Test Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Test Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Birmingham is £331 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 68 86
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 9 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.20% 1.08% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.13% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 5
10th Percentile £250 - £290
25th Percentile £288 £263 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £298 £313
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -4.80% +35.87%
75th Percentile £377 £399 £395
90th Percentile £423 £433 £578
West Midlands median daily rate £381 £420 £415
% change year-on-year -9.23% +1.20% +21.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 692 882 1,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 95.45% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 591 956
10th Percentile £250 £263 £211
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 21
10th Percentile £12.95 £11.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.47 £18.00
90th Percentile £59.58 £63.13 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +15.79% +9.95% +4.73%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Birmingham

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Birmingham

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Birmingham

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Birmingham region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Selenium
5 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Defect Management
5 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (11.11%) SaaS
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification

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

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Defect Management
5 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (11.11%) Case Management
6 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) ProC
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP