Test Architect Contracts in England

Test Architect
UK > England

The median Test Architect daily rate in England is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 515 614
Rank change year-on-year +16 +99 +150
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Architect 12 18 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.054% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.058% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 3
10th Percentile £434 £460 £423
25th Percentile £458 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £614 - £494
90th Percentile £665 £606 £498
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -8.55% +15.79% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,261 30,872 41,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.97% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,295 19,926 29,049
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,382 1,691 1,334
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.34 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.73 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

Test Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Architect in England

Test Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in England

Test Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Architect in England

Test Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in England

Test Architect
DemandTrendContract 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 Test Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 6 £650 +18.18% 2
North West - 6 £496 -
North of England - 6 £496 -
Test Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Test Architect 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 Test Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
1 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (41.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 4 (33.33%) Android
3 4 (33.33%) SEPA
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) AWS
4 3 (25.00%) Mainframe
4 3 (25.00%) Selenium
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) COBOL
5 2 (16.67%) J2EE
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) DB2
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) Unix
5 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) CICS
5 2 (16.67%) Informatica
5 2 (16.67%) REXX

Test Architect 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 2 (16.67%) CICS
1 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (16.67%) DB2
1 2 (16.67%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Selenium
2 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (16.67%) SOAtest
3 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (8.33%) JUnit
3 1 (8.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) General Ledger
3 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) J2EE
1 2 (16.67%) JSON
1 2 (16.67%) Web Services
1 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (16.67%) VSAM
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Android
1 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
1 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (41.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Test Management
5 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
5 2 (16.67%) User Stories
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) COBOL
2 2 (16.67%) JCL
2 2 (16.67%) Korn
2 2 (16.67%) REXX
3 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SEPA
2 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Ab Initio
1 2 (16.67%) Informatica
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Parasoft