Quality Assurance Analyst

Title: Quality Assurance Analyst

Contract Type: FTC until 29th February 2028, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: Starting from 57,094 per annum (London weighted salary) or 49,502 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 16th August 2026

Interview Date: W/c 24th August 2026, in-person interview

• Acts as the Testing & Quality Assurance lead in the squad or project team to which they are allocated. Works with squad and project team members to identify test and QA requirements and develops test strategies and plans, covering functional, integration, and (where appropriate) user acceptance testing.
• Be responsible for creation and execution of the tests, works with team members and carries out hands on testing themselves. Monitors testing progress, errors, fixes, and re-testing.
• Provide clear up to date and timely reporting and feedback to Squads and Project Managers to enable them to prioritise remaining work etc.
• Work closely with scrum/agile and other Engineers to continually evolve the use of modern software development and deployment methodologies, including scripting, automated testing etc.

• ISTQB Software Testing certification
• Good understanding of and experience working with structured test methods and processes
• Experience of test management and defect management using Azure Dev Ops.
• Knowledge and experience of best practice in both manual and automated testing
• Experience of testing differing types of applications and scenarios, eg web, data and mobile applications.
• Knowledge of A zure Data factory
• Medium to strong SQL skill set (Understanding and writing)
• Knowledge of Data model and dimensional model
• Reporting skill set
• Power BI and visu alisation skillset - d e sirable
• Previous experience of Data testing, ETL, testing large volume of d ata.
• Experience of working with cross-functional delivery squad or scrum team working with Product Owners, Scrum Master etc

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• non-contributory life assurance
• up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• many more

L&Q is one of the UK’s largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

We have a new opportunity! We are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Analyst. It's an exciting time of change at L&Q. Our Business Applications team is implementing a new Target Operating Model and is being restructured to support this journey, this role forms part of that process. We continuously invest, grow, and transform our business to provide a better service to customers old and new.

As a Quality Assurance Analyst it will be your responsibility to ensure software products and solutions are thoroughly tested and are fit for purpose, as well as ensuring they meet functional and non-functional requirements.

We are looking for a forward thinking and innovative Quality Assurance Analyst; someone who is committed to delivering high quality software and also to help identify and verify 3rd party applications.

This role will report into a Lead Quality Assurance Analyst and will work in a small team of other Quality Assurance Analysts.

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success…