Quality Analyst Job Trends in England

Quality Analyst
UK > England

The median Quality Analyst salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 652 656
Rank change year-on-year +89 +4 +233
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Analyst 37 24 10
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.071% 0.048% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.052% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 25 13 10
10th Percentile £37,539 £37,647 £37,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,550 £57,250 £68,625
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% -9.09%

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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £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% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Quality Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Quality Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Quality Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in England

Quality Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Analyst in England

Quality 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 Quality Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands +29 10 £42,500 - 1
North of England +29 8 £42,500 +2.10% 1
East Midlands -1 8 £42,500 - 1
South East +32 7 - -
London +24 7 £57,500 +9.52% 2
North West +26 4 £47,750 +14.71% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £42,500 -
East of England +22 2 - - 2
South West - 2 £35,532 -
West Midlands - 2 £42,500 -
Quality Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Quality 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 Quality Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (78.38%) Data Quality
1 29 (78.38%) SQL
2 19 (51.35%) Data Cleansing
3 18 (48.65%) Validation
4 17 (45.95%) Python
5 16 (43.24%) Data Validation
6 15 (40.54%) Migration
6 15 (40.54%) Tableau
7 14 (37.84%) Data Visualisation
7 14 (37.84%) Visualisation
8 13 (35.14%) BigQuery
9 8 (21.62%) Databricks
10 7 (18.92%) Customer-Centricity
10 7 (18.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
11 6 (16.22%) Data Governance
11 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (13.51%) QA
13 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (10.81%) Dashboard Development
13 4 (10.81%) Power BI
13 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
14 3 (8.11%) .NET
14 3 (8.11%) Asset Management
14 3 (8.11%) CAD
14 3 (8.11%) CSS
14 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
14 3 (8.11%) FIX Protocol
14 3 (8.11%) GDPR

Quality 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (40.54%) Tableau
2 13 (35.14%) BigQuery
3 4 (10.81%) Power BI
4 3 (8.11%) Relational Database
5 2 (5.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Selenium
2 2 (5.41%) Cypress.io
General
1 13 (35.14%) Documentation Skills
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.11%) Back Office
4 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) .NET
1 3 (8.11%) CSS
1 3 (8.11%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (8.11%) HTML
1 3 (8.11%) Playwright
1 3 (8.11%) React
2 2 (5.41%) GraphQL
2 2 (5.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
2 3 (8.11%) Derivative
2 3 (8.11%) Equities
2 3 (8.11%) Fixed Income
2 3 (8.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Data Cleansing
2 18 (48.65%) Validation
3 16 (43.24%) Data Validation
4 15 (40.54%) Migration
5 14 (37.84%) Data Visualisation
5 14 (37.84%) Visualisation
6 7 (18.92%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (18.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
7 6 (16.22%) Data Governance
7 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (10.81%) Dashboard Development
9 3 (8.11%) Asset Management
9 3 (8.11%) CAD
9 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 3 (8.11%) Regression Testing
9 3 (8.11%) Test Automation
9 3 (8.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 29 (78.38%) SQL
2 17 (45.95%) Python
3 3 (8.11%) Java
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.11%) T-SQL
3 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) ISEB
1 3 (8.11%) ISTQB
1 3 (8.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (2.70%) CRISC
2 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (78.38%) Data Quality
2 5 (13.51%) QA
3 3 (8.11%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Databricks
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft