Quality Assurance (QA)
Essex > Chelmsford
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 8 | 21 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | +7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 8.51% | 6.11% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 80.00% | 34.78% | 10.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £19,600 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £53,000 | £20,500 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,500 | £45,949 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.85% | -29.31% | +73.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,250 | £46,297 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,100 | - | - |
| Essex median annual salary | £53,000 | £37,500 | £66,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.33% | -43.18% | +32.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chelmsford
QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Chelmsford.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5 | 23 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 10.64% | 17.56% | 7.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 19 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,950 | £20,500 | £25,250 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27,500 | £25,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £29,000 | £26,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +82.76% | +11.54% | -52.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £46,297 | £41,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,800 | £62,500 | £56,875 |
| Essex median annual salary | £42,500 | £43,750 | £65,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -33.21% | +24.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
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Salary Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Chelmsford.
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Salary Histogram in Chelmsford
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Chelmsford over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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: