Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Test Analyst
England > North West

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the North West is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 117 131
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 14 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.64% 0.25% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.27% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 7
10th Percentile £303 £250 £345
25th Percentile - £284 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £475 - £434
90th Percentile - £467 £530
England median daily rate £395 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -7.06% -15.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.11 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -49.83% -7.69% +141.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,008 2,252 2,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 93.52% 92.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,328 1,222 1,823
10th Percentile £264 £273 £270
25th Percentile £374 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £680 £669 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 162 164
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.49 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% +19.52% +31.07%
75th Percentile £47.12 £55.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.70 £74.37 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% - +73.08%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the North West

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the North West

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Manchester +1 6 £450 +28.57% 5
Lancashire - 4 £400 - 3
Cheshire -16 3 £400 +36.75%
Merseyside - 1 £300 - 1
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 27 September 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 North West region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 11 (78.57%) Test Scripting
2 10 (71.43%) Test Management
3 7 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
4 6 (42.86%) JIRA
5 5 (35.71%) SAP Implementation
5 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
5 5 (35.71%) SAP
5 5 (35.71%) Finance
5 5 (35.71%) Local Government
5 5 (35.71%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (35.71%) Public Cloud
5 5 (35.71%) Defect Management
5 5 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
7 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
7 3 (21.43%) Coaching
7 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
7 3 (21.43%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Appium
8 2 (14.29%) CyberArk
8 2 (14.29%) Zephyr
8 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (14.29%) SailPoint

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Appium
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) Zephyr
3 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.14%) HP UFT
3 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.14%) JMeter
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
1 5 (35.71%) Local Government
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) SailPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Public Cloud
2 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Test Scripting
1 11 (78.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (71.43%) Test Management
3 7 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Defect Management
4 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
4 5 (35.71%) SAP Implementation
5 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
5 3 (21.43%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
6 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 2 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 2 (14.29%) Time Management
7 1 (7.14%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) SAP
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) CyberArk