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The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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3 months to 24 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
| Rank |
50 |
54 |
57 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
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| Permanent jobs citing QA |
4905 |
5288 |
4768 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK |
4.538% |
4.382% |
3.832% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
45.80% |
48.90% |
47.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4039 |
4425 |
3870 |
| Average salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£45,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a salary of more than |
£30,000 |
£29,000 |
£30,000 |
| 10% offered a salary of more than |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary |
£38,000 |
£37,500 |
£39,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
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All Quality Assurance & Compliance UK |
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
10710 |
10814 |
10095 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK |
9.909% |
8.961% |
8.114% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
8649 |
8887 |
8332 |
| Average salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 90% offered a salary of more than |
£27,500 |
£28,000 |
£29,000 |
| 10% offered a salary of more than |
£70,000 |
£72,500 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
£41,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
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QA Jobs Demand TrendThis chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
QA Salary TrendThis chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA within the UK.
QA Salary HistogramThis chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.
QA Top 30 Job LocationsThe table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.
Location (Click each for more statistics) |
Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Average Salary Last 3 Months |
Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
| England |
+3 |
4637 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
| London |
+1 |
2355 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
| South East |
-8 |
824 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
| City of London |
0 |
513 |
£52,000 |
+4.00% |
| Yorkshire |
+13 |
346 |
£37,000 |
+4.22% |
| East of England |
-16 |
320 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
| West Yorkshire |
+18 |
274 |
£37,500 |
+2.73% |
| Leeds |
+12 |
236 |
£37,500 |
+4.16% |
| North West |
-9 |
220 |
£35,000 |
- |
| South West |
+6 |
196 |
£36,000 |
+10.76% |
| Surrey |
-1 |
187 |
£48,000 |
-4.00% |
| West Midlands |
+8 |
174 |
£37,000 |
+5.71% |
| Cambridgeshire |
+6 |
164 |
£37,500 |
-13.79% |
| Berkshire |
-45 |
158 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
| Hampshire |
+12 |
149 |
£40,000 |
+6.66% |
| Manchester |
-10 |
123 |
£35,000 |
- |
| Scotland |
+20 |
112 |
£42,500 |
-5.55% |
| Oxfordshire |
+34 |
108 |
£40,000 |
- |
| East Midlands |
-21 |
105 |
£35,000 |
- |
| Cambridge |
+1 |
95 |
£37,750 |
-5.62% |
| Hertfordshire |
+2 |
87 |
£35,000 |
-20.45% |
| East Sussex |
+45 |
73 |
£36,500 |
+4.28% |
| Bristol |
+20 |
71 |
£36,000 |
+20.00% |
| Brighton |
+40 |
66 |
£36,500 |
+0.68% |
| Birmingham |
-4 |
63 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
| Reading |
-31 |
63 |
£49,250 |
+31.33% |
| Southampton |
+8 |
58 |
£37,500 |
- |
| Wiltshire |
+26 |
57 |
£35,000 |
- |
| Cheshire |
-30 |
57 |
£37,500 |
+7.14% |
| North East |
+34 |
52 |
£35,000 |
-44.00% |
QA Top 30 Related IT SkillsFor the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA.
QA Top Related IT Skills by CategoryFor the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.
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Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Automated Test Analyst, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java, C++, Automated, Desktop, Agile/Scrum, Functional/...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire
You will be required to analyse business functions, processes and information flows, and identify, define and implement requirements for supporting or improving business processes and systems... Key Words:...
Computer People
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
FDM is currently seeking a number of high calibre individuals with the drive to work in software testing, to join their award-winning programme to launch careers as...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
QA Engineer/Test Engineer/Selenium/QTP/Agile... You will be responsible for testing high transactional web based Ecommerce applications in a agile/scrum/sprint environment. You will have...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
URGENTLY RECRUITING / Test Analyst / Chester / £20-25k + Benefits Test Analyst - Role As a Test Analyst working in the IT Projects team you will be responsible for assisting the...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server, Web Applications Bracknell, Berkshire £50k to £60k plus excellent benefits An exciting newly created opportunity to work with an award winning global organization...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bupa, Pension, 25 days holiday
Posted: 23 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Any experience with the following is highly desirable; Quality Assurance and Testing experience; Experience with .NET, C#, VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server, you will be ISEB or ISTQB...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Central London / West End
Skills required for the QA Analyst: Ability to create and execute manual test scripts, preferably for web-based applications. Experience implementing automated frameworks and using automation test tools (...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £42000 - £47000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Technical Lead - Senior Developer (Java and .Net) C#, .Net, Java, JEE, SQL Bracknell, Berkshire £50k to £60k plus excellent benefits An exciting newly created opportunity to work with...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
They are looking for a Senior QA Tester who has extensive experience testing web based applications and who is familiar with web technologies such as MySQL, Javascript and...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £40000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + shares + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Working on a number of challenging and varied collaborative projects, you will be expected to have a solid foundation in .net development and ideally experience of working within...
Search Consultancy
Salary: benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be ISEB qualified, have a proven record of delivery within testing and 2-5 years QA / testing experience with both manual and automated testing practices.
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... N.B applicants must hold a British passport as they may be put through...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Central London / West End
Improve upon QA approaches and processes... Essential Experience: Strong experience in the creation and maintenance of automated test scripts with a specific Selenium and Ruby expertise... Desirable Skills:...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Responsible for test automation within QA . Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts . Implement automation tests using Selenium Webdriver . Implement automation service tests using SoapU or JMeter . Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The Test Analyst should have: Degree educated in a Computing, Engineering or Mathematical related subject. At least two years experience working in a Testing/QA related position. ISEB/...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum Bonus + benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
C # QA Developer at high profile web based Travel client, Central London, £60k Hydrogen's innovative high profile web client is recruiting for a QA Developer to come...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Experience of automated test tools such as QA Run or Winrunner. Experience of testing Windows Software Applications and Database Applications produced using VB, C#, Access and SQL Server.
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Experience of web service integration testing using SoapUI. Experience of automated test script development using Java or Objective C... Exposure to BDD testing (Cucumber, FitNesse or similar) is...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Bonus + Beneits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
QA Tester / C# Test Automation Engineer (Junior / Graduate)... Working within a small team you will assist with developing and executing C# automated testing of their highly transactional web...
Client Server
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + share options
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will develop and execute test plans, configure and support the test environments and work to extend test automation using selenium webdriver... You must also possess experience of...
The People Network
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Stock, Pension, Health, Life
Posted: 23 May 2013
Midlands
My client based in the Midlands is currently looking fora talented Biztalk developer for a permanent position within their team... You will need to translate customer and team...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Collaborate with the Project Manager and business stakeholders to plan the business analysis activities... Refine the business analysis models, including "to be" business processes, business entity definition and...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
East London
We are currently looking for an intelligent and motivated individual to join our quality assurance team. Responsibilities include: - Taking part in QA processes, testing existing and new product...
Retain International
Salary: Unspecified Competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Other skills include: Selenium RC / Webdriver with C# or similar OOP Languge (Java, Ruby etc) Experience of testing REST web services AGILE (TDD / BDD) Experienced in building automation...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Central London / West End
Lead Agile Java Tester / QA Engineer - Global Giant- Open Source expert Junit , Fitnesse , Selenium AGILE... Expert Java web application and Webservices application testing , SOAP JUNIT... Expert in Test...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £65,000 to £85,000 per annum plus package
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
QA Analyst (Java / J2EE / WebSphere / Selenium) responsibilities: Ensuring QA standards are met... Creating and maintaining automated test frameworks (using Java) Preparing and maintaining test plans for use on...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum plus package
Posted: 21 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Any experience of test automation using Selenium and/or performance testing is highly desirabl... Creating and maintaining Test scripts for regression testing. Creating and maintaining Test scripts with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
migrated their ecommerce platforms... Ability to learn Hybris Platform effectively and efficiently... Good technical knowledge (SQL skills coupled with good network and infrastructure related skills) Understanding and logical...
C4 Commerce
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum based on experience.
Posted: 22 May 2013
West London
They will need to be comfortable analysing scripts, Oracle Databases and PL/SQL, and code (mainly Java but also some C++) to work out what is happening. * Excellent (...
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £47000 - 55000 Per Annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
A Microsoft Gold Partner is looking for a QA Consultant to join the team; the successful candidate must have worked on client facing projects and is happy to...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will come from a good academic background and an ISEB accreditation in Software Testing... Required work experience with the following: QA Center, LoadRunner ISO9001, CMMI SQL, Oracle...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
What’s the Test Analyst - QA role all about? We need a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function in a friendly and focussed development team...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1+ years recent experience of software testing - Recent experience of testing /developing applications based on Microsoft technologies... - Database experience using Microsoft SQL Server or other relational DB - TFS,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The company links in with world leading banking organisations and provides a cutting edge SaaS solution to them and due to an ever increasing demand, it is necessary...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic, Altrincham, Cheshire, North West... Working with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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