Software Quality Assurance Jobs in England

Software Quality Assurance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 815 870 1052
Rank change year-on-year +55 +182 -236
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 27 59 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.064% 0.063%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.33% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6 34 44
10th Percentile £47,149 £36,975 £31,250
25th Percentile £57,547 £42,500 £43,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,774 £45,781 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.30% -16.76% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,188
90th Percentile - £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,024 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.55% -15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Software Quality Assurance 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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,857 17,960 21,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.91% 19.43% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,364 8,274 11,754
10th Percentile £27,050 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in England.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +33 23 £57,547 +30.79%
London +110 3 £80,000 +14.29% 5
North of England +39 1 £38,500 -7.78%
North East - 1 £38,500 -
Software Quality Assurance
UK

Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (77.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Banking
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Software Engineer
2 21 (77.78%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Applications Developer
3 2 (7.41%) Developer
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) QA Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) QA Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Service Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Software QA Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
1 2 (7.41%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (77.78%) Satnav
2 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Bitcoin
3 1 (3.70%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 23 (85.19%) Software Engineering
2 23 (85.19%) Test Automation
3 22 (81.48%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (77.78%) Actionable Insight
4 21 (77.78%) Quality Management
5 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 3 (11.11%) Fintech
7 2 (7.41%) Agile
7 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.41%) Web Development
8 1 (3.70%) Automated Trading
8 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.70%) Defect Management
8 1 (3.70%) High-Frequency Trading
8 1 (3.70%) Low Latency
8 1 (3.70%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.70%) SDLC
8 1 (3.70%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) C++
2 21 (77.78%) C
3 3 (11.11%) Python
4 2 (7.41%) Java
5 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 21 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB
4 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) QA