QA Jobs in the City of London

Quality Assurance (QA)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 40 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 +20
Permanent jobs citing QA 146 344 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.35% 7.20% 8.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.74% 43.32% 47.38%
Number of salaries quoted 138 314 549
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,136 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £102,500 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 City of London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 446 794 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.28% 16.63% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 367 703 1,089
10th Percentile £39,500 £43,162 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the City of London.

Salary trend for QA in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 5 (3.42%) CMS
1 5 (3.42%) Drupal
1 5 (3.42%) IIS
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.37%) Confluence
3 2 (1.37%) Moodle
4 1 (0.68%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.37%) Trello
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.03%) SaaS
2 24 (16.44%) Azure
3 16 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.48%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.79%) Serverless
6 6 (4.11%) AWS
7 3 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.05%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.05%) AWS CodeCommit
7 3 (2.05%) AWS KMS
7 3 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.05%) GCP
7 3 (2.05%) IaaS
8 2 (1.37%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.37%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.37%) ClickUp
8 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.01%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.16%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.48%) Power BI
4 6 (4.11%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.74%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.05%) Looker
6 3 (2.05%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.05%) Tableau
7 2 (1.37%) MySQL
8 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (43.15%) Cucumber
2 56 (38.36%) Jenkins
3 55 (37.67%) Postman
4 36 (24.66%) Selenium
5 29 (19.86%) Cypress.io
6 13 (8.90%) JIRA
7 12 (8.22%) Git
8 9 (6.16%) SpecFlow
9 8 (5.48%) TeamCity
10 7 (4.79%) Appium
11 3 (2.05%) JDeveloper
12 2 (1.37%) JBehave
12 2 (1.37%) JUnit
12 2 (1.37%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.68%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.68%) Calabash
13 1 (0.68%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.68%) NeoLoad
13 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 26 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (13.01%) Finance
3 14 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (6.85%) Legal
4 10 (6.85%) Social Skills
5 7 (4.79%) Tech for Good
6 6 (4.11%) Banking
7 5 (3.42%) Law
7 5 (3.42%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.74%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Retail
9 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Front Office
11 1 (0.68%) Games
11 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (31.51%) Senior
2 35 (23.97%) Lead
3 21 (14.38%) QA Engineer
4 16 (10.96%) Developer
5 8 (5.48%) .NET Developer
5 8 (5.48%) Analyst
5 8 (5.48%) Consultant
5 8 (5.48%) Support Consultant
6 7 (4.79%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (4.79%) C# Developer
6 7 (4.79%) Full Stack .NET Developer
6 7 (4.79%) Full Stack Developer
6 7 (4.79%) Full-Stack C# Developer
6 7 (4.79%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (4.11%) Angular Developer
7 6 (4.11%) QA Leader
7 6 (4.11%) React Developer
8 5 (3.42%) Senior Support Consultant
8 5 (3.42%) Web Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (37.67%) REST
2 18 (12.33%) .NET
3 16 (10.96%) .NET Framework
3 16 (10.96%) CSS
3 16 (10.96%) HTML
4 15 (10.27%) React
5 13 (8.90%) WebdriverIO
6 10 (6.85%) Node.js
7 9 (6.16%) ASP.NET
7 9 (6.16%) RESTful
8 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
8 8 (5.48%) Gherkin
8 8 (5.48%) jQuery
8 8 (5.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 7 (4.79%) .NET Core
9 7 (4.79%) Entity Framework
9 7 (4.79%) GraphQL
9 7 (4.79%) Playwright
9 7 (4.79%) Razor View Engine
10 5 (3.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.37%) Blog
5 2 (1.37%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.11%) Windows
2 5 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.05%) Android
3 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Debian
4 2 (1.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (47.95%) API Testing
2 63 (43.15%) CI/CD
3 57 (39.04%) Clean Code
4 56 (38.36%) SDET
5 53 (36.30%) Test Strategy
6 45 (30.82%) BDD
7 29 (19.86%) Agile
8 27 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.70%) DevOps
10 17 (11.64%) Test Automation
11 15 (10.27%) Data Modelling
11 15 (10.27%) Fintech
12 14 (9.59%) Manual Testing
13 13 (8.90%) Decision-Making
13 13 (8.90%) TDD
14 12 (8.22%) Mentoring
15 11 (7.53%) Line Management
16 8 (5.48%) Full Stack Development
16 8 (5.48%) Project Delivery
16 8 (5.48%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (31.51%) Java
2 44 (30.14%) JavaScript
3 35 (23.97%) SQL
4 23 (15.75%) C#
5 20 (13.70%) Python
6 5 (3.42%) Swift
7 3 (2.05%) Bash
7 3 (2.05%) Go
7 3 (2.05%) Perl
7 3 (2.05%) Ruby
7 3 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.37%) PHP
9 1 (0.68%) C++
9 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (7.53%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.85%) Degree
2 10 (6.85%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.05%) CREST Certified
4 3 (2.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
5 2 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.05%) COBIT
2 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.05%) GRC
2 3 (2.05%) NIST
3 2 (1.37%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.37%) PMO
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.42%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.48%) Aderant
3 4 (2.74%) Oracle
4 3 (2.05%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.68%) Databricks
5 1 (0.68%) Google
5 1 (0.68%) IBM
5 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.68%) Pega
5 1 (0.68%) SAP
5 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.68%) Solace
5 1 (0.68%) Splunk
5 1 (0.68%) TIBCO