Test Analyst Contracts in Cardiff

Test Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Cardiff is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 41 50
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.41% 0.88% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.91% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £204 £327 £259
25th Percentile £271 £339 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £369 £363
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% +1.72% -
75th Percentile £394 £389 £416
90th Percentile - £396 £436
South Wales median daily rate £388 £369 £325
% change year-on-year +5.08% +13.46% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 198 328 521
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 96.47% 97.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 264 401
10th Percentile £199 £181 £231
25th Percentile £369 £346 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £620 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £11.32 £12.71 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £16.45 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% -12.29% +14.42%
75th Percentile £18.00 £20.92 £23.75
90th Percentile £39.45 £24.25 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Cardiff

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Cardiff

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Cardiff over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Cardiff

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Cardiff

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 26 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 Cardiff region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) HL7

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle