QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 64 18 54
Rank change year-on-year -46 +36 +15
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,738 5,750 3,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.60% 10.17% 5.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.99% 51.09% 29.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 1,172 2,081
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,513 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,731 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +7.98%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,782 11,254 12,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.88% 19.90% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,364 4,460 7,033
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,220 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,827
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for QA in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the UK excluding 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
South East -29 720 £47,500 -13.64% 246
North of England -61 572 £47,500 -12.04% 232
Midlands -41 511 £49,000 -6.67% 182
South West -35 362 £45,000 -5.26% 144
North West -58 322 £47,500 -5.00% 122
West Midlands -43 294 £52,500 -4.55% 119
Scotland -68 253 £45,000 -18.18% 70
East Midlands -24 217 £47,500 -1.04% 63
Yorkshire -45 193 £45,000 -18.18% 65
East of England -66 179 £42,500 - 125
Wales -21 87 £45,000 - 25
Northern Ireland +50 57 £63,150 - 14
North East -56 57 £52,500 -8.70% 50
Isle of Man - 3 - -
QA
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 43 (1.57%) Confluence
2 35 (1.28%) IIS
3 34 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 23 (0.84%) CMS
5 13 (0.47%) Documentum
6 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.18%) Drupal
7 5 (0.18%) Kinematics
7 5 (0.18%) WordPress
8 4 (0.15%) TWiki
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.073%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.073%) nginx
11 1 (0.037%) JBoss
11 1 (0.037%) Liferay
11 1 (0.037%) SAS
11 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
Applications
1 103 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.26%) InfoPath
7 6 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.15%) Simulink
9 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.073%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.073%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.037%) Blender
11 1 (0.037%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.037%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.037%) Sketch
11 1 (0.037%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.47%) TrackWise
3 11 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.29%) SAP QM
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.15%) Magento
6 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.15%) Shopify
7 3 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.073%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.073%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.037%) Maximo
9 1 (0.037%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.037%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.037%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 494 (18.04%) Azure
2 292 (10.66%) AWS
3 243 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
4 194 (7.09%) SaaS
5 113 (4.13%) GCP
6 61 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 40 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.02%) GitHub
10 20 (0.73%) Power Automate
11 18 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (0.58%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.55%) BlazeMeter
13 15 (0.55%) PaaS
13 15 (0.55%) Serverless
14 12 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (0.44%) BrowserStack
15 10 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (0.37%) Google Play
15 10 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.10%) TCP/IP
2 28 (1.02%) Firewall
3 16 (0.58%) HTTP
4 14 (0.51%) MQTT
5 11 (0.40%) Wireless
6 10 (0.37%) Wireshark
7 9 (0.33%) WAN
8 8 (0.29%) VLAN
8 8 (0.29%) VoIP
9 7 (0.26%) Internet
9 7 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.22%) 5G
10 6 (0.22%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.18%) GSM
11 5 (0.18%) ISDN
11 5 (0.18%) PSTN
11 5 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.18%) RFID
11 5 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.18%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (7.34%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (2.70%) BigQuery
3 74 (2.70%) Looker
4 66 (2.41%) Relational Database
5 47 (1.72%) MySQL
5 47 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 43 (1.57%) Power BI
7 28 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.62%) Big Data
9 16 (0.58%) Tableau
10 14 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
12 12 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.37%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.33%) EDMS
15 8 (0.29%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.26%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 185 (6.76%) Selenium
2 157 (5.73%) JIRA
3 141 (5.15%) Git
4 76 (2.78%) Cypress.io
5 70 (2.56%) Visual Studio
6 57 (2.08%) Jenkins
6 57 (2.08%) Postman
7 56 (2.05%) Cucumber
8 43 (1.57%) Appium
8 43 (1.57%) JMeter
9 31 (1.13%) Jasmine
10 28 (1.02%) Karma Test Runner
11 23 (0.84%) SoapUI
12 22 (0.80%) WebDriver
13 21 (0.77%) SpecFlow
14 20 (0.73%) GitLab
14 20 (0.73%) TeamCity
15 18 (0.66%) TestRail
16 17 (0.62%) NUnit
17 16 (0.58%) Maven
General
1 820 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 471 (17.20%) Manufacturing
3 391 (14.28%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (12.38%) Finance
5 263 (9.61%) Pharmaceutical
6 212 (7.74%) Legal
7 193 (7.05%) Retail
8 123 (4.49%) Marketing
9 121 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 95 (3.47%) Electronics
11 80 (2.92%) Aerospace
12 78 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
13 72 (2.63%) Billing
14 66 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 60 (2.19%) Law
16 56 (2.05%) Telecoms
17 50 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
18 42 (1.53%) Games
19 39 (1.42%) Automotive
20 34 (1.24%) Police
Job Titles
1 350 (12.78%) Developer
2 296 (10.81%) Lead
3 242 (8.84%) QA Manager
4 239 (8.73%) Senior
5 210 (7.67%) QA Engineer
6 194 (7.09%) Analyst
7 173 (6.32%) Quality Manager
8 111 (4.05%) Quality Engineer
9 102 (3.73%) Software Engineer
10 100 (3.65%) Engineering Manager
11 94 (3.43%) Business Analyst
12 92 (3.36%) Tester
13 82 (2.99%) QA Leader
14 79 (2.89%) Data Manager
15 75 (2.74%) QA Specialist
16 73 (2.67%) Test Engineer
17 72 (2.63%) Project Manager
18 69 (2.52%) Senior Developer
18 69 (2.52%) Software Developer
19 61 (2.23%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (9.24%) .NET
2 144 (5.26%) AngularJS
2 144 (5.26%) React
3 136 (4.97%) CSS
3 136 (4.97%) HTML
4 101 (3.69%) ASP.NET
5 96 (3.51%) JSON
6 90 (3.29%) XML
7 88 (3.21%) Web Services
8 87 (3.18%) REST
9 75 (2.74%) .NET Core
10 61 (2.23%) RESTful
11 58 (2.12%) .NET Framework
12 57 (2.08%) jQuery
13 53 (1.94%) Node.js
13 53 (1.94%) SOAP
14 52 (1.90%) Playwright
15 49 (1.79%) Spring
16 48 (1.75%) Vue
17 38 (1.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 236 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 188 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.34%) Mobile App
4 57 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (1.72%) IoT
6 33 (1.21%) Life Science
7 31 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 29 (1.06%) Biopharmaceutical
10 27 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (0.91%) Cloud Native
12 23 (0.84%) Satnav
13 22 (0.80%) Onboarding
14 21 (0.77%) Data Structures
14 21 (0.77%) FMCG
15 20 (0.73%) Client/Server
15 20 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
15 20 (0.73%) Virtual Team
16 19 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (0.66%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 115 (4.20%) Windows
2 84 (3.07%) Linux
3 49 (1.79%) Android
4 31 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.29%) Unix
9 6 (0.22%) Mesosphere
10 5 (0.18%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.15%) AIX
11 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.15%) VMS
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.11%) Windows NT
12 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.073%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.037%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (28.20%) Agile
2 574 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
3 490 (17.90%) Test Automation
4 428 (15.63%) DevOps
5 389 (14.21%) Mentoring
6 352 (12.86%) Coaching
7 334 (12.20%) Project Management
8 331 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 322 (11.76%) Software Testing
10 294 (10.74%) Scrum
11 266 (9.72%) CI/CD
12 237 (8.66%) QMS
13 206 (7.52%) Line Management
13 206 (7.52%) Software Engineering
14 202 (7.38%) SDLC
15 191 (6.98%) Computer Science
16 171 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
17 163 (5.95%) Roadmaps
18 144 (5.26%) Code Quality
19 141 (5.15%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 331 (12.09%) JavaScript
2 302 (11.03%) C#
3 263 (9.61%) SQL
4 162 (5.92%) Python
5 153 (5.59%) Java
6 82 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 72 (2.63%) C
8 54 (1.97%) PHP
9 51 (1.86%) C++
10 44 (1.61%) VB
11 39 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.24%) VB.NET
12 34 (1.24%) VB6
13 25 (0.91%) Kotlin
14 19 (0.69%) PowerShell
15 14 (0.51%) Go
15 14 (0.51%) Swift
16 13 (0.47%) Bash
17 12 (0.44%) Embedded C
18 11 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 548 (20.01%) Degree
2 129 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 107 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 71 (2.59%) ISTQB
5 67 (2.45%) SC Cleared
6 49 (1.79%) Master's Degree
7 42 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 41 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.17%) ISEB
10 25 (0.91%) PhD
11 19 (0.69%) HNC
12 16 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 14 (0.51%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.47%) AAT
14 13 (0.47%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.44%) MBA
15 12 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.33%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
17 8 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (7.74%) GMP
2 58 (2.12%) ISO 9001
3 37 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.10%) PMO
5 27 (0.99%) GDPR
5 27 (0.99%) GxP
6 26 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
7 21 (0.77%) ISO 13485
8 19 (0.69%) SLA
9 15 (0.55%) ISO 14001
10 14 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
11 13 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 9 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.29%) ISO 22301
14 8 (0.29%) NEBOSH
15 7 (0.26%) GLP
16 6 (0.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 89 (3.25%) Docker
2 31 (1.13%) Firmware
3 12 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.037%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 72 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.88%) Ansible
3 19 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (0.44%) Terraform
5 8 (0.29%) Puppet
6 6 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 4 (0.15%) SCCM
8 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.11%) Sysprep
8 3 (0.11%) WSUS
9 2 (0.073%) Kibana
9 2 (0.073%) Podman
10 1 (0.037%) Packer
Vendors
1 344 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 139 (5.08%) Google
3 52 (1.90%) SAP
4 48 (1.75%) Oracle
5 36 (1.31%) ServiceNow
6 27 (0.99%) NCR
7 26 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.51%) Cisco
9 13 (0.47%) Databricks
9 13 (0.47%) VMware
10 11 (0.40%) NEC
11 9 (0.33%) BT
11 9 (0.33%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.33%) TOWER Software
12 7 (0.26%) Minitab
13 6 (0.22%) HP
13 6 (0.22%) OutSystems
14 5 (0.18%) Apple
14 5 (0.18%) Avaya
14 5 (0.18%) Zscaler