Testing Analyst Contracts

Testing Analyst
UK

The median Testing Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 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 589 696 838
Rank change year-on-year +107 +142 -
Contract jobs requiring a Testing Analyst 2 11 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.018% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.019% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 23
10th Percentile - £423 £308
25th Percentile £513 £463 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £538 £589 £575
90th Percentile - £613 £584
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £383
% change year-on-year +10.53% +24.02% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Testing Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Testing Analyst in the UK

Testing Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Testing Analyst in the UK

Testing Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Testing Analyst in the UK

Testing Analyst
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Analyst within the UK 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
England +108 2 £525 +10.53% 1
Work from Home +120 1 - -
London +98 1 - -
UK excluding London +52 1 £525 +10.53% 1
North of England +30 1 £525 +10.53%
Yorkshire +20 1 £525 +10.53%

Testing Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Testing 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 featuring Testing Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) KYC
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) IFRS
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) SilkCentral
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management

Testing Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) SilkCentral
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) KYC
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) IFRS