QA Analyst Jobs

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the UK is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 863 779 1050
Rank change year-on-year -84 +271 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 51 187 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.20% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 48 111 128
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Top 13 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 5 May 2024. 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 -26 50 £39,000 -17.89% 16
UK excluding London -112 38 £37,500 -6.25% 11
Work from Home +28 23 £45,000 -5.26%
South East +9 21 £37,500 -23.08% 5
London +105 12 £48,750 -7.14% 5
North of England +11 11 £43,750 +25.00% 4
North West -14 10 £42,500 +30.77% 2
South West -25 3 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Midlands +2 2 £48,750 +21.88% 1
West Midlands +19 1 £55,000 +31.74% 1
East Midlands -25 1 £42,500 +6.25%
North East - 1 £52,500 -
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 51 (100.00%) QA
2 35 (68.63%) Test Automation
3 26 (50.98%) Software Testing
4 21 (41.18%) Selenium
5 20 (39.22%) Test Scripting
5 20 (39.22%) SaaS
6 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
6 18 (35.29%) Agile
7 16 (31.37%) Regression Testing
7 16 (31.37%) Manual Testing
8 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
9 13 (25.49%) Web Testing
10 11 (21.57%) Scrum
10 11 (21.57%) User Experience
11 10 (19.61%) Test Strategy
12 9 (17.65%) Web Development
12 9 (17.65%) JIRA
12 9 (17.65%) E-Commerce
12 9 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (15.69%) Customer Experience
13 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
13 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (13.73%) Postman
14 7 (13.73%) C#
14 7 (13.73%) SQL
14 7 (13.73%) DevOps
15 6 (11.76%) TestRail
15 6 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (11.76%) Azure
15 6 (11.76%) Mobile App

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 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (39.22%) SaaS
2 6 (11.76%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 21 (41.18%) Selenium
2 9 (17.65%) JIRA
3 7 (13.73%) Postman
4 6 (11.76%) TestRail
5 4 (7.84%) JMeter
6 3 (5.88%) SoapUI
6 3 (5.88%) SpecFlow
6 3 (5.88%) WebDriver
7 2 (3.92%) Git
7 2 (3.92%) TeamCity
7 2 (3.92%) TestComplete
8 1 (1.96%) Appium
8 1 (1.96%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.96%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.96%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.96%) git-flow
8 1 (1.96%) GitLab
8 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.96%) NUnit
General
1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Playwright
1 4 (7.84%) RESTful
2 2 (3.92%) .NET
2 2 (3.92%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.92%) REST
3 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.96%) COM
3 1 (1.96%) React
3 1 (1.96%) SOAP
3 1 (1.96%) Spring
3 1 (1.96%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.84%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Bitcoin
4 1 (1.96%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Android
2 4 (7.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (68.63%) Test Automation
2 26 (50.98%) Software Testing
3 20 (39.22%) Test Scripting
4 18 (35.29%) Agile
5 16 (31.37%) Manual Testing
5 16 (31.37%) Regression Testing
6 13 (25.49%) Web Testing
7 11 (21.57%) Scrum
7 11 (21.57%) User Experience
8 10 (19.61%) Test Strategy
9 9 (17.65%) E-Commerce
9 9 (17.65%) Web Development
10 8 (15.69%) Customer Experience
10 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (13.73%) DevOps
12 6 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
12 6 (11.76%) Code Quality
13 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
13 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Culture
13 5 (9.80%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) C#
1 7 (13.73%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.84%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) C++
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) ISTQB
2 3 (5.88%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) ISEB
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.96%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.96%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Databricks
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