Software Quality Assurance Jobs

Software Quality Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 903 1138
Rank change year-on-year +38 +235 -288
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 31 67 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.064% 0.061%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10 41 47
10th Percentile £49,800 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,024 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +4.55% -26.67%
75th Percentile £74,387 £72,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% -13.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Software Quality Assurance 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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the UK 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
UK excluding London +1 28 £52,500 +16.67% 3
England +80 27 £63,774 +39.30% 4
Work from Home +100 25 £68,774 +25.61% 5
South East +42 23 £57,547 +30.79%
Scotland - 4 £52,500 - 1
London +118 3 £80,000 +14.29% 2
North of England +46 1 £38,500 -7.78%
North East - 1 £38,500 -

Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (67.74%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (12.90%) Electronics
1 4 (12.90%) Games
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Software Engineer
2 21 (67.74%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) QA Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) QA Automation Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Applications Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Software QA Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
1 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
1 2 (6.45%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Satnav
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) Bitcoin
3 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 27 (87.10%) Test Automation
3 23 (74.19%) Software Engineering
4 22 (70.97%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (67.74%) Actionable Insight
5 21 (67.74%) Quality Management
6 6 (19.35%) Agile
7 5 (16.13%) Software Testing
8 4 (12.90%) QA Automation
9 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
9 3 (9.68%) Fintech
10 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
10 2 (6.45%) Web Development
11 1 (3.23%) Automated Trading
11 1 (3.23%) Defect Management
11 1 (3.23%) High-Frequency Trading
11 1 (3.23%) Low Latency
11 1 (3.23%) Regression Testing
11 1 (3.23%) SDLC
11 1 (3.23%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (70.97%) C++
2 21 (67.74%) C
3 3 (9.68%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) Java
5 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
1 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) Degree
3 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) ISEB
4 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (12.90%) ISO 9001