QA Jobs in England

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 24 49
Rank change year-on-year -40 +25 +12
Permanent jobs citing QA 3,204 7,288 8,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.52% 8.66% 6.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.51% 46.16% 37.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,075 2,296 4,102
10th Percentile £29,265 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £100,000 £95,000
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
England

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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,084 15,787 23,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.28% 18.76% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,321 7,618 11,992
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA in England

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Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for QA in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the England 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
London -39 830 £67,500 -3.57% 383
South East -29 720 £47,500 -13.64% 243
North of England -61 572 £47,500 -12.04% 229
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% 119
West Midlands -43 294 £52,500 -4.55% 119
East Midlands -24 217 £47,500 -1.04% 63
Yorkshire -45 193 £45,000 -18.18% 65
East of England -66 179 £42,500 - 126
North East -56 57 £52,500 -8.70% 50
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 53 (1.65%) Confluence
2 44 (1.37%) IIS
3 39 (1.22%) CMS
4 35 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 28 (0.87%) Apache
6 20 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.53%) Drupal
8 13 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.41%) Documentum
9 12 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.25%) WordPress
11 6 (0.19%) Apache Pig
12 5 (0.16%) Kinematics
12 5 (0.16%) nginx
13 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.12%) TWiki
13 4 (0.12%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.094%) Smallworld
15 2 (0.062%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 146 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.22%) InfoPath
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.12%) Trello
9 3 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.094%) Simulink
10 2 (0.062%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.062%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.062%) Sketch
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.031%) Notion
11 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.031%) UXPin
11 1 (0.031%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 33 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.41%) TrackWise
3 9 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.25%) SAP QM
5 7 (0.22%) Shopify
6 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.12%) Lawson
7 4 (0.12%) Magento
7 4 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.12%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.094%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.094%) Primavera
8 3 (0.094%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.094%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.094%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.062%) Endur
9 2 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.062%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 618 (19.29%) Azure
2 383 (11.95%) AWS
3 268 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
4 231 (7.21%) SaaS
5 180 (5.62%) GCP
6 92 (2.87%) Power Platform
7 64 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 62 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (1.28%) Serverless
10 38 (1.19%) GitHub
11 25 (0.78%) Power Automate
12 23 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (0.69%) Amazon S3
14 21 (0.66%) PaaS
15 20 (0.62%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.47%) BrowserStack
16 15 (0.47%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
18 12 (0.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 11 (0.34%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (0.94%) Firewall
2 25 (0.78%) Internet
3 16 (0.50%) Wireless
4 14 (0.44%) WAN
5 12 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.31%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.28%) HTTP
7 9 (0.28%) LAN
8 8 (0.25%) VLAN
9 7 (0.22%) DNS
9 7 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.19%) 5G
10 6 (0.19%) Bluetooth
10 6 (0.19%) VoIP
11 5 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.16%) GSM
11 5 (0.16%) ISDN
11 5 (0.16%) PSTN
11 5 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.16%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (7.15%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (2.31%) Looker
4 72 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 70 (2.18%) BigQuery
6 64 (2.00%) Power BI
7 56 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 51 (1.59%) MySQL
9 41 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (0.84%) Tableau
11 23 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (0.62%) Big Data
13 17 (0.53%) Apache Hive
14 15 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.44%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.41%) Data Mining
17 12 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
17 12 (0.37%) Hadoop
17 12 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 225 (7.02%) JIRA
2 223 (6.96%) Selenium
3 191 (5.96%) Git
4 114 (3.56%) Cucumber
5 98 (3.06%) Postman
6 93 (2.90%) Jenkins
7 80 (2.50%) Cypress.io
8 59 (1.84%) Visual Studio
9 56 (1.75%) Appium
10 40 (1.25%) SpecFlow
11 31 (0.97%) JMeter
11 31 (0.97%) JUnit
11 31 (0.97%) TeamCity
12 30 (0.94%) Jasmine
13 27 (0.84%) Karma Test Runner
13 27 (0.84%) TestRail
14 26 (0.81%) GitLab
15 24 (0.75%) WebDriver
16 23 (0.72%) SoapUI
17 18 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 985 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 479 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
3 477 (14.89%) Finance
4 472 (14.73%) Manufacturing
5 285 (8.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 246 (7.68%) Legal
7 242 (7.55%) Retail
8 148 (4.62%) Marketing
9 118 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 107 (3.34%) Electronics
11 106 (3.31%) Law
12 99 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
13 80 (2.50%) Aerospace
14 79 (2.47%) Public Sector
15 66 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 65 (2.03%) Billing
17 62 (1.94%) Banking
