Test Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (45.87%) Test Automation
2 43 (39.45%) Agile
3 29 (26.61%) Test Scripting
4 24 (22.02%) User Acceptance Testing
4 24 (22.02%) Azure
4 24 (22.02%) Security Cleared
5 21 (19.27%) DevOps
6 20 (18.35%) Social Skills
6 20 (18.35%) QA
7 18 (16.51%) Software Testing
7 18 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (15.60%) Manual Testing
8 17 (15.60%) Finance
8 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
9 16 (14.68%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (14.68%) Selenium
9 16 (14.68%) JIRA
9 16 (14.68%) Postman
10 15 (13.76%) Scenario Testing
10 15 (13.76%) SC Cleared
10 15 (13.76%) ISTQB
10 15 (13.76%) Scrum
11 14 (12.84%) Test Management
12 13 (11.93%) Regression Testing
12 13 (11.93%) SQL
12 13 (11.93%) Test Strategy
13 12 (11.01%) Oracle
13 12 (11.01%) End-to-End Testing
14 11 (10.09%) C#
14 11 (10.09%) DV Cleared

Test Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (1.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.02%) Azure
2 18 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.75%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.75%) SaaS
5 2 (1.83%) BlazeMeter
6 1 (0.92%) AWS
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.92%) Boomi
6 1 (0.92%) FinancialForce
6 1 (0.92%) Firebase
6 1 (0.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.92%) IaaS
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.92%) PaaS
6 1 (0.92%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.83%) Internet
2 1 (0.92%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.83%) Pentaho
3 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (14.68%) JIRA
1 16 (14.68%) Postman
1 16 (14.68%) Selenium
2 9 (8.26%) TestRail
3 6 (5.50%) JMeter
3 6 (5.50%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.50%) WebDriver
4 5 (4.59%) SpecFlow
5 4 (3.67%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.67%) SoapUI
5 4 (3.67%) TestComplete
5 4 (3.67%) Zephyr
6 3 (2.75%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.83%) Appium
7 2 (1.83%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.83%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.92%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.60%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.34%) Back Office
5 7 (6.42%) Banking
6 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.67%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.75%) Legal
8 2 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Billing
9 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) .NET
2 4 (3.67%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.67%) AngularJS
2 4 (3.67%) XML
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.75%) SOAP
4 2 (1.83%) ADO
4 2 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.83%) REST
4 2 (1.83%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.92%) CSS
5 1 (0.92%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.92%) HTML
5 1 (0.92%) JSON
5 1 (0.92%) Web Services
5 1 (0.92%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.92%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.92%) Contactless
3 1 (0.92%) Derivative
3 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.92%) NHS
3 1 (0.92%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.92%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.59%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (45.87%) Test Automation
2 43 (39.45%) Agile
3 29 (26.61%) Test Scripting
4 24 (22.02%) User Acceptance Testing
5 21 (19.27%) DevOps
6 18 (16.51%) Software Testing
7 17 (15.60%) Manual Testing
8 16 (14.68%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (13.76%) Scenario Testing
9 15 (13.76%) Scrum
10 14 (12.84%) Test Management
11 13 (11.93%) Regression Testing
11 13 (11.93%) Test Strategy
12 12 (11.01%) End-to-End Testing
13 11 (10.09%) Functional Testing
13 11 (10.09%) System Integration Testing
14 10 (9.17%) Non-Functional Testing
14 10 (9.17%) Performance Testing
14 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (8.26%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.93%) SQL
2 11 (10.09%) C#
3 7 (6.42%) Java
4 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.59%) Kotlin
5 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.75%) VBScript
6 2 (1.83%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.83%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.83%) Python
6 2 (1.83%) SOQL
6 2 (1.83%) VB
7 1 (0.92%) Bicep
7 1 (0.92%) C
7 1 (0.92%) C++
7 1 (0.92%) Perl
7 1 (0.92%) Ruby
7 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.76%) ISTQB
2 15 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.09%) DV Cleared
4 10 (9.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (5.50%) ISEB
6 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.83%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.35%) QA
2 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (2.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.75%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.92%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.92%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.01%) Oracle
3 5 (4.59%) Denodo
3 5 (4.59%) SAP
4 3 (2.75%) Ariba
4 3 (2.75%) HP
4 3 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.83%) Aderant
5 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.92%) Dell
6 1 (0.92%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.92%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.92%) iManage
6 1 (0.92%) Micro Focus
6 1 (0.92%) PagerDuty
6 1 (0.92%) Perfecto Mobile
6 1 (0.92%) Splunk
6 1 (0.92%) Symantec
6 1 (0.92%) VMware