QA Analyst Job Trends in England

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 642 649
Rank change year-on-year +54 +7 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 14 37 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.027% 0.076% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.082% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 19
10th Percentile £40,000 - £34,500
25th Percentile £40,549 £36,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £64,375 £54,000
UK median annual salary £51,750 £41,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.45% -8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 47,263 45,179 44,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,682 23,829 34,798
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

QA Analyst job vacancy trend in England

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in England

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst in England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

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 5 January 2026. 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
London +59 7 £65,000 +23.81% 1
South West - 4 £40,000 - 10
North of England +13 2 £38,750 -3.13% 14
North West +9 2 £38,750 -3.13% 6
Midlands +18 1 £41,645 -30.59% 14
East Midlands -7 1 £41,645 -7.46% 6
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, QA Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (64.29%) Regression Testing
3 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 7 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (42.86%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) Java
5 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (35.71%) Python
5 5 (35.71%) Selenium
5 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
5 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
5 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
6 4 (28.57%) API Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Cypress.io
6 4 (28.57%) Relational Database
7 3 (21.43%) .NET
7 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
7 3 (21.43%) Azure
7 3 (21.43%) CSS
7 3 (21.43%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (21.43%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (21.43%) HTML
7 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
7 3 (21.43%) ISEB
7 3 (21.43%) Linux
7 3 (21.43%) Playwright

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Selenium
2 4 (28.57%) Cypress.io
3 2 (14.29%) CircleCI
3 2 (14.29%) Gatling
3 2 (14.29%) Git
3 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 2 (14.29%) JIRA
3 2 (14.29%) LoadRunner
3 2 (14.29%) Locust
3 2 (14.29%) TestRail
3 2 (14.29%) Zephyr
4 1 (7.14%) Postman
4 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Back Office
4 3 (21.43%) Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.14%) Electronics
6 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.14%) Marketing
6 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
1 3 (21.43%) CSS
1 3 (21.43%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (21.43%) HTML
1 3 (21.43%) Playwright
1 3 (21.43%) React
2 2 (14.29%) GraphQL
2 2 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Derivative
1 3 (21.43%) Equities
1 3 (21.43%) Fixed Income
1 3 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Regression Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
4 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
5 4 (28.57%) API Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
6 3 (21.43%) SDLC
6 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
7 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 2 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
7 2 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Test Management
7 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 6 (42.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (21.43%) ISEB
4 1 (7.14%) CRISC
4 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce