QA Job Trends in Cowes

Quality Assurance (QA)
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cowes requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cowes 4.35% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £39,725 - -
25th Percentile £40,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 - -
75th Percentile £44,938 - -
90th Percentile £45,575 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £42,750 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cowes

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 Cowes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 15 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 32.61% 42.86% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £42,575 £55,500 -
25th Percentile £56,000 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - -
75th Percentile £73,725 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £77,130 £59,500 -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £70,600 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +22.78% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cowes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cowes.

QA job vacancy trend in Cowes

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Salary Trend in Cowes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cowes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft