QA Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 27 57
Rank change year-on-year -28 +30 -6
Permanent jobs citing QA 687 1,102 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.12% 7.35% 5.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.32% 39.58% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 386 396 648
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -0.25% +10.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,150 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% - +9.09%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,426 2,784 3,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.57% 18.57% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 1,332 1,916
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,400 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,421 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.75% -3.96% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,925 £80,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for QA in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley -45 241 £47,500 -13.64% 67
Hampshire +3 164 £45,000 -10.00% 50
Surrey +49 139 £47,500 -32.14% 29
Berkshire -31 116 £50,000 -9.09% 25
Oxfordshire -31 75 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Kent -23 57 £37,000 -1.33% 15
Buckinghamshire -46 50 £47,500 - 21
West Sussex -22 37 £65,000 +20.93% 15
East Sussex -17 26 £52,500 -16.00% 11
Sussex - 9 £62,500 -
Middlesex -18 7 £43,000 -44.52% 1
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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 17 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.60%) Documentum
3 10 (1.46%) CMS
4 7 (1.02%) Confluence
5 4 (0.58%) TWiki
6 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) Kinematics
6 2 (0.29%) nginx
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.15%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.60%) TrackWise
2 8 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (16.01%) Azure
2 74 (10.77%) SaaS
3 68 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (8.30%) AWS
5 36 (5.24%) GCP
6 22 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (2.77%) GitHub
8 17 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.02%) PowerApps
11 6 (0.87%) Serverless
12 5 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.58%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.29%) Asana
15 2 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.29%) Basecamp
15 2 (0.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.87%) 5G
2 6 (0.87%) Bluetooth
2 6 (0.87%) Firewall
2 6 (0.87%) Wireless
3 5 (0.73%) GSM
3 5 (0.73%) ISDN
3 5 (0.73%) LTE
3 5 (0.73%) PSTN
3 5 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (0.73%) UMTS
4 4 (0.58%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) Internet
5 3 (0.44%) VPN
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) MQTT
6 2 (0.29%) RFID
6 2 (0.29%) RS-485
6 2 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.09%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.49%) BigQuery
4 24 (3.49%) Looker
5 17 (2.47%) Power BI
6 16 (2.33%) MySQL
7 10 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.31%) Tableau
9 8 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.87%) EDMS
11 5 (0.73%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.73%) Redis
11 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.58%) PowerPivot
13 3 (0.44%) Big Data
13 3 (0.44%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (10.77%) Selenium
2 54 (7.86%) JIRA
3 44 (6.40%) Git
4 33 (4.80%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.18%) Cypress.io
5 15 (2.18%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.75%) GitLab
6 12 (1.75%) WebDriver
7 11 (1.60%) NUnit
7 11 (1.60%) Postman
8 10 (1.46%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.46%) TestRail
9 7 (1.02%) eggPlant
10 6 (0.87%) Bugzilla
10 6 (0.87%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.73%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.73%) Maven
11 5 (0.73%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.73%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.44%) JDeveloper
General
1 268 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 165 (24.02%) Manufacturing
3 154 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.50%) Finance
5 73 (10.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 71 (10.33%) Electronics
7 49 (7.13%) Marketing
8 40 (5.82%) Legal
9 38 (5.53%) Retail
10 29 (4.22%) Aerospace
11 26 (3.78%) Telecoms
12 25 (3.64%) Billing
13 23 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.89%) Police
16 11 (1.60%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.02%) Back Office
19 6 (0.87%) Banking
19 6 (0.87%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 80 (11.64%) Developer
2 63 (9.17%) Analyst
2 63 (9.17%) QA Engineer
