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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 697 630
Rank change year-on-year +91 -67 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 77 145 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.16% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 62 126 189
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,422 £34,324
25th Percentile £37,063 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,748 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -17.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £55,000
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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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 £97,500 £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 28 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 28 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 +33 22 £40,748 +16.42% 8
North West +5 22 £40,748 +8.66% 4
South East +67 21 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands +68 19 £46,000 +31.43% 9
West Midlands +69 16 £44,500 +27.14% 5
South West +122 8 £40,000 -38.46%
London +86 5 £55,000 +4.76% 16
East Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 4
East of England +30 2 £42,500 +6.25% 5
Test Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 53 (68.83%) Test Automation
2 43 (55.84%) Software Testing
3 38 (49.35%) Agile
4 34 (44.16%) Manual Testing
5 32 (41.56%) QA
6 30 (38.96%) Waterfall
6 30 (38.96%) ISTQB
6 30 (38.96%) JIRA
7 27 (35.06%) V-Model
8 25 (32.47%) Scrum
9 24 (31.17%) Acceptance Criteria
10 21 (27.27%) eggPlant
10 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
10 21 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (27.27%) Keysight
11 19 (24.68%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (23.38%) DevOps
13 17 (22.08%) Azure
13 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (20.78%) Test Scripting
14 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
15 15 (19.48%) Mentoring
16 14 (18.18%) Test Strategy
17 13 (16.88%) SQL
18 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
18 12 (15.58%) Selenium
19 11 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
20 10 (12.99%) SDLC
21 9 (11.69%) User Experience
21 9 (11.69%) 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 (1.30%) Moodle
1 1 (1.30%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Magento
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 9 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (10.39%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.09%) SaaS
5 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.60%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) Power BI
2 3 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (38.96%) JIRA
2 21 (27.27%) eggPlant
3 12 (15.58%) Selenium
4 5 (6.49%) Cypress.io
5 4 (5.19%) LoadRunner
6 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
6 3 (3.90%) JMeter
6 3 (3.90%) Postman
6 3 (3.90%) TestRail
7 2 (2.60%) CircleCI
7 2 (2.60%) Gatling
7 2 (2.60%) Git
7 2 (2.60%) HP UFT
7 2 (2.60%) Locust
7 2 (2.60%) TestNG
7 2 (2.60%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.30%) Appium
8 1 (1.30%) NUnit
8 1 (1.30%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.30%) YouTrack
General
1 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.49%) Finance
4 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Games
5 1 (1.30%) Law
5 1 (1.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) Playwright
2 1 (1.30%) JSON
2 1 (1.30%) React Native
2 1 (1.30%) REST
2 1 (1.30%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
1 3 (3.90%) Reinsurance
2 1 (1.30%) AS400
2 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.30%) EPoS
2 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Android
1 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (68.83%) Test Automation
2 43 (55.84%) Software Testing
3 38 (49.35%) Agile
4 34 (44.16%) Manual Testing
5 30 (38.96%) Waterfall
6 27 (35.06%) V-Model
7 25 (32.47%) Scrum
8 24 (31.17%) Acceptance Criteria
9 19 (24.68%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (23.38%) DevOps
11 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
12 16 (20.78%) Test Scripting
13 15 (19.48%) Mentoring
14 14 (18.18%) Test Strategy
15 10 (12.99%) SDLC
16 9 (11.69%) CI/CD
16 9 (11.69%) User Experience
17 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
18 7 (9.09%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) SQL
2 9 (11.69%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.39%) Python
4 4 (5.19%) C#
4 4 (5.19%) Java
4 4 (5.19%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (38.96%) ISTQB
2 21 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.79%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.60%) ISEB
7 1 (1.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (41.56%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) ITGC
3 1 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (27.27%) Keysight
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.19%) SAP
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Spotify