QA Test Analyst Jobs in the South West

Quality Assurance Test Analyst
England > South West

The median Quality Assurance Test Analyst salary in the South West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 August 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -2.44%

All DemandTrendPermanent 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,429 8,054 5,115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 95.64% 90.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,233 5,437 3,573
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £39,134 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -8.41% +9.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

QA Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Analyst in the South West

QA Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Analyst job vacancies in the South West

QA Test 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 Test Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon - 3 £40,000 -
Dorset - 1 £40,000 - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £40,000 -
QA Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, QA 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 West region featuring QA Test Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Zephyr
2 3 (60.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (60.00%) Git
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Gatling
2 3 (60.00%) TestRail
2 3 (60.00%) CircleCI
2 3 (60.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Python

QA Test 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) CircleCI
1 3 (60.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (60.00%) Gatling
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (60.00%) Locust
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
1 3 (60.00%) TestRail
1 3 (60.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA