Senior QA Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.026% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £43,000 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile £55,500 - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £90,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +71.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,648 4,320 10,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 89.72% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 2,736 7,992
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,739
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Senior QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior QA Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior QA Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior QA Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
West Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
Senior QA Analyst
England

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Senior QA 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 Midlands region featuring Senior QA Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) HP ALM
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Siteimprove
2 2 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) TestRail

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Siteimprove
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) TestRail
2 2 (66.67%) Toad
2 2 (66.67%) Zephyr
3 1 (33.33%) Postman
3 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Traceability Matrix
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle