Test Analyst
UK

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 725 603 696
Rank change year-on-year -122 +93 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 67 68 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 51 53 80
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £30,422
25th Percentile £34,375 £37,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,531 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -9.93% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £54,150 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -16.67%

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 103,220 44,750 77,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 89.79% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,976 26,578 49,466
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -98 64 £43,750 +9.38% 21
UK excluding London -97 61 £45,000 +12.50% 15
South East -43 23 £52,500 +31.25% 5
Work from Home -41 22 £43,750 +2.94% 7
Midlands -37 13 £40,000 -10.11% 5
South West -66 13 £45,000 +12.50% 1
East Midlands - 9 £40,000 -
North of England - 6 £40,000 - 3
London -60 5 £60,000 +12.15% 7
West Midlands -32 4 £40,000 -10.11% 5
North West - 4 £40,000 - 2
Scotland +2 3 £50,000 -4.76%
East of England -22 3 £28,500 -32.94% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North East - 1 £40,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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 26 (38.81%) Test Automation
2 23 (34.33%) QA
3 20 (29.85%) Agile
3 20 (29.85%) Software Testing
4 19 (28.36%) Manual Testing
4 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (28.36%) SQL
5 18 (26.87%) SDLC
6 14 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (20.90%) DevOps
7 13 (19.40%) ISTQB
7 13 (19.40%) Non-Functional Testing
7 13 (19.40%) Regression Testing
7 13 (19.40%) Scrum
8 12 (17.91%) Azure
8 12 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (17.91%) Scenario Testing
8 12 (17.91%) Selenium
8 12 (17.91%) Test Scripting
9 11 (16.42%) Degree
10 10 (14.93%) Java
11 9 (13.43%) API Testing
11 9 (13.43%) C#
11 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
11 9 (13.43%) Code Quality
11 9 (13.43%) JIRA
11 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
11 9 (13.43%) User Experience
12 8 (11.94%) BDD
12 8 (11.94%) Playwright

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 6 (8.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Azure
1 12 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.99%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) Apigee
3 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.49%) Kong
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Selenium
2 9 (13.43%) JIRA
3 7 (10.45%) Postman
4 6 (8.96%) SoapUI
5 4 (5.97%) SpecFlow
5 4 (5.97%) Zephyr
6 3 (4.48%) Cucumber
6 3 (4.48%) Cypress.io
6 3 (4.48%) Git
6 3 (4.48%) JMeter
6 3 (4.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (2.99%) GitLab
7 2 (2.99%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.49%) Burp Suite
8 1 (1.49%) Gatling
8 1 (1.49%) JUnit
8 1 (1.49%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.49%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.49%) TestNG
8 1 (1.49%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Finance
3 4 (5.97%) Retail
4 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.49%) Banking
6 1 (1.49%) Billing
6 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Electronics
6 1 (1.49%) Law
6 1 (1.49%) Legal
6 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) Playwright
2 6 (8.96%) SOAP
3 4 (5.97%) .NET
3 4 (5.97%) Gherkin
4 3 (4.48%) HTML
5 2 (2.99%) ADO
5 2 (2.99%) JSON
5 2 (2.99%) React
5 2 (2.99%) XML
6 1 (1.49%) JWT
6 1 (1.49%) Kafka
6 1 (1.49%) Node.js
6 1 (1.49%) OAuth
6 1 (1.49%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.49%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.49%) CMDB
5 1 (1.49%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.81%) Test Automation
2 20 (29.85%) Agile
2 20 (29.85%) Software Testing
3 19 (28.36%) Manual Testing
3 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (26.87%) SDLC
5 14 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (20.90%) DevOps
6 13 (19.40%) Non-Functional Testing
6 13 (19.40%) Regression Testing
6 13 (19.40%) Scrum
7 12 (17.91%) Scenario Testing
7 12 (17.91%) Test Scripting
8 9 (13.43%) API Testing
8 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
8 9 (13.43%) Code Quality
8 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
8 9 (13.43%) User Experience
9 8 (11.94%) BDD
9 8 (11.94%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (28.36%) SQL
2 10 (14.93%) Java
3 9 (13.43%) C#
4 5 (7.46%) Python
5 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.49%) C++
7 1 (1.49%) COBOL
7 1 (1.49%) Groovy
7 1 (1.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) ISTQB
2 11 (16.42%) Degree
3 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.46%) ISEB
5 3 (4.48%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (34.33%) QA
2 2 (2.99%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Firmware
1 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Grafana
1 1 (1.49%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (7.46%) Oracle
2 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.99%) Pega
3 2 (2.99%) SAP
4 1 (1.49%) Aderant
4 1 (1.49%) HP
4 1 (1.49%) Siemens