QA Jobs in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 14 71
Rank change year-on-year -56 +57 +2
Permanent jobs citing QA 545 2,441 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.12% 14.18% 4.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.05% 65.22% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 347 291 388
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,385 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +13.09% +5.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,364 3,743 2,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.54% 21.74% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 1,157 1,739
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £78,750 £72,500
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West -59 308 £47,500 -5.00% 125
Yorkshire -47 182 £47,500 -13.64% 99
North East -57 55 £52,500 -8.70% 31
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.94%) IIS
2 7 (1.28%) Confluence
3 6 (1.10%) CMS
4 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.73%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.37%) Drupal
7 1 (0.18%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) Shopify
3 3 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.37%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Magento
5 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 80 (14.68%) Azure
2 41 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (7.34%) SaaS
4 39 (7.16%) AWS
5 14 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.39%) Serverless
7 11 (2.02%) GCP
8 10 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.83%) Google Play
8 10 (1.83%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.47%) BrowserStack
10 6 (1.10%) BlazeMeter
10 6 (1.10%) OCI
11 4 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.55%) PaaS
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.37%) BigCommerce
14 1 (0.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.73%) Firewall
2 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.37%) DSL
3 2 (0.37%) HTTP
3 2 (0.37%) Internet
3 2 (0.37%) LAN
3 2 (0.37%) VPN
3 2 (0.37%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Modbus
4 1 (0.18%) MQTT
4 1 (0.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.94%) Relational Database
3 14 (2.57%) Oracle Database
4 13 (2.39%) MySQL
5 9 (1.65%) RDBMS
6 8 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.55%) QualityStage
11 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.37%) OLTP
11 2 (0.37%) Power BI
11 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.18%) LogicBlox
12 1 (0.18%) Looker
12 1 (0.18%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 35 (6.42%) Git
2 30 (5.50%) Selenium
3 25 (4.59%) JIRA
4 24 (4.40%) Appium
5 18 (3.30%) Cypress.io
5 18 (3.30%) Postman
6 16 (2.94%) Jasmine
6 16 (2.94%) Karma Test Runner
7 10 (1.83%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.65%) JDeveloper
9 8 (1.47%) JMeter
10 5 (0.92%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.92%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.92%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.73%) GitLab
11 4 (0.73%) Protractor
11 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.37%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 167 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 100 (18.35%) Manufacturing
3 98 (17.98%) Finance
4 74 (13.58%) Pharmaceutical
5 54 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (7.89%) Legal
7 29 (5.32%) Retail
8 27 (4.95%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.59%) Marketing
10 24 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (3.67%) Law
12 18 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.83%) Automotive
15 7 (1.28%) Games
16 4 (0.73%) Social Housing
17 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.55%) Tech for Good
18 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (16.33%) Developer
2 55 (10.09%) Senior
3 50 (9.17%) Lead
4 37 (6.79%) QA Manager
5 36 (6.61%) Analyst
6 32 (5.87%) Project Manager
7 29 (5.32%) Quality Manager
8 28 (5.14%) C# Developer
9 25 (4.59%) Tester
10 21 (3.85%) QA Specialist
10 21 (3.85%) Senior Developer
11 17 (3.12%) QA Engineer
11 17 (3.12%) Software Engineer
12 16 (2.94%) .NET Developer
12 16 (2.94%) Software Tester
13 15 (2.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 13 (2.39%) Coordinator
14 13 (2.39%) Lead Developer
15 12 (2.20%) IT Manager
16 11 (2.02%) QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.54%) .NET
2 40 (7.34%) JSON
3 37 (6.79%) REST
4 28 (5.14%) XML
5 27 (4.95%) AngularJS
5 27 (4.95%) Web Services
6 24 (4.40%) React
7 23 (4.22%) SOAP
8 19 (3.49%) HTML
8 19 (3.49%) RESTful
9 18 (3.30%) ASP.NET
10 17 (3.12%) Node.js
10 17 (3.12%) XML Schema
11 16 (2.94%) RxJS
11 16 (2.94%) Sass
12 14 (2.57%) CSS
12 14 (2.57%) Playwright
13 10 (1.83%) .NET Framework
13 10 (1.83%) Android SDK
14 9 (1.65%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.46%) Management Information System
2 35 (6.42%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.30%) Mobile App
4 14 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.28%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.92%) Blog
8 5 (0.92%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.92%) Life Science
9 4 (0.73%) NHS
9 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.55%) FMCG
10 3 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.55%) IoT
10 3 (0.55%) iPad
10 3 (0.55%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.37%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.37%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.14%) Android
2 13 (2.39%) Apple iOS
3 12 (2.20%) Windows
4 7 (1.28%) Linux
5 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (28.07%) Agile
2 87 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (15.60%) Mentoring
4 83 (15.23%) DevOps
5 77 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (13.39%) Coaching
7 67 (12.29%) QMS
8 66 (12.11%) Test Automation
9 64 (11.74%) Project Management
10 56 (10.28%) SDLC
11 50 (9.17%) Software Testing
12 44 (8.07%) Design Patterns
13 39 (7.16%) Scrum
14 37 (6.79%) User Experience
15 36 (6.61%) Code Quality
15 36 (6.61%) Line Management
16 35 (6.42%) Roadmaps
17 34 (6.24%) Computer Science
18 32 (5.87%) Unit Testing
18 32 (5.87%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.21%) JavaScript
2 66 (12.11%) C#
3 56 (10.28%) SQL
4 39 (7.16%) Java
5 26 (4.77%) Python
6 24 (4.40%) T-SQL
7 21 (3.85%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.30%) VB
9 16 (2.94%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.94%) VB.NET
9 16 (2.94%) VB6
10 10 (1.83%) PHP
10 10 (1.83%) Ruby
11 9 (1.65%) Bash
11 9 (1.65%) Go
11 9 (1.65%) Perl
12 6 (1.10%) C
12 6 (1.10%) Swift
13 5 (0.92%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 67 (12.29%) Degree
2 22 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.47%) HNC
3 8 (1.47%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.28%) ISTQB
5 5 (0.92%) AAT
5 5 (0.92%) HND
5 5 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.73%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.73%) PMP
7 3 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.55%) CISM
7 3 (0.55%) CISSP
7 3 (0.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.19%) GMP
2 24 (4.40%) PMO
3 7 (1.28%) GDPR
4 5 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.73%) SLA
6 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.18%) GAMP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (2.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.18%) Grafana
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (10.28%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.85%) Oracle
3 17 (3.12%) Google
4 9 (1.65%) Cisco
5 8 (1.47%) SAP
6 5 (0.92%) Intel
7 3 (0.55%) AVEVA
7 3 (0.55%) Thales
8 2 (0.37%) BT
8 2 (0.37%) Capita
8 2 (0.37%) Remedy
8 2 (0.37%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe
9 1 (0.18%) Apple
9 1 (0.18%) NCR
9 1 (0.18%) QNX
9 1 (0.18%) Siemens
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.18%) Sun
9 1 (0.18%) VMware