Software Quality Assurance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance 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 742 700 793
Rank change year-on-year -42 +93 -101
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 26 36 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.064% 0.072%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.32% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 43
10th Percentile £45,450 £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,125 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +46.67%
75th Percentile £55,649 £47,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £57,547 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,547 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.15% -13.64% -12.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance 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%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance
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 Software Quality Assurance 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 +3 20 £57,547 +30.79% 1
Scotland - 4 £52,500 - 1
North of England +30 2 £38,500 -14.44% 2
North West -6 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £38,500 -
Software Quality Assurance
UK

Software Quality Assurance
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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (69.23%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (15.38%) Electronics
1 4 (15.38%) Games
2 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Software Engineer
2 18 (69.23%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) QA Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) QA Automation Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Software QA Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (69.23%) Satnav
2 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 23 (88.46%) Test Automation
3 20 (76.92%) Software Engineering
4 18 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
4 18 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (69.23%) Quality Management
5 7 (26.92%) Agile
6 4 (15.38%) QA Automation
7 2 (7.69%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.69%) Web Development
8 1 (3.85%) API Integration
8 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (3.85%) Defect Management
8 1 (3.85%) Identity Access Management
8 1 (3.85%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.85%) SDLC
8 1 (3.85%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) C
1 18 (69.23%) C++
2 3 (11.54%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) Java
3 2 (7.69%) SQL
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (15.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker