QA Jobs in the East Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 40 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +14
Permanent jobs citing QA 217 311 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.39% 11.53% 7.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 34.83% 55.83% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 137 95 169
10th Percentile £32,000 £16,900 £27,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,625 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 623 557 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.60% 20.64% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 395 189 439
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £66,500
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 the East Midlands

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for QA in the East Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for QA in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East Midlands 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
Leicestershire -45 53 £40,000 -5.88% 15
Derbyshire -11 50 £47,500 -9.52% 11
Northamptonshire +4 46 £55,000 +18.92% 5
Lincolnshire -10 33 £40,000 -16.67% 19
Nottinghamshire -36 30 £60,000 +9.09% 13
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (2.76%) IIS
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.92%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.66%) Azure
2 26 (11.98%) AWS
3 19 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.53%) SaaS
5 10 (4.61%) GCP
6 4 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.38%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.92%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (0.92%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.46%) FinancialForce
9 1 (0.46%) GitHub
9 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.45%) Firewall
2 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.92%) Broadband
3 2 (0.92%) LAN
3 2 (0.92%) WAN
3 2 (0.92%) Wireless
4 1 (0.46%) Modbus
4 1 (0.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.69%) BigQuery
3 8 (3.69%) Looker
4 3 (1.38%) MySQL
5 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.46%) Lumira
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (6.91%) Git
2 7 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (2.76%) Jasmine
3 6 (2.76%) JIRA
3 6 (2.76%) Karma Test Runner
3 6 (2.76%) SoapUI
3 6 (2.76%) TestRail
4 5 (2.30%) Selenium
5 4 (1.84%) JMeter
6 3 (1.38%) gulp
7 2 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) Appium
8 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.46%) Gatling
8 1 (0.46%) JBehave
8 1 (0.46%) JUnit
8 1 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 46 (21.20%) Retail
2 44 (20.28%) Legal
3 35 (16.13%) Social Skills
4 17 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.37%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.69%) Billing
7 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.76%) Finance
9 5 (2.30%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.30%) Law
10 4 (1.84%) Banking
10 4 (1.84%) Marketing
11 3 (1.38%) iGaming
12 2 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.46%) Automotive
13 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 44 (20.28%) QA Manager
2 41 (18.89%) Analyst
3 37 (17.05%) Lead
4 35 (16.13%) Business Analyst
5 29 (13.36%) Developer
6 20 (9.22%) Team Leader
7 19 (8.76%) Quality Manager
8 18 (8.29%) Lead Business Analyst
9 16 (7.37%) Business Analyst Team Leader
10 12 (5.53%) C# Developer
10 12 (5.53%) QA Leader
11 11 (5.07%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (5.07%) Senior
12 10 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.61%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (4.15%) Data Manager
14 8 (3.69%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.45%) REST
2 13 (5.99%) .NET
2 13 (5.99%) SOAP
3 11 (5.07%) React
4 9 (4.15%) AngularJS
4 9 (4.15%) Sass
5 6 (2.76%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.76%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.76%) JSON
5 6 (2.76%) RxJS
5 6 (2.76%) Web Services
5 6 (2.76%) XML
5 6 (2.76%) XML Schema
6 5 (2.30%) Next.js
7 4 (1.84%) Blazor
7 4 (1.84%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.84%) NestJS
7 4 (1.84%) Node.js
8 3 (1.38%) CSS3
8 3 (1.38%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.61%) e-Learning
1 10 (4.61%) Learning Management System
1 10 (4.61%) Product Ownership
1 10 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.76%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.76%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.84%) Online Banking
5 3 (1.38%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.92%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.92%) FMCG
6 2 (0.92%) IoT
6 2 (0.92%) iPhone
7 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.46%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.76%) Linux
2 6 (2.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.88%) Coaching
2 46 (21.20%) Agile
3 44 (20.28%) SDLC
4 40 (18.43%) DevOps
5 38 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (17.05%) Software Testing
7 36 (16.59%) Logistics
7 36 (16.59%) Process Improvement
7 36 (16.59%) Telematics
8 35 (16.13%) Business Analysis
8 35 (16.13%) Business Process Analysis
8 35 (16.13%) Business Process Improvement
8 35 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 35 (16.13%) Feasibility Study
8 35 (16.13%) GAP Analysis
8 35 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
8 35 (16.13%) ITIL
8 35 (16.13%) Requirements Analysis
8 35 (16.13%) Resource Allocation
8 35 (16.13%) Stakeholder Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.29%) C#
2 17 (7.83%) JavaScript
3 11 (5.07%) SQL
3 11 (5.07%) TypeScript
4 7 (3.23%) VB
5 6 (2.76%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.76%) VB.NET
5 6 (2.76%) VB6
6 5 (2.30%) Java
7 4 (1.84%) C
8 3 (1.38%) C++
8 3 (1.38%) Embedded C
8 3 (1.38%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.38%) PHP
9 1 (0.46%) ABAP
9 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.46%) Python
9 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (25.35%) Degree
2 9 (4.15%) DBS Check
3 7 (3.23%) ISEB
3 7 (3.23%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.84%) AAT
5 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.30%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.92%) GDPR
3 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.46%) TickIT
System Software
1 14 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.61%) Ansible
2 10 (4.61%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (1.84%) Terraform
4 1 (0.46%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.61%) Google
3 6 (2.76%) Minitab
4 2 (0.92%) Adobe
5 1 (0.46%) AVEVA
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle
5 1 (0.46%) Pardot
5 1 (0.46%) Rockwell
5 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.46%) SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Siemens