Software Test Analyst Contracts

Software Test Analyst
UK

The median Software Test Analyst daily rate in the UK is £355, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 690 838
Rank change year-on-year +114 +148 -112
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 8 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.013% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.013% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £198 £381 £272
25th Percentile £294 £385 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £475 £371
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% +27.95% +9.19%
75th Percentile £390 £495 £427
90th Percentile £430 £576 £494
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £475 £363
% change year-on-year -25.26% +31.03% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Software Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Analyst in the UK

Software Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Test Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Software Test Analyst in the UK

Software Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Test Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Test Analyst in the UK

Software Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Test Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Software Test Analyst in the UK

Software Test Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +89 8 £355 -26.04% 1
UK excluding London +33 6 £355 -25.26% 1
South East - 3 £209 - 1
Work from Home +113 2 £300 -22.08%
London +81 2 £388 -30.18%
East Midlands - 2 £363 -
Midlands - 2 £363 -
South West - 1 £360 -

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software 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 featuring Software Test Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Selenium
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) TestRail
4 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Postman
4 3 (37.50%) QA
5 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (25.00%) API Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) JIRA
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (25.00%) Back Office
5 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) HP
6 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
6 1 (12.50%) Firmware
6 1 (12.50%) .NET
6 1 (12.50%) C#
6 1 (12.50%) HTML

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (12.50%) Appian
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SNMP
1 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Selenium
2 3 (37.50%) Postman
2 3 (37.50%) TestRail
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (12.50%) Appium
4 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
4 1 (12.50%) Git
4 1 (12.50%) GoogleTest
4 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
4 1 (12.50%) Rational Performance Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Robot Framework
4 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) API Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) Test Assurance
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) IBM