3 52 (7.57%) Lead
4 50 (7.28%) Quality Engineer
5 49 (7.13%) QA Manager
6 41 (5.97%) Senior
7 36 (5.24%) Software Engineer
8 35 (5.09%) Engineering Manager
9 28 (4.08%) Tester
10 27 (3.93%) Data Manager
10 27 (3.93%) Quality Manager
11 26 (3.78%) Test Analyst
12 25 (3.64%) Software Developer
13 23 (3.35%) Automation Tester
13 23 (3.35%) Systems Manager
14 21 (3.06%) C++ Software Engineer
14 21 (3.06%) QA Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Test Engineer
15 19 (2.77%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (10.77%) .NET
2 48 (6.99%) CSS
3 44 (6.40%) HTML
4 30 (4.37%) AngularJS
5 29 (4.22%) React
6 27 (3.93%) .NET Core
7 25 (3.64%) HTML5
7 25 (3.64%) jQuery
8 24 (3.49%) .NET Framework
8 24 (3.49%) ASP.NET
9 22 (3.20%) JSON
9 22 (3.20%) XML
10 15 (2.18%) ASP.NET Web API
10 15 (2.18%) Vue
10 15 (2.18%) Web Services
11 14 (2.04%) ASP.NET MVC
11 14 (2.04%) Laravel
12 12 (1.75%) CSS3
12 12 (1.75%) Symfony
13 11 (1.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 109 (15.87%) Management Information System
2 55 (8.01%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.78%) Satnav
4 22 (3.20%) IoT
5 17 (2.47%) Life Science
6 16 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.18%) Biopharmaceutical
7 15 (2.18%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.75%) LIMS
9 12 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.60%) N-Tier
10 11 (1.60%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.02%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.87%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.87%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.11%) Windows
2 21 (3.06%) Linux
3 5 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.29%) Android
5 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (30.86%) Agile
1 212 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (23.58%) Test Automation
3 121 (17.61%) DevOps
4 109 (15.87%) Mentoring
5 106 (15.43%) Project Management
6 100 (14.56%) Collaborative Working
7 89 (12.95%) Scrum
8 85 (12.37%) Coaching
9 84 (12.23%) CI/CD
10 81 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (11.64%) Software Engineering
12 73 (10.63%) QMS
13 67 (9.75%) Test Scripting
14 66 (9.61%) Computer Science
14 66 (9.61%) Software Testing
15 62 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
16 60 (8.73%) Validation
17 59 (8.59%) Product Requirements
18 57 (8.30%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 105 (15.28%) C#
2 91 (13.25%) JavaScript
3 84 (12.23%) SQL
4 46 (6.70%) Python
5 43 (6.26%) C
6 41 (5.97%) C++
7 39 (5.68%) Java
8 16 (2.33%) Go
8 16 (2.33%) PHP
9 15 (2.18%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.31%) Embedded C
11 6 (0.87%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.58%) Perl
13 4 (0.58%) PL/1
14 3 (0.44%) Bash
14 3 (0.44%) Ruby
14 3 (0.44%) VB
15 2 (0.29%) R
15 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 135 (19.65%) Degree
2 71 (10.33%) Security Cleared
3 40 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (5.39%) ISTQB
5 35 (5.09%) SC Cleared
6 31 (4.51%) DV Cleared
7 22 (3.20%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.89%) ISEB
9 10 (1.46%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 10 (1.46%) MBA
10 9 (1.31%) PhD
11 8 (1.16%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.87%) HNC
13 4 (0.58%) EMC Certification
13 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.58%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.73%) GMP
2 23 (3.35%) Software Quality Assurance
3 17 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.47%) GxP
4 12 (1.75%) GDPR
4 12 (1.75%) Good Clinical Practice
5 11 (1.60%) ISO 9001
6 9 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 8 (1.16%) ISO 13485
7 8 (1.16%) ISO 14001
7 8 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.02%) ISO 22301
8 7 (1.02%) NEBOSH
9 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.58%) SLA
11 2 (0.29%) PMO
12 1 (0.15%) COSHH
12 1 (0.15%) IFRS
System Software
1 27 (3.93%) Docker
2 12 (1.75%) Firmware
3 10 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.02%) Ansible
3 6 (0.87%) Terraform
4 5 (0.73%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Packer
7 1 (0.15%) Podman
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 73 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.09%) Google
3 17 (2.47%) SAP
4 16 (2.33%) Oracle
5 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.60%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.73%) HP
7 4 (0.58%) EMC
7 4 (0.58%) Openreach
8 3 (0.44%) Micro Focus
9 2 (0.29%) Adobe
9 2 (0.29%) Dell
9 2 (0.29%) Sun
9 2 (0.29%) VMware
10 1 (0.15%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.15%) Ariba
10 1 (0.15%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.15%) Citrix
10 1 (0.15%) IBM
10 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft