QA Analyst Jobs

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in the UK is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 854 774 1061
Rank change year-on-year -80 +287 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 53 174 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.20% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 48 104 126
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £68,375 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst.

Salary trend for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Analyst in the UK

QA Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 -82 52 £39,000 -17.89% 9
UK excluding London -122 40 £37,500 -6.25% 9
Work from Home +2 23 £45,000 - 3
South East -18 22 £37,500 -6.25% 1
London +91 12 £52,500 - 4
North of England -1 12 £43,750 +9.38% 3
North West -33 11 £42,500 +17.24% 3
South West -25 3 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Midlands -25 2 £48,750 +8.33%
West Midlands -15 1 £55,000 +29.41%
East Midlands -29 1 £42,500 -15.00%
North East - 1 £52,500 -
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 4

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, QA 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 featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) QA
2 38 (71.70%) Test Automation
3 29 (54.72%) Software Testing
4 23 (43.40%) Selenium
5 22 (41.51%) Test Scripting
5 22 (41.51%) SaaS
6 21 (39.62%) ISTQB
7 18 (33.96%) Agile
8 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
9 15 (28.30%) Manual Testing
9 15 (28.30%) Web Testing
10 14 (26.42%) Regression Testing
11 13 (24.53%) User Experience
12 12 (22.64%) Test Strategy
13 11 (20.75%) Scrum
13 11 (20.75%) E-Commerce
13 11 (20.75%) Web Development
13 11 (20.75%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (16.98%) JIRA
16 8 (15.09%) Customer Experience
16 8 (15.09%) Product Ownership
17 7 (13.21%) Code Quality
17 7 (13.21%) Postman
17 7 (13.21%) C#
17 7 (13.21%) SQL
17 7 (13.21%) DevOps
18 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
18 6 (11.32%) TestRail
18 6 (11.32%) Greenfield Project

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) SaaS
2 5 (9.43%) Azure
3 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 23 (43.40%) Selenium
2 9 (16.98%) JIRA
3 7 (13.21%) Postman
4 6 (11.32%) TestRail
5 5 (9.43%) JMeter
6 4 (7.55%) SpecFlow
6 4 (7.55%) WebDriver
7 3 (5.66%) SoapUI
7 3 (5.66%) TeamCity
8 2 (3.77%) Git
8 2 (3.77%) TestComplete
9 1 (1.89%) Appium
9 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
9 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
9 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.89%) git-flow
9 1 (1.89%) GitLab
9 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
9 1 (1.89%) NUnit
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) Playwright
1 4 (7.55%) RESTful
2 3 (5.66%) Gherkin
3 2 (3.77%) .NET
3 2 (3.77%) REST
4 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.89%) COM
4 1 (1.89%) React
4 1 (1.89%) SOAP
4 1 (1.89%) Spring
4 1 (1.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.32%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (9.43%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.77%) Bitcoin
5 2 (3.77%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Android
2 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (71.70%) Test Automation
2 29 (54.72%) Software Testing
3 22 (41.51%) Test Scripting
4 18 (33.96%) Agile
5 15 (28.30%) Manual Testing
5 15 (28.30%) Web Testing
6 14 (26.42%) Regression Testing
7 13 (24.53%) User Experience
8 12 (22.64%) Test Strategy
9 11 (20.75%) E-Commerce
9 11 (20.75%) Scrum
9 11 (20.75%) Web Development
10 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (15.09%) Customer Experience
12 7 (13.21%) Code Quality
12 7 (13.21%) DevOps
13 6 (11.32%) Acceptance Criteria
14 5 (9.43%) CI/CD
14 5 (9.43%) Defect Management
14 5 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) C#
1 7 (13.21%) SQL
2 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.43%) Python
3 3 (5.66%) Java
4 2 (3.77%) C++
5 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (39.62%) ISTQB
2 4 (7.55%) Degree
2 4 (7.55%) ISEB
3 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.89%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.89%) Databricks
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft