Test Analyst Contracts in the South West

Test Analyst
England > South West

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the South West is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 162 149
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 7 12 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.22% 0.33% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.36% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 18
10th Percentile £270 £293 £279
25th Percentile £361 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +6.67% +13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £498 £426
90th Percentile - £505 £449
England median daily rate £450 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +13.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.98
25th Percentile - - £50.69
Median hourly rate - - £51.88
75th Percentile - - £53.06
90th Percentile - - £53.78
England median hourly rate £62.50 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,957 3,370 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.56% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,526 2,536
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 273 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.17 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%
75th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.36
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South West

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the South West

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the South West

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the South West

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Bristol +20 4 £443 +36.15% 2
Wiltshire -6 1 £525 +6.60%
Devon - 1 - -
Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 West region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Zephyr
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) TestRail
3 1 (14.29%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Workday