QA Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 695 726 860
Rank change year-on-year +31 +134 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Specialist 75 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.012% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.014% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £45,000 - -
90th Percentile £53,000 - -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -46.15% -16.13% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured QA Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Specialist in the UK excluding London

QA Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for QA Specialist in the UK excluding London

QA Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Specialist in the UK excluding London

QA Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 of England +61 30 £45,000 -
South West - 14 - - 3
North West - 13 £45,000 -
Yorkshire +69 10 - -
South East -5 10 £20,000 - 1
Scotland - 8 £20,000 - 1
North East - 7 £55,000 -
Midlands - 6 £35,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
West Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 2
Wales +6 2 £24,000 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
QA Specialist
UK

QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, QA Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring QA Specialist in the job title.

1 75 (100.00%) QA
2 58 (77.33%) Manufacturing
3 57 (76.00%) Coaching
4 54 (72.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 53 (70.67%) Degree
6 52 (69.33%) QMS
6 52 (69.33%) CAPA
7 51 (68.00%) Line Management
7 51 (68.00%) Mentoring
7 51 (68.00%) Supplier Management
7 51 (68.00%) GMP
8 7 (9.33%) Social Skills
8 7 (9.33%) Data Analysis
9 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (8.00%) Chemistry
10 4 (5.33%) Driving Licence
11 3 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.00%) Aerospace
12 2 (2.67%) Quality Management
12 2 (2.67%) Validation
13 1 (1.33%) Military
13 1 (1.33%) Banking
13 1 (1.33%) Document Management
13 1 (1.33%) Statistical Analysis
13 1 (1.33%) Informatics
13 1 (1.33%) Risk Management
13 1 (1.33%) Electronics
13 1 (1.33%) Finance
13 1 (1.33%) ERP
13 1 (1.33%) ISO 9001

QA Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 58 (77.33%) Manufacturing
2 54 (72.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (9.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.33%) Banking
6 1 (1.33%) Electronics
6 1 (1.33%) Finance
6 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.33%) FMCG
2 1 (1.33%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (76.00%) Coaching
2 52 (69.33%) CAPA
2 52 (69.33%) QMS
3 51 (68.00%) Line Management
3 51 (68.00%) Mentoring
3 51 (68.00%) Supplier Management
4 7 (9.33%) Data Analysis
5 6 (8.00%) Chemistry
6 3 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (2.67%) Quality Management
7 2 (2.67%) Validation
8 1 (1.33%) Biology
8 1 (1.33%) Change Control
8 1 (1.33%) Commercialisation
8 1 (1.33%) Document Management
8 1 (1.33%) ERP
8 1 (1.33%) Informatics
8 1 (1.33%) Risk Management
8 1 (1.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.33%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 53 (70.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (100.00%) QA
2 51 (68.00%) GMP
3 1 (1.33%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.33%) ISO 9001