Testing Analyst Contract Job Trends in Wales

Testing Analyst
UK > Wales

As of 6 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Testing Analyst daily rate in Wales.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Testing Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £420 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 552 331 389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.66% 87.57% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 221 218
10th Percentile £206 £190 £134
25th Percentile £325 £266 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £431
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -10.14% -4.17%
75th Percentile £561 £488 £544
90th Percentile £675 £638 £626
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 36 54
10th Percentile £12.73 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £13.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.75 £26.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -20.35% +12.25%
75th Percentile £49.26 £22.00 £45.63
90th Percentile £54.73 £29.11 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%

Testing Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Testing Analyst job vacancy trend in Wales

Testing Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
South Wales - 1 - -
Testing Analyst
UK

Testing Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Testing 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 Wales region featuring Testing Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Testing Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode