Software Test Analyst Job Trends in London

Software Test Analyst
England > London

The median Software Test Analyst salary in London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 - 488
Rank change year-on-year - - +353
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +92.86% -6.67% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,839 18,237 21,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 95.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,060 11,508 17,593
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,936
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Software Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Analyst in London

Software Test Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Software Test Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Test Analyst job vacancies in London

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Software 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 London region featuring Software Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Software Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle