Test Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 130 135
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 15 20 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.56% 0.69% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.73% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 18
10th Percentile £367 £313 £321
25th Percentile £453 £334 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £350
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% +5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £511 £400 £414
90th Percentile £519 £519 £453
South East median daily rate £550 £440 £400
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,481 2,738 3,375
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 94.48% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,435 1,897 2,307
10th Percentile £208 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 77 100
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £12.81
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £58.26
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 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
Berkshire -2 11 £505 -1.56%
Buckinghamshire +19 4 £358 +4.38%
Test Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) QA
2 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (60.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (60.00%) DevOps
2 9 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Oracle
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 8 (53.33%) Test Management
4 7 (46.67%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (33.33%) JIRA
7 4 (26.67%) Degree
8 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
9 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
9 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (13.33%) E-business
9 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
9 2 (13.33%) Finance
9 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
10 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
10 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
10 1 (6.67%) TestRail
10 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (6.67%) Scenario Testing

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (46.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Azure
1 9 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) TestRail
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Automotive
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) DevOps
1 9 (60.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Test Management
3 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) E-business
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
5 1 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Manual Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (6.67%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) SAP