Test Analyst Contracts in Telford

Test Analyst
Shropshire > Telford

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Telford is £472, 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 21 24 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 8 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 7.41% 3.42% 8.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.84% 4.08% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £425 £418 £411
25th Percentile £449 £429 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £448 £424
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% +5.79% +2.05%
75th Percentile £493 £449 £432
90th Percentile £504 £450 £448
Shropshire median daily rate £472 £448 £424
% change year-on-year +5.25% +5.79% +2.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 102 98 137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 83.76% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 68 107
10th Percentile £390 £346 £412
25th Percentile £450 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% -4.69% +7.60%
75th Percentile £538 £536 £553
90th Percentile £541 £538 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £493 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.40% -7.06% +5.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -72.73% +378.26%
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £12.18 £15.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.80% -72.73% +323.08%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Telford

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in Telford

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

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 Telford region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Data Structures
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) Talend
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Denodo
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) ETL
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
4 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (25.00%) JIRA
5 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
5 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 1 (12.50%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Confluence
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (12.50%) webMethods

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
1 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) Toad
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
1 4 (50.00%) Talend
2 3 (37.50%) Denodo
3 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) webMethods