QA Jobs in Cardiff

Quality Assurance (QA)
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 57 30
Rank change year-on-year +25 -27 +20
Permanent jobs citing QA 36 9 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.47% 1.57% 8.69%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 48.65% 14.29% 44.05%
Number of salaries quoted 33 8 34
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,439 £36,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,520 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,291 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.31% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £43,067 £48,833
% change year-on-year +21.90% -11.81% +8.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 63 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 11.25% 10.96% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 66 48 102
10th Percentile £30,172 £30,441 £32,600
25th Percentile £40,313 £41,458 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,250 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.81% +1.05% +7.30%
75th Percentile £62,200 £60,413 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £44,666 £48,500
% change year-on-year +0.75% -7.91% +14.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for QA in Cardiff

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Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Cardiff over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) BrowserStack
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (11.11%) MySQL
3 4 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.78%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) JMeter
1 7 (19.44%) Postman
2 6 (16.67%) SoapUI
2 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (13.89%) Selenium
4 3 (8.33%) Cucumber
4 3 (8.33%) Git
5 1 (2.78%) Appium
5 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.78%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.78%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (2.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (30.56%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Banking
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Local Government
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Lead
2 10 (27.78%) Developer
3 6 (16.67%) Lead Developer
3 6 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) QA Leader
3 6 (16.67%) Quality Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Automation Test Lead
4 4 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 4 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 4 (11.11%) User Researcher
5 3 (8.33%) QA Tester
5 3 (8.33%) Tester
6 2 (5.56%) Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Digital Project Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Junior
7 1 (2.78%) Junior Business Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.22%) .NET
2 7 (19.44%) CSS
2 7 (19.44%) HTML
3 6 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 4 (11.11%) JSON
4 4 (11.11%) Laravel
4 4 (11.11%) REST
5 1 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 6 (16.67%) Low-Code
1 6 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Blog
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Mentoring
2 15 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 14 (38.89%) Agile
3 14 (38.89%) CI/CD
3 14 (38.89%) Software Testing
4 10 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (19.44%) Change Management
5 7 (19.44%) Fintech
5 7 (19.44%) Roadmaps
5 7 (19.44%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (16.67%) Analytics
6 6 (16.67%) Code Optimisation
6 6 (16.67%) Defect Management
6 6 (16.67%) DevOps
6 6 (16.67%) ETL
6 6 (16.67%) Migration
6 6 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (16.67%) Software Architecture
6 6 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (13.89%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (38.89%) JavaScript
2 10 (27.78%) C#
3 5 (13.89%) SQL
4 4 (11.11%) Java
4 4 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) MuleSoft
2 6 (16.67%) OutSystems
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce