Test Analyst Contracts in Swindon

Test Analyst
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Swindon is £355, 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 16 20 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 5.10% 0.81% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.43% 0.91% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £310 - -
25th Percentile £313 £513 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +8.25% -
75th Percentile £438 £538 £498
90th Percentile £468 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £355 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -32.38% +6.60% +23.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 92 110 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.43% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 69 190
10th Percentile £248 £143 £200
25th Percentile £354 £200 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £593 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £682 £694
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Swindon

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Swindon

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Swindon

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in Swindon

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

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 Swindon region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) EPoS
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (20.00%) Back Office
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) EPoS
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle