QA Analyst Jobs

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 862 776
Rank change year-on-year +188 -86 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 34 52 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.051% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.053% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 30 48 107
10th Percentile £34,775 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -17.89% -2.06%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,125 £53,750 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +158 33 £42,500 +8.97% 32
UK excluding London +182 26 £40,000 +6.67% 22
Work from Home +105 10 £45,375 +0.83% 16
South East +88 10 £41,250 +10.00% 12
London +95 7 £65,000 +23.81% 14
Midlands +65 7 £45,000 -7.69%
East Midlands +39 6 £45,000 +5.88%
North of England +37 5 £35,000 -20.00% 9
North West +1 5 £35,000 -17.65% 7
South West +118 4 £40,000 +23.08%
West Midlands +56 1 £55,000 -

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, QA 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 featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) QA
2 23 (67.65%) Test Automation
3 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
4 16 (47.06%) Agile
5 15 (44.12%) Software Testing
5 15 (44.12%) Azure
6 14 (41.18%) Manual Testing
7 13 (38.24%) Regression Testing
8 12 (35.29%) User Experience
9 10 (29.41%) DevOps
10 9 (26.47%) Power Platform
10 9 (26.47%) Power BI
11 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
11 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (20.59%) Test Scripting
12 7 (20.59%) Selenium
12 7 (20.59%) SQL
12 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
13 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
13 6 (17.65%) Test Management
13 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
13 6 (17.65%) DBS Check
13 6 (17.65%) AWS
14 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
14 5 (14.71%) Mobile App
14 5 (14.71%) SDLC
14 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Culture

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) Power Platform
3 6 (17.65%) AWS
4 4 (11.76%) SaaS
5 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (8.82%) GCP
6 1 (2.94%) BrowserStack
6 1 (2.94%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Selenium
2 4 (11.76%) Appium
2 4 (11.76%) Cucumber
2 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (11.76%) Postman
3 3 (8.82%) Cypress.io
3 3 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (8.82%) LoadRunner
3 3 (8.82%) TestRail
4 2 (5.88%) CircleCI
4 2 (5.88%) Gatling
4 2 (5.88%) Git
4 2 (5.88%) Locust
4 2 (5.88%) Zephyr
5 1 (2.94%) JMeter
5 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (2.94%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Games
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) Gherkin
2 2 (5.88%) Playwright
3 1 (2.94%) JSON
3 1 (2.94%) Swagger
3 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Robotics
3 1 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Android
1 4 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) Test Automation
2 16 (47.06%) Agile
3 15 (44.12%) Software Testing
4 14 (41.18%) Manual Testing
5 13 (38.24%) Regression Testing
6 12 (35.29%) User Experience
7 10 (29.41%) DevOps
8 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
9 7 (20.59%) Test Scripting
10 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
10 6 (17.65%) Test Management
11 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Culture
11 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (14.71%) SDLC
11 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
12 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
12 4 (11.76%) Continuous Delivery
12 4 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.88%) Java
3 2 (5.88%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
2 6 (17.65%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.88%) PMP
4 1 (2.94%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) PMO
3 1 (2.94%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Google
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.94%) Spotify