Senior Test Analyst Jobs

Senior Test Analyst
UK

The median Senior Test Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 881 921
Rank change year-on-year +202 +40 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 32 14 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.014% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.015% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 27 13 39
10th Percentile - - £40,950
25th Percentile £45,748 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £56,000 £58,400 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +35.71% -34.88% +19.44%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Analyst in the UK

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Test Analyst in the UK

Senior Test Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 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 +170 30 £47,500 +35.71% 3
UK excluding London +206 28 £47,500 +35.71% 4
North of England +57 12 £45,748 +30.71%
North West - 12 £45,748 -
South East +108 11 £47,500 +5.56%
Midlands - 4 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 4 £47,500 -
London +107 3 £55,000 -13.73% 2
Work from Home +115 2 £55,000 +57.14% 4
Scotland - 1 £55,000 - 3

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 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 featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (87.50%) Agile
1 28 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 24 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 22 (68.75%) V-Model
4 18 (56.25%) ISTQB
5 17 (53.13%) Software Testing
5 17 (53.13%) JIRA
6 14 (43.75%) Manual Testing
6 14 (43.75%) Mentoring
7 13 (40.63%) Scrum
8 11 (34.38%) eggPlant
8 11 (34.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
8 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
8 11 (34.38%) Keysight
8 11 (34.38%) Acceptance Criteria
9 9 (28.13%) Firewall
10 7 (21.88%) Selenium
11 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
11 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
13 4 (12.50%) Project Management
13 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 4 (12.50%) DevOps
13 4 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (12.50%) QA
13 4 (12.50%) System Testing
13 4 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
13 4 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (12.50%) Scenario Testing

Senior Test 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 17 (53.13%) JIRA
2 11 (34.38%) eggPlant
3 7 (21.88%) Selenium
4 3 (9.38%) JMeter
4 3 (9.38%) TestNG
5 2 (6.25%) Cypress.io
5 2 (6.25%) HP UFT
5 2 (6.25%) LoadRunner
6 1 (3.13%) Eclipse
6 1 (3.13%) JUnit
General
1 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Billing
3 1 (3.13%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Playwright
2 1 (3.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Reinsurance
2 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Agile
1 28 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 24 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 22 (68.75%) V-Model
4 17 (53.13%) Software Testing
5 14 (43.75%) Manual Testing
5 14 (43.75%) Mentoring
6 13 (40.63%) Scrum
7 11 (34.38%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
9 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 4 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (12.50%) DevOps
10 4 (12.50%) Project Management
10 4 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (12.50%) System Testing
11 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) C#
1 3 (9.38%) Java
2 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) ISTQB
2 11 (34.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
2 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Keysight
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft