Test Analyst Contracts in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the South East is £400, 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 130 155 159
Rank change year-on-year +25 +4 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 29 50 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.96% 0.90% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.97% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 56
10th Percentile £340 £362 £309
25th Percentile £375 £500 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £445
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +11.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £575 £605 £597
England median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 -

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%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

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 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
Hampshire +8 14 £525 -4.55% 5
Thames Valley +40 12 £375 -25.00% 1
Berkshire +26 6 £388 -23.19% 1
Buckinghamshire +18 6 £375 +4.90%
West Sussex - 3 £373 -
Test Analyst
England

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

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 South East region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (62.07%) Agile
2 17 (58.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (55.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 16 (55.17%) ISTQB
4 13 (44.83%) DV Cleared
5 12 (41.38%) Test Management
6 11 (37.93%) Test Automation
6 11 (37.93%) TestRail
7 10 (34.48%) Defect Management
7 10 (34.48%) Validation
8 9 (31.03%) Requirements Analysis
8 9 (31.03%) Software Testing
8 9 (31.03%) JIRA
8 9 (31.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 7 (24.14%) Windows
10 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
10 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
10 6 (20.69%) Azure
10 6 (20.69%) Waterfall
10 6 (20.69%) Test Scripting
11 5 (17.24%) System Integration Testing
11 5 (17.24%) ISEB
11 5 (17.24%) XML
11 5 (17.24%) SQL
11 5 (17.24%) Integration Testing
12 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (13.79%) QA
12 4 (13.79%) Logistics
12 4 (13.79%) Test Planning

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 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Stack
3 2 (6.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) 5G
1 2 (6.90%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (6.90%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (6.90%) SMS
1 2 (6.90%) SS7
1 2 (6.90%) VoLTE
1 2 (6.90%) VoWiFi
1 2 (6.90%) Wireshark
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) SNMP
2 1 (3.45%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MS Access
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (37.93%) TestRail
2 9 (31.03%) JIRA
3 3 (10.34%) Toad
4 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (6.90%) QARun
4 2 (6.90%) SoapUI
4 2 (6.90%) WinRunner
5 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (3.45%) Eclipse
5 1 (3.45%) Git
5 1 (3.45%) GoogleTest
5 1 (3.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.45%) Automotive
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) XML
2 2 (6.90%) Middleware
2 2 (6.90%) SOAP
2 2 (6.90%) Web Services
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Unix
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Agile
2 12 (41.38%) Test Management
3 11 (37.93%) Test Automation
4 10 (34.48%) Defect Management
4 10 (34.48%) Validation
5 9 (31.03%) Requirements Analysis
5 9 (31.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 9 (31.03%) Software Testing
6 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) Test Scripting
6 6 (20.69%) Waterfall
7 5 (17.24%) Integration Testing
7 5 (17.24%) System Integration Testing
8 4 (13.79%) DevOps
8 4 (13.79%) Logistics
8 4 (13.79%) Manual Testing
8 4 (13.79%) Test Planning
8 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Regression Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) Java
3 2 (6.90%) C#
3 2 (6.90%) VB
4 1 (3.45%) C++
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) Security Cleared
2 16 (55.17%) ISTQB
2 16 (55.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 13 (44.83%) DV Cleared
4 5 (17.24%) ISEB
5 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) webMethods
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) HP