Systems Test Analyst Contract Job Trends

System Test Analyst
UK

The median System Test Analyst daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 534 601
Rank change year-on-year -46 +67 +191
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Analyst 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.003% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £338 £319 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile - £356 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £338 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.43
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £24.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.86

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 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Systems Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Systems Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Systems Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Systems Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Systems Test Analyst
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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 -25 6 £375 +11.11%
London - 6 £375 -

Systems Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Systems 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 featuring Systems Test Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Microservices
1 6 (100.00%) Middleware
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Test Management
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Case Management
2 4 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting

Systems Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Microservices
1 6 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Test Management
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Case Management
2 4 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL