Software Test Analyst Contracts in the South East

Software Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Software Test Analyst daily rate in the South East is £209 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 - 257
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.054% - 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% - 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £92 - -
25th Percentile £135 - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £209 - £363
75th Percentile £284 - £369
90th Percentile £328 - -
England median daily rate £355 £480 £363
% change year-on-year -26.04% +32.41% +16.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,125 5,457 7,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 94.71% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 3,816 5,052
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
75th Percentile £619 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 239 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.11 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.14 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.99 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Software Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Analyst in the South East

Software Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Software Test Analyst in the South East

Software Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Test Analyst in the South East

Software Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Test Analyst in the South East

Software 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 Software Test Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £355 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 £63 -
Thames Valley - 1 £355 -
Software Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Software 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 Software Test Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (33.33%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
3 1 (33.33%) GoogleTest
3 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket

Software 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SNMP
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GoogleTest
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
1 1 (33.33%) Google