Test Analyst
UK

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 701 615 762
Rank change year-on-year -86 +147 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 50 61 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 43 47 118
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £30,295
25th Percentile £33,875 £35,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -3.61% -7.78%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £56,000 £60,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 90,787 41,821 99,953
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.76% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 62,361 24,209 72,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -5.87%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the UK

Test Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 July 2026. 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 -58 49 £42,500 +6.25% 25
UK excluding London -84 41 £45,000 +12.50% 22
Work from Home -4 22 £47,500 +18.75% 13
South East -27 17 £52,500 +40.00% 6
South West -55 11 £47,500 +18.75% 2
London -32 9 £35,000 -30.00% 5
Midlands -47 6 £40,000 -13.04% 5
North of England -37 5 £40,000 +42.86% 5
East Midlands -23 4 £40,000 -3.03% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands -41 2 £35,000 -23.91% 3
Scotland +14 1 £62,500 +19.05% 2
North West -5 1 £50,000 +78.57% 2
East of England -17 1 £32,500 -23.53% 1
North East - 1 £26,000 - 2

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, Test Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (44.00%) Agile
2 19 (38.00%) QA
3 18 (36.00%) Software Testing
4 13 (26.00%) JIRA
4 13 (26.00%) Regression Testing
4 13 (26.00%) Scrum
4 13 (26.00%) SQL
4 13 (26.00%) Test Automation
4 13 (26.00%) Test Scripting
5 12 (24.00%) Manual Testing
5 12 (24.00%) SDLC
6 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (22.00%) Degree
6 11 (22.00%) ISTQB
6 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (22.00%) Test Management
6 11 (22.00%) User Experience
7 9 (18.00%) API Testing
7 9 (18.00%) Azure
7 9 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (18.00%) DevOps
7 9 (18.00%) Non-Functional Testing
8 8 (16.00%) .NET
8 8 (16.00%) C#
8 8 (16.00%) Integration Testing
8 8 (16.00%) System Integration Testing
8 8 (16.00%) Validation
9 7 (14.00%) Code Quality
9 7 (14.00%) Java
9 7 (14.00%) Kanban

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Azure
1 9 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.00%) Apigee
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.00%) Kong
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (26.00%) JIRA
2 6 (12.00%) Postman
2 6 (12.00%) Selenium
2 6 (12.00%) SoapUI
3 5 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.00%) WebDriver
4 2 (4.00%) Zephyr
5 1 (2.00%) Burp Suite
5 1 (2.00%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.00%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.00%) Gatling
5 1 (2.00%) Git
5 1 (2.00%) HP UFT
5 1 (2.00%) JMeter
5 1 (2.00%) JUnit
5 1 (2.00%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.00%) SpecFlow
5 1 (2.00%) TestNG
General
1 20 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Retail
5 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Banking
6 2 (4.00%) Law
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Billing
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Electronics
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.00%) .NET
2 6 (12.00%) SOAP
3 5 (10.00%) HTML
4 4 (8.00%) Playwright
5 3 (6.00%) React
6 2 (4.00%) Gherkin
7 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
7 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.00%) JWT
7 1 (2.00%) Kafka
7 1 (2.00%) Node.js
7 1 (2.00%) OAuth
7 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
7 1 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (2.00%) React Native
7 1 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Agile
2 18 (36.00%) Software Testing
3 13 (26.00%) Regression Testing
3 13 (26.00%) Scrum
3 13 (26.00%) Test Automation
3 13 (26.00%) Test Scripting
4 12 (24.00%) Manual Testing
4 12 (24.00%) SDLC
5 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (22.00%) Test Management
5 11 (22.00%) User Experience
6 9 (18.00%) API Testing
6 9 (18.00%) DevOps
6 9 (18.00%) Non-Functional Testing
7 8 (16.00%) Integration Testing
7 8 (16.00%) System Integration Testing
7 8 (16.00%) Validation
8 7 (14.00%) Kanban
8 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) SQL
2 8 (16.00%) C#
3 7 (14.00%) Java
4 5 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.00%) C++
6 2 (4.00%) COBOL
6 2 (4.00%) Python
7 1 (2.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Degree
1 11 (22.00%) ISTQB
2 5 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) ISEB
6 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (38.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Grafana
1 1 (2.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (4.00%) HP
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.00%) Aderant
3 1 (2.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) Siebel
3 1 (2.00%) Workday