Test Analyst Contracts in Reading

Test Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Reading is £394, 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 56 81 81
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.67% 0.84% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.90% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile £383 £463 £331
25th Percentile £386 £500 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £509 £438
Median % change year-on-year -22.64% +16.34% +6.06%
75th Percentile £398 £519 £528
90th Percentile £399 £530 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £388 £505 £438
% change year-on-year -23.19% +15.31% +9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Reading

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Reading

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (50.00%) VoWiFi
2 2 (50.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Stack
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) VoLTE
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (50.00%) SMS
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (50.00%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SS7
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Stack
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 5G
1 2 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (50.00%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (50.00%) SMS
1 2 (50.00%) SS7
1 2 (50.00%) VoLTE
1 2 (50.00%) VoWiFi
1 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft