QA Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 13 32
Rank change year-on-year -42 +19 +16
Permanent jobs citing QA 49 195 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.18% 12.72% 7.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 29.52% 60.94% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 64
10th Percentile £31,000 - £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,000 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £72,188 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 166 320 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 10.77% 20.87% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 121 82 209
10th Percentile £24,807 £25,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,625 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Cambridgeshire

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Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
Cambridge -42 30 £40,000 -37.25% 20
Peterborough +7 9 £50,000 +72.41% 3
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.04%) SaaS
1 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Appium
1 8 (16.33%) UI Automator
2 3 (6.12%) JIRA
3 1 (2.04%) Bugzilla
3 1 (2.04%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.04%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Automotive
2 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Finance
3 4 (8.16%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.12%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.12%) Electronics
4 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.12%) Welsh Language
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.08%) Retail
6 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Lead
2 9 (18.37%) Team Leader
3 8 (16.33%) Head of Test
3 8 (16.33%) Head of Testing
3 8 (16.33%) Test Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 7 (14.29%) Testing Manager
5 5 (10.20%) QA Leader
5 5 (10.20%) QA Team Leader
5 5 (10.20%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) QA Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Quality Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 4 (8.16%) Service Management Team Leader
7 3 (6.12%) Coordinator
7 3 (6.12%) Development Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Product Manager
7 3 (6.12%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Gherkin
1 1 (2.04%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Mobile App
1 6 (12.24%) Smartphone
2 5 (10.20%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.12%) Blockchain
3 3 (6.12%) Derivative
3 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.12%) Robotics
4 2 (4.08%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.04%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 8 (16.33%) Linux
2 8 (16.33%) Mac OS
3 6 (12.24%) Unix
4 2 (4.08%) Android
4 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.08%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Line Management
1 12 (24.49%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (22.45%) Agile
3 10 (20.41%) Test Automation
4 9 (18.37%) Computer Science
4 9 (18.37%) Manual Testing
4 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.33%) Regression Testing
6 7 (14.29%) User Experience
7 4 (8.16%) Coaching
7 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.16%) ITIL
7 4 (8.16%) ITSM
7 4 (8.16%) People Management
7 4 (8.16%) Quality Management
7 4 (8.16%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (8.16%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.16%) Service Management
7 4 (8.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) PHP
2 3 (6.12%) C
3 2 (4.08%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) Python
4 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.12%) HND
3 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) GxP
2 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.04%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) Cadence
3 1 (2.04%) HP