QA Test Analyst Contracts in England

Quality Assurance Test Analyst
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Test Analyst daily rate in England is £715, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 542 570
Rank change year-on-year +55 +28 +193
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 17 15 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.042% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.045% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 61
10th Percentile £426 £355 £538
25th Percentile £471 £399 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 £479 £675
Median % change year-on-year +49.19% -29.00% +68.75%
75th Percentile £798 £517 £738
90th Percentile - £550 £810
UK median daily rate £715 £479 £675
% change year-on-year +49.19% -29.00% +66.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,013 33,557 44,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.97% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,276 22,044 31,607
10th Percentile £290 £300 £312
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,236 2,309 1,397
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £19.49
Median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.31 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.28 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.81% -5.88% +65.50%

QA Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Analyst in England

QA Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for QA Test Analyst in England

QA Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Test Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA Test Analyst in England

QA Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Test Analyst in England

QA Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 July 2025. 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
London +33 11 £715 +50.53%
Midlands +3 6 £438 +24.11%
West Midlands +9 5 £454 +39.69%
East Midlands +3 1 £438 +15.13%
QA Test Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, QA 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 England region featuring QA Test Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (64.71%) JMeter
3 10 (58.82%) Java
3 10 (58.82%) Non-Functional Testing
4 9 (52.94%) Python
4 9 (52.94%) Finance
4 9 (52.94%) Banking
5 8 (47.06%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (47.06%) Stress Testing
5 8 (47.06%) Bash
5 8 (47.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 8 (47.06%) LoadRunner
5 8 (47.06%) Windows
5 8 (47.06%) Linux
5 8 (47.06%) VB
6 6 (35.29%) Agile
6 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
7 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
7 5 (29.41%) JIRA
7 5 (29.41%) Scrum
7 5 (29.41%) User Stories
8 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
8 4 (23.53%) Selenium
8 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
9 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
9 3 (17.65%) SCADA
9 3 (17.65%) Oracle
9 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
9 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
9 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning

QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.88%) BrowserStack
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
1 1 (5.88%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) JMeter
2 8 (47.06%) LoadRunner
3 5 (29.41%) JIRA
4 4 (23.53%) Selenium
5 3 (17.65%) Postman
6 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
6 2 (11.76%) TestPartner
7 1 (5.88%) Appium
7 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
7 1 (5.88%) Cucumber
7 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
7 1 (5.88%) eggPlant
7 1 (5.88%) Gatling
7 1 (5.88%) Git
7 1 (5.88%) HP UFT
7 1 (5.88%) JUnit
7 1 (5.88%) REST Assured
7 1 (5.88%) Robot Framework
7 1 (5.88%) TeamCity
7 1 (5.88%) TestCafe
General
1 9 (52.94%) Banking
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) Gherkin
3 1 (5.88%) Kafka
3 1 (5.88%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 3 (17.65%) SCADA
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Non-Functional Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Stress Testing
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
4 5 (29.41%) Scrum
4 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
4 5 (29.41%) User Stories
5 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) API Testing
6 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 3 (17.65%) Defect Management
6 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (17.65%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Test Management
7 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Workflow
7 2 (11.76%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Java
2 9 (52.94%) Python
3 8 (47.06%) Bash
3 8 (47.06%) VB
4 2 (11.76%) C#
4 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
5 1 (5.88%) PHP
5 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.88%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco