Test Analyst Jobs in England

Test Analyst
UK > England

The median Test Analyst salary in England is £41,500 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 717 616 684
Rank change year-on-year -101 +68 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 146 291 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 123 190 367
10th Percentile £30,422 £34,324 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £48,750 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +16.07% +9.80%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,938 £49,693
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £42,250 £47,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -11.05% +14.46% +10.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in England

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in England

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in England

Test Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the England 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
South East -43 43 £45,000 -10.00% 6
London +46 39 £52,500 +5.00% 5
North of England -38 33 £37,500 -13.79% 4
North West -43 21 £37,500 -25.00% 3
East of England -1 16 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands -7 9 £35,000 -23.97% 1
Midlands -61 9 £35,000 -11.95% 1
North East -11 8 £35,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire +31 4 £54,038 +27.15% 1
South West -51 4 £65,000 +62.50% 6
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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 England region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 78 (53.42%) Test Automation
2 73 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 54 (36.99%) Agile
3 54 (36.99%) QA
4 48 (32.88%) Test Scripting
5 46 (31.51%) Functional Testing
6 44 (30.14%) ISTQB
7 43 (29.45%) Regression Testing
8 36 (24.66%) Selenium
8 36 (24.66%) User Acceptance Testing
9 31 (21.23%) Social Skills
10 30 (20.55%) Azure
11 29 (19.86%) Manual Testing
11 29 (19.86%) Performance Testing
12 28 (19.18%) Scenario Testing
13 25 (17.12%) Test Strategy
13 25 (17.12%) DevOps
14 24 (16.44%) Non-Functional Testing
14 24 (16.44%) JIRA
15 23 (15.75%) Degree
15 23 (15.75%) Test Management
15 23 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (15.07%) Security Cleared
16 22 (15.07%) Integration Testing
16 22 (15.07%) C#
16 22 (15.07%) SQL
17 21 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
18 20 (13.70%) Police
18 20 (13.70%) Azure DevOps
18 20 (13.70%) Microsoft

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.05%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.68%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.55%) Azure
2 20 (13.70%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (11.64%) SaaS
4 5 (3.42%) AWS
4 5 (3.42%) BrowserStack
5 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) IaaS
6 1 (0.68%) PaaS
6 1 (0.68%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) Wireless
2 1 (0.68%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.05%) Big Data
3 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (24.66%) Selenium
2 24 (16.44%) JIRA
3 12 (8.22%) JMeter
4 10 (6.85%) TestRail
5 7 (4.79%) NUnit
5 7 (4.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (4.11%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.11%) Zephyr
7 5 (3.42%) Postman
8 4 (2.74%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.05%) JUnit
9 3 (2.05%) TestNG
10 2 (1.37%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.68%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.68%) HP UFT
11 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.68%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.68%) Newman
General
1 31 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.70%) Police
4 19 (13.01%) Finance
5 18 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (10.27%) Public Sector
8 8 (5.48%) Electronics
8 8 (5.48%) Retail
9 6 (4.11%) Games
10 4 (2.74%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.05%) Back Office
11 3 (2.05%) Banking
11 3 (2.05%) Local Government
12 2 (1.37%) Law
12 2 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Advertising
13 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) .NET
2 6 (4.11%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.74%) .NET Core
3 4 (2.74%) JSON
3 4 (2.74%) Web Services
3 4 (2.74%) XML
4 2 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.37%) Playwright
5 1 (0.68%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.68%) REST
5 1 (0.68%) RESTful
5 1 (0.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.74%) CCTV
2 3 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.05%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.37%) Derivative
3 2 (1.37%) Equities
4 1 (0.68%) BBC
4 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.68%) NHS
4 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.79%) Windows
2 3 (2.05%) Linux
2 3 (2.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (53.42%) Test Automation
2 73 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 54 (36.99%) Agile
4 48 (32.88%) Test Scripting
5 46 (31.51%) Functional Testing
6 43 (29.45%) Regression Testing
7 36 (24.66%) User Acceptance Testing
8 29 (19.86%) Manual Testing
8 29 (19.86%) Performance Testing
9 28 (19.18%) Scenario Testing
10 25 (17.12%) DevOps
10 25 (17.12%) Test Strategy
11 24 (16.44%) Non-Functional Testing
12 23 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (15.75%) Test Management
13 22 (15.07%) Integration Testing
14 15 (10.27%) Compatibility Testing
14 15 (10.27%) ERP
14 15 (10.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 15 (10.27%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.07%) C#
1 22 (15.07%) SQL
2 9 (6.16%) Python
3 6 (4.11%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.05%) Java
5 3 (2.05%) Scala
6 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (30.14%) ISTQB
2 23 (15.75%) Degree
3 22 (15.07%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.33%) ISEB
5 14 (9.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (7.53%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.85%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.68%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.68%) GIAC
9 1 (0.68%) OSCP
9 1 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (36.99%) QA
2 8 (5.48%) GDPR
3 2 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.37%) PMO
3 2 (1.37%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Firmware
2 8 (5.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.42%) Grafana
1 5 (3.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.85%) Oracle
3 7 (4.79%) Google
4 6 (4.11%) YouTube
5 5 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.05%) Databricks
7 2 (1.37%) SAP
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.68%) Splunk
8 1 (0.68%) VMware