Test Analyst Contracts in Sheffield

Test Analyst
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Sheffield is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.75% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £347 - -
25th Percentile £378 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.70%
75th Percentile £535 - £538
90th Percentile £558 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £435 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +44.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 410 378 411
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.91% 88.52% 98.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 220 279
10th Percentile £285 £375 £318
25th Percentile £388 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -12.77% +17.50%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £694
90th Percentile £638 £619 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.10% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.10 £15.70 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +10.53% +13.43%
75th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.70 £22.65
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £14.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +31.09% -26.32% +4.11%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Sheffield

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Sheffield

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Sheffield over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Sheffield

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 Sheffield region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 8 (100.00%) API Testing
1 8 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 7 (87.50%) SoapUI
2 7 (87.50%) Software Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Security Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (87.50%) DevSecOps
2 7 (87.50%) Postman
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
3 6 (75.00%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Test Management
3 6 (75.00%) JIRA
3 6 (75.00%) Google
3 6 (75.00%) ISTQB
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) CISSP
3 6 (75.00%) CISM
3 6 (75.00%) Scrum
3 6 (75.00%) Kanban
3 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 6 (75.00%) AWS
3 6 (75.00%) BeyondTrust
3 6 (75.00%) Thycotic
3 6 (75.00%) GCP
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
4 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 6 (75.00%) AWS
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Postman
1 7 (87.50%) SoapUI
2 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) API Testing
1 8 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 7 (87.50%) DevSecOps
2 7 (87.50%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (87.50%) Security Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Software Testing
3 6 (75.00%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Kanban
3 6 (75.00%) Scrum
3 6 (75.00%) Test Management
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (12.50%) Issue Tracking
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISM
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
1 6 (75.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) GDPR
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
1 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) CyberArk
2 6 (75.00%) BeyondTrust
2 6 (75.00%) Google
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Thycotic