QA Jobs in Central London

Quality Assurance (QA)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 59 39 26
Rank change year-on-year -20 -13 +24
Permanent jobs citing QA 161 370 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.27% 6.93% 8.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.63% 42.09% 46.47%
Number of salaries quoted 141 329 582
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,650 £48,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £102,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 509 879 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 13.50% 16.47% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 404 762 1,177
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £100,000
London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Central London

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Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for QA in Central London

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Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for QA in Central London

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Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Central London 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
City of London -17 146 £75,000 - 23
City of Westminster - 2 £70,000 -
Lambeth - 1 £57,500 -
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.11%) CMS
1 5 (3.11%) Drupal
1 5 (3.11%) IIS
1 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.24%) Confluence
3 2 (1.24%) Moodle
4 1 (0.62%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.24%) Trello
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 38 (23.60%) SaaS
2 25 (15.53%) Azure
3 16 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.59%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.35%) Serverless
6 6 (3.73%) AWS
7 3 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.86%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.86%) AWS CodeCommit
7 3 (1.86%) AWS KMS
7 3 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.86%) GCP
7 3 (1.86%) IaaS
8 2 (1.24%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.24%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.24%) ClickUp
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.97%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.80%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.59%) Power BI
2 9 (5.59%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.73%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.48%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.86%) Looker
5 3 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.86%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.86%) Tableau
6 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.24%) MySQL
6 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.62%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (39.13%) Cucumber
2 56 (34.78%) Jenkins
3 55 (34.16%) Postman
4 36 (22.36%) Selenium
5 29 (18.01%) Cypress.io
6 15 (9.32%) JIRA
7 13 (8.07%) Git
8 9 (5.59%) SpecFlow
9 8 (4.97%) TeamCity
10 7 (4.35%) Appium
11 3 (1.86%) JDeveloper
12 2 (1.24%) IntelliJ
12 2 (1.24%) JBehave
12 2 (1.24%) JUnit
12 2 (1.24%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.62%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.62%) Calabash
13 1 (0.62%) JMeter
13 1 (0.62%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.62%) WebDriver
General
1 26 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (11.80%) Finance
3 14 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (7.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (6.21%) Legal
5 10 (6.21%) Social Skills
6 7 (4.35%) Tech for Good
7 6 (3.73%) Banking
8 5 (3.11%) Law
8 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.48%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.48%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.86%) Retail
10 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Front Office
12 1 (0.62%) Games
12 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (29.19%) Senior
2 35 (21.74%) Lead
3 22 (13.66%) QA Engineer
4 18 (11.18%) Developer
5 14 (8.70%) QA Manager
6 8 (4.97%) .NET Developer
6 8 (4.97%) Analyst
6 8 (4.97%) Consultant
6 8 (4.97%) Support Consultant
7 7 (4.35%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (4.35%) C# Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Full Stack .NET Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Full Stack Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.73%) Angular Developer
8 6 (3.73%) QA Leader
8 6 (3.73%) React Developer
9 5 (3.11%) Senior Support Consultant
9 5 (3.11%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (34.78%) REST
2 18 (11.18%) .NET
3 17 (10.56%) CSS
3 17 (10.56%) HTML
4 16 (9.94%) .NET Framework
5 15 (9.32%) React
6 13 (8.07%) WebdriverIO
7 10 (6.21%) Node.js
8 9 (5.59%) ASP.NET
8 9 (5.59%) jQuery
8 9 (5.59%) RESTful
8 9 (5.59%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 8 (4.97%) AngularJS
9 8 (4.97%) Gherkin
9 8 (4.97%) GraphQL
10 7 (4.35%) .NET Core
10 7 (4.35%) Entity Framework
10 7 (4.35%) Playwright
10 7 (4.35%) Razor View Engine
11 5 (3.11%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.24%) Blog
5 2 (1.24%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.62%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.62%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.73%) Windows
2 5 (3.11%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.48%) Linux
4 3 (1.86%) Android
4 3 (1.86%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.86%) Debian
4 3 (1.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (44.10%) API Testing
2 63 (39.13%) CI/CD
3 57 (35.40%) Clean Code
4 56 (34.78%) SDET
5 53 (32.92%) Test Strategy
6 45 (27.95%) BDD
7 31 (19.25%) Agile
8 27 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (12.42%) DevOps
10 17 (10.56%) Test Automation
11 15 (9.32%) Data Modelling
11 15 (9.32%) Fintech
11 15 (9.32%) Manual Testing
11 15 (9.32%) Quality Management
12 13 (8.07%) Decision-Making
12 13 (8.07%) Process Improvement
12 13 (8.07%) TDD
13 12 (7.45%) Biotechnology
13 12 (7.45%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.19%) Java
2 44 (27.33%) JavaScript
3 36 (22.36%) SQL
4 23 (14.29%) C#
5 21 (13.04%) Python
6 5 (3.11%) Swift
7 3 (1.86%) Bash
7 3 (1.86%) Go
7 3 (1.86%) Perl
7 3 (1.86%) Ruby
7 3 (1.86%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.24%) PHP
8 2 (1.24%) R
9 1 (0.62%) C++
9 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 23 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.83%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.86%) CREST Certified
5 3 (1.86%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.45%) Good Clinical Practice
2 7 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.86%) COBIT
3 3 (1.86%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.86%) GRC
3 3 (1.86%) NIST
4 2 (1.24%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.24%) PMO
5 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.97%) Aderant
3 4 (2.48%) Oracle
4 3 (1.86%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.62%) Databricks
5 1 (0.62%) Google
5 1 (0.62%) IBM
5 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.62%) Pega
5 1 (0.62%) SAP
5 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.62%) Solace
5 1 (0.62%) Splunk
5 1 (0.62%) Sybase
5 1 (0.62%) TIBCO