18 54 (1.69%) Front Office
18 54 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
19 47 (1.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 428 (13.36%) Developer
2 368 (11.49%) Lead
3 349 (10.89%) Senior
4 280 (8.74%) QA Manager
5 262 (8.18%) Analyst
6 205 (6.40%) QA Engineer
7 169 (5.27%) Quality Manager
8 164 (5.12%) Software Engineer
9 133 (4.15%) Project Manager
10 109 (3.40%) .NET Developer
11 105 (3.28%) Engineering Manager
12 98 (3.06%) Business Analyst
12 98 (3.06%) Quality Engineer
13 90 (2.81%) Tester
14 89 (2.78%) QA Leader
15 87 (2.72%) Senior Developer
16 71 (2.22%) Data Manager
17 70 (2.18%) Team Leader
18 69 (2.15%) Administrator
18 69 (2.15%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (10.80%) .NET
2 207 (6.46%) React
3 171 (5.34%) AngularJS
4 147 (4.59%) HTML
5 143 (4.46%) CSS
6 137 (4.28%) REST
7 116 (3.62%) JSON
8 114 (3.56%) .NET Core
9 111 (3.46%) ASP.NET
10 95 (2.97%) XML
11 90 (2.81%) .NET Framework
12 81 (2.53%) Vue
13 80 (2.50%) Web Services
14 73 (2.28%) RESTful
15 68 (2.12%) jQuery
16 66 (2.06%) Spring
17 61 (1.90%) SOAP
18 51 (1.59%) Node.js
19 50 (1.56%) Redux
20 46 (1.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 264 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 238 (7.43%) Product Ownership
3 89 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 78 (2.43%) Mobile App
5 55 (1.72%) Derivative
6 54 (1.69%) Hedge funds
7 48 (1.50%) Life Science
8 42 (1.31%) Client/Server
8 42 (1.31%) Fixed Income
8 42 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 41 (1.28%) IoT
10 40 (1.25%) Equities
10 40 (1.25%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 38 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 37 (1.15%) Driving Licence
14 35 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
15 31 (0.97%) Algorithms
15 31 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
16 29 (0.91%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 123 (3.84%) Windows
2 88 (2.75%) Linux
3 71 (2.22%) Android
4 51 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 23 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.37%) Unix
7 9 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.16%) VMS
10 4 (0.12%) AIX
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.094%) Windows NT
12 2 (0.062%) Debian
12 2 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.062%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 977 (30.49%) Agile
2 699 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
3 542 (16.92%) DevOps
4 522 (16.29%) Test Automation
5 441 (13.76%) Project Management
6 417 (13.01%) Mentoring
7 385 (12.02%) Scrum
8 384 (11.99%) Coaching
9 382 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 361 (11.27%) CI/CD
11 296 (9.24%) Software Engineering
12 288 (8.99%) Software Testing
13 247 (7.71%) QMS
14 244 (7.62%) Computer Science
15 235 (7.33%) SDLC
16 216 (6.74%) Line Management
17 213 (6.65%) Roadmaps
18 191 (5.96%) Project Delivery
19 179 (5.59%) Collaborative Working
20 169 (5.27%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 390 (12.17%) C#
2 380 (11.86%) JavaScript
3 340 (10.61%) SQL
4 251 (7.83%) Java
5 239 (7.46%) Python
6 151 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 65 (2.03%) C
8 56 (1.75%) Kotlin
9 53 (1.65%) PHP
10 45 (1.40%) C++
11 43 (1.34%) VB
12 41 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 33 (1.03%) VB.NET
13 33 (1.03%) VB6
14 29 (0.91%) Scala
15 20 (0.62%) PowerShell
16 19 (0.59%) Go
17 18 (0.56%) PL/1
18 17 (0.53%) Swift
19 15 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 681 (21.25%) Degree
2 155 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 152 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 86 (2.68%) ISTQB
5 74 (2.31%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.65%) DBS Check
6 53 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 51 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 35 (1.09%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.03%) ISEB
10 25 (0.78%) PMP
11 23 (0.72%) HNC
12 21 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 19 (0.59%) Azure Certification
14 18 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
15 15 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 14 (0.44%) CREST Certified
16 14 (0.44%) MBA
16 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.41%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (6.87%) GMP
2 51 (1.59%) Data Quality
3 50 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 46 (1.44%) ISO 9001
5 44 (1.37%) Good Clinical Practice
5 44 (1.37%) PMO
6 36 (1.12%) GDPR
7 29 (0.91%) Software Quality Assurance
8 28 (0.87%) GxP
9 21 (0.66%) ISO 13485
9 21 (0.66%) SLA
10 19 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 15 (0.47%) ISO 14001
12 13 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.34%) NEBOSH
14 10 (0.31%) GLP
15 9 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 9 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.28%) CDISC
16 8 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 102 (3.18%) Docker
2 31 (0.97%) Firmware
3 23 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.41%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (0.19%) HDFS
8 2 (0.062%) Varnish
8 2 (0.062%) vSphere
9 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.031%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.031%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 81 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.47%) Terraform
3 30 (0.94%) Ansible
4 13 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (0.28%) Puppet
6 6 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.16%) Kibana
8 4 (0.12%) SCCM
9 3 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.094%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.094%) Grafana
9 3 (0.094%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.094%) Packer
9 3 (0.094%) Sysprep
9 3 (0.094%) WSUS
10 2 (0.062%) Podman
11 1 (0.031%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.031%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 448 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 165 (5.15%) Google
3 72 (2.25%) SAP
4 48 (1.50%) Oracle
5 39 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 30 (0.94%) Databricks
8 27 (0.84%) NCR
9 19 (0.59%) Cisco
10 14 (0.44%) Atlassian
11 13 (0.41%) Adobe
12 11 (0.34%) Aderant
13 10 (0.31%) IBM
14 9 (0.28%) BT
14 9 (0.28%) VMware
15 8 (0.25%) Marketo
15 8 (0.25%) QAD
16 7 (0.22%) Bloomberg
16 7 (0.22%) CheckPoint
17 6 (0.19%) HP