QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 68 17 59
Rank change year-on-year -51 +42 +11
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,590 6,598 3,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.65% 10.97% 5.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.89% 53.33% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,613 1,255 2,021
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,750 £76,520
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,632 12,373 12,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.58% 20.57% 17.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,357 4,612 6,881
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the UK excluding London 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
South East -29 696 £47,500 -13.64% 199
North of England -56 545 £47,500 -12.04% 252
Midlands -48 447 £49,000 -6.67% 192
South West -36 361 £47,500 - 130
North West -59 308 £47,500 -5.00% 125
West Midlands -47 273 £52,500 -4.55% 113
Scotland -78 241 £45,000 -18.18% 60
Yorkshire -47 182 £47,500 -13.64% 99
East Midlands -44 174 £47,500 -1.04% 79
East of England -65 167 £45,000 -5.26% 102
Wales -29 79 £45,000 +2.19% 33
Northern Ireland +50 57 £67,500 +3.85% 14
North East -57 55 £52,500 -8.70% 31
Isle of Man - 3 - -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 41 (1.58%) Confluence
2 34 (1.31%) IIS
2 34 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.89%) CMS
4 13 (0.50%) Documentum
5 6 (0.23%) Drupal
5 6 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.19%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.19%) WordPress
7 4 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.15%) TWiki
8 3 (0.12%) Apache
9 2 (0.077%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.077%) nginx
10 1 (0.039%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.039%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.039%) SAS
10 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 108 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.39%) InfoPath
6 8 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.15%) Simulink
9 2 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.077%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.077%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.039%) Blender
10 1 (0.039%) Doxygen
10 1 (0.039%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.50%) TrackWise
3 11 (0.42%) SAP QM
4 7 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.19%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.19%) Shopify
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.15%) Magento
7 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.12%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.077%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.077%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.039%) Maximo
9 1 (0.039%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.039%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.039%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 475 (18.34%) Azure
2 287 (11.08%) AWS
3 241 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (7.41%) SaaS
5 113 (4.36%) GCP
6 62 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (1.81%) Power Platform
8 46 (1.78%) Serverless
9 42 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.04%) GitHub
11 23 (0.89%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.62%) PaaS
12 16 (0.62%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.58%) BlazeMeter
14 13 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.39%) BrowserStack
16 10 (0.39%) Google Play
16 10 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.04%) TCP/IP
2 26 (1.00%) Firewall
3 12 (0.46%) HTTP
4 11 (0.42%) WAN
4 11 (0.42%) Wireless
5 10 (0.39%) MQTT
5 10 (0.39%) Wireshark
6 9 (0.35%) VoIP
7 8 (0.31%) Internet
7 8 (0.31%) VLAN
8 7 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.23%) 5G
9 6 (0.23%) Bluetooth
9 6 (0.23%) LAN
10 5 (0.19%) GSM
10 5 (0.19%) ISDN
10 5 (0.19%) PSTN
10 5 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.19%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.19%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (7.64%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
3 95 (3.67%) Relational Database
4 74 (2.86%) BigQuery
4 74 (2.86%) Looker
5 51 (1.97%) MySQL
6 41 (1.58%) NoSQL
7 39 (1.51%) Power BI
8 35 (1.35%) Oracle Database
9 30 (1.16%) RDBMS
10 28 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.66%) Big Data
12 14 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
13 13 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.50%) Tableau
14 12 (0.46%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.35%) EDMS
16 9 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
17 8 (0.31%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 170 (6.56%) Selenium
2 167 (6.45%) Git
3 155 (5.98%) JIRA
4 74 (2.86%) Visual Studio
5 71 (2.74%) Cypress.io
6 56 (2.16%) Jenkins
7 55 (2.12%) Cucumber
8 53 (2.05%) Postman
9 39 (1.51%) JMeter
10 38 (1.47%) Appium
11 32 (1.24%) Jasmine
12 30 (1.16%) JDeveloper
13 28 (1.08%) Karma Test Runner
14 23 (0.89%) SoapUI
15 21 (0.81%) WebDriver
16 20 (0.77%) GitLab
17 19 (0.73%) TeamCity
18 17 (0.66%) NUnit
18 17 (0.66%) TestRail
19 14 (0.54%) Maven
General
1 793 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 449 (17.34%) Manufacturing
3 394 (15.21%) Analytical Skills
4 336 (12.97%) Finance
5 233 (9.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 161 (6.22%) Legal
7 140 (5.41%) Retail
8 122 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 114 (4.40%) Marketing
10 99 (3.82%) Electronics
11 79 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.82%) Billing
13 61 (2.36%) Public Sector
14 60 (2.32%) Aerospace
14 60 (2.32%) Telecoms
15 59 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
16 55 (2.12%) Law
17 40 (1.54%) Games
18 37 (1.43%) Automotive
19 28 (1.08%) Banking
Job Titles
1 347 (13.40%) Developer
2 276 (10.66%) Lead
3 209 (8.07%) QA Manager
4 208 (8.03%) Senior
5 192 (7.41%) QA Engineer
6 152 (5.87%) Analyst
7 149 (5.75%) Quality Manager
8 139 (5.37%) Software Engineer
9 101 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
10 100 (3.86%) Quality Engineer
11 91 (3.51%) Tester
12 87 (3.36%) QA Leader
13 78 (3.01%) Data Manager
14 71 (2.74%) Project Manager
15 70 (2.70%) Software Developer
16 66 (2.55%) Senior Developer
17 64 (2.47%) Test Engineer
18 60 (2.32%) .NET Developer
19 56 (2.16%) C# Developer
20 52 (2.01%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (9.65%) .NET
2 174 (6.72%) React
3 138 (5.33%) AngularJS
4 134 (5.17%) CSS
4 134 (5.17%) HTML
5 104 (4.02%) ASP.NET
6 96 (3.71%) JSON
7 90 (3.47%) XML
8 87 (3.36%) REST
9 86 (3.32%) Web Services
10 79 (3.05%) Node.js
11 76 (2.93%) .NET Core
12 59 (2.28%) .NET Framework
13 57 (2.20%) jQuery
14 54 (2.08%) RESTful
14 54 (2.08%) SOAP
15 49 (1.89%) Spring
15 49 (1.89%) Vue
16 44 (1.70%) Playwright
17 39 (1.51%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 231 (8.92%) Management Information System
2 194 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 63 (2.43%) Mobile App
4 58 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (1.62%) IoT
6 30 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 28 (1.08%) Life Science
8 27 (1.04%) Biopharmaceutical
9 26 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.00%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.00%) Satnav
10 22 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 20 (0.77%) Client/Server
11 20 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (0.77%) Video\Live Streaming
12 18 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 18 (0.69%) e-Learning
12 18 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 109 (4.21%) Windows
2 83 (3.20%) Linux
3 47 (1.81%) Android
4 29 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.31%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Mesosphere
7 6 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.15%) AIX
8 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.15%) VMS
8 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.077%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.077%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 763 (29.46%) Agile
2 606 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 482 (18.61%) Test Automation
4 445 (17.18%) DevOps
5 370 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 333 (12.86%) Project Management
7 317 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 297 (11.47%) Scrum
9 290 (11.20%) Coaching
10 259 (10.00%) Software Testing
11 257 (9.92%) CI/CD
12 236 (9.11%) Software Engineering
13 210 (8.11%) QMS
14 187 (7.22%) Computer Science
15 180 (6.95%) Line Management
16 170 (6.56%) Code Quality
17 166 (6.41%) Collaborative Working
18 154 (5.95%) Roadmaps
19 150 (5.79%) SDLC
20 138 (5.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 352 (13.59%) JavaScript
2 309 (11.93%) C#
3 256 (9.88%) SQL
4 184 (7.10%) Python
5 181 (6.99%) Java
6 86 (3.32%) TypeScript
7 78 (3.01%) C
8 59 (2.28%) C++
9 54 (2.08%) PHP
10 44 (1.70%) VB
11 43 (1.66%) Go
12 42 (1.62%) Bash
13 38 (1.47%) T-SQL
14 37 (1.43%) Perl
15 35 (1.35%) Ruby
16 34 (1.31%) VB.NET
16 34 (1.31%) VB6
17 25 (0.97%) Kotlin
18 19 (0.73%) PowerShell
19 14 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 468 (18.07%) Degree
2 126 (4.86%) Security Cleared
3 109 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (2.59%) ISTQB
5 64 (2.47%) SC Cleared
6 45 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 36 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 32 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.24%) ISEB
9 21 (0.81%) HNC
9 21 (0.81%) PhD
10 14 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 14 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 13 (0.50%) AAT
12 12 (0.46%) MBA
12 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.42%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.34%) GMP
2 55 (2.12%) ISO 9001
3 35 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.16%) PMO
5 29 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 28 (1.08%) Software Quality Assurance
7 26 (1.00%) GDPR
7 26 (1.00%) GxP
8 22 (0.85%) ISO 13485
9 19 (0.73%) SLA
10 16 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
12 11 (0.42%) ISO 14001
13 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 9 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.27%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.27%) NEBOSH
16 6 (0.23%) JTAG
17 5 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 85 (3.28%) Docker
2 27 (1.04%) Firmware
3 12 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.15%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.039%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 69 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 23 (0.89%) Ansible
3 18 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
4 11 (0.42%) Terraform
5 8 (0.31%) Puppet
6 6 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.12%) Grafana
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.077%) Podman
8 2 (0.077%) SCCM
9 1 (0.039%) Kibana
9 1 (0.039%) Packer
Vendors
1 330 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 134 (5.17%) Google
3 77 (2.97%) Oracle
4 56 (2.16%) SAP
5 36 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.04%) NCR
7 24 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 16 (0.62%) Databricks
9 14 (0.54%) Cisco
9 14 (0.54%) VMware
10 9 (0.35%) TOWER Software
11 7 (0.27%) HP
11 7 (0.27%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.23%) Minitab
12 6 (0.23%) OutSystems
13 5 (0.19%) Apple
13 5 (0.19%) Avaya
13 5 (0.19%) Intel
13 5 (0.19%) NEC
13 5 (0.19%) Xamarin