Business Test Analyst Contracts

Business Test Analyst
UK

The median Business Test Analyst daily rate in the UK is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 564 698
Rank change year-on-year +48 +134 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Business Test Analyst 5 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.021% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.023% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £411 £541 -
25th Percentile £417 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £570 £630
Median % change year-on-year -24.34% -9.52% +7.69%
75th Percentile £442 - £635
90th Percentile £447 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 26,964 39,481 54,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.78% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,546 25,683 37,739
10th Percentile £295 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,653 1,507
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £16.30 £19.45
Median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%
75th Percentile £61.31 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.70 £76.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%

Business Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Test Analyst in the UK

Business Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Test Analyst in the UK

Business Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Test Analyst in the UK

Business Test Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +62 4 £450 -21.05%
London +23 4 £450 -21.05%
UK excluding London +47 1 £413 -
Work from Home - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £413 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Business 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 featuring Business Test Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Use Case
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) SEPA
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (20.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
4 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act

Business Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Postman
1 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Use Case
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SEPA