Test Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Test Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 240 254
Rank change year-on-year +58 +14 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 15 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.35% 0.18% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 6
10th Percentile £31,500 - £36,125
25th Percentile £35,063 £32,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £35,000 £47,532
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -26.36% +19.58%
75th Percentile £50,938 £37,500 £55,774
90th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £56,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +20.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,901 6,944 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.23% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,753 5,206 3,266
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the West Midlands

Test Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Birmingham +49 12 £47,500 +18.75%
Staffordshire - 2 £32,500 -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Test Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (73.33%) DevOps
3 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 8 (53.33%) QA
5 7 (46.67%) ISTQB
5 7 (46.67%) Regression Testing
5 7 (46.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 7 (46.67%) Test Strategy
6 6 (40.00%) Azure
6 6 (40.00%) Manual Testing
6 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
6 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
7 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
7 5 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (26.67%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
8 4 (26.67%) JIRA
8 4 (26.67%) Project Management
8 4 (26.67%) SAP
8 4 (26.67%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (26.67%) System Testing
8 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (26.67%) SDLC
8 4 (26.67%) API Testing
9 3 (20.00%) C#

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
2 3 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (6.67%) Appium
3 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.67%) NUnit
3 1 (6.67%) Postman
3 1 (6.67%) SpecFlow
3 1 (6.67%) TestRail
3 1 (6.67%) WebDriver
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Playwright
2 1 (6.67%) JSON
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (73.33%) DevOps
3 7 (46.67%) Regression Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Test Strategy
4 6 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 4 (26.67%) API Testing
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (26.67%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) Project Management
6 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (26.67%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) System Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Agile
7 3 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) ISTQB
1 7 (46.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) SAP