Test Analyst
UK

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 670 574 736
Rank change year-on-year -96 +162 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 54 83 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50 69 135
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £37,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -10.61% +19.33% -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 83,558 37,679 90,605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 89.07% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,734 23,343 66,736
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,625 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the UK

Test Analyst
Top 12 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 May 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 -84 54 £41,250 -7.82% 19
UK excluding London -101 39 £40,000 -10.61% 20
Work from Home +3 27 £38,750 +4.73% 8
South East -37 20 £43,750 -7.89% 6
London -18 15 £42,500 -22.73% 3
South West -52 10 £45,000 +12.50% 3
North of England -63 6 £26,000 -39.36% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £26,000 -
East Midlands -46 2 £40,000 -15.79% 3
Midlands -54 2 £40,000 -15.79% 6
East of England -24 1 £32,500 -23.53%
North East - 1 £26,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 26 (48.15%) Agile
1 26 (48.15%) Software Testing
2 23 (42.59%) ISTQB
3 22 (40.74%) .NET
3 22 (40.74%) SQL
4 21 (38.89%) API Testing
4 21 (38.89%) Degree
4 21 (38.89%) JIRA
4 21 (38.89%) Test Scripting
5 20 (37.04%) Test Management
6 19 (35.19%) C#
6 19 (35.19%) Scrum
7 18 (33.33%) HTML
7 18 (33.33%) Java
7 18 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
8 17 (31.48%) Postman
8 17 (31.48%) SOAP
8 17 (31.48%) SoapUI
9 16 (29.63%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 16 (29.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (27.78%) QA
10 15 (27.78%) Selenium
10 15 (27.78%) Test Automation
11 11 (20.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 11 (20.37%) Mentoring
11 11 (20.37%) Regression Testing
11 11 (20.37%) WebDriver
12 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (14.81%) Integration Testing
13 8 (14.81%) Logistics

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 1 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Azure
1 5 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (7.41%) AWS
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Apigee
4 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.85%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) DNS
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (38.89%) JIRA
2 17 (31.48%) Postman
2 17 (31.48%) SoapUI
3 16 (29.63%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (27.78%) Selenium
5 11 (20.37%) WebDriver
6 3 (5.56%) Cypress.io
6 3 (5.56%) GitLab
6 3 (5.56%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Back Office
6 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Electronics
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (40.74%) .NET
2 18 (33.33%) HTML
3 17 (31.48%) SOAP
4 5 (9.26%) Playwright
5 4 (7.41%) React
6 2 (3.70%) CSS
6 2 (3.70%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (3.70%) GraphQL
6 2 (3.70%) REST
7 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.85%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.85%) JWT
7 1 (1.85%) OAuth
7 1 (1.85%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.85%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.56%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.70%) Derivative
3 2 (3.70%) Equities
3 2 (3.70%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Agile
1 26 (48.15%) Software Testing
2 21 (38.89%) API Testing
2 21 (38.89%) Test Scripting
3 20 (37.04%) Test Management
4 19 (35.19%) Scrum
5 18 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
6 16 (29.63%) Cross-Browser Testing
7 15 (27.78%) Test Automation
8 11 (20.37%) Mentoring
8 11 (20.37%) Regression Testing
9 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.81%) Integration Testing
10 8 (14.81%) Logistics
10 8 (14.81%) User Experience
10 8 (14.81%) Validation
11 7 (12.96%) Manual Testing
11 7 (12.96%) System Integration Testing
11 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (40.74%) SQL
2 19 (35.19%) C#
3 18 (33.33%) Java
4 5 (9.26%) Python
5 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.41%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.56%) Bash
6 3 (5.56%) Bicep
6 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.70%) C++
7 2 (3.70%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 23 (42.59%) ISTQB
2 21 (38.89%) Degree
3 11 (20.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 5 (9.26%) ISEB
5 4 (7.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.78%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Ansible
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.56%) Prometheus
1 3 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Splunk
3 2 (3.70%) HP
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle
3 2 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) Aderant
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Siebel
4 1 (1.85%) Workday