Test Analyst Contracts in Milton Keynes

Test Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £375, 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 25 42 62
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 6 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.47% 0.51% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 0.55% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 11
10th Percentile £325 £353 -
25th Percentile £334 £354 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £358 £343
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +4.38% -2.14%
75th Percentile £384 £359 £361
90th Percentile £393 £360 £395
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £375 £358 £343
% change year-on-year +4.90% +4.38% -2.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 161 364 699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 93.33% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 275 570
10th Percentile £286 £263 £310
25th Percentile £400 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £590 £586 £570
90th Percentile £643 £695 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 25 2
10th Percentile £13.90 £15.85 £9.87
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.00 £10.42
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.58 £11.58
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +94.99% +7.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £30.00 £12.50
90th Percentile £63.50 £48.75 £12.89
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.42 £23.75 £13.16
% change year-on-year -39.28% +80.47% +11.20%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Milton Keynes

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Milton Keynes

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Milton Keynes

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

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 Milton Keynes region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 4 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Logistics
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (33.33%) Case Management
4 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Test Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Middleware
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) WinRunner
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) Web Services

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MS Access
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QARun
1 2 (33.33%) WinRunner
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Middleware
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Logistics
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 3 (50.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (33.33%) Case Management
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Test Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint