Test Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £363 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 117 86
Rank change year-on-year +24 -31 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 19 26 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.99% 1.09% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.14% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 67
10th Percentile £250 £263 £360
25th Percentile £303 £349 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £418 £415
Median % change year-on-year -13.17% +0.60% +23.88%
75th Percentile £449 £431 £437
90th Percentile £513 £433 £495
England median daily rate £450 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +13.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,761 2,271 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 94.94% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,562 2,511
10th Percentile £259 £250 £215
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 67 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst 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 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst 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 26 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +8 10 £313 -2.34% 1
Shropshire +21 4 £448 +5.79%
Coventry - 2 £525 -
West Bromwich - 1 £325 -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (57.89%) Test Scripting
2 10 (52.63%) DevOps
3 9 (47.37%) Azure
4 7 (36.84%) Manual Testing
5 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
5 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
5 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (26.32%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
6 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
6 5 (26.32%) Functional Testing
6 5 (26.32%) Test Planning
6 5 (26.32%) Oracle
6 5 (26.32%) Agile
7 4 (21.05%) Defect Management
7 4 (21.05%) Denodo
8 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
8 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Software Testing
8 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
8 3 (15.79%) JIRA
8 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (15.79%) SDLC
9 2 (10.53%) API Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Selenium
9 2 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Integration Testing

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.26%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Selenium
3 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Test Scripting
2 10 (52.63%) DevOps
3 7 (36.84%) Manual Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 5 (26.32%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (26.32%) Functional Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Test Planning
4 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
5 4 (21.05%) Defect Management
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
6 3 (15.79%) SDLC
6 3 (15.79%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.53%) API Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Integration Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Requirements Management
7 2 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) ProC
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
3 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) ISEB
4 1 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Denodo
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) SAP