Quality Assurance & Compliance Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
QA	50	Up 58 places+58	£45,000	+2.56%	326 2.90%	83
Data Quality	121	Up 34 places+34	£55,000	+28.65%	146 1.30%	70
Cyber Essentials	122	Down 32 places-32	£50,000	+25.00%	145 1.29%	20
ISO/IEC 27001	131	Down 43 places-43	£57,500	+15.00%	134 1.19%	56
Accessibility	135	Up 18 places+18	£57,500	-16.66%	128 1.14%	70
GDPR	143	Down 24 places-24	£52,500	+16.66%	117 1.04%	28
PCI DSS	175	Down 92 places-92	£45,000	-10.00%	80 0.71%	10
NIST	188	Down 102 places-102	£75,000	+33.92%	67 0.60%	47
GRC	193	Down 47 places-47	£57,500	+7.98%	62 0.55%	13
SLA	203	Down 108 places-108	£35,500	+12.69%	52 0.46%	13
NCSC	205	Down 58 places-58	£60,000	-11.11%	50 0.44%	15
ISO 9001	214	Down 48 places-48	£31,750	-33.15%	41 0.36%	17
PMO	216	Down 47 places-47	£49,500	-6.33%	39 0.35%	14
NEBOSH	219	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	+20.00%	36 0.32%	1
JSP 440	225	Down 70 places-70	£75,000	+11.11%	30 0.27%	8
Cyber Essentials PLUS	226	Down 60 places-60	£55,000	+18.91%	29 0.26%	12
Def Stans	234	Down 68 places-68	£80,000	-	21 0.19%	10
WCAG	234	Down 59 places-59	£61,250	+59.09%	21 0.19%	4
DO-254	239	New entry-	£70,000	-	16 0.14%	8
ISO/IEC 20000	240	New entry-	£47,500	-	15 0.13%	3
IEC 61508	242	Down 70 places-70	£80,000	+45.45%	13 0.12%	5
Actionable Recommendations	242	Down 70 places-70	£57,500	+9.52%	13 0.12%	12
ISO 19650	243	Down 70 places-70	£60,000	+20.00%	12 0.11%	3
GMP	243	Down 69 places-69	£35,000	-	12 0.11%	2
ISO 14001	244	New entry-	£31,500	-	11 0.098%	2
ISO/IEC 15288	245	Down 71 places-71	£53,000	-30.17%	10 0.089%	8
DORA	246	Down 71 places-71	£62,500	-	9 0.080%	7
COSHH	247	New entry-	£50,000	-	8 0.071%	2
Software Quality Assurance	249	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.053%
ISO 13485	249	Down 74 places-74	-	-	6 0.053%	4
NIST 800	249	Down 95 places-95	£85,000	+25.92%	6 0.053%	3
California Consumer Privacy Act	250	Down 77 places-77	£90,000	-37.28%	5 0.044%	1
ECSS	250	New entry-	£27,000	-	5 0.044%	2
DO-160	250	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.044%	3
ISO/IEC 42001	251	Down 80 places-80	£57,500	+4.54%	4 0.036%	1
ARP4761	251	Down 80 places-80	£80,000	-	4 0.036%	3
ISO 26262	251	Down 76 places-76	£80,000	+45.45%	4 0.036%	12
HAZOP	251	Down 76 places-76	£51,000	-	4 0.036%	3
Sarbanes-Oxley	252	Down 80 places-80	£105,000	-	3 0.027%	1
HIPAA	252	Down 78 places-78	-	-	3 0.027%	1
ARP4754	252	New entry-	-	-	3 0.027%	4
MIL-STD-1553	252	New entry-	-	-	3 0.027%	1
ISO 9000	252	New entry-	-	-	3 0.027%
PERC	253	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.018%
ISO 20022	253	New entry-	-	-	2 0.018%
Good Clinical Practice	253	New entry-	£52,500	-	2 0.018%
GxP	253	New entry-	£95,000	-	2 0.018%
MISRA	254	Down 79 places-79	£67,500	+68.75%	1 0.009%	2
RMADS	254	Down 98 places-98	£62,500	-7.40%	1 0.009%
JTAG	254	Down 79 places-79	£70,150	-	1 0.009%	1