Senior QA Test Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst
UK

As of 9 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 - 597
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Test Analyst 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 45,859 27,036 40,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.35% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,926 17,399 25,887
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,119 2,897
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.84 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.47 £61.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

Senior QA Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior QA Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior QA Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior QA Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Senior QA Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior QA Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG

Senior QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG