Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 106 115
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 10 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.51% 0.53% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.57% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 4
10th Percentile £315 £258 £283
25th Percentile £342 £313 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £356 £325
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +9.62% -18.75%
75th Percentile £425 £541 £393
90th Percentile £480 £615 £493
England median daily rate £400 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +12.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,768 1,743 1,880
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,105 1,286
10th Percentile £250 £220 £220
25th Percentile £391 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 60 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.67 £14.18 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +15.39% -1.80% +25.25%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.26 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £44.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.94
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.49% +58.63%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Warwickshire +2 6 £366 -38.44%
Birmingham -8 1 £375 +15.38% 1
Shropshire - 1 £300 -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) JIRA
2 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (50.00%) User Stories
2 5 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Defect Management
3 4 (40.00%) QA
3 4 (40.00%) Scrum
3 4 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Test Management
4 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 3 (30.00%) Workflow Management
5 2 (20.00%) Adobe
5 2 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Middleware
5 2 (20.00%) MuleSoft
5 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) TestPartner
3 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (10.00%) Postman
3 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) EPoS
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (50.00%) User Stories
1 5 (50.00%) Workflow
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Defect Management
2 4 (40.00%) Scrum
2 4 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Test Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
3 3 (30.00%) Workflow Management
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
1 2 (20.00%) MuleSoft
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle