Senior Test Analyst Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Senior Test Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Test Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 202 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.10% 0.041% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.043% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -32.14% +47.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,502 4,653 3,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 95.29% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,576 2,530 2,490
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,975 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% -

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Senior Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Analyst in the Thames Valley

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior Test Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Berkshire -2 4 £47,500 - 1
Senior Test Analyst
South East

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 4 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (100.00%) Postman

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Postman
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 4 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification