QA Leader Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance Lead
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in the South East is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 404 443
Rank change year-on-year +37 +39 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 13 7 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.078% 0.046% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.051% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 33
10th Percentile - £59,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £70,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £80,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% +28.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £89,000 £83,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -27.41% - +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured QA Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in the South East

QA Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for QA Leader in the South East

QA Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for QA Leader in the South East

QA Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the South 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
Hampshire -9 9 £47,500 -40.63%
Surrey +17 3 £70,000 -20.00%
Kent - 1 £60,000 -
QA Leader
England

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, QA Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (92.31%) Test Strategy
3 11 (84.62%) SaaS
4 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
5 9 (69.23%) ISEB
5 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
5 9 (69.23%) ISTQB
6 8 (61.54%) E-Commerce
6 8 (61.54%) Selenium
6 8 (61.54%) Web Testing
6 8 (61.54%) Line Management
6 8 (61.54%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (38.46%) Agile
8 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
8 4 (30.77%) Degree
8 4 (30.77%) Windows
8 4 (30.77%) DevOps
9 3 (23.08%) Regression Analysis
9 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (23.08%) Product Requirements
9 3 (23.08%) System Integration Testing
9 3 (23.08%) Oracle
9 3 (23.08%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (23.08%) Change Management
9 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
9 3 (23.08%) Micro Focus
9 3 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (23.08%) Demand Management
9 3 (23.08%) Non-Functional Testing

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) Cypress.io
2 1 (7.69%) eggPlant
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Test Strategy
2 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
3 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
4 8 (61.54%) E-Commerce
4 8 (61.54%) Line Management
4 8 (61.54%) Web Testing
5 5 (38.46%) Agile
6 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
6 4 (30.77%) DevOps
7 3 (23.08%) Change Management
7 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (23.08%) Demand Management
7 3 (23.08%) Non-Functional Testing
7 3 (23.08%) Product Requirements
7 3 (23.08%) Regression Analysis
7 3 (23.08%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (23.08%) System Integration Testing
7 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (7.69%) B2B
8 1 (7.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) ISEB
1 9 (69.23%) ISTQB
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Micro Focus
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft