Test Analyst Jobs in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 318 358
Rank change year-on-year -43 +40 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 43 59 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.44% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.50% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 48 95
10th Percentile £36,000 £34,324 £29,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £64,375 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,000 £70,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £48,750 £42,000
% change year-on-year -14.87% +16.07% +9.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the South East

Test Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire -23 21 £37,500 -3.23% 2
Thames Valley -9 14 £47,500 +38.39% 1
Berkshire - 8 £32,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire -24 6 £48,750 +42.03%
West Sussex +18 2 £56,000 +12.00%
Middlesex -13 2 £47,750 -31.79%
Surrey -16 2 £35,250 -17.06% 3
Sussex - 2 £56,000 -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 South East region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (79.07%) Test Automation
2 30 (69.77%) QA
3 28 (65.12%) ISTQB
4 26 (60.47%) Software Testing
5 19 (44.19%) Selenium
6 18 (41.86%) Agile
7 16 (37.21%) SaaS
8 14 (32.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 12 (27.91%) Azure
9 12 (27.91%) Test Management
10 11 (25.58%) Test Scripting
10 11 (25.58%) Web Testing
10 11 (25.58%) Manual Testing
10 11 (25.58%) Web Development
10 11 (25.58%) C#
10 11 (25.58%) E-Commerce
10 11 (25.58%) Test Strategy
10 11 (25.58%) User Experience
10 11 (25.58%) Test Planning
10 11 (25.58%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (23.26%) Test Assurance
11 10 (23.26%) TestRail
11 10 (23.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 10 (23.26%) Agile Testing
11 10 (23.26%) Functional Testing
11 10 (23.26%) Security Cleared
12 9 (20.93%) DV Cleared
12 9 (20.93%) SQL
13 8 (18.60%) System Integration Testing
13 8 (18.60%) Non-Functional Testing

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (6.98%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) SaaS
2 12 (27.91%) Azure
3 6 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (44.19%) Selenium
2 10 (23.26%) TestRail
3 6 (13.95%) NUnit
3 6 (13.95%) Visual Studio
4 4 (9.30%) WebDriver
5 3 (6.98%) JIRA
6 1 (2.33%) Bugzilla
6 1 (2.33%) JMeter
6 1 (2.33%) Newman
6 1 (2.33%) Postman
6 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.33%) Zephyr
General
1 11 (25.58%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.65%) Police
6 1 (2.33%) Electronics
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) .NET
2 4 (9.30%) .NET Core
2 4 (9.30%) JSON
2 4 (9.30%) XML
3 1 (2.33%) Swagger
3 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (6.98%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (79.07%) Test Automation
2 26 (60.47%) Software Testing
3 18 (41.86%) Agile
4 14 (32.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 12 (27.91%) Test Management
6 11 (25.58%) E-Commerce
6 11 (25.58%) Manual Testing
6 11 (25.58%) Test Planning
6 11 (25.58%) Test Scripting
6 11 (25.58%) Test Strategy
6 11 (25.58%) User Experience
6 11 (25.58%) Web Development
6 11 (25.58%) Web Testing
7 10 (23.26%) Agile Testing
7 10 (23.26%) Functional Testing
7 10 (23.26%) Test Assurance
8 8 (18.60%) Integration Testing
8 8 (18.60%) Non-Functional Testing
8 8 (18.60%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (16.28%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) C#
2 9 (20.93%) SQL
3 6 (13.95%) Python
4 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.98%) Scala
4 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (65.12%) ISTQB
2 10 (23.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 10 (23.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (20.93%) DV Cleared
4 4 (9.30%) Degree
5 1 (2.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (69.77%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Firmware
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.30%) Salesforce
2 3 (6.98%) Databricks
3 1 (2.33%) Google
3 1 (2.33%) YouTube