Software Test Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Test Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Test Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 460 613
Rank change year-on-year +112 +153 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 2 8 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.032% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.034% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £381 £363
25th Percentile - £405 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £480 £391
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +22.68% -
75th Percentile - £495 £407
90th Percentile - - £415
UK median daily rate £355 £480 £363
% change year-on-year -26.04% +32.41% +16.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,074 23,868 42,064
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.34% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 16,854 30,396
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 547 598
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.46
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.50 £57.47
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.10 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Software Test Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Test Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Test Analyst.

Software Test Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Software Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft