QA Jobs in London

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 40 49
Rank change year-on-year -44 +9 +12
Permanent jobs citing QA 802 2,213 4,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.42% 6.42% 7.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.12% 38.89% 45.23%
Number of salaries quoted 636 1,298 2,065
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,625
25th Percentile £52,519 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £106,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,325 5,691 10,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.17% 16.51% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 3,652 5,176
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,957 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £102,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in London

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Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for QA in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London -18 152 £75,000 - 37
South London -45 37 £50,000 +42.86% 8
West London -63 25 £85,000 +70.00% 32
East London +35 20 £65,000 +47.73% 10
North London -5 3 £40,000 -13.98% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 21 (2.62%) Confluence
2 20 (2.49%) Apache
3 17 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.12%) CMS
4 12 (1.50%) Drupal
5 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.00%) Apache Pig
6 8 (1.00%) IIS
7 7 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.50%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
9 3 (0.37%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.37%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.37%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.25%) Moodle
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.50%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.50%) Trello
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Blender
6 1 (0.12%) InDesign
6 1 (0.12%) Notion
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
6 1 (0.12%) UXPin
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 11 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.50%) Lawson
5 3 (0.37%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.37%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.37%) Shopify
6 2 (0.25%) Endur
6 2 (0.25%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.12%) Findur
7 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 187 (23.32%) Azure
2 133 (16.58%) AWS
3 75 (9.35%) GCP
4 66 (8.23%) SaaS
5 49 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (5.74%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.87%) Serverless
8 23 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.62%) GitHub
10 12 (1.50%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.12%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (0.87%) AWS CodeCommit
14 7 (0.87%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.87%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.00%) Internet
2 5 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (0.62%) LAN
2 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
2 5 (0.62%) WAN
2 5 (0.62%) Wireless
3 4 (0.50%) SSH
4 3 (0.37%) HTTP
4 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.25%) DNS
5 2 (0.25%) SMTP
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.99%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.24%) Power BI
3 21 (2.62%) NoSQL
4 18 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.87%) Apache Hive
6 15 (1.87%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.87%) Tableau
7 14 (1.75%) Hadoop
8 13 (1.62%) MySQL
9 11 (1.37%) Big Data
10 10 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.00%) Looker
13 7 (0.87%) GIS
13 7 (0.87%) Presto
14 6 (0.75%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.75%) Redis
14 6 (0.75%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (10.85%) Cucumber
2 82 (10.22%) JIRA
3 65 (8.10%) Jenkins
4 61 (7.61%) Git
5 60 (7.48%) Selenium
6 59 (7.36%) Postman
7 37 (4.61%) Cypress.io
8 24 (2.99%) JUnit
9 18 (2.24%) SpecFlow
10 15 (1.87%) Appium
11 10 (1.25%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.12%) CircleCI
12 9 (1.12%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.12%) TestRail
13 8 (1.00%) Checkstyle
13 8 (1.00%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.87%) Mockito
15 6 (0.75%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 6 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 233 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 196 (24.44%) Finance
3 103 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.61%) Front Office
5 47 (5.86%) Legal
5 47 (5.86%) Marketing
6 46 (5.74%) Law
7 44 (5.49%) Retail
8 35 (4.36%) Banking
8 35 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 27 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.62%) Police
13 20 (2.49%) Public Sector
14 16 (2.00%) Electronics
14 16 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.00%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 153 (19.08%) Senior
2 137 (17.08%) Developer
3 122 (15.21%) Lead
4 79 (9.85%) Software Engineer
5 74 (9.23%) Analyst
6 66 (8.23%) Project Manager
7 59 (7.36%) .NET Developer
8 55 (6.86%) QA Engineer
9 45 (5.61%) .NET Software Developer
10 44 (5.49%) .NET Software Engineer
11 42 (5.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 42 (5.24%) QA Manager
12 33 (4.11%) Software Manager
13 32 (3.99%) Finance Manager
13 32 (3.99%) Software Asset Manager
14 31 (3.87%) QA Leader
15 29 (3.62%) Architect
16 28 (3.49%) Senior Developer
17 27 (3.37%) Senior Manager
18 24 (2.99%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (14.84%) .NET
2 91 (11.35%) React
3 73 (9.10%) REST
4 60 (7.48%) AngularJS
5 53 (6.61%) .NET Core
6 48 (5.99%) Redux
7 46 (5.74%) Vue
8 38 (4.74%) .NET Framework
9 35 (4.36%) ASP.NET
9 35 (4.36%) JSON
10 34 (4.24%) HTML
10 34 (4.24%) RESTful
11 31 (3.87%) CSS
12 28 (3.49%) Spring
13 24 (2.99%) Web Services
14 21 (2.62%) Spring Boot
15 18 (2.24%) Entity Framework
15 18 (2.24%) GraphQL
16 17 (2.12%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (2.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 51 (6.36%) Hedge funds
3 50 (6.23%) Derivative
4 47 (5.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 46 (5.74%) Fixed Income
6 43 (5.36%) Management Information System
7 42 (5.24%) Equities
8 35 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (3.12%) Client/Server
10 20 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 19 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (2.37%) Mobile App
12 18 (2.24%) Virtual Team
13 17 (2.12%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.87%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.75%) PropTech
16 13 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
17 12 (1.50%) Driving Licence
18 11 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
19 10 (1.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.99%) Android
2 26 (3.24%) Apple iOS
3 22 (2.74%) Linux
4 19 (2.37%) Windows
5 8 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.37%) Debian
7 3 (0.37%) Unix
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (36.78%) Agile
2 171 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (20.20%) DevOps
4 140 (17.46%) Software Engineering
5 135 (16.83%) Test Automation
6 132 (16.46%) CI/CD
7 131 (16.33%) Project Management
8 99 (12.34%) Mentoring
8 99 (12.34%) Test Strategy
9 92 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (11.47%) Scrum
10 88 (10.97%) Fintech
10 88 (10.97%) TDD
11 87 (10.85%) Full Stack Development
12 84 (10.47%) Computer Science
13 74 (9.23%) Project Delivery
14 73 (9.10%) API Testing
15 65 (8.10%) BDD
15 65 (8.10%) Roadmaps
16 58 (7.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 133 (16.58%) C#
2 128 (15.96%) SQL
3 126 (15.71%) Python
4 125 (15.59%) Java
5 121 (15.09%) JavaScript
6 82 (10.22%) TypeScript
7 27 (3.37%) Kotlin
8 18 (2.24%) Scala
9 14 (1.75%) PL/1
10 11 (1.37%) PHP
11 9 (1.12%) Ruby
11 9 (1.12%) Swift
11 9 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.75%) Bash
12 6 (0.75%) Dart
12 6 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.75%) Go
12 6 (0.75%) Perl
13 5 (0.62%) R
14 3 (0.37%) C++
Qualifications
1 192 (23.94%) Degree
2 57 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (3.49%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.12%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.37%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.00%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.87%) DBS Check
7 15 (1.87%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.87%) PMP
8 10 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
9 9 (1.12%) CREST Certified
9 9 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (1.00%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.87%) NVQ Level 3
12 6 (0.75%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.62%) CCNA
13 5 (0.62%) CCNP
13 5 (0.62%) ISEB
14 4 (0.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.12%) Accessibility
2 21 (2.62%) Good Clinical Practice
3 20 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.62%) GMP
4 13 (1.62%) PMO
5 9 (1.12%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 9 (1.12%) CDISC
5 9 (1.12%) GDPR
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.75%) NIST
7 6 (0.75%) SLA
8 5 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
9 4 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.37%) COBIT
10 3 (0.37%) GRC
10 3 (0.37%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.25%) PMBOK
11 2 (0.25%) UCITS
System Software
1 45 (5.61%) Docker
2 11 (1.37%) Firmware
3 10 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.00%) HDFS
6 2 (0.25%) Varnish
6 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.62%) Terraform
3 10 (1.25%) Ansible
4 7 (0.87%) Puppet
5 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.37%) Kibana
7 2 (0.25%) Packer
8 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 133 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.11%) Google
3 22 (2.74%) SAP
4 15 (1.87%) Databricks
5 11 (1.37%) Atlassian
5 11 (1.37%) Oracle
6 10 (1.25%) Aderant
6 10 (1.25%) Adobe
7 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.00%) IBM
8 8 (1.00%) Marketo
8 8 (1.00%) QAD
9 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.75%) Cognos
10 6 (0.75%) IFS
11 5 (0.62%) Cisco
11 5 (0.62%) Meraki
11 5 (0.62%) UiPath
12 4 (0.50%) Adyen
12 4 (0.50%) OpenAI