QA Jobs in the North East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 59 6 42
Rank change year-on-year -53 +36 +15
Permanent jobs citing QA 56 254 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.07% 19.89% 5.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.55% 73.41% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 31 35 56
10th Percentile £36,750 £26,000 £26,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +35.29% +11.84%
75th Percentile £59,916 £66,875 £49,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £84,750 £58,125
England median annual salary £53,150 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 North East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 319 346 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 17.48% 27.09% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 225 108 232
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,175 £22,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,586 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% +23.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,188 £48,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,649 £65,000
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 the North East

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the North East.

Salary trend for QA in the North East

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Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North East

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Tyne and Wear -56 35 £47,137 -24.58% 21
Durham -18 17 £56,075 +115.67% 7
Northumberland - 4 £40,000 - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.79%) SAP SD
1 1 (1.79%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Azure
1 10 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) GitHub
4 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) MySQL
2 1 (1.79%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.79%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Cucumber
2 3 (5.36%) GitLab
2 3 (5.36%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.36%) Selenium
3 1 (1.79%) Postman
3 1 (1.79%) REST Assured
General
1 13 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (23.21%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.93%) Automotive
6 4 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (7.14%) Retail
7 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.79%) Billing
8 1 (1.79%) Local Government
8 1 (1.79%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (14.29%) Lead
1 8 (14.29%) Senior
2 4 (7.14%) Developer
2 4 (7.14%) PHP Developer
2 4 (7.14%) Project Manager
2 4 (7.14%) QA Manager
2 4 (7.14%) QA Specialist
2 4 (7.14%) Technical Support
3 3 (5.36%) Analyst
3 3 (5.36%) Head of Project Management
3 3 (5.36%) Lead Developer
3 3 (5.36%) Lead PHP Developer
3 3 (5.36%) Project Leader
3 3 (5.36%) QA Engineer
3 3 (5.36%) Quality Engineer
3 3 (5.36%) Quality Manager
3 3 (5.36%) Senior Project Leader
4 2 (3.57%) Head of Digital
4 2 (3.57%) Head of PMO
4 2 (3.57%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) React
1 2 (3.57%) Spring
1 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.79%) Playwright
2 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.79%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Linux
1 4 (7.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Agile
2 18 (32.14%) Mentoring
2 18 (32.14%) Project Management
3 17 (30.36%) User Experience
4 14 (25.00%) SDLC
5 11 (19.64%) Coaching
6 10 (17.86%) DevOps
7 9 (16.07%) Change Control
8 8 (14.29%) Line Management
9 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.93%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.14%) Business Strategy
10 4 (7.14%) Front End Development
10 4 (7.14%) Process Improvement
10 4 (7.14%) Test Automation
10 4 (7.14%) Web Development
11 3 (5.36%) Analytical Thinking
11 3 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (5.36%) Project Delivery
11 3 (5.36%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) PHP
2 3 (5.36%) Java
2 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.79%) C#
3 1 (1.79%) Scala
3 1 (1.79%) SQL
3 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.79%) CCSP
3 1 (1.79%) CISA
3 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.79%) CISM
3 1 (1.79%) CISSP
3 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
3 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.57%) GMP
3 1 (1.79%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Databricks
2 2 (3.57%) Remedy
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) SAP