QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 20 51
Rank change year-on-year -43 +31 +16
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,829 5,405 4,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.58% 9.71% 5.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.51% 49.98% 30.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,694 1,158 2,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,250 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +9.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,924 10,814 13,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.56% 19.43% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,387 4,420 7,021
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,775 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the UK excluding London

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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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East -23 725 £47,500 -13.64% 242
North of England -53 601 £45,000 -16.67% 236
Midlands -38 526 £49,000 -6.67% 182
South West -30 374 £43,750 -7.89% 136
North West -54 341 £47,500 -2.56% 126
West Midlands -44 302 £52,500 -4.55% 111
Scotland -57 262 £45,000 -18.18% 75
East Midlands -25 224 £47,500 -1.04% 71
Yorkshire -42 202 £45,000 -18.18% 68
East of England -63 190 £42,500 - 119
Wales -15 97 £47,500 +5.56% 27
North East -57 58 £52,500 -8.70% 48
Northern Ireland +50 57 £63,150 - 17
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
QA
UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (1.52%) Confluence
2 36 (1.27%) IIS
3 34 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 24 (0.85%) CMS
5 13 (0.46%) Documentum
6 6 (0.21%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.18%) Drupal
7 5 (0.18%) Kinematics
7 5 (0.18%) WordPress
8 4 (0.14%) TWiki
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.11%) WildFly
10 2 (0.071%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.071%) nginx
11 1 (0.035%) Liferay
11 1 (0.035%) SAS
11 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
Applications
1 101 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.21%) InfoPath
6 6 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.14%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.071%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.071%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.035%) Blender
10 1 (0.035%) Doxygen
10 1 (0.035%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.035%) Sketch
10 1 (0.035%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.46%) TrackWise
3 11 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.21%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.18%) Magento
7 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.14%) Shopify
8 3 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.071%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.071%) SAP MII
10 1 (0.035%) Maximo
10 1 (0.035%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.035%) Primavera
10 1 (0.035%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 501 (17.71%) Azure
2 292 (10.32%) AWS
3 244 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (6.79%) SaaS
5 110 (3.89%) GCP
6 61 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (1.98%) Power Platform
8 43 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (0.99%) GitHub
10 19 (0.67%) Power Automate
11 18 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (0.57%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.53%) BlazeMeter
13 15 (0.53%) PaaS
13 15 (0.53%) Serverless
14 12 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (0.42%) BrowserStack
15 11 (0.39%) Snowflake
16 10 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.35%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.06%) TCP/IP
2 29 (1.03%) Firewall
3 16 (0.57%) HTTP
4 14 (0.49%) MQTT
5 11 (0.39%) Wireless
6 10 (0.35%) Wireshark
7 9 (0.32%) WAN
8 8 (0.28%) VLAN
8 8 (0.28%) VoIP
9 7 (0.25%) Internet
9 7 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.21%) 5G
10 6 (0.21%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.18%) GSM
11 5 (0.18%) ISDN
11 5 (0.18%) PSTN
11 5 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.18%) RFID
11 5 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.18%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 105 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (2.62%) BigQuery
3 74 (2.62%) Looker
4 66 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 48 (1.70%) MySQL
6 47 (1.66%) NoSQL
7 44 (1.56%) Power BI
8 28 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (0.60%) Big Data
10 16 (0.57%) Tableau
11 15 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.35%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.32%) EDMS
15 8 (0.28%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 190 (6.72%) Selenium
2 156 (5.51%) JIRA
3 142 (5.02%) Git
4 79 (2.79%) Cypress.io
5 70 (2.47%) Visual Studio
6 58 (2.05%) Jenkins
6 58 (2.05%) Postman
7 54 (1.91%) Cucumber
8 44 (1.56%) JMeter
9 43 (1.52%) Appium
10 30 (1.06%) Jasmine
11 28 (0.99%) Karma Test Runner
12 24 (0.85%) WebDriver
13 22 (0.78%) SoapUI
13 22 (0.78%) SpecFlow
14 21 (0.74%) TeamCity
15 19 (0.67%) GitLab
16 17 (0.60%) NUnit
16 17 (0.60%) TestRail
17 16 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 830 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 486 (17.18%) Manufacturing
3 400 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (11.98%) Finance
5 292 (10.32%) Pharmaceutical
6 212 (7.49%) Legal
7 202 (7.14%) Retail
8 128 (4.52%) Marketing
9 121 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 92 (3.25%) Electronics
11 86 (3.04%) Aerospace
12 78 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
13 72 (2.55%) Billing
14 65 (2.30%) Public Sector
15 58 (2.05%) Law
16 56 (1.98%) Telecoms
17 48 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
18 43 (1.52%) Games
19 39 (1.38%) Automotive
20 34 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 354 (12.51%) Developer
2 300 (10.60%) Lead
3 262 (9.26%) Senior
4 261 (9.23%) QA Manager
5 216 (7.64%) QA Engineer
6 195 (6.89%) Analyst
7 185 (6.54%) Quality Manager
8 118 (4.17%) Quality Engineer
9 102 (3.61%) Software Engineer
10 100 (3.53%) Engineering Manager
11 97 (3.43%) Business Analyst
12 92 (3.25%) QA Specialist
12 92 (3.25%) Tester
13 80 (2.83%) QA Leader
14 79 (2.79%) Data Manager
15 75 (2.65%) Test Engineer
16 74 (2.62%) Project Manager
17 70 (2.47%) Senior Developer
18 69 (2.44%) QA Officer
19 68 (2.40%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (8.98%) .NET
2 147 (5.20%) AngularJS
3 145 (5.13%) React
4 139 (4.91%) CSS
4 139 (4.91%) HTML
5 101 (3.57%) ASP.NET
6 96 (3.39%) JSON
7 91 (3.22%) XML
8 90 (3.18%) REST
9 88 (3.11%) Web Services
10 75 (2.65%) .NET Core
11 61 (2.16%) RESTful
12 59 (2.09%) .NET Framework
13 57 (2.01%) jQuery
14 55 (1.94%) Playwright
14 55 (1.94%) SOAP
15 52 (1.84%) Node.js
16 49 (1.73%) Spring
16 49 (1.73%) Vue
17 38 (1.34%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 237 (8.38%) Management Information System
2 188 (6.65%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.26%) Mobile App
4 61 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (1.66%) IoT
6 35 (1.24%) Life Science
7 31 (1.10%) Biopharmaceutical
7 31 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 27 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 24 (0.85%) FMCG
12 22 (0.78%) Satnav
13 21 (0.74%) Data Structures
13 21 (0.74%) Onboarding
13 21 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
13 21 (0.74%) Virtual Team
14 20 (0.71%) Client/Server
14 20 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.64%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 115 (4.07%) Windows
2 85 (3.00%) Linux
3 49 (1.73%) Android
4 31 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.28%) Unix
9 6 (0.21%) Mesosphere
9 6 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.18%) AIX
10 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.14%) VMS
11 4 (0.14%) Windows NT
11 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.071%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.035%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (27.57%) Agile
2 581 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
3 493 (17.43%) Test Automation
4 433 (15.31%) DevOps
5 404 (14.28%) Mentoring
6 367 (12.97%) Coaching
7 347 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 334 (11.81%) Project Management
9 330 (11.66%) Software Testing
10 293 (10.36%) Scrum
11 271 (9.58%) CI/CD
12 255 (9.01%) QMS
13 226 (7.99%) Line Management
14 211 (7.46%) SDLC
15 206 (7.28%) Software Engineering
16 193 (6.82%) Computer Science
17 168 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
18 165 (5.83%) Roadmaps
19 146 (5.16%) Code Quality
20 144 (5.09%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 339 (11.98%) JavaScript
2 308 (10.89%) C#
3 276 (9.76%) SQL
4 166 (5.87%) Python
5 159 (5.62%) Java
6 83 (2.93%) TypeScript
7 71 (2.51%) C
8 54 (1.91%) PHP
9 51 (1.80%) C++
10 44 (1.56%) VB
11 39 (1.38%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.20%) VB.NET
12 34 (1.20%) VB6
13 25 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 20 (0.71%) PowerShell
15 14 (0.49%) Go
15 14 (0.49%) Swift
16 13 (0.46%) Bash
16 13 (0.46%) VBA
17 12 (0.42%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 581 (20.54%) Degree
2 133 (4.70%) Security Cleared
3 108 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (2.58%) ISTQB
5 68 (2.40%) SC Cleared
6 50 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 42 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 42 (1.48%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.10%) ISEB
9 25 (0.88%) PhD
10 19 (0.67%) HNC
11 17 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 15 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.53%) PMI Certification
13 13 (0.46%) AAT
13 13 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.42%) MBA
15 9 (0.32%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
16 8 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (7.99%) GMP
2 58 (2.05%) ISO 9001
3 37 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 36 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 29 (1.03%) PMO
6 28 (0.99%) GxP
7 27 (0.95%) GDPR
8 25 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
9 21 (0.74%) ISO 13485
10 19 (0.67%) SLA
11 15 (0.53%) ISO 14001
12 14 (0.49%) Good Clinical Practice
13 13 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 9 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.28%) ISO 22301
16 8 (0.28%) NEBOSH
17 7 (0.25%) GLP
18 6 (0.21%) JTAG
System Software
1 92 (3.25%) Docker
2 32 (1.13%) Firmware
3 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.25%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.035%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 75 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.85%) Ansible
3 19 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
4 13 (0.46%) Terraform
5 8 (0.28%) Puppet
6 6 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.21%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.18%) SCCM
8 4 (0.14%) Grafana
8 4 (0.14%) Sysprep
8 4 (0.14%) WSUS
9 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.071%) Kibana
10 2 (0.071%) Podman
11 1 (0.035%) Packer
Vendors
1 351 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 136 (4.81%) Google
3 50 (1.77%) Oracle
3 50 (1.77%) SAP
4 36 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 27 (0.95%) NCR
6 26 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 14 (0.49%) Cisco
7 14 (0.49%) Databricks
8 13 (0.46%) VMware
9 12 (0.42%) BT
10 11 (0.39%) NEC
11 9 (0.32%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.32%) TOWER Software
12 7 (0.25%) Minitab
13 6 (0.21%) HP
13 6 (0.21%) OutSystems
14 5 (0.18%) Apple
14 5 (0.18%) Avaya
14 5 (0.18%) Zscaler