QA Analyst Jobs in the South West

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > South West

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the South West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 283 269
Rank change year-on-year +106 -14 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 4 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.032% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.033% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £30,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -35.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £42,875 £39,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.94% -17.89% -4.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,259 9,044 5,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 96.16% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,906 6,631 3,692
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,945 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £79,975
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the South West

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the South West.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in the South West

QA Analyst
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Devon - 2 £40,000 -
Wiltshire +40 1 £40,000 +23.08%
Dorset - 1 £40,000 -
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, QA 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 West region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Gatling
2 2 (50.00%) TestRail
2 2 (50.00%) CircleCI
2 2 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Locust
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) CircleCI
1 2 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (50.00%) Gatling
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (50.00%) Locust
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) TestRail
1 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA