QA Tester Jobs in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance Tester
South East > Thames Valley

The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in the Thames Valley is £43,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 256 264
Rank change year-on-year +18 +8 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 3 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.045% 0.065% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.073% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £41,375 £48,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £41,563 £49,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +38.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £46,563 £87,813 £53,125
90th Percentile £47,125 £92,875 £56,875
South East median annual salary £43,750 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.26% +8.33% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for QA Tester in the Thames Valley

QA Tester
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for QA Tester in the Thames Valley

QA Tester
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Buckinghamshire -17 2 £43,750 -12.50%
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
QA Tester
South East

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, QA Tester 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 Thames Valley region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft