Senior Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Test Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Test Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 120 145
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 2 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.33% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.35% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £342 £390 £540
25th Percentile £387 £413 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £425 £620
Median % change year-on-year +11.18% -31.45% -
75th Percentile £557 £625 £630
90th Percentile £601 £628 £639
Central London median daily rate £473 £425 £620
% change year-on-year +11.18% -31.45% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,643 1,981 2,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 93.31% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,217 1,841
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £777 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 15
10th Percentile £16.90 £15.95 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £28.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.75 £67.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.89% +77.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -7.89% -6.17%

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Test Analyst in the City of London

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Senior 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 City of London region featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collateral Management
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SmartStream
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Algo Collateral
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Collateral Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SmartStream