QA Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Quality Assurance Test Analyst
South East > West Sussex

The median Quality Assurance Test Analyst daily rate in West Sussex is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
South East median daily rate £435 - £505

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 247 133 250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 89.86% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 88 189
10th Percentile £277 £234 £213
25th Percentile £356 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% +3.39% -4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £518
90th Percentile £668 £628 £588
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 13
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.39 £14.19
25th Percentile £13.26 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £43.56 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.46% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.25 £24.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £81.15 £28.98
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +53.85% -31.58% +5.56%

QA Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

QA Test Analyst job vacancy trend in West Sussex

QA Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in West Sussex

QA Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Analyst within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Worthing - 1 £358 -
QA Test Analyst
South East

QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 17 April 2026, QA 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 Sussex region featuring QA Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

QA Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle