QA Test Analyst

SALARY From £28,708 - £35,886 Dependent On Experience

LOCATION: Milton Keynes

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 20% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.

CONTRACT TYPE: Part time, permanent - Working 32 hours per week

CLOSING DATE: 10/10/25 - We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications.

Are you curious, detail-driven, and a natural problem solver? This could be the perfect opportunity for you!

We are offering a fantastic chance to step into the world of IT as a Test Analyst.

As a QA Test Analyst, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software solutions. Working closely with QA Test Leads and Scrum Development Teams, you’ll contribute to the full testing lifecycle across a variety of projects and systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborating with Test Leads to develop robust test plans that ensure comprehensive coverage and quality assurance.
• Designing and executing detailed test cases and scenarios to validate software functionality.
• Performing manual and automated testing to ensure optimal performance and user experience.
• Identifying, documenting and tracking defects, working closely with developers to resolve issues efficiently.
• Conducting regression testing to safeguard existing functionalities during code changes.
• Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by coordinating with end-users to validate business requirements.
• Providing clear, concise reporting on test results and progress to stakeholders.
  
  

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in software testing, including test case creation, scripting and execution.
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, XRAY, or similar.
• ISTQB Foundation Level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Exposure to automated testing tools like Selenium is desirable.
• Experience leading test activities for small IT change projects or workstreams.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)

Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.

Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance.

OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.

Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).

Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.

We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

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Why join VWFS UK?

Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.

This role does not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.