QA Job Trends in the East Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 48 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -28
Permanent jobs citing QA 157 110 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.32% 5.60% 4.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 37.92% 36.30% 35.49%
Number of salaries quoted 76 36 138
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,934 £29,825
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +18.92% -3.65%
75th Percentile £55,313 £57,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,625 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 414 303 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.75% 15.43% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 286 182 409
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,024 £24,240
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -11.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,438 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £64,875 £63,750
England median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.95% +9.52% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

QA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing QA

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Leicestershire -7 70 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Lincolnshire +2 31 £38,750 -48.33% 7
Nottinghamshire +7 29 £40,000 -21.48% 13
Derbyshire +9 18 £32,500 -27.78% 7
Northamptonshire -25 8 £59,732 +101.65% 5
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.18%) Confluence
2 1 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (16.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.46%) Azure
2 6 (3.82%) AWS
3 3 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
4 2 (1.27%) GCP
4 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.64%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.64%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (0.64%) FTP
1 1 (0.64%) HTTP
1 1 (0.64%) RTP
1 1 (0.64%) RTSP
1 1 (0.64%) SCTP
1 1 (0.64%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (0.64%) SS7
1 1 (0.64%) VoIP
1 1 (0.64%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.91%) Power BI
3 2 (1.27%) Power Query
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (7.01%) JIRA
2 7 (4.46%) XCUITest
3 1 (0.64%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) NUnit
3 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (29.94%) Manufacturing
2 26 (16.56%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.74%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (8.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (6.37%) Law
6 7 (4.46%) Finance
7 5 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.55%) Legal
8 4 (2.55%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Games
10 1 (0.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (27.39%) QA Manager
2 21 (13.38%) Quality Manager
3 20 (12.74%) Technologist
4 19 (12.10%) Senior
5 11 (7.01%) QA Specialist
6 10 (6.37%) QA Engineer
7 8 (5.10%) Technical Manager
8 7 (4.46%) Senior QA Engineer
9 6 (3.82%) Lead
9 6 (3.82%) QA Leader
9 6 (3.82%) QC Manager
9 6 (3.82%) Validation Specialist
10 5 (3.18%) Product Owner
10 5 (3.18%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.18%) Senior QA Manager
11 4 (2.55%) Agile Product Owner
11 4 (2.55%) Analyst
11 4 (2.55%) QA Officer
12 3 (1.91%) QA Team Leader
12 3 (1.91%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) .NET
2 2 (1.27%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.64%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.64%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.64%) FFmpeg
3 1 (0.64%) GStreamer
3 1 (0.64%) HTML
3 1 (0.64%) JSON
3 1 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.64%) Middleware
3 1 (0.64%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (0.64%) Node.js
3 1 (0.64%) React
3 1 (0.64%) React Native
3 1 (0.64%) Redux
3 1 (0.64%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.64%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.46%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.55%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.27%) FMCG
6 1 (0.64%) CUDA
6 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.64%) IoT
6 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.46%) Android
1 7 (4.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (22.29%) Coaching
3 28 (17.83%) Agile
4 27 (17.20%) Quality Management
5 22 (14.01%) QMS
6 20 (12.74%) Benchmarking
6 20 (12.74%) Data Interpretation
6 20 (12.74%) Internal Audit
7 15 (9.55%) CI/CD
8 12 (7.64%) Observability
9 10 (6.37%) Test Automation
9 10 (6.37%) Test Strategy
10 9 (5.73%) Backlog Refinement
10 9 (5.73%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.10%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (5.10%) Validation
12 7 (4.46%) Functional Testing
12 7 (4.46%) Personalization
12 7 (4.46%) Scenario Testing
12 7 (4.46%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.82%) C#
2 5 (3.18%) SQL
3 3 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.27%) C++
4 2 (1.27%) Python
4 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.64%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.64%) R
5 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (1.91%) Degree
2 2 (1.27%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.18%) GMP
3 3 (1.91%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.27%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Istio
1 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.64%) Databricks
2 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle
2 1 (0.64%) Perforce
2 1 (0.64%) Salesforce