QA Analyst Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the South East is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 364 435
Rank change year-on-year -8 +71 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 21 39 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 19 32 41
10th Percentile - £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £48,500 - £60,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.89% -5.00% +1.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

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

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,681 13,534 19,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.52% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,335 8,483 12,615
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -24 12 £37,500 +4.90% 4
Kent -3 4 £37,000 -
Thames Valley +4 3 £45,000 -18.18%
Buckinghamshire -14 2 £47,500 -
West Sussex - 2 - -
Oxfordshire +14 1 £35,000 -12.50%
QA Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 South East region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) QA
2 14 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 13 (61.90%) Software Testing
4 11 (52.38%) Selenium
4 11 (52.38%) Test Scripting
4 11 (52.38%) SaaS
4 11 (52.38%) User Experience
5 9 (42.86%) Test Strategy
5 9 (42.86%) Web Testing
5 9 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (42.86%) Web Development
5 9 (42.86%) ISTQB
5 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
6 7 (33.33%) Manual Testing
7 6 (28.57%) Windows
7 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
8 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (19.05%) Due Diligence
8 4 (19.05%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 4 (19.05%) Client Onboarding
8 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (19.05%) Finance
8 4 (19.05%) Regression Testing
8 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
8 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
9 3 (14.29%) C#
9 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
10 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
10 2 (9.52%) Test Management

QA 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Selenium
2 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Postman
2 1 (4.76%) SpecFlow
2 1 (4.76%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.76%) COM
1 1 (4.76%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
1 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 13 (61.90%) Software Testing
3 11 (52.38%) Test Scripting
3 11 (52.38%) User Experience
4 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 9 (42.86%) Test Strategy
4 9 (42.86%) Web Development
4 9 (42.86%) Web Testing
5 7 (33.33%) Manual Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 4 (19.05%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
6 4 (19.05%) Due Diligence
6 4 (19.05%) Regression Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
8 2 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft