QA Analyst Jobs in England

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in England is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

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

 6 months to
30 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 767 962
Rank change year-on-year -5 +195 -205
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 51 183 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.060% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.22% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 48 111 124
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £71,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.89% -5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,480 84,673 126,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,246 53,649 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in England

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in England.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in England

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Analyst in England

QA Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +1 21 £37,500 -25.00% 5
London +103 13 £50,000 -4.76% 5
North of England +6 11 £43,750 +16.67% 3
North West -12 10 £42,500 +30.77% 2
South West -7 3 £32,500 -35.00% 2
Midlands -18 2 £48,750 +21.88% 1
West Midlands +20 1 £55,000 +31.74% 1
East Midlands -33 1 £42,500 +6.25%
North East - 1 £52,500 -
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, QA Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) QA
2 35 (68.63%) Test Automation
3 25 (49.02%) Software Testing
4 21 (41.18%) Selenium
4 21 (41.18%) Test Scripting
5 20 (39.22%) SaaS
6 19 (37.25%) Agile
7 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
8 16 (31.37%) Manual Testing
8 16 (31.37%) Regression Testing
9 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
10 13 (25.49%) Web Testing
11 11 (21.57%) Scrum
11 11 (21.57%) Test Strategy
11 11 (21.57%) User Experience
12 9 (17.65%) Web Development
12 9 (17.65%) JIRA
12 9 (17.65%) E-Commerce
12 9 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
13 8 (15.69%) Customer Experience
13 8 (15.69%) SQL
13 8 (15.69%) C#
13 8 (15.69%) DevOps
14 7 (13.73%) Azure
14 7 (13.73%) Acceptance Criteria
14 7 (13.73%) Postman
14 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (11.76%) CI/CD

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (39.22%) SaaS
2 7 (13.73%) Azure
3 6 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 21 (41.18%) Selenium
2 9 (17.65%) JIRA
3 7 (13.73%) Postman
4 6 (11.76%) TestRail
5 4 (7.84%) JMeter
6 3 (5.88%) SoapUI
6 3 (5.88%) SpecFlow
6 3 (5.88%) WebDriver
7 2 (3.92%) Git
7 2 (3.92%) TeamCity
7 2 (3.92%) TestComplete
8 1 (1.96%) Appium
8 1 (1.96%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.96%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.96%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.96%) git-flow
8 1 (1.96%) GitLab
8 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.96%) NUnit
General
1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Playwright
1 4 (7.84%) RESTful
2 3 (5.88%) .NET
3 2 (3.92%) Gherkin
3 2 (3.92%) REST
4 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.96%) COM
4 1 (1.96%) React
4 1 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (1.96%) Spring
4 1 (1.96%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.84%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Bitcoin
4 1 (1.96%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Android
2 4 (7.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (68.63%) Test Automation
2 25 (49.02%) Software Testing
3 21 (41.18%) Test Scripting
4 19 (37.25%) Agile
5 16 (31.37%) Manual Testing
5 16 (31.37%) Regression Testing
6 13 (25.49%) Web Testing
7 11 (21.57%) Scrum
7 11 (21.57%) Test Strategy
7 11 (21.57%) User Experience
8 9 (17.65%) E-Commerce
8 9 (17.65%) Web Development
9 8 (15.69%) Customer Experience
9 8 (15.69%) DevOps
10 7 (13.73%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
11 6 (11.76%) Code Quality
11 6 (11.76%) Defect Management
12 5 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) C#
1 8 (15.69%) SQL
2 5 (9.80%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.88%) Java
5 1 (1.96%) C++
5 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
2 3 (5.88%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) ISEB
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.96%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.96%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Databricks
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