QA Analyst Jobs in Southampton

Quality Assurance Analyst
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in Southampton is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% -40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 415 844 480
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.19% 98.25% 89.72%
Number of salaries quoted 294 683 372
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £40,000 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,630 £70,000 £78,625
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in Southampton

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in Southampton.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in Southampton

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 16 August 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 Southampton region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA