Test Analyst Job Trends

Test Analyst
UK

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 647 602
Rank change year-on-year +94 -45 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 96 112 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.18% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 60 80 92
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +12.43% -6.11%
75th Percentile £51,625 £58,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,625 £76,250 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -8.82%

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 48,849 62,485 48,786
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.31% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 30,833 34,885 37,936
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% -

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 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 +84 88 £42,500 -10.53% 16
UK excluding London +75 71 £40,000 -11.11% 16
South East +63 50 £42,500 -10.53% 11
Work from Home +75 35 £45,000 +18.42% 9
London +61 22 £53,500 -6.96% 3
Midlands +55 6 £36,250 -36.96% 1
Wales +13 5 £50,000 -
East of England +31 4 £70,000 +133.33% 1
East Midlands +27 4 £36,250 +11.54% 1
North of England +37 3 £26,000 -41.57% 2
West Midlands +55 2 £38,750 -32.61%
South West +24 2 £37,625 -51.45%
Yorkshire -3 2 £25,500 -21.50% 1
North West +46 1 £40,000 -11.11%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, 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 47 (48.96%) Agile
2 46 (47.92%) Test Automation
3 44 (45.83%) ISTQB
3 44 (45.83%) Software Testing
4 43 (44.79%) JIRA
5 42 (43.75%) Test Management
6 39 (40.63%) Test Scripting
7 37 (38.54%) SQL
8 33 (34.38%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (31.25%) Scrum
10 28 (29.17%) QA
10 28 (29.17%) Regression Testing
10 28 (29.17%) Selenium
11 26 (27.08%) Manual Testing
11 26 (27.08%) Performance Testing
12 25 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (26.04%) SAP
13 24 (25.00%) Degree
13 24 (25.00%) Mentoring
13 24 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
14 23 (23.96%) ERP
14 23 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (23.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (22.92%) Programme Management
16 21 (21.88%) API Testing
16 21 (21.88%) eCATT
16 21 (21.88%) HP
16 21 (21.88%) HP ALM
16 21 (21.88%) Product Roadmap
16 21 (21.88%) Risk Management

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 2 (2.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) CMS
2 1 (1.04%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 15 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.25%) Elite 3E
3 2 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.04%) Postilion
4 1 (1.04%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.38%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (13.54%) Azure
3 2 (2.08%) AWS
3 2 (2.08%) SaaS
3 2 (2.08%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (1.04%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.04%) GCP
4 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.04%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.04%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.04%) MySQL
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.04%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 43 (44.79%) JIRA
2 28 (29.17%) Selenium
3 21 (21.88%) eCATT
4 17 (17.71%) Postman
5 16 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (14.58%) SoapUI
7 12 (12.50%) NeoLoad
7 12 (12.50%) WebDriver
8 5 (5.21%) Cypress.io
9 4 (4.17%) SpecFlow
9 4 (4.17%) TestRail
10 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
10 2 (2.08%) JMeter
11 1 (1.04%) CircleCI
11 1 (1.04%) Gatling
11 1 (1.04%) Git
11 1 (1.04%) LoadRunner
11 1 (1.04%) Locust
11 1 (1.04%) Zephyr
General
1 49 (51.04%) Finance
2 22 (22.92%) Manufacturing
2 22 (22.92%) Marketing
2 22 (22.92%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (21.88%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (20.83%) Social Skills
5 18 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.33%) Legal
7 6 (6.25%) Banking
7 6 (6.25%) Law
8 4 (4.17%) Back Office
8 4 (4.17%) Retail
9 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.04%) Advertising
11 1 (1.04%) Automotive
11 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Electronics
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (20.83%) .NET
2 16 (16.67%) HTML
3 12 (12.50%) SOAP
4 10 (10.42%) Playwright
5 4 (4.17%) CSS
5 4 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (4.17%) Gherkin
5 4 (4.17%) React
6 3 (3.13%) REST
7 2 (2.08%) GraphQL
7 2 (2.08%) Middleware
8 1 (1.04%) ADO
8 1 (1.04%) Apache Avro
8 1 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (1.04%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Product Ownership
2 10 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.17%) Derivative
3 4 (4.17%) Equities
3 4 (4.17%) Fixed Income
3 4 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.04%) AS400
4 1 (1.04%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.04%) FMCG
4 1 (1.04%) Hackathon
4 1 (1.04%) IoT
4 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.63%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (48.96%) Agile
2 46 (47.92%) Test Automation
3 44 (45.83%) Software Testing
4 42 (43.75%) Test Management
5 39 (40.63%) Test Scripting
6 30 (31.25%) Scrum
7 28 (29.17%) Regression Testing
8 26 (27.08%) Manual Testing
8 26 (27.08%) Performance Testing
9 25 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (25.00%) Mentoring
11 23 (23.96%) ERP
11 23 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (23.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (22.92%) Programme Management
13 21 (21.88%) API Testing
13 21 (21.88%) Product Roadmap
13 21 (21.88%) Risk Management
13 21 (21.88%) Roadmaps
13 21 (21.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (38.54%) SQL
2 19 (19.79%) C#
3 18 (18.75%) Java
4 7 (7.29%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.29%) Python
5 6 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (45.83%) ISTQB
2 24 (25.00%) Degree
3 20 (20.83%) ISEB
4 14 (14.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 11 (11.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (29.17%) QA
2 10 (10.42%) Software Quality Assurance
3 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (21.88%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 25 (26.04%) SAP
2 21 (21.88%) HP
3 17 (17.71%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.25%) iManage
5 5 (5.21%) Oracle
6 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.08%) Aderant
7 2 (2.08%) IBM
7 2 (2.08%) Intapp
7 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.08%) Workday
8 1 (1.04%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.04%) Genesys
8 1 (1.04%) NCR
8 1 (1.04%) Siebel