QA Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Quality Assurance Test Analyst
England > North of England

As of 22 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Test Analyst daily rate in the North of England.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 - 181
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% - 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £482
25th Percentile - - £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £517
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £444 £325 £517
% change year-on-year +36.54% -37.14% +22.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,331 3,261 4,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 92.14% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,892 1,876 2,871
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £572 £590
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 163 206
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.25 £15.61
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.50 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -16.95% +37.21%
75th Percentile £55.00 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.16 £64.00 £61.99
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

QA Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

QA Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

QA Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

QA Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

QA Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
QA Test Analyst
England

QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, QA 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 North of England region featuring QA Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA