QA Analyst Job Trends in Telford

Quality Assurance Analyst
Shropshire > Telford

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in Telford is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Telford 1.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £43,000 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile £55,500 - -
Shropshire median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 253 57 136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.31% 96.61% 88.31%
Number of salaries quoted 183 47 105
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £25,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +26.51% -30.83%
75th Percentile £59,375 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,750
Shropshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +14.46% -24.55%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Telford.

QA Analyst job vacancy trend in Telford

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in Telford

Salary distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Telford.

Salary distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Telford

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 14 April 2026, QA Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Telford region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Confluence
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) HP ALM
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) Siteimprove
2 3 (75.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (75.00%) TestRail
2 3 (75.00%) Toad
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Zephyr

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Siteimprove
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) TestRail
2 3 (75.00%) Toad
2 3 (75.00%) Zephyr
3 1 (25.00%) Postman
3 1 (25.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) API Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) HP
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle