Test Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Test Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £363 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 132 116
Rank change year-on-year +35 -16 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 33 34 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.21% 0.98% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.04% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 76
10th Percentile £254 £263 £313
25th Percentile £305 £298 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £415 £406
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% +2.15% +22.00%
75th Percentile £411 £433 £433
90th Percentile £468 £438 £495
England median daily rate £450 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +13.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,509 3,279 4,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.47% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,308 3,602
10th Percentile £208 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.49% +14.75%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 133 179
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.25 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £59.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
West Midlands +30 19 £363 -13.17% 1
East Midlands +25 14 £363 +7.41% 1
Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Midlands region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (51.52%) Test Scripting
2 13 (39.39%) Manual Testing
3 12 (36.36%) Oracle
4 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 11 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 10 (30.30%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (30.30%) Azure
5 10 (30.30%) DevOps
6 9 (27.27%) Scenario Testing
7 8 (24.24%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (24.24%) Test Planning
7 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
8 7 (21.21%) Oracle Database
8 7 (21.21%) Performance Testing
8 7 (21.21%) Software Testing
9 6 (18.18%) JIRA
9 6 (18.18%) Test Strategy
9 6 (18.18%) Agile
9 6 (18.18%) ISTQB
10 5 (15.15%) Functional Testing
10 5 (15.15%) System Testing
10 5 (15.15%) Selenium
10 5 (15.15%) System Integration Testing
10 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
11 4 (12.12%) Denodo
11 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
11 4 (12.12%) Defect Management
11 4 (12.12%) Web Testing
12 3 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
12 3 (9.09%) AWS

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.09%) AWS
4 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.03%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) JIRA
2 5 (15.15%) Selenium
3 3 (9.09%) JMeter
4 2 (6.06%) TestRail
5 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
5 1 (3.03%) Postman
5 1 (3.03%) SoapUI
5 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) .NET
1 3 (9.09%) LDAP
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) NHS
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Test Scripting
2 13 (39.39%) Manual Testing
3 10 (30.30%) DevOps
3 10 (30.30%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Scenario Testing
5 8 (24.24%) Test Planning
6 7 (21.21%) Performance Testing
6 7 (21.21%) Software Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Agile
7 6 (18.18%) Test Strategy
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (15.15%) Functional Testing
8 5 (15.15%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (15.15%) System Testing
9 4 (12.12%) Defect Management
9 4 (12.12%) Web Testing
10 3 (9.09%) Regression Testing
10 3 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (9.09%) SDLC
10 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) ProC
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.03%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) Denodo
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow