QA Jobs in the East of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 32 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +38
Permanent jobs citing QA 282 267 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.42% 7.34% 6.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 43.93% 40.89% 29.85%
Number of salaries quoted 90 32 171
10th Percentile £25,900 - £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 642 653 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.33% 17.96% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 349 222 594
10th Percentile £24,961 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £60,594
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the East of England.

Salary trend for QA in the East of England

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Hertfordshire +12 145 £55,000 +37.50% 11
Cambridgeshire -9 46 £55,000 +89.66% 12
Norfolk -6 35 £30,000 - 5
Suffolk +20 30 £28,000 -56.92% 6
Essex -9 24 £42,500 -48.48% 8
Bedfordshire -12 2 £65,000 -7.14% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (1.06%) CMS
2 1 (0.35%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Liferay
2 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Magento
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.06%) Azure
2 1 (0.35%) AWS
2 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.35%) GitHub
2 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (0.35%) SaaS
2 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) HTTP
1 1 (0.35%) Internet
1 1 (0.35%) LAN
1 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.42%) MySQL
2 3 (1.06%) EDMS
2 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (3.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) Appium
2 3 (1.06%) Git
2 3 (1.06%) IntelliJ
2 3 (1.06%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (1.06%) UI Automator
3 2 (0.71%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.71%) Selenium
3 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.35%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 174 (61.70%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.28%) Legal
3 26 (9.22%) Finance
4 19 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.96%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.19%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.84%) Automotive
7 8 (2.84%) Electronics
7 8 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.48%) Local Government
8 7 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.13%) Back Office
9 6 (2.13%) Marketing
10 5 (1.77%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.42%) Retail
12 3 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.71%) Avionics
13 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (45.39%) Project Manager
2 22 (7.80%) Lead
3 19 (6.74%) QA Engineer
4 17 (6.03%) Team Leader
5 13 (4.61%) QA Manager
5 13 (4.61%) QA Officer
5 13 (4.61%) Quality Engineer
6 12 (4.26%) Senior
7 10 (3.55%) Quality Manager
8 8 (2.84%) Analyst
8 8 (2.84%) QA Leader
8 8 (2.84%) QA Team Leader
9 7 (2.48%) Head of Test
9 7 (2.48%) Head of Testing
10 6 (2.13%) Developer
10 6 (2.13%) Test Manager
10 6 (2.13%) Testing Manager
11 5 (1.77%) Digital Project Manager
11 5 (1.77%) Service Desk Team Leader
12 4 (1.42%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.19%) CSS
1 9 (3.19%) HTML
2 5 (1.77%) .NET
2 5 (1.77%) REST
3 4 (1.42%) XML
4 3 (1.06%) React
4 3 (1.06%) Spring
5 2 (0.71%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.71%) CSS3
5 2 (0.71%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.71%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.71%) HTML5
5 2 (0.71%) jQuery
5 2 (0.71%) JSON
5 2 (0.71%) RESTful
5 2 (0.71%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.71%) Spring MVC
5 2 (0.71%) Swing
5 2 (0.71%) Vue
5 2 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.79%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (1.42%) Blog
3 4 (1.42%) Robotics
4 3 (1.06%) Blockchain
4 3 (1.06%) Derivative
4 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.06%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.71%) PMI
5 2 (0.71%) Smartphone
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
5 2 (0.71%) Wiki
6 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.35%) FMCG
6 1 (0.35%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.42%) Linux
1 4 (1.42%) Windows
2 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.71%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) AIX
4 1 (0.35%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (47.87%) Project Management
2 116 (41.13%) Budgeting
3 34 (12.06%) Coaching
3 34 (12.06%) Time Management
4 32 (11.35%) Mentoring
5 25 (8.87%) Agile
5 25 (8.87%) Root Cause Analysis
6 22 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (5.67%) Line Management
7 16 (5.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (4.96%) Customer Service
9 12 (4.26%) Test Automation
10 10 (3.55%) Regression Testing
10 10 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (3.19%) Performance Management
12 8 (2.84%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (2.84%) People Management
12 8 (2.84%) Project Planning
12 8 (2.84%) SDLC
13 7 (2.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.48%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.13%) Java
2 6 (2.13%) PHP
3 5 (1.77%) SQL
4 4 (1.42%) Python
4 4 (1.42%) VB
4 4 (1.42%) VB6
5 3 (1.06%) C
6 2 (0.71%) Ada
6 2 (0.71%) C#
6 2 (0.71%) C++
7 1 (0.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.35%) Scala
7 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 140 (49.65%) Degree
2 116 (41.13%) HNC
3 6 (2.13%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.77%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.35%) HND
6 1 (0.35%) ISEB
6 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.77%) PMO
2 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.06%) GxP
3 3 (1.06%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.35%) NIST
5 1 (0.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 115 (40.78%) NEC
2 31 (10.99%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.87%) NCR
4 3 (1.06%) Cadence
4 3 (1.06%) SAP
5 2 (0.71%) Sybase
6 1 (0.35%) ANSYS
6 1 (0.35%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.35%) Google
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle
6 1 (0.35%) Remedy
6 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.35%) VMware