QA Jobs in London

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 43 50
Rank change year-on-year -39 +7 +11
Permanent jobs citing QA 830 1,930 5,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.44% 6.05% 7.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.66% 37.25% 45.48%
Number of salaries quoted 618 1,171 2,126
10th Percentile £39,850 £43,750 £43,438
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £102,500 £101,875
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,366 5,181 12,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.93% 16.23% 16.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 3,387 5,306
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,649 £39,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £51,048
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £102,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in London

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Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in London.

Salary trend for QA in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -24 140 £71,250 -5.00% 32
South London -35 46 £60,000 +71.43% 11
West London -56 25 £85,000 +70.00% 25
East London +42 20 £65,000 +59.51% 5
North London 0 5 £40,000 -13.98% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 25 (3.01%) Apache
2 24 (2.89%) Confluence
3 20 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.93%) CMS
5 12 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.45%) Drupal
6 10 (1.20%) IIS
6 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.72%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.48%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.36%) nginx
9 3 (0.36%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.36%) WordPress
10 2 (0.24%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.24%) Moodle
11 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 49 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.48%) Trello
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Blender
6 1 (0.12%) InDesign
6 1 (0.12%) Notion
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
6 1 (0.12%) UXPin
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.60%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.48%) Lawson
5 3 (0.36%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.36%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.36%) Shopify
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.12%) Findur
7 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 192 (23.13%) Azure
2 150 (18.07%) AWS
3 83 (10.00%) GCP
4 61 (7.35%) SaaS
5 45 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (5.30%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.13%) Serverless
8 22 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.93%) Amazon S3
10 13 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (1.33%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (1.33%) AWS Step Functions
12 10 (1.20%) GitHub
13 9 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.08%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.72%) AWS CodeCommit
14 6 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (0.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.93%) Internet
2 5 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (0.60%) LAN
2 5 (0.60%) SD-WAN
2 5 (0.60%) SSH
2 5 (0.60%) WAN
2 5 (0.60%) Wireless
3 4 (0.48%) HTTP
3 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.36%) DNS
4 3 (0.36%) SMTP
5 2 (0.24%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) ICMP
6 1 (0.12%) IPv4
6 1 (0.12%) IPv6
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) SNMP
6 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.01%) Power BI
3 23 (2.77%) NoSQL
4 20 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.05%) Apache Hive
5 17 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.57%) MySQL
6 13 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.57%) Tableau
7 11 (1.33%) Presto
8 10 (1.20%) Hadoop
8 10 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.08%) Big Data
9 9 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.84%) GIS
10 7 (0.84%) Looker
11 6 (0.72%) Power Query
11 6 (0.72%) PowerPivot
11 6 (0.72%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (10.48%) JIRA
2 70 (8.43%) Cucumber
3 57 (6.87%) Git
4 54 (6.51%) Jenkins
5 51 (6.14%) Selenium
6 48 (5.78%) Postman
7 29 (3.49%) Cypress.io
8 24 (2.89%) JUnit
9 19 (2.29%) SpecFlow
10 11 (1.33%) Appium
10 11 (1.33%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.08%) CircleCI
11 9 (1.08%) TestRail
12 7 (0.84%) Mockito
12 7 (0.84%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.72%) Checkstyle
13 6 (0.72%) GitLab
13 6 (0.72%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 270 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 205 (24.70%) Finance
3 127 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.35%) Retail
5 54 (6.51%) Front Office
6 53 (6.39%) Law
7 51 (6.14%) Legal
8 47 (5.66%) Marketing
8 47 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 39 (4.70%) Banking
10 37 (4.46%) Manufacturing
11 34 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (2.77%) Public Sector
14 21 (2.53%) Electronics
14 21 (2.53%) Police
15 19 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.20%) Investment Banking
17 8 (0.96%) Local Government
18 7 (0.84%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 146 (17.59%) Senior
2 127 (15.30%) Developer
3 117 (14.10%) Lead
4 88 (10.60%) Software Engineer
