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 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 609 586
Rank change year-on-year +62 -23 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 97 108 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 66 80 92
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,883 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.16% +18.75% -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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
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 31 December 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 31 December 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 +57 92 £42,500 -10.53% 133
UK excluding London +43 72 £41,250 -13.16% 139
South East +51 57 £42,500 -10.53% 31
Work from Home +68 39 £42,500 +9.97% 71
London +57 22 £53,500 -6.96% 7
Midlands +19 5 £37,500 -21.05% 25
North of England -1 4 £26,000 -40.91% 32
East Midlands -7 4 £36,250 -9.38% 12
Yorkshire -6 3 £26,000 -19.96% 13
South West +15 2 £37,625 -51.45% 18
Wales +8 2 £51,000 - 4
West Midlands +22 1 £45,000 -21.74% 11
East of England +17 1 £70,000 +133.33% 20
North West +15 1 £40,000 -10.11% 17
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 50 (51.55%) JIRA
1 50 (51.55%) Test Management
2 48 (49.48%) ISTQB
3 47 (48.45%) Agile
3 47 (48.45%) Software Testing
4 44 (45.36%) SQL
5 42 (43.30%) Test Automation
6 41 (42.27%) Test Scripting
7 34 (35.05%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (35.05%) Scrum
8 32 (32.99%) Selenium
9 30 (30.93%) Degree
10 29 (29.90%) .NET
11 28 (28.87%) Mentoring
12 27 (27.84%) Java
12 27 (27.84%) Regression Testing
13 26 (26.80%) API Testing
13 26 (26.80%) C#
14 25 (25.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (25.77%) HTML
14 25 (25.77%) Postman
14 25 (25.77%) QA
14 25 (25.77%) SAP
14 25 (25.77%) Team Foundation Server
15 24 (24.74%) SAP S/4HANA
16 23 (23.71%) Manual Testing
16 23 (23.71%) Non-Functional Testing
16 23 (23.71%) SoapUI
17 22 (22.68%) ERP
17 22 (22.68%) Performance Testing

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 (2.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) CMS
2 1 (1.03%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (24.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.12%) Elite 3E
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.03%) Postilion
4 1 (1.03%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (35.05%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (14.43%) Azure
3 5 (5.15%) AWS
4 4 (4.12%) GCP
5 3 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (3.09%) SaaS
6 2 (2.06%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (1.03%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) DNS
1 3 (3.09%) Firewall
2 1 (1.03%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.03%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.03%) MySQL
3 1 (1.03%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.03%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 50 (51.55%) JIRA
2 32 (32.99%) Selenium
3 25 (25.77%) Postman
3 25 (25.77%) Team Foundation Server
4 23 (23.71%) SoapUI
5 21 (21.65%) eCATT
6 20 (20.62%) WebDriver
7 12 (12.37%) NeoLoad
8 5 (5.15%) Jenkins
9 4 (4.12%) Cypress.io
9 4 (4.12%) SpecFlow
10 3 (3.09%) GitLab
11 2 (2.06%) JMeter
11 2 (2.06%) TestRail
12 1 (1.03%) CircleCI
12 1 (1.03%) Gatling
12 1 (1.03%) Git
12 1 (1.03%) LoadRunner
12 1 (1.03%) Locust
12 1 (1.03%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (52.58%) Finance
2 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
3 22 (22.68%) Manufacturing
3 22 (22.68%) Marketing
3 22 (22.68%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (21.65%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.22%) Law
7 6 (6.19%) Banking
8 4 (4.12%) Back Office
8 4 (4.12%) Legal
9 3 (3.09%) Retail
10 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.03%) Advertising
11 1 (1.03%) Automotive
11 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Electronics
11 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (29.90%) .NET
2 25 (25.77%) HTML
3 21 (21.65%) SOAP
4 7 (7.22%) Playwright
5 4 (4.12%) CSS
5 4 (4.12%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (4.12%) Gherkin
5 4 (4.12%) React
6 2 (2.06%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.06%) REST
7 1 (1.03%) ADO
7 1 (1.03%) Apache Avro
7 1 (1.03%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.31%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (9.28%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) Derivative
3 4 (4.12%) Equities
3 4 (4.12%) Fixed Income
3 4 (4.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.03%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.03%) FMCG
4 1 (1.03%) IoT
4 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.49%) Windows
2 8 (8.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (51.55%) Test Management
2 47 (48.45%) Agile
2 47 (48.45%) Software Testing
3 42 (43.30%) Test Automation
4 41 (42.27%) Test Scripting
5 34 (35.05%) Scrum
6 28 (28.87%) Mentoring
7 27 (27.84%) Regression Testing
8 26 (26.80%) API Testing
9 25 (25.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (23.71%) Manual Testing
10 23 (23.71%) Non-Functional Testing
11 22 (22.68%) ERP
11 22 (22.68%) Performance Testing
11 22 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (22.68%) Programme Management
11 22 (22.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (21.65%) Product Roadmap
12 21 (21.65%) Risk Management
12 21 (21.65%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (45.36%) SQL
2 27 (27.84%) Java
3 26 (26.80%) C#
4 10 (10.31%) Python
5 7 (7.22%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.09%) Bash
8 3 (3.09%) Bicep
9 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (49.48%) ISTQB
2 30 (30.93%) Degree
3 21 (21.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 18 (18.56%) ISEB
5 11 (11.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (25.77%) QA
2 8 (8.25%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.03%) GDPR
3 1 (1.03%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (21.65%) HP ALM
2 3 (3.09%) Ansible
2 3 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.09%) Prometheus
2 3 (3.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (25.77%) SAP
2 21 (21.65%) HP
3 17 (17.53%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.15%) Oracle
5 4 (4.12%) iManage
6 3 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.09%) Splunk
7 1 (1.03%) Genesys
7 1 (1.03%) NCR
7 1 (1.03%) Siebel