Software Quality Assurance Job Trends in the East of England

Software Quality Assurance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.048% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile £66,750 - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% -11.54% +44.44%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

Software Quality Assurance 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 552 374 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.81% 12.27% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 330 206 474
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £24,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £43,871
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -3.13% -23.70%
75th Percentile £64,863 £57,500 £62,188
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £76,175
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.48% +9.52% -8.70%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Quality Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Software Quality Assurance job vacancy trend in the East of England

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in the East of England

Software Quality Assurance
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 Software Quality Assurance within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Bedfordshire - 2 £37,500 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £72,500 -
Software Quality Assurance
England

Software Quality Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Django
1 1 (33.33%) FastAPI
1 1 (33.33%) Flask
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA