QA Jobs in Aberdeen

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 33 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 -6
Permanent jobs citing QA 21 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 6.98% 0.51% 3.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 14.29% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 3
10th Percentile £32,500 - -
25th Percentile £34,625 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £43,750
90th Percentile £57,250 - £44,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +18.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 42 7 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 13.95% 3.55% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 34 5 6
10th Percentile £24,240 £27,900 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £28,125 £25,684
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £36,488
Median % change year-on-year - +9.63% -18.33%
75th Percentile £57,188 £50,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £63,500 £43,750
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.90% +21.96% +5.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Aberdeen

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Salary Trend in Aberdeen

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

Salary trend for QA in Aberdeen

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Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Aberdeen

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git
1 4 (19.05%) Selenium
1 4 (19.05%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
1 4 (19.05%) WebDriver
2 3 (14.29%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Aviation
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) QA Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Software Tester
2 4 (19.05%) Test Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Tester
3 3 (14.29%) Software QA Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Customer Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Project Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) CSS
1 4 (19.05%) DOM
1 4 (19.05%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.52%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 8 (38.10%) Manual Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Test Management
4 5 (23.81%) Kanban
4 5 (23.81%) Regression Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Scrum
5 4 (19.05%) API Testing
5 4 (19.05%) DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Exploratory Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Test Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) User Stories
6 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) System Testing
6 3 (14.29%) User Experience
7 2 (9.52%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
3 4 (19.05%) Java
4 3 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (9.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) ISTQB
2 4 (19.05%) ISEB
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree