Senior QA Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile £56,500 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £90,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -44.44% +71.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 55,383 22,982 61,876
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 88.98% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35,514 14,529 45,814
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,438 £68,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

Senior QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior QA Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior QA Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior QA Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
Senior QA Analyst
UK

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 April 2026, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior QA Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Siteimprove
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) Toad
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle