Test Analyst Jobs in England

Test Analyst
UK > England

The median Test Analyst salary in England is £40,748 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 697 614
Rank change year-on-year +88 -83 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 76 146 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.16% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 61 126 188
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,422 £34,324
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,748 £41,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -14.87% +17.47%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -12.63% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in England

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in England

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in England

Test 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 Test Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
North of England +44 22 £40,748 +16.42% 23
North West +13 22 £40,748 +8.66% 11
South East +64 20 £40,000 -13.51% 30
Midlands +94 19 £46,000 +31.43% 23
West Midlands +63 16 £44,500 +27.14% 13
South West +109 8 £40,000 -38.46% 9
London +80 5 £55,000 +4.76% 10
East Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 9
East of England +33 2 £42,500 +6.25% 13
Test Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 England region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 52 (68.42%) Test Automation
2 43 (56.58%) Software Testing
3 37 (48.68%) Agile
4 33 (43.42%) Manual Testing
5 32 (42.11%) QA
6 30 (39.47%) JIRA
7 29 (38.16%) ISTQB
7 29 (38.16%) Waterfall
8 26 (34.21%) V-Model
9 25 (32.89%) Scrum
10 24 (31.58%) Acceptance Criteria
11 21 (27.63%) eggPlant
11 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
11 21 (27.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (27.63%) Keysight
12 19 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (23.68%) DevOps
14 17 (22.37%) Azure
14 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (21.05%) Test Scripting
15 16 (21.05%) Regression Testing
16 15 (19.74%) Mentoring
17 14 (18.42%) Test Strategy
18 13 (17.11%) SQL
19 12 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
19 12 (15.79%) Selenium
20 11 (14.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
21 10 (13.16%) SDLC
22 9 (11.84%) User Experience
22 9 (11.84%) Azure DevOps

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.32%) Moodle
1 1 (1.32%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Magento
2 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.37%) Azure
2 9 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.21%) SaaS
5 5 (6.58%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) Power BI
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (39.47%) JIRA
2 21 (27.63%) eggPlant
3 12 (15.79%) Selenium
4 5 (6.58%) Cypress.io
5 4 (5.26%) LoadRunner
6 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
6 3 (3.95%) JMeter
6 3 (3.95%) Postman
6 3 (3.95%) TestRail
7 2 (2.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (2.63%) Gatling
7 2 (2.63%) Git
7 2 (2.63%) HP UFT
7 2 (2.63%) Locust
7 2 (2.63%) TestNG
7 2 (2.63%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.32%) Appium
8 1 (1.32%) NUnit
8 1 (1.32%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.32%) YouTrack
General
1 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Finance
4 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.32%) Games
5 1 (1.32%) Law
5 1 (1.32%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) Playwright
2 1 (1.32%) JSON
2 1 (1.32%) React Native
2 1 (1.32%) REST
2 1 (1.32%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
1 3 (3.95%) Reinsurance
2 1 (1.32%) AS400
2 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.32%) EPoS
2 1 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Android
1 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (68.42%) Test Automation
2 43 (56.58%) Software Testing
3 37 (48.68%) Agile
4 33 (43.42%) Manual Testing
5 29 (38.16%) Waterfall
6 26 (34.21%) V-Model
7 25 (32.89%) Scrum
8 24 (31.58%) Acceptance Criteria
9 19 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (23.68%) DevOps
11 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (21.05%) Regression Testing
12 16 (21.05%) Test Scripting
13 15 (19.74%) Mentoring
14 14 (18.42%) Test Strategy
15 10 (13.16%) SDLC
16 9 (11.84%) CI/CD
16 9 (11.84%) User Experience
17 8 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
18 7 (9.21%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.11%) SQL
2 9 (11.84%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.53%) Python
4 4 (5.26%) C#
4 4 (5.26%) Java
4 4 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (38.16%) ISTQB
2 21 (27.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (14.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (7.89%) DBS Check
4 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) ISEB
6 1 (1.32%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (42.11%) QA
2 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) ITGC
3 1 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (27.63%) Keysight
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco
4 1 (1.32%) Spotify