Senior Test Analyst Contracts in the South East

Senior Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Test Analyst daily rate in the South East is £375, 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 152 - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 7 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £361 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.76%
75th Percentile £384 - £509
90th Percentile £394 - £538
England median daily rate £388 £440 £463
% change year-on-year -11.93% -4.86% +8.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Analyst in the South East

Senior Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior Test Analyst in the South East

Senior Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Test Analyst in the South East

Senior Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley - 4 £375 -
West Sussex - 2 £373 -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £375 -
Hampshire - 1 £400 -
Senior Test Analyst
England

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 5 (71.43%) Defect Management
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) JIRA
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 3 (42.86%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
4 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
5 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
5 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Unix
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
5 2 (28.57%) SAP
5 2 (28.57%) MS Access
5 2 (28.57%) SMS
5 2 (28.57%) Toad
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (28.57%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) 5G
1 2 (28.57%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (28.57%) SMS
1 2 (28.57%) SS7
1 2 (28.57%) VoLTE
1 2 (28.57%) VoWiFi
1 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Toad
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 5 (71.43%) Defect Management
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
6 1 (14.29%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) webMethods