Test Analyst Job Trends

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 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 593 645
Rank change year-on-year +9 +52 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 86 97 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 59 67 134
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,000 £58,750 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,748 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.56% +14.37% -8.05%

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 59,580 46,251 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 91.84% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 37,171 23,847 55,273
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 9 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the UK

Test Analyst
Top 16 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 9 February 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 +22 82 £42,500 -10.53% 22
UK excluding London +6 64 £40,000 -12.56% 19
South East +22 47 £42,500 -10.53% 7
Work from Home +45 31 £45,000 +25.00% 8
London +44 21 £53,500 -6.96% 4
North of England -15 7 £26,000 -40.91% 6
Midlands +4 5 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Yorkshire -29 5 £26,000 -19.96% 2
East Midlands -15 4 £36,250 -23.68%
Wales +3 2 £51,000 -
West Midlands +16 1 £45,000 -5.26% 5
East of England +14 1 £70,000 +133.33%
North West +9 1 £40,000 -9.09% 2
South West -9 1 £35,250 - 1
North East - 1 £26,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 February 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 44 (51.16%) JIRA
2 43 (50.00%) Test Management
3 38 (44.19%) Test Automation
4 37 (43.02%) Test Scripting
5 35 (40.70%) Agile
5 35 (40.70%) Software Testing
6 34 (39.53%) ISTQB
7 32 (37.21%) SQL
8 27 (31.40%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (30.23%) Degree
9 26 (30.23%) SAP
10 25 (29.07%) .NET
10 25 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (29.07%) Regression Testing
11 24 (27.91%) SAP S/4HANA
11 24 (27.91%) Scrum
11 24 (27.91%) Selenium
12 23 (26.74%) ERP
13 22 (25.58%) C#
13 22 (25.58%) Java
13 22 (25.58%) Manual Testing
13 22 (25.58%) Programme Management
13 22 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (24.42%) API Testing
14 21 (24.42%) eCATT
14 21 (24.42%) HP
14 21 (24.42%) HP ALM
14 21 (24.42%) HTML
14 21 (24.42%) Product Roadmap
14 21 (24.42%) 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 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (27.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.33%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.16%) Postilion
3 1 (1.16%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (6.98%) Azure
3 5 (5.81%) AWS
4 4 (4.65%) GCP
4 4 (4.65%) SaaS
5 3 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.33%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (1.16%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) DNS
1 3 (3.49%) Firewall
2 1 (1.16%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.16%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.16%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.16%) MySQL
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.16%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 44 (51.16%) JIRA
2 24 (27.91%) Selenium
3 21 (24.42%) eCATT
4 19 (22.09%) Postman
4 19 (22.09%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (20.93%) SoapUI
6 15 (17.44%) WebDriver
7 12 (13.95%) NeoLoad
8 4 (4.65%) Jenkins
8 4 (4.65%) SpecFlow
9 3 (3.49%) GitLab
10 2 (2.33%) Cypress.io
10 2 (2.33%) JMeter
11 1 (1.16%) TestRail
General
1 47 (54.65%) Finance
2 23 (26.74%) Social Skills
3 22 (25.58%) Manufacturing
3 22 (25.58%) Marketing
3 22 (25.58%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (24.42%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.98%) Banking
6 6 (6.98%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Back Office
8 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.33%) Retail
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Electronics
9 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (29.07%) .NET
2 21 (24.42%) HTML
3 17 (19.77%) SOAP
4 7 (8.14%) Playwright
5 4 (4.65%) CSS
5 4 (4.65%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (4.65%) Gherkin
5 4 (4.65%) React
6 2 (2.33%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.33%) REST
7 1 (1.16%) ADO
7 1 (1.16%) Apache Avro
7 1 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.16%) JSON
7 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.65%) Derivative
2 4 (4.65%) Equities
2 4 (4.65%) Fixed Income
2 4 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.16%) IoT
3 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.63%) Windows
2 8 (9.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.00%) Test Management
2 38 (44.19%) Test Automation
3 37 (43.02%) Test Scripting
4 35 (40.70%) Agile
4 35 (40.70%) Software Testing
5 25 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (29.07%) Regression Testing
6 24 (27.91%) Scrum
7 23 (26.74%) ERP
8 22 (25.58%) Manual Testing
8 22 (25.58%) Programme Management
8 22 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (24.42%) API Testing
9 21 (24.42%) Product Roadmap
9 21 (24.42%) Risk Management
9 21 (24.42%) Roadmaps
9 21 (24.42%) Source to Pay
9 21 (24.42%) User Experience
9 21 (24.42%) Visualisation
10 20 (23.26%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (37.21%) SQL
2 22 (25.58%) C#
2 22 (25.58%) Java
3 9 (10.47%) Python
4 6 (6.98%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.98%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.49%) Bash
6 3 (3.49%) Bicep
7 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (39.53%) ISTQB
2 26 (30.23%) Degree
3 15 (17.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 12 (13.95%) ISEB
5 9 (10.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.26%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.33%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) SEPA
3 1 (1.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (24.42%) HP ALM
2 3 (3.49%) Ansible
2 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.49%) Prometheus
2 3 (3.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (30.23%) SAP
2 21 (24.42%) HP
3 8 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.14%) Oracle
5 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.49%) Splunk
6 2 (2.33%) iManage
6 2 (2.33%) Siebel
7 1 (1.16%) Genesys
7 1 (1.16%) NCR
7 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.16%) Workday