Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Test Analyst
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Belfast is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 178 139 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.12% 89.68% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 76 79
10th Percentile £250 £149 £158
25th Percentile £325 £179 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +7.81% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £529
90th Percentile £625 £619 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £431 £400
% change year-on-year +10.14% +7.81% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.58 £22.68 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +32.09%
75th Percentile £16.88 - £14.43
90th Percentile £24.50 - £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.19 £24.18 £13.91
% change year-on-year -37.18% +73.83% +26.74%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Belfast

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Belfast

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 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 Belfast region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Avro
1 1 (100.00%) Parquet
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (100.00%) Postman

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (100.00%) Parquet
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Avro
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared