Test Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 656 539
Rank change year-on-year +154 -117 -96
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 77 106 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 63 87 136
10th Percentile £32,500 £23,800 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,375 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -12.79% +9.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,125 £54,508
90th Percentile £53,750 £56,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.59% -11.05% +16.92%

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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
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% -

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

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 Test Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +30 22 £40,748 +16.42% 2
North West +6 22 £40,748 +8.66% 1
South East +54 20 £40,000 -13.51% 9
Midlands +74 19 £46,000 +31.43% 5
West Midlands +62 16 £44,500 +27.14% 4
South West +116 8 £40,000 -38.46%
Scotland - 5 £52,500 - 2
East Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 1
East of England +36 2 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 - 2
Test Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 55 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 45 (58.44%) Software Testing
3 36 (46.75%) Agile
4 30 (38.96%) Manual Testing
5 29 (37.66%) QA
6 28 (36.36%) ISTQB
6 28 (36.36%) JIRA
7 26 (33.77%) V-Model
7 26 (33.77%) Waterfall
8 25 (32.47%) Scrum
9 24 (31.17%) Acceptance Criteria
10 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
11 21 (27.27%) eggPlant
11 21 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (27.27%) Keysight
12 19 (24.68%) Azure
13 18 (23.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (23.38%) DevOps
14 16 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (19.48%) Test Scripting
15 15 (19.48%) Regression Testing
16 14 (18.18%) Selenium
16 14 (18.18%) Test Strategy
17 13 (16.88%) Mentoring
18 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
19 11 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
19 11 (14.29%) SQL
20 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
20 9 (11.69%) User Experience
20 9 (11.69%) SaaS

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.30%) Moodle
1 1 (1.30%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Magento
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.68%) Azure
2 9 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (11.69%) SaaS
3 8 (10.39%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.19%) AWS
6 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) Power BI
2 3 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (36.36%) JIRA
2 21 (27.27%) eggPlant
3 14 (18.18%) Selenium
4 8 (10.39%) Cypress.io
5 4 (5.19%) Jenkins
5 4 (5.19%) Postman
6 3 (3.90%) TestRail
7 2 (2.60%) CircleCI
7 2 (2.60%) Gatling
7 2 (2.60%) Git
7 2 (2.60%) LoadRunner
7 2 (2.60%) Locust
7 2 (2.60%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.30%) JMeter
8 1 (1.30%) NUnit
8 1 (1.30%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.30%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.30%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.30%) YouTrack
General
1 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.39%) Finance
4 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Games
5 1 (1.30%) Law
5 1 (1.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) Playwright
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) JSON
2 1 (1.30%) Node.js
2 1 (1.30%) React Native
2 1 (1.30%) REST
2 1 (1.30%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.30%) AS400
3 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.30%) EPoS
3 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Android
1 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 45 (58.44%) Software Testing
3 36 (46.75%) Agile
4 30 (38.96%) Manual Testing
5 26 (33.77%) V-Model
5 26 (33.77%) Waterfall
6 25 (32.47%) Scrum
7 24 (31.17%) Acceptance Criteria
8 18 (23.38%) DevOps
8 18 (23.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 16 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (19.48%) Regression Testing
10 15 (19.48%) Test Scripting
11 14 (18.18%) Test Strategy
12 13 (16.88%) Mentoring
13 9 (11.69%) User Experience
14 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (10.39%) CI/CD
14 8 (10.39%) Scenario Testing
14 8 (10.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) SQL
2 8 (10.39%) JavaScript
3 7 (9.09%) Python
4 5 (6.49%) Java
5 4 (5.19%) C#
5 4 (5.19%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (36.36%) ISTQB
2 21 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (7.79%) DBS Check
4 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.90%) ISEB
6 1 (1.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (37.66%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) ITGC
3 1 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (27.27%) Keysight
2 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.19%) SAP
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Spotify