QA Jobs in the West Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 58 15 75
Rank change year-on-year -43 +60 +4
Permanent jobs citing QA 294 656 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.67% 11.26% 3.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.11% 41.13% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 229 167 226
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,850 £26,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £79,750 £71,192
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,171 1,595 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.62% 27.39% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 869 688 880
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,321
25th Percentile £34,089 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,786 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +9.02% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,027
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for QA in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for QA in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the West 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
Birmingham -42 102 £58,800 +6.91% 33
Staffordshire -9 54 £42,500 -5.56% 21
Warwickshire +2 39 £62,500 +14.68% 12
Coventry -8 19 £65,000 - 11
Shropshire +6 18 £50,000 +6.38% 4
Worcestershire -13 17 £30,000 +9.09% 15
Solihull -4 10 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Herefordshire -8 5 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Wolverhampton -22 2 £86,000 - 2
Halesowen - 2 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £30,000 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 12 (4.08%) IIS
2 4 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.36%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.02%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.79%) Azure
2 34 (11.56%) AWS
3 24 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.78%) SaaS
5 15 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (4.08%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.72%) Serverless
8 7 (2.38%) Azure Stack
9 6 (2.04%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.04%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.70%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.70%) AWS Fargate
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Pipelines
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.70%) GCP
10 5 (1.70%) GitHub
10 5 (1.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.70%) SD-WAN
1 5 (1.70%) VLAN
1 5 (1.70%) WAN
2 4 (1.36%) VoIP
2 4 (1.36%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.02%) Wireless
4 2 (0.68%) HTTP
4 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.34%) Broadband
5 1 (0.34%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.08%) Power BI
3 11 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.04%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.04%) Power Query
5 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.68%) GIS
7 2 (0.68%) Looker
7 2 (0.68%) Metadata
7 2 (0.68%) MySQL
7 2 (0.68%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.34%) Redis
8 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.48%) Git
2 10 (3.40%) Postman
2 10 (3.40%) Selenium
3 8 (2.72%) Jasmine
3 8 (2.72%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.38%) Cucumber
4 7 (2.38%) JIRA
5 6 (2.04%) NUnit
5 6 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (2.04%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.70%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (1.70%) MSTest
7 4 (1.36%) ESLint
7 4 (1.36%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.36%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.02%) JMeter
9 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.68%) gulp
10 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 63 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (14.29%) Finance
4 41 (13.95%) Manufacturing
5 35 (11.90%) Retail
6 24 (8.16%) Legal
7 19 (6.46%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 11 (3.74%) Police
11 9 (3.06%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.70%) Banking
13 5 (1.70%) Marketing
14 4 (1.36%) Games
14 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.36%) Publishing
15 3 (1.02%) Local Government
16 2 (0.68%) Electronics
16 2 (0.68%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 55 (18.71%) Lead
2 48 (16.33%) Developer
3 36 (12.24%) Analyst
4 23 (7.82%) QA Manager
5 19 (6.46%) Business Analyst
5 19 (6.46%) Senior
6 18 (6.12%) Quality Manager
7 14 (4.76%) Lead Developer
8 12 (4.08%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.08%) Team Leader
9 9 (3.06%) QA Engineer
10 8 (2.72%) Product Manager
10 8 (2.72%) QA Officer
10 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow Developer
10 8 (2.72%) Tester
11 7 (2.38%) .NET Developer
11 7 (2.38%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.38%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.38%) Senior Product Manager
11 7 (2.38%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.65%) .NET
2 22 (7.48%) React
3 21 (7.14%) XML
4 19 (6.46%) ASP.NET
5 18 (6.12%) .NET Core
6 14 (4.76%) JSON
7 13 (4.42%) Node.js
8 12 (4.08%) RESTful
8 12 (4.08%) Web Services
9 10 (3.40%) CSS
9 10 (3.40%) HTML
9 10 (3.40%) SOAP
10 9 (3.06%) Jest
10 9 (3.06%) REST
10 9 (3.06%) XML Schema
11 7 (2.38%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.38%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.38%) Redux
11 7 (2.38%) Sass
11 7 (2.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.22%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.74%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.06%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.70%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.36%) Distributed Applications
8 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.02%) CCTV
9 3 (1.02%) Mobile Games
10 2 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.68%) PACS
10 2 (0.68%) Pricing Data
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.42%) Windows
2 4 (1.36%) VMS
3 3 (1.02%) Android
3 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.68%) Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.29%) Agile
2 59 (20.07%) DevOps
3 52 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.35%) Test Automation
5 48 (16.33%) Software Testing
6 47 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (15.31%) Coaching
8 39 (13.27%) Mentoring
9 35 (11.90%) SDLC
10 33 (11.22%) Scrum
11 32 (10.88%) ITIL
12 30 (10.20%) CI/CD
13 29 (9.86%) Project Management
13 29 (9.86%) Roadmaps
14 25 (8.50%) Decision-Making
14 25 (8.50%) Software Engineering
15 24 (8.16%) Project Delivery
16 23 (7.82%) ITSM
17 22 (7.48%) Computer Science
17 22 (7.48%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.99%) C#
2 38 (12.93%) SQL
3 37 (12.59%) JavaScript
4 18 (6.12%) Python
5 13 (4.42%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.74%) Java
7 9 (3.06%) VB
8 6 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.70%) R
9 5 (1.70%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.70%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.70%) VB6
10 4 (1.36%) C
10 4 (1.36%) PHP
11 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.68%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (0.68%) Swift
12 1 (0.34%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 69 (23.47%) Degree
2 15 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.72%) DBS Check
4 5 (1.70%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.36%) AAT
5 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.36%) CREST Certified
5 4 (1.36%) HNC
6 3 (1.02%) CITP
6 3 (1.02%) CSPO
6 3 (1.02%) IIBA
6 3 (1.02%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.68%) APMP
7 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PMP
7 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.80%) GMP
2 8 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.38%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.38%) SLA
4 6 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.70%) GDPR
5 5 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (1.02%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.34%) MISRA
System Software
1 9 (3.06%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.34%) Grafana
2 1 (0.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 43 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.46%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.06%) Databricks
4 6 (2.04%) SAP
5 5 (1.70%) Avaya
5 5 (1.70%) Cisco
5 5 (1.70%) Google
5 5 (1.70%) SolarWinds
5 5 (1.70%) Zscaler
6 4 (1.36%) SYSPRO
6 4 (1.36%) Xamarin
7 3 (1.02%) NEC
7 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.68%) Citrix
8 2 (0.68%) Siemens
8 2 (0.68%) VMware
9 1 (0.34%) IBM
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle
9 1 (0.34%) Splunk