Senior Test Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Test Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Test Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 754 725
Rank change year-on-year +205 -29 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 22 11 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.015% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.016% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 29
10th Percentile - - £40,950
25th Percentile £45,748 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -33.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £46,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £54,875 £47,200 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Test 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 Test Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
North of England +45 11 £45,748 +30.71%
North West +11 11 £45,748 +1.66%
South East +93 6 £47,500 +5.56%
West Midlands - 4 £47,500 -
Midlands - 4 £47,500 -
Scotland - 1 £55,000 - 1
Senior Test Analyst
UK

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) Agile
2 18 (81.82%) Test Automation
3 17 (77.27%) V-Model
3 17 (77.27%) Waterfall
4 15 (68.18%) JIRA
5 13 (59.09%) Scrum
5 13 (59.09%) Software Testing
6 11 (50.00%) ISTQB
6 11 (50.00%) eggPlant
6 11 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 11 (50.00%) Keysight
6 11 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
7 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
8 4 (18.18%) System Testing
8 4 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
8 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (18.18%) Firewall
8 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 4 (18.18%) Project Management
8 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
8 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (18.18%) DevOps
8 4 (18.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 15 (68.18%) JIRA
2 11 (50.00%) eggPlant
3 3 (13.64%) Selenium
4 1 (4.55%) Cypress.io
General
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Agile
2 18 (81.82%) Test Automation
3 17 (77.27%) V-Model
3 17 (77.27%) Waterfall
4 13 (59.09%) Scrum
4 13 (59.09%) Software Testing
5 11 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 11 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (18.18%) DevOps
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (18.18%) System Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
7 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 11 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Keysight
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft