Test Analyst Jobs in England

Test Analyst
UK > England

The median Test Analyst salary in England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 693 631 628
Rank change year-on-year -62 -3 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 147 313 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.34% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.37% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 129 199 365
10th Percentile £30,684 £33,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,125 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.48% +3.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,549 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £62,000
UK median annual salary £40,750 £47,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year -14.66% +19.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 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
South East -10 41 £47,500 -5.00% 3
London +67 40 £50,000 - 11
North of England -15 30 £35,000 -18.60% 8
North West -20 17 £37,500 -29.58% 5
West Midlands +26 14 £35,000 -19.54% 1
Midlands -7 14 £35,000 -11.39% 4
East of England +22 13 £40,000 - 1
North East +3 9 £35,000 +7.69%
South West -28 7 £37,500 +3.37% 3
Yorkshire +33 4 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Test Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 England region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 71 (48.30%) Test Automation
2 69 (46.94%) Software Testing
3 55 (37.41%) Agile
4 53 (36.05%) Test Scripting
5 52 (35.37%) QA
6 51 (34.69%) Functional Testing
7 40 (27.21%) Regression Testing
8 39 (26.53%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (25.17%) ISTQB
10 35 (23.81%) Azure
11 34 (23.13%) Scenario Testing
12 33 (22.45%) Selenium
13 31 (21.09%) DevOps
14 28 (19.05%) Finance
15 26 (17.69%) JIRA
15 26 (17.69%) Non-Functional Testing
15 26 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (17.69%) Social Skills
16 25 (17.01%) Performance Testing
16 25 (17.01%) Manual Testing
17 24 (16.33%) C#
17 24 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (16.33%) Test Strategy
18 23 (15.65%) Integration Testing
18 23 (15.65%) Degree
19 22 (14.97%) SQL
19 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
19 22 (14.97%) Security Cleared
19 22 (14.97%) Test Management
20 21 (14.29%) Microsoft

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 4 (2.72%) Confluence
2 3 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.68%) CMS
3 1 (0.68%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.68%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.81%) Azure
2 26 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (7.48%) SaaS
4 6 (4.08%) AWS
5 5 (3.40%) BrowserStack
6 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) IaaS
6 1 (0.68%) PaaS
6 1 (0.68%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.44%) Wireless
2 1 (0.68%) ATM
2 1 (0.68%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.40%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.04%) Big Data
3 1 (0.68%) GIS
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 33 (22.45%) Selenium
2 26 (17.69%) JIRA
3 10 (6.80%) JMeter
4 9 (6.12%) TestRail
5 8 (5.44%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (4.08%) NUnit
6 6 (4.08%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.08%) Zephyr
7 5 (3.40%) Postman
8 4 (2.72%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.04%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.36%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.68%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.68%) GitLab
11 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.68%) JIRA Agile
11 1 (0.68%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.68%) Newman
11 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
General
1 28 (19.05%) Finance
2 26 (17.69%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.61%) Police
5 18 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (10.88%) Public Sector
7 14 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.44%) Electronics
8 8 (5.44%) Retail
9 6 (4.08%) Games
10 4 (2.72%) Local Government
11 2 (1.36%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.36%) Banking
11 2 (1.36%) Law
11 2 (1.36%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.12%) .NET
2 6 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (4.08%) XML
3 5 (3.40%) .NET Core
3 5 (3.40%) Web Services
4 4 (2.72%) JSON
5 2 (1.36%) REST
6 1 (0.68%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.68%) HTML
6 1 (0.68%) React
6 1 (0.68%) Spring
6 1 (0.68%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.72%) CCTV
1 4 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (0.68%) BBC
2 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
2 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.68%) IoT
2 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
2 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
2 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (48.30%) Test Automation
2 69 (46.94%) Software Testing
3 55 (37.41%) Agile
4 53 (36.05%) Test Scripting
5 51 (34.69%) Functional Testing
6 40 (27.21%) Regression Testing
7 39 (26.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 34 (23.13%) Scenario Testing
9 31 (21.09%) DevOps
10 26 (17.69%) Non-Functional Testing
11 25 (17.01%) Manual Testing
11 25 (17.01%) Performance Testing
12 24 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (16.33%) Test Strategy
13 23 (15.65%) Integration Testing
14 22 (14.97%) Test Management
15 17 (11.56%) ERP
15 17 (11.56%) System Testing
16 16 (10.88%) Defect Management
17 15 (10.20%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.33%) C#
2 22 (14.97%) SQL
3 5 (3.40%) Java
3 5 (3.40%) Python
4 3 (2.04%) Scala
5 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (25.17%) ISTQB
2 23 (15.65%) Degree
3 22 (14.97%) Security Cleared
4 17 (11.56%) ISEB
5 12 (8.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (7.48%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.12%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.68%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.68%) GIAC
9 1 (0.68%) OSCP
9 1 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (35.37%) QA
2 8 (5.44%) GDPR
3 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.36%) PMO
3 2 (1.36%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (8.16%) Firmware
2 8 (5.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.36%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.40%) Grafana
1 5 (3.40%) Kibana
2 1 (0.68%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (0.68%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 21 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.12%) Salesforce
3 8 (5.44%) Oracle
4 7 (4.76%) Google
5 6 (4.08%) YouTube
6 4 (2.72%) Databricks
7 1 (0.68%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.68%) Citrix
7 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.68%) IBM
7 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.68%) SAP
7 1 (0.68%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.68%) Splunk
7 1 (0.68%) VMware