Test Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Test Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Test Analyst salary in the Midlands is £46,000 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 243 311 281
Rank change year-on-year +68 -30 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 19 11 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.28% 0.087% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.092% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 29
10th Percentile £31,375 - £33,500
25th Percentile £34,125 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £35,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -11.39% +9.72%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £50,869
England median annual salary £40,748 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% -17.00% +20.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the Midlands

Test 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 Test Analyst within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +69 16 £44,500 +27.14% 16
East Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 12
Test Analyst
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) User Acceptance Testing
1 12 (63.16%) DevOps
2 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
3 10 (52.63%) QA
4 8 (42.11%) Manual Testing
4 8 (42.11%) ISTQB
5 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
5 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
5 7 (36.84%) Regression Testing
5 7 (36.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
5 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
6 6 (31.58%) System Testing
6 6 (31.58%) Azure
6 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
7 5 (26.32%) JIRA
7 5 (26.32%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (26.32%) Scenario Testing
7 5 (26.32%) SDLC
7 5 (26.32%) API Testing
7 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
8 4 (21.05%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (21.05%) Project Management
8 4 (21.05%) C#
8 4 (21.05%) SQL

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 3 (15.79%) Selenium
3 2 (10.53%) Postman
4 1 (5.26%) Appium
4 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (5.26%) NUnit
4 1 (5.26%) SpecFlow
4 1 (5.26%) TestRail
4 1 (5.26%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Games
3 1 (5.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Playwright
2 1 (5.26%) JSON
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) AS400
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) DevOps
1 12 (63.16%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Manual Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (36.84%) Regression Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
3 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
4 6 (31.58%) System Testing
4 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
5 5 (26.32%) API Testing
5 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (26.32%) Scenario Testing
5 5 (26.32%) SDLC
6 4 (21.05%) Agile
6 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
6 4 (21.05%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (21.05%) Project Management
6 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C#
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISTQB
2 7 (36.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) SAP