Test Analyst Jobs in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst salary in the South East is £47,500 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 356 353 352
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 40 63 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.42% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.46% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 31 50 88
10th Percentile - £34,324 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,875 £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +20.48% -7.78%
75th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,000 £70,000 £59,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £41,375
% change year-on-year -20.00% +20.85% +3.44%

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 15,664 13,569 19,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.52% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,342 8,523 12,654
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test 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 Test Analyst within the South East 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
Thames Valley +1 14 £47,500 +38.39% 2
Hampshire -13 14 £37,500 -11.76% 1
Berkshire +28 8 £32,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire -31 6 £48,750 +42.03%
Sussex - 4 £56,000 -
West Sussex +39 3 £56,000 +12.00%
Surrey +8 2 £35,250 -27.69%
Middlesex -12 2 £47,750 -31.79%
Kent -1 1 £35,000 -30.00%
Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Test 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (72.50%) Test Automation
2 26 (65.00%) QA
3 23 (57.50%) Software Testing
4 21 (52.50%) ISTQB
5 17 (42.50%) Selenium
5 17 (42.50%) Agile
6 13 (32.50%) Azure
6 13 (32.50%) Functional Testing
7 12 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 11 (27.50%) System Integration Testing
8 11 (27.50%) Integration Testing
8 11 (27.50%) Test Scripting
8 11 (27.50%) C#
9 10 (25.00%) Manual Testing
9 10 (25.00%) Test Management
9 10 (25.00%) Test Planning
9 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (25.00%) SaaS
10 9 (22.50%) Test Strategy
10 9 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (22.50%) User Experience
10 9 (22.50%) Web Development
10 9 (22.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (22.50%) Web Testing
10 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
10 9 (22.50%) E-Commerce
11 8 (20.00%) SQL
11 8 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (20.00%) Test Assurance
11 8 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering

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 3 (7.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.50%) CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) SaaS
3 7 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Selenium
2 8 (20.00%) TestRail
3 6 (15.00%) NUnit
3 6 (15.00%) Visual Studio
4 4 (10.00%) WebDriver
5 3 (7.50%) JIRA
6 1 (2.50%) Bugzilla
6 1 (2.50%) JMeter
6 1 (2.50%) Newman
6 1 (2.50%) Postman
6 1 (2.50%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.50%) Zephyr
General
1 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Police
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) .NET
2 4 (10.00%) .NET Core
2 4 (10.00%) JSON
2 4 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (2.50%) Swagger
3 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Test Automation
2 23 (57.50%) Software Testing
3 17 (42.50%) Agile
4 13 (32.50%) Functional Testing
5 12 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 11 (27.50%) Integration Testing
6 11 (27.50%) System Integration Testing
6 11 (27.50%) Test Scripting
7 10 (25.00%) Manual Testing
7 10 (25.00%) Test Management
7 10 (25.00%) Test Planning
8 9 (22.50%) E-Commerce
8 9 (22.50%) Test Strategy
8 9 (22.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (22.50%) User Experience
8 9 (22.50%) Web Development
8 9 (22.50%) Web Testing
9 8 (20.00%) Agile Testing
9 8 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
9 8 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) C#
2 8 (20.00%) SQL
3 3 (7.50%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) ISTQB
2 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
3 8 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (17.50%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (2.50%) ISEB
6 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (65.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Salesforce
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.50%) YouTube