Test Analyst Jobs in the South East

Test Analyst
England > South East

The median Test Analyst salary in the South East is £46,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 331 353
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 45 59 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.25% 0.43% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.48% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 32 48 94
10th Percentile - £34,324 £29,225
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £48,438
90th Percentile £56,000 - £57,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £48,750 £41,750
% change year-on-year -14.87% +16.77% +4.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,826 12,386 19,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.99% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,952 7,966 12,353
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 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +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 2 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 2 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 -18 20 £37,500 -3.23% 3
Thames Valley -1 14 £47,500 +38.39% 1
Berkshire - 8 £32,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire -35 6 £48,750 +42.03%
Sussex - 4 £56,000 -
West Sussex +25 3 £56,000 +12.00%
Surrey -9 2 £35,250 -17.06% 2
Middlesex -12 2 £47,750 -31.79%
Test Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 35 (77.78%) Test Automation
2 31 (68.89%) QA
3 28 (62.22%) ISTQB
4 27 (60.00%) Software Testing
5 19 (42.22%) Selenium
5 19 (42.22%) Agile
6 15 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 14 (31.11%) SaaS
8 13 (28.89%) Functional Testing
9 12 (26.67%) Test Planning
9 12 (26.67%) Test Management
9 12 (26.67%) Azure
10 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
10 11 (24.44%) Test Scripting
10 11 (24.44%) Integration Testing
10 11 (24.44%) Web Testing
10 11 (24.44%) Web Development
10 11 (24.44%) C#
10 11 (24.44%) E-Commerce
10 11 (24.44%) Agile Testing
10 11 (24.44%) Test Strategy
10 11 (24.44%) User Experience
10 11 (24.44%) System Integration Testing
10 11 (24.44%) TestRail
10 11 (24.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 11 (24.44%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (24.44%) Test Assurance
11 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (22.22%) Manual Testing
12 9 (20.00%) DV Cleared

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 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.11%) SaaS
2 12 (26.67%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (42.22%) Selenium
2 11 (24.44%) TestRail
3 6 (13.33%) NUnit
3 6 (13.33%) Visual Studio
4 4 (8.89%) WebDriver
5 2 (4.44%) JIRA
6 1 (2.22%) Bugzilla
6 1 (2.22%) JMeter
6 1 (2.22%) Newman
6 1 (2.22%) Postman
6 1 (2.22%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.22%) Zephyr
General
1 11 (24.44%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.44%) Police
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
6 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) .NET
2 4 (8.89%) .NET Core
2 4 (8.89%) JSON
2 4 (8.89%) XML
3 1 (2.22%) Swagger
3 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (77.78%) Test Automation
2 27 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 19 (42.22%) Agile
4 15 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 13 (28.89%) Functional Testing
6 12 (26.67%) Test Management
6 12 (26.67%) Test Planning
7 11 (24.44%) Agile Testing
7 11 (24.44%) E-Commerce
7 11 (24.44%) Integration Testing
7 11 (24.44%) System Integration Testing
7 11 (24.44%) Test Assurance
7 11 (24.44%) Test Scripting
7 11 (24.44%) Test Strategy
7 11 (24.44%) User Experience
7 11 (24.44%) Web Development
7 11 (24.44%) Web Testing
8 10 (22.22%) Manual Testing
9 9 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (17.78%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) C#
2 8 (17.78%) SQL
3 5 (11.11%) Python
4 3 (6.67%) Scala
5 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (62.22%) ISTQB
2 11 (24.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
3 9 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Degree
5 1 (2.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (68.89%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Salesforce
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.67%) Databricks
4 1 (2.22%) Google
4 1 (2.22%) YouTube