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 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 532 695
Rank change year-on-year -108 +163 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 64 90 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 56 75 139
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 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +7.23% -7.78%
75th Percentile £50,313 £48,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £58,125 £56,500 £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 72,784 36,840 84,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 89.99% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,735 23,216 63,790
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
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 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -68 61 £42,500 -4.49% 15
UK excluding London -87 45 £40,000 -7.51% 15
Work from Home +5 27 £45,000 +20.81% 6
South East -38 22 £42,500 -10.53% 4
London -14 18 £45,000 -20.00% 3
North of England -57 8 £26,000 -36.19% 3
South West -40 6 £46,250 +15.63% 2
Yorkshire -40 6 £26,000 -19.96%
Midlands -38 5 £37,500 -8.54% 2
East Midlands -45 4 £36,250 -23.68%
East of England -28 2 £51,250 +57.69% 1
West Midlands -21 1 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Wales -25 1 £50,000 - 3
North West -25 1 £40,000 -9.09% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North East - 1 £26,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 March 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 31 (48.44%) Software Testing
2 30 (46.88%) Agile
3 29 (45.31%) Test Automation
4 28 (43.75%) ISTQB
4 28 (43.75%) Test Scripting
5 27 (42.19%) SQL
6 26 (40.63%) Degree
7 24 (37.50%) .NET
8 22 (34.38%) JIRA
9 21 (32.81%) QA
9 21 (32.81%) Test Management
10 20 (31.25%) Selenium
11 19 (29.69%) API Testing
11 19 (29.69%) C#
11 19 (29.69%) Scrum
12 17 (26.56%) HTML
12 17 (26.56%) Java
13 16 (25.00%) Postman
14 15 (23.44%) Manual Testing
14 15 (23.44%) Regression Testing
14 15 (23.44%) SoapUI
15 14 (21.88%) Non-Functional Testing
15 14 (21.88%) SOAP
16 13 (20.31%) Cross-Browser Testing
16 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (20.31%) Team Foundation Server
17 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
17 12 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
18 11 (17.19%) ISEB
18 11 (17.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification

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 (1.56%) CMS
1 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.56%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.56%) Postilion
3 1 (1.56%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (9.38%) Azure
3 5 (7.81%) AWS
3 5 (7.81%) SaaS
4 4 (6.25%) GCP
5 3 (4.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.56%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) DNS
1 3 (4.69%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.56%) Parquet
3 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (34.38%) JIRA
2 20 (31.25%) Selenium
3 16 (25.00%) Postman
4 15 (23.44%) SoapUI
5 13 (20.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (17.19%) WebDriver
7 4 (6.25%) SpecFlow
8 3 (4.69%) Cypress.io
8 3 (4.69%) eCATT
8 3 (4.69%) GitLab
8 3 (4.69%) Jenkins
8 3 (4.69%) NeoLoad
9 1 (1.56%) JMeter
General
1 26 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 24 (37.50%) Finance
3 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Banking
5 5 (7.81%) Law
5 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.25%) Back Office
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing
6 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.13%) Electronics
8 2 (3.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.56%) Billing
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.56%) Legal
9 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (37.50%) .NET
2 17 (26.56%) HTML
3 14 (21.88%) SOAP
4 8 (12.50%) Playwright
5 6 (9.38%) React
6 4 (6.25%) CSS
6 4 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (6.25%) Gherkin
7 2 (3.13%) GraphQL
7 2 (3.13%) REST
8 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.56%) ADO
8 1 (1.56%) Apache Avro
8 1 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (1.56%) JSON
8 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (1.56%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.25%) Derivative
2 4 (6.25%) Equities
2 4 (6.25%) Fixed Income
2 4 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.56%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (48.44%) Software Testing
2 30 (46.88%) Agile
3 29 (45.31%) Test Automation
4 28 (43.75%) Test Scripting
5 21 (32.81%) Test Management
6 19 (29.69%) API Testing
6 19 (29.69%) Scrum
7 15 (23.44%) Manual Testing
7 15 (23.44%) Regression Testing
8 14 (21.88%) Non-Functional Testing
9 13 (20.31%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
10 12 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (17.19%) User Experience
12 9 (14.06%) Integration Testing
12 9 (14.06%) Logistics
12 9 (14.06%) Scenario Testing
12 9 (14.06%) System Integration Testing
12 9 (14.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (42.19%) SQL
2 19 (29.69%) C#
3 17 (26.56%) Java
4 7 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.94%) Python
4 7 (10.94%) TypeScript
5 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.69%) Bash
6 3 (4.69%) Bicep
7 2 (3.13%) C++
7 2 (3.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 28 (43.75%) ISTQB
2 26 (40.63%) Degree
3 11 (17.19%) ISEB
3 11 (17.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 10 (15.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (32.81%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) GDPR
3 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Ansible
1 3 (4.69%) HP ALM
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.69%) Prometheus
1 3 (4.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
1 6 (9.38%) Oracle
1 6 (9.38%) SAP
2 5 (7.81%) HP
3 3 (4.69%) Splunk
4 2 (3.13%) Siebel
5 1 (1.56%) Aderant
5 1 (1.56%) Genesys
5 1 (1.56%) NCR
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.56%) Workday