Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Test Analyst
South West > Bristol

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Bristol is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 68 78
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 7 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.90% 0.36% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.38% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £281 £303 -
25th Percentile £309 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £375
75th Percentile £488 £413 £388
90th Percentile - £428 -
South West median daily rate £356 £340 £453
% change year-on-year +4.78% -24.86% +16.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 720 797 1,004
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 95.56% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 420 655
10th Percentile £243 £213 £304
25th Percentile £384 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £748 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £503 £538
% change year-on-year +1.99% -6.51% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 136 126
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.50 £27.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £49.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £57.33
% change year-on-year -61.60% +14.25% -4.45%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Bristol

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Bristol

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Bristol

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (57.14%) Power BI
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (57.14%) Smoke Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Data Validation
3 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
4 2 (28.57%) Android
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Server Migrations
4 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Smoke Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Data Validation
3 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Server Migrations
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce