Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Poole

Test Analyst
Dorset > Poole

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Poole is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Poole 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Dorset median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Poole

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Poole. 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 Poole with a recognized job title 6 5 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £378 £449 -
25th Percentile £419 £514 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +6.02%
75th Percentile £594 £731 £575
90th Percentile £643 £743 -
Dorset median daily rate £500 £463 £431
% change year-on-year +8.11% +7.25% -6.76%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Poole

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Poole

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Poole.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Poole

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole

For the 6 months to 15 April 2026, 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 Poole region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA