Test Analyst Contracts in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the South East is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 147 160
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 49 56 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 1.00% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.06% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 67
10th Percentile £384 £305 £309
25th Percentile £500 £363 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £440 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £444
90th Percentile £606 £608 £495
England median daily rate £450 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +11.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - £35.00
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - +13.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,033 5,286 7,309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.66% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,026 3,699 4,998
10th Percentile £214 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 484 230 322
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.69
90th Percentile £77.35 £75.00 £58.29
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Hampshire -9 30 £550 +12.82% 4
Thames Valley +7 18 £500 +35.14% 2
Berkshire 0 13 £500 -2.44% 1
Buckinghamshire +20 5 £360 +5.11% 1
East Sussex +5 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 South East region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (69.39%) Agile
2 30 (61.22%) Test Management
3 24 (48.98%) Security Cleared
4 23 (46.94%) Test Automation
5 22 (44.90%) DV Cleared
5 22 (44.90%) TestRail
6 21 (42.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 21 (42.86%) ISTQB
6 21 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
8 14 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 13 (26.53%) Requirements Analysis
10 12 (24.49%) QA
10 12 (24.49%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (24.49%) DevOps
10 12 (24.49%) Azure
11 9 (18.37%) Procure-to-Pay
11 9 (18.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 9 (18.37%) Oracle
12 8 (16.33%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (16.33%) JIRA
12 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
13 7 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
14 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
14 6 (12.24%) SAP
14 6 (12.24%) Finance
14 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (10.20%) End-to-End Testing
15 5 (10.20%) Degree
15 5 (10.20%) ERP

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
1 12 (24.49%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) SNMP
1 2 (4.08%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) DB2
Development Applications
1 22 (44.90%) TestRail
2 8 (16.33%) JIRA
3 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.08%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.08%) Git
3 2 (4.08%) GoogleTest
3 2 (4.08%) Postman
3 2 (4.08%) Robot Framework
4 1 (2.04%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.04%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (2.04%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Finance
2 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Automotive
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) ADO
1 2 (4.08%) CSS
1 2 (4.08%) HTML
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (69.39%) Agile
2 30 (61.22%) Test Management
3 23 (46.94%) Test Automation
4 21 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 13 (26.53%) Requirements Analysis
7 12 (24.49%) DevOps
8 9 (18.37%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (16.33%) Test Scripting
9 8 (16.33%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (10.20%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (10.20%) ERP
11 4 (8.16%) Scrum
11 4 (8.16%) Software Engineering
11 4 (8.16%) Software Testing
12 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (6.12%) System Integration Testing
13 2 (4.08%) Functional Testing
13 2 (4.08%) Manual Testing
13 2 (4.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
3 1 (2.04%) C
3 1 (2.04%) C++
3 1 (2.04%) Java
3 1 (2.04%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) VB
3 1 (2.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (48.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (44.90%) DV Cleared
3 21 (42.86%) ISTQB
3 21 (42.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 5 (10.20%) Degree
5 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Oracle
2 6 (12.24%) SAP
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.08%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.08%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe
5 1 (2.04%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce