Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst

Office for National Statistics; Titchfield; Hybrid; GBP 41,364 - 46,654; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working and flexi-time

Market leading pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Maternity and parental leave benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Employee Assistance Programmes

Diversity Network Groups

Civil Service Sports and Social club

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst to join their digital services team. This role focuses on defining tests and assuring quality across systems while managing defects. The ideal candidate will have experience with test management tools and strong analytical skills. The role offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance testing and identifying defects
• Ability to manage defects throughout a project
• Analytical skills for system quality metrics

Responsibilities

• Define test conditions and design test cases
• Create test scripts to assure system quality
• Manage defects and report on quality metrics

Skills

Understanding of Test Management Tools (e.g., JIRA, QC, TFS, Azure DevOps)

Knowledge of reporting and planning of test activities

Understanding of common functional test techniques

Ability to communicate effectively between technical and non-technical parties

Ability to lead in the design, build, maintenance and execution of tests

Effective management and resolution of defects

Test analysis expertise to identify risks

Experience in planning test approaches

Job description

Office for National Statistics provided pay range

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Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Office for National Statistics

Location: The locations for this role are Newport, Titchfield (Fareham) and Manchester.

We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations and working between office and remote throughout the week. As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

Salary: £41,364 - £46,654 + up to £750 skills allowance

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Job Share

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55pm on Tuesday 4th November 2025

Our Digital Services Quality Assurance and Testing (DS-QAT) is looking to add a number of Senior Quality Assurance Test Analysts to the QAT team. This team are responsible for defining test conditions, designing test cases and creating test scripts to test system functionality and assure quality across our organisation.

As a part of the team, you will use your Analytical skills, domain-and-business knowledge to identify defects within a system and manage those defects throughout a project to ensure quality metrics are available which can inform stakeholders.

What skills are we looking for?

• Understanding of Test Management Tools (for example JIRA, QC, TFS, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Knowledge of reporting and planning of test activities using excel or other tools
• An understanding of common functional test techniques and the ability to apply them accordingly
• Ability to communicate between technical and non-technical parties effectively
• Ability to lead others in design, build, maintenance and execution of tests and implement standards
• Capable of effective management, reporting and resolution of defects
• Test analysis expertise to identify risks, including ability to coach in others
• Experience of working with teams to plan test approaches

For a full job description and details of the skills & experience we are looking for, please click the APPLY button to see our full advert on Civil Service Jobs.

In return we offer you:

• Hybrid working and flexi-time so you can work around your life, not the other way around!
• A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 29%
• A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social club
• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please hit APPLY to be taken to Civil Service Jobs.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology and Quality Assurance

Industries

Government Administration