Test Analyst
UK

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 653 547 704
Rank change year-on-year -106 +157 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 60 88 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 56 73 136
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +9.20% -9.44%
75th Percentile £50,313 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £57,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year -7.51% +15.33% -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 76,056 36,861 85,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 89.84% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,922 23,343 64,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -80 58 £42,500 -4.49% 15
UK excluding London -114 41 £40,000 -7.51% 15
Work from Home -13 28 £45,000 +21.62% 6
South East -50 20 £43,750 -7.89% 4
London +5 18 £45,000 -20.00% 3
North of England -61 8 £26,000 -36.19% 3
South West -48 7 £45,000 +12.50% 2
Yorkshire -53 6 £26,000 -19.96%
Midlands -49 4 £37,500 -8.54% 2
East Midlands -48 3 £35,000 -26.32%
West Midlands -22 1 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Wales -26 1 £50,000 - 3
East of England -27 1 £32,500 - 1
North West -37 1 £40,000 -9.09% 3
North East - 1 £26,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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 32 (53.33%) Software Testing
2 30 (50.00%) Agile
3 28 (46.67%) ISTQB
3 28 (46.67%) Test Scripting
4 27 (45.00%) Test Automation
5 25 (41.67%) .NET
5 25 (41.67%) Degree
5 25 (41.67%) SQL
6 21 (35.00%) QA
7 20 (33.33%) C#
7 20 (33.33%) JIRA
7 20 (33.33%) Scrum
7 20 (33.33%) Selenium
8 19 (31.67%) API Testing
8 19 (31.67%) Test Management
9 18 (30.00%) HTML
9 18 (30.00%) Java
10 16 (26.67%) Postman
10 16 (26.67%) SoapUI
11 15 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
11 15 (25.00%) Regression Testing
11 15 (25.00%) SOAP
12 14 (23.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
12 14 (23.33%) Manual Testing
12 14 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (18.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 11 (18.33%) Mentoring
14 11 (18.33%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (18.33%) WebDriver

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 (1.67%) CMS
1 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.67%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.67%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.00%) Azure
1 6 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (8.33%) SaaS
3 4 (6.67%) AWS
3 4 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) DNS
1 3 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.67%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (33.33%) JIRA
1 20 (33.33%) Selenium
2 16 (26.67%) Postman
2 16 (26.67%) SoapUI
3 14 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (18.33%) WebDriver
5 4 (6.67%) SpecFlow
6 3 (5.00%) Cypress.io
6 3 (5.00%) GitLab
6 3 (5.00%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.67%) JMeter
General
1 27 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (35.00%) Finance
3 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Banking
5 5 (8.33%) Law
6 4 (6.67%) Back Office
7 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.33%) Electronics
8 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.33%) Retail
9 1 (1.67%) Billing
9 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.67%) Legal
9 1 (1.67%) Marketing
9 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (41.67%) .NET
2 18 (30.00%) HTML
3 15 (25.00%) SOAP
4 8 (13.33%) Playwright
5 6 (10.00%) React
6 4 (6.67%) CSS
6 4 (6.67%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (6.67%) Gherkin
7 2 (3.33%) GraphQL
7 2 (3.33%) REST
8 1 (1.67%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.67%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.67%) ADO
8 1 (1.67%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (1.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.67%) Derivative
2 4 (6.67%) Equities
2 4 (6.67%) Fixed Income
2 4 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (5.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) IoT
4 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.00%) Windows
2 7 (11.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (53.33%) Software Testing
2 30 (50.00%) Agile
3 28 (46.67%) Test Scripting
4 27 (45.00%) Test Automation
5 20 (33.33%) Scrum
6 19 (31.67%) API Testing
6 19 (31.67%) Test Management
7 15 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
7 15 (25.00%) Regression Testing
8 14 (23.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 14 (23.33%) Manual Testing
9 12 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (18.33%) Mentoring
10 11 (18.33%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (15.00%) Integration Testing
11 9 (15.00%) Logistics
11 9 (15.00%) System Integration Testing
12 8 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
12 8 (13.33%) User Experience
12 8 (13.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (41.67%) SQL
2 20 (33.33%) C#
3 18 (30.00%) Java
4 7 (11.67%) JavaScript
4 7 (11.67%) Python
4 7 (11.67%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.00%) Bash
5 3 (5.00%) Bicep
5 3 (5.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.33%) C++
6 2 (3.33%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 28 (46.67%) ISTQB
2 25 (41.67%) Degree
3 11 (18.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 10 (16.67%) ISEB
5 9 (15.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (35.00%) QA
2 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Ansible
1 3 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.00%) Prometheus
1 3 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Oracle
3 3 (5.00%) SAP
3 3 (5.00%) Splunk
4 2 (3.33%) HP
4 2 (3.33%) Siebel
5 1 (1.67%) Aderant
5 1 (1.67%) Genesys
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Workday