QA Jobs in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 15 67
Rank change year-on-year -60 +52 +2
Permanent jobs citing QA 572 2,046 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.01% 12.77% 4.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.66% 62.21% 25.82%
Number of salaries quoted 361 295 391
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,280 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +7.07% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,600 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,418 3,289 3,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.72% 20.53% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,658 1,133 1,760
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,750 £25,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,150 £73,386
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 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
North West -58 321 £47,500 -5.00% 124
Yorkshire -39 194 £45,000 -18.18% 63
North East -58 57 £52,500 -8.70% 49
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 16 (2.80%) IIS
2 7 (1.22%) Confluence
3 6 (1.05%) CMS
4 5 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
6 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.52%) SAP IBP
2 3 (0.52%) Shopify
3 2 (0.35%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 90 (15.73%) Azure
2 48 (8.39%) SaaS
3 43 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (6.82%) AWS
5 14 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (1.92%) GCP
6 11 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.75%) Google Play
8 8 (1.40%) BrowserStack
9 6 (1.05%) BlazeMeter
9 6 (1.05%) OCI
10 4 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.52%) PaaS
11 3 (0.52%) Serverless
12 2 (0.35%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.35%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.17%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.17%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.35%) DSL
2 2 (0.35%) HTTP
2 2 (0.35%) Internet
2 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.17%) LAN
3 1 (0.17%) Modbus
3 1 (0.17%) MQTT
3 1 (0.17%) Multicast
3 1 (0.17%) VPN
3 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.04%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.10%) MySQL
3 8 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.87%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.87%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.52%) QualityStage
8 2 (0.35%) OLTP
8 2 (0.35%) Power BI
8 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.17%) LogicBlox
9 1 (0.17%) Looker
9 1 (0.17%) Metadata
9 1 (0.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (6.82%) Selenium
2 28 (4.90%) Appium
3 26 (4.55%) Git
4 25 (4.37%) JIRA
5 22 (3.85%) Cypress.io
6 20 (3.50%) Postman
7 16 (2.80%) Jasmine
7 16 (2.80%) Karma Test Runner
8 11 (1.92%) SpecFlow
9 9 (1.57%) JMeter
9 9 (1.57%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.87%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.87%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.70%) GitLab
12 4 (0.70%) Protractor
13 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
15 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
15 1 (0.17%) QADirector
General
1 171 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.58%) Manufacturing
3 97 (16.96%) Finance
4 85 (14.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 54 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (7.34%) Legal
7 37 (6.47%) Retail
8 28 (4.90%) Marketing
8 28 (4.90%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.32%) Law
11 18 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.27%) Automotive
14 7 (1.22%) Games
14 7 (1.22%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.70%) Social Housing
17 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
18 2 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (15.91%) Developer
2 66 (11.54%) Senior
3 52 (9.09%) Lead
4 41 (7.17%) QA Manager
5 33 (5.77%) Project Manager
6 30 (5.24%) QA Specialist
6 30 (5.24%) Quality Manager
7 28 (4.90%) Analyst
7 28 (4.90%) C# Developer
8 26 (4.55%) Tester
9 24 (4.20%) QA Engineer
9 24 (4.20%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 21 (3.67%) Senior Developer
11 16 (2.80%) .NET Developer
11 16 (2.80%) Software Tester
12 14 (2.45%) Lead Developer
12 14 (2.45%) QA Officer
13 13 (2.27%) Coordinator
14 12 (2.10%) QA Analyst
15 11 (1.92%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.44%) .NET
2 40 (6.99%) JSON
3 36 (6.29%) REST
4 28 (4.90%) XML
5 27 (4.72%) AngularJS
6 26 (4.55%) Web Services
7 22 (3.85%) SOAP
8 21 (3.67%) RESTful
9 18 (3.15%) ASP.NET
9 18 (3.15%) HTML
10 17 (2.97%) Playwright
10 17 (2.97%) XML Schema
11 16 (2.80%) React
11 16 (2.80%) RxJS
11 16 (2.80%) Sass
12 13 (2.27%) CSS
13 10 (1.75%) .NET Framework
13 10 (1.75%) Android SDK
14 9 (1.57%) Entity Framework
15 8 (1.40%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.97%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.15%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.40%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.05%) Blog
8 5 (0.87%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.87%) Life Science
8 5 (0.87%) NHS
8 5 (0.87%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.70%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.52%) FMCG
10 3 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.52%) IoT
10 3 (0.52%) iPad
10 3 (0.52%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.35%) e-Health
11 2 (0.35%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.35%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.24%) Android
2 15 (2.62%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.75%) Windows
4 6 (1.05%) Linux
5 4 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (27.97%) Agile
2 93 (16.26%) Mentoring
3 87 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 85 (14.86%) DevOps
5 81 (14.16%) Coaching
6 78 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 77 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (13.29%) QMS
9 66 (11.54%) Project Management
10 63 (11.01%) SDLC
11 59 (10.31%) Software Testing
12 52 (9.09%) Line Management
13 40 (6.99%) Scrum
14 39 (6.82%) CI/CD
15 38 (6.64%) Roadmaps
16 37 (6.47%) User Experience
17 35 (6.12%) Code Quality
18 34 (5.94%) Computer Science
18 34 (5.94%) Design Patterns
19 33 (5.77%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 72 (12.59%) C#
2 70 (12.24%) JavaScript
3 56 (9.79%) SQL
4 32 (5.59%) Java
5 24 (4.20%) T-SQL
6 22 (3.85%) Python
7 21 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.15%) VB
9 16 (2.80%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.80%) VB.NET
9 16 (2.80%) VB6
10 9 (1.57%) PHP
11 6 (1.05%) Swift
12 5 (0.87%) C
12 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.87%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.52%) R
14 2 (0.35%) VBA
15 1 (0.17%) C++
15 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 76 (13.29%) Degree
2 22 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.57%) ISTQB
4 8 (1.40%) HNC
4 8 (1.40%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.87%) AAT
5 5 (0.87%) HND
5 5 (0.87%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.87%) PMP
5 5 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (0.87%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.70%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.70%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.52%) CISM
7 3 (0.52%) CISSP
7 3 (0.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.06%) GMP
2 23 (4.02%) PMO
3 8 (1.40%) GDPR
4 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.70%) SLA
5 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.17%) GAMP
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (2.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.17%) Grafana
2 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.50%) Google
3 12 (2.10%) Oracle
4 11 (1.92%) SAP
5 9 (1.57%) Cisco
6 8 (1.40%) BT
7 4 (0.70%) Intel
8 3 (0.52%) AVEVA
8 3 (0.52%) Thales
9 2 (0.35%) Adobe
9 2 (0.35%) Capita
9 2 (0.35%) Remedy
9 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.17%) Apple
10 1 (0.17%) Infor
10 1 (0.17%) NCR
10 1 (0.17%) Siemens
10 1 (0.17%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.17%) Sun
10 1 (0.17%) VMware