Test Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Test Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 122 142
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 19 23 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.72% 0.80% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.85% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 16
10th Percentile £383 £313 £311
25th Percentile £422 £334 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £350
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% +5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £509 £400 £405
90th Percentile £519 £515 £438
South East median daily rate £550 £420 £400
% change year-on-year +30.95% +5.00% +3.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,443 2,704 3,416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.48% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 1,840 2,338
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £404 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 81 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +180.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Berkshire -2 14 £500 - 1
Buckinghamshire +23 5 £360 +5.11%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 31 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 Thames Valley region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Azure
2 13 (68.42%) DevOps
2 13 (68.42%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (57.89%) Agile
4 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
4 10 (52.63%) QA
4 10 (52.63%) Test Management
5 9 (47.37%) Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (47.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (47.37%) Oracle
6 7 (36.84%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (31.58%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (26.32%) JIRA
9 4 (21.05%) System Integration Testing
9 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
9 4 (21.05%) Degree
9 4 (21.05%) Functional Testing
10 3 (15.79%) Kanban
10 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
10 3 (15.79%) PowerApps
10 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
10 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (15.79%) Scrum
11 2 (10.53%) E-business
11 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (10.53%) Finance
11 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 14 (73.68%) Azure
2 13 (68.42%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 3 (15.79%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) JMeter
2 1 (5.26%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.26%) Maven
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) ADO
1 1 (5.26%) Gherkin
1 1 (5.26%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) DevOps
2 11 (57.89%) Agile
3 10 (52.63%) Test Management
4 9 (47.37%) Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (21.05%) Functional Testing
5 4 (21.05%) System Integration Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.79%) Kanban
6 3 (15.79%) Scrum
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) E-business
7 2 (10.53%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
8 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (5.26%) Event-Driven
8 1 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Java
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) SAP