Test Analyst Contracts in Berkshire

Test Analyst
South East > Berkshire

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Berkshire is £505 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 107 119
Rank change year-on-year -9 +12 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 11 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.55% 0.39% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.41% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £459 £331 £325
25th Percentile £472 £339 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% +9.38% +0.63%
75th Percentile £516 £528 £434
90th Percentile £524 £538 £488
South East median daily rate £550 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% +0.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,872 1,708 2,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 94.68% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,093 1,472
10th Percentile £213 £326 £205
25th Percentile £375 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 41
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70.47 £73.59 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.05 £79.61 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Berkshire

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Berkshire

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Berkshire

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Berkshire

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Reading -6 10 £509 +16.34% 2
Bracknell -8 1 £425 -
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Berkshire region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
1 9 (81.82%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (72.73%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) QA
2 8 (72.73%) Test Management
3 7 (63.64%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Degree
6 3 (27.27%) JIRA
7 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (18.18%) E-business
7 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
7 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
8 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 1 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
8 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
8 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
8 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (9.09%) TestRail

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
1 9 (81.82%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
1 9 (81.82%) Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (72.73%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Test Management
3 2 (18.18%) E-business
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) SAP