Test Analyst Contracts in Reading

Test Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Reading is £509 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 90 77 94
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 10 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.70% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 5
10th Percentile £463 £331 £293
25th Percentile £500 £347 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% +15.15% -
75th Percentile £519 £519 £488
90th Percentile £530 £538 £492
Berkshire median daily rate £505 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +6.21% +18.75% +0.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,113 1,007 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.63% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 669 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £411 £453 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -2.33%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Reading

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Reading

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
1 9 (90.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (90.00%) DevOps
1 9 (90.00%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (80.00%) QA
2 8 (80.00%) Test Management
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) E-business
6 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) JIRA
6 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (10.00%) TestRail
7 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
7 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (70.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
1 9 (90.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) TestRail
General
1 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) DevOps
1 9 (90.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Test Management
3 2 (20.00%) E-business
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle