QA Jobs in Wales

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 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 48 20 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 +30 +14
Permanent jobs citing QA 79 171 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.92% 10.27% 5.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.82% 54.46% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 58 45 58
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £32,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £26,391 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,067 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -9.65% +8.95%
75th Percentile £62,011 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,000 £56,450
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
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 284 314 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 14.08% 18.86% 19.82%
Number of salaries quoted 169 137 201
10th Percentile £25,209 £26,374 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -6.45% +9.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £61,636 £80,000
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 Wales

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Wales.

Salary trend for QA in Wales

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Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Wales region 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
South Wales -10 46 £52,500 +21.90% 25
North Wales -18 18 £40,000 +23.08% 2
Mid Wales +4 10 £45,000 - 2
West Wales -12 5 £32,500 -27.78% 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 17 (21.52%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (10.13%) SaaS
4 3 (3.80%) Serverless
5 2 (2.53%) AWS
6 1 (1.27%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.13%) MySQL
3 6 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.80%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.80%) RDBMS
5 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (11.39%) Selenium
2 8 (10.13%) JMeter
3 7 (8.86%) Postman
4 6 (7.59%) Git
4 6 (7.59%) SoapUI
4 6 (7.59%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.80%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.80%) JDeveloper
6 1 (1.27%) Appium
6 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.27%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.27%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (1.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 15 (18.99%) Finance
2 10 (12.66%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Banking
3 6 (7.59%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.06%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.53%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Law
7 1 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
7 1 (1.27%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Lead
2 15 (18.99%) Developer
3 11 (13.92%) QA Engineer
3 11 (13.92%) QA Manager
3 11 (13.92%) Quality Engineer
3 11 (13.92%) Quality Manager
4 6 (7.59%) Lead Developer
4 6 (7.59%) QA Leader
5 5 (6.33%) Junior
6 4 (5.06%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Automation Test Lead
6 4 (5.06%) QC Supervisor
6 4 (5.06%) Software Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Test Leader
6 4 (5.06%) User Researcher
7 3 (3.80%) QA Tester
7 3 (3.80%) Ruby Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Tester
8 2 (2.53%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) .NET
2 11 (13.92%) .NET Core
3 8 (10.13%) React
4 7 (8.86%) CSS
4 7 (8.86%) HTML
5 6 (7.59%) ASP.NET
6 5 (6.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.06%) JSON
7 4 (5.06%) Laravel
7 4 (5.06%) REST
8 3 (3.80%) Node.js
9 1 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (1.27%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (7.59%) Low-Code
2 6 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.53%) Blog
5 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Linux
1 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.05%) Agile
1 19 (24.05%) Test Automation
2 17 (21.52%) Mentoring
3 15 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (18.99%) Software Testing
4 14 (17.72%) CI/CD
4 14 (17.72%) DevOps
5 8 (10.13%) Clean Code
5 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (8.86%) Change Management
6 7 (8.86%) Fintech
6 7 (8.86%) Microservices
6 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
6 7 (8.86%) Software Engineering
6 7 (8.86%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (7.59%) Analytics
7 6 (7.59%) ETL
7 6 (7.59%) Migration
7 6 (7.59%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (7.59%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.85%) JavaScript
2 19 (24.05%) C#
3 12 (15.19%) Java
4 11 (13.92%) SQL
5 4 (5.06%) PHP
6 3 (3.80%) Bash
6 3 (3.80%) Go
6 3 (3.80%) Perl
6 3 (3.80%) Python
6 3 (3.80%) Ruby
7 1 (1.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 4 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) GMP
2 4 (5.06%) GLP
3 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (15.19%) Oracle
2 6 (7.59%) MuleSoft
2 6 (7.59%) OutSystems
3 1 (1.27%) Salesforce