Test Analyst Jobs in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst salary in the South East is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 347 342
Rank change year-on-year +68 -5 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 26 45 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.27% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.28% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23 33 48
10th Percentile £33,250 £35,250 £34,324
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £49,750 £56,000 -
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,352 15,876 12,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.87% 94.03% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,522 11,350 8,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Hampshire +66 22 £41,250 +10.00% 4
Thames Valley +39 2 - -
Buckinghamshire +31 2 - -
West Sussex +36 1 £50,000 -10.71%
Middlesex -14 1 - -
Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 South East region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (84.62%) Manual Testing
1 22 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 21 (80.77%) ISTQB
3 13 (50.00%) QA
4 11 (42.31%) Agile
4 11 (42.31%) Software Testing
5 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
5 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
5 10 (38.46%) V-Model
5 10 (38.46%) Waterfall
6 9 (34.62%) User Experience
6 9 (34.62%) SaaS
7 8 (30.77%) Firewall
8 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
9 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
9 6 (23.08%) Selenium
10 5 (19.23%) SQL
10 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
10 5 (19.23%) Azure
11 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
11 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (15.38%) DBS Check
11 4 (15.38%) Power BI
11 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
11 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
11 4 (15.38%) Python
11 4 (15.38%) Web Development

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) SaaS
2 5 (19.23%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Selenium
2 1 (3.85%) JMeter
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Manual Testing
1 22 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 11 (42.31%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) Software Testing
3 10 (38.46%) V-Model
3 10 (38.46%) Waterfall
4 9 (34.62%) User Experience
5 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
6 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
7 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (15.38%) Web Development
7 4 (15.38%) Web Testing
8 3 (11.54%) Application Security
8 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (11.54%) Regression Testing
8 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
9 2 (7.69%) Code Quality
9 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 4 (15.38%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (80.77%) ISTQB
2 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
2 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.85%) ISEB
4 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) Spotify