5 75 (9.04%) Analyst
6 68 (8.19%) Project Manager
7 58 (6.99%) QA Manager
8 53 (6.39%) .NET Developer
9 49 (5.90%) QA Engineer
10 39 (4.70%) .NET Software Developer
11 38 (4.58%) .NET Software Engineer
11 38 (4.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 33 (3.98%) Software Manager
13 32 (3.86%) Administrator
13 32 (3.86%) Finance Manager
13 32 (3.86%) Software Asset Manager
14 31 (3.73%) QA Leader
15 30 (3.61%) Senior Manager
16 26 (3.13%) Senior Developer
17 23 (2.77%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.46%) .NET
2 92 (11.08%) React
3 61 (7.35%) AngularJS
4 60 (7.23%) REST
5 55 (6.63%) .NET Core
6 42 (5.06%) Vue
7 40 (4.82%) Redux
8 38 (4.58%) .NET Framework
9 35 (4.22%) HTML
10 31 (3.73%) CSS
11 30 (3.61%) Spring
12 29 (3.49%) JSON
13 28 (3.37%) RESTful
14 27 (3.25%) ASP.NET
15 23 (2.77%) GraphQL
16 20 (2.41%) Lambda Expressions
17 19 (2.29%) http4s
18 18 (2.17%) Spring Boot
19 16 (1.93%) Entity Framework
19 16 (1.93%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.19%) Product Ownership
2 51 (6.14%) Derivative
2 51 (6.14%) Hedge funds
3 49 (5.90%) Management Information System
4 42 (5.06%) Fixed Income
5 41 (4.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 39 (4.70%) Equities
7 33 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.65%) Client/Server
9 21 (2.53%) Virtual Team
10 19 (2.29%) Data Structures
11 18 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (2.17%) Life Science
11 18 (2.17%) Mobile App
12 17 (2.05%) Algorithms
12 17 (2.05%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.69%) PropTech
14 13 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (1.45%) Driving Licence
16 11 (1.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.49%) Android
2 24 (2.89%) Apple iOS
3 23 (2.77%) Linux
4 21 (2.53%) Windows
5 10 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.60%) Unix
7 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.12%) tvOS
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (35.42%) Agile
2 186 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (18.07%) DevOps
4 147 (17.71%) Software Engineering
5 137 (16.51%) Project Management
6 135 (16.27%) Test Automation
7 129 (15.54%) CI/CD
8 108 (13.01%) Scrum
9 104 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 94 (11.33%) Mentoring
11 92 (11.08%) TDD
12 88 (10.60%) Full Stack Development
13 86 (10.36%) Test Strategy
14 78 (9.40%) Computer Science
15 76 (9.16%) Fintech
16 74 (8.92%) Project Delivery
17 73 (8.80%) Roadmaps
18 63 (7.59%) Analytics
19 62 (7.47%) Risk Management
20 58 (6.99%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 126 (15.18%) Java
1 126 (15.18%) Python
2 122 (14.70%) SQL
3 121 (14.58%) C#
4 109 (13.13%) JavaScript
5 79 (9.52%) TypeScript
6 36 (4.34%) Kotlin
7 27 (3.25%) Scala
8 14 (1.69%) PL/1
9 9 (1.08%) PHP
10 7 (0.84%) Swift
11 6 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.60%) Go
12 5 (0.60%) Ruby
13 4 (0.48%) Perl
13 4 (0.48%) R
13 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.36%) Bash
14 3 (0.36%) C++
15 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 203 (24.46%) Degree
2 54 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.41%) ISTQB
6 19 (2.29%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.81%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.69%) PMP
8 14 (1.69%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.08%) CREST Certified
10 9 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
10 9 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.84%) NVQ Level 3
12 6 (0.72%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CCNA
12 6 (0.72%) CCNP
12 6 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 5 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.61%) Good Clinical Practice
2 24 (2.89%) GMP
3 22 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.29%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.45%) PMO
6 10 (1.20%) GLP
7 9 (1.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 9 (1.08%) CDISC
7 9 (1.08%) GDPR
8 8 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.84%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.72%) MiFID
10 6 (0.72%) NIST
10 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.72%) UCITS
11 5 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.60%) SLA
12 3 (0.36%) COBIT
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
12 3 (0.36%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 35 (4.22%) Docker
2 19 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.33%) Firmware
4 9 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.72%) HDFS
7 2 (0.24%) Varnish
7 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (4.34%) Terraform
2 28 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.45%) Ansible
4 7 (0.84%) Puppet
5 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.36%) Kibana
6 2 (0.24%) Packer
7 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 137 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.63%) Google
3 22 (2.65%) SAP
4 20 (2.41%) Databricks
5 15 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.45%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.20%) Aderant
7 10 (1.20%) Oracle
8 9 (1.08%) Adobe
9 8 (0.96%) IBM
9 8 (0.96%) Marketo
9 8 (0.96%) QAD
10 7 (0.84%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.84%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.72%) Cognos
11 6 (0.72%) IFS
12 5 (0.60%) Cisco
12 5 (0.60%) Meraki
12 5 (0.60%) UiPath
13 4 (0.48%) Adyen