Test Analyst Contracts in Hampshire

Test Analyst
South East > Hampshire

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Hampshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 63 63
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 14 32 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.88% 1.99% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 2.21% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 33
10th Percentile £419 - £298
25th Percentile £493 £525 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.82% +11.75%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £575
90th Percentile - £610 £603
South East median daily rate £400 £550 £445
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 712 1,451 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 90.12% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 824 865
10th Percentile £280 £363 £232
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £620
90th Percentile £661 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 173 106
10th Percentile £20.03 £13.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £33.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%
75th Percentile £71.25 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Hampshire

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Hampshire

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Hampshire

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Hampshire

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Basingstoke +17 2 £400 -32.77% 3
Portsmouth +17 1 - -
Hook - 1 £500 -
Test Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Agile
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 11 (78.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 11 (78.57%) TestRail
3 11 (78.57%) ISTQB
3 11 (78.57%) Test Management
4 9 (64.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 9 (64.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (21.43%) JIRA
6 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 2 (14.29%) V-Model
7 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
7 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
7 2 (14.29%) SOAP
7 2 (14.29%) XML
7 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
7 2 (14.29%) Defect Management
8 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
8 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (7.14%) Robot Framework
8 1 (7.14%) Confluence
8 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
8 1 (7.14%) Linux
8 1 (7.14%) UML

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) SNMP
1 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) TestRail
2 3 (21.43%) JIRA
3 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
4 1 (7.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (7.14%) Eclipse
4 1 (7.14%) Git
4 1 (7.14%) GoogleTest
4 1 (7.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (78.57%) Test Management
3 9 (64.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 9 (64.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (14.29%) Defect Management
6 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 2 (14.29%) V-Model
6 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
7 1 (7.14%) Scrum
7 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
7 1 (7.14%) SysML
7 1 (7.14%) UML
7 1 (7.14%) Validation
7 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C++
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 11 (78.57%) ISTQB
3 11 (78.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
1 1 (7.14%) Google