QA Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -34 +16 +15
Permanent jobs citing QA 58 155 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.30% 12.54% 7.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.58% 58.71% 29.04%
Number of salaries quoted 38 17 72
10th Percentile £31,000 - £30,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £29,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.79% -38.95% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £83,375
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -9.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 178 264 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 10.14% 21.36% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 128 66 255
10th Percentile £24,830 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,115 £39,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -20.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,875 £65,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £75,600
East of England median annual salary £44,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.48% +15.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridge -39 35 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Peterborough +9 12 £50,000 +72.41% 11
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) Azure
1 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.72%) SaaS
1 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Appium
1 8 (13.79%) UI Automator
2 3 (5.17%) JIRA
3 2 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.72%) Bugzilla
4 1 (1.72%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.72%) Git
4 1 (1.72%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.72%) Selenium
4 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.72%) Zephyr
General
1 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.79%) Automotive
4 7 (12.07%) Electronics
5 6 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.62%) Finance
7 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
8 3 (5.17%) Retail
8 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.17%) Welsh Language
9 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Lead
2 9 (15.52%) Team Leader
3 8 (13.79%) Head of Test
3 8 (13.79%) Head of Testing
3 8 (13.79%) QA Engineer
3 8 (13.79%) Test Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Test Manager
4 7 (12.07%) Testing Manager
5 6 (10.34%) Senior
6 5 (8.62%) QA Leader
6 5 (8.62%) QA Team Leader
7 4 (6.90%) Electronics Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) QA Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Quality Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Quality Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 4 (6.90%) Service Management Team Leader
8 3 (5.17%) Development Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) CSS
1 2 (3.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.72%) React
2 1 (1.72%) REST
2 1 (1.72%) RESTful
2 1 (1.72%) Servlets
2 1 (1.72%) SOAP
2 1 (1.72%) Spring
2 1 (1.72%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Mobile App
1 6 (10.34%) Smartphone
2 5 (8.62%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.17%) Blockchain
3 3 (5.17%) Derivative
3 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.17%) Robotics
4 2 (3.45%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.24%) Windows
2 9 (15.52%) Linux
3 8 (13.79%) Mac OS
4 6 (10.34%) Unix
5 2 (3.45%) Android
5 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.45%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.72%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.69%) Agile
1 12 (20.69%) Line Management
1 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (18.97%) Test Automation
3 10 (17.24%) Regression Testing
4 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
4 9 (15.52%) Manual Testing
5 8 (13.79%) User Experience
6 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.62%) Acceptance Criteria
8 4 (6.90%) Coaching
8 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.90%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.90%) ITSM
8 4 (6.90%) People Management
8 4 (6.90%) Product Backlog
8 4 (6.90%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (6.90%) Service Management
8 4 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
1 4 (6.90%) PHP
2 3 (5.17%) C
2 3 (5.17%) Java
2 3 (5.17%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (34.48%) Degree
2 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) HND
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) GxP
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Cadence
3 1 (1.72%) HP