Test Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

Test Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Test Analyst salary in Birmingham is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 138 132
Rank change year-on-year +42 -6 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 12 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.87% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,200 £41,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +33.39%
75th Percentile £55,313 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,625 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £44,500 £35,000 £46,032
% change year-on-year +27.14% -23.97% +16.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,310 2,633 1,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 94.44% 93.13%
Number of salaries quoted 765 2,139 1,358
10th Percentile £31,660 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,251
West Midlands median annual salary £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Birmingham

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Test Analyst in Birmingham

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 11 (91.67%) DevOps
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (58.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 7 (58.33%) ISTQB
4 6 (50.00%) QA
4 6 (50.00%) Azure
4 6 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (41.67%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
5 5 (41.67%) Manual Testing
5 5 (41.67%) Regression Testing
5 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 4 (33.33%) SAP
6 4 (33.33%) System Testing
6 4 (33.33%) JIRA
6 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 4 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (33.33%) SDLC
6 4 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 3 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (25.00%) Selenium
7 3 (25.00%) Agile

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (41.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 3 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.33%) NUnit
3 1 (8.33%) Postman
3 1 (8.33%) SpecFlow
3 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Playwright
2 1 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (8.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) DevOps
1 11 (91.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) Manual Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Regression Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
2 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (33.33%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) System Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) ISTQB
1 7 (58.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) SAP