Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Test Analyst
South East > Surrey

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Surrey is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 41 56
Rank change year-on-year -20 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.34% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.32% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% - -
75th Percentile £488 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £463 £401 £550
% change year-on-year +15.48% -27.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £30.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -49.17% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 547 311 526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 96.88% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 220 380
10th Percentile £204 £204 £203
25th Percentile £400 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +1.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £656 £620 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 28 44
10th Percentile £22.43 £14.81 £15.96
25th Percentile £55.00 £25.03 £25.36
Median hourly rate £67.23 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +140.11% -37.78% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £54.69 £72.67
90th Percentile £78.07 £64.80 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +17.05%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Surrey

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Surrey

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Surrey

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
Leatherhead - 1 £475 -
Reigate - 1 - -
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Intranet
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Swim Lanes
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Swim Lanes
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center