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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 15 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
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6 months to
15 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
49 |
61 |
58 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+12 |
-3 |
-5 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
8,087 |
8,018 |
9,233 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
5.10% |
4.82% |
4.94% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
37.58% |
39.25% |
37.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,406 |
5,866 |
7,705 |
| England median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,750 |
£29,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£76,250 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£48,500 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.09% |
+2.11% |
+5.56% |
QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills England |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills |
21,519 |
20,427 |
24,743 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
13.58% |
12.28% |
13.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16,370 |
15,365 |
19,773 |
| England median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£27,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
£48,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
-1.03% |
+7.78% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing QA as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Salary Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA in England.
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Salary Histogram in England
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing QA in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2018.
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Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the England region over the 6 months to 15 August 2018.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| London |
0 |
3,968 |
£57,500 |
- |
539 |
| South East |
+19 |
1,523 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
213 |
| North of England |
+29 |
1,105 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
211 |
| North West |
+20 |
557 |
£45,000 |
+20.00% |
109 |
| Midlands |
-17 |
507 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
133 |
| South West |
+26 |
502 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
101 |
| East of England |
+7 |
486 |
£45,000 |
- |
101 |
| Yorkshire |
+38 |
485 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
87 |
| West Midlands |
-13 |
302 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
89 |
| East Midlands |
-13 |
200 |
£40,000 |
-12.09% |
44 |
| North East |
+2 |
63 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
15 |
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UK |
For the 6 months to 15 August 2018, IT jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for QA.
| 1 |
4,598 (56.86%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
3,436 (42.49%) |
Test Automation |
| 3 |
2,191 (27.09%) |
Java |
| 4 |
2,082 (25.75%) |
Finance |
| 5 |
1,934 (23.91%) |
Selenium |
| 6 |
1,772 (21.91%) |
SQL |
| 7 |
1,751 (21.65%) |
C# |
| 8 |
1,558 (19.27%) |
JavaScript |
| 9 |
1,481 (18.31%) |
Scrum |
| 10 |
1,211 (14.97%) |
.NET |
| 11 |
1,157 (14.31%) |
BDD |
| 12 |
1,124 (13.90%) |
TDD |
| 13 |
1,080 (13.35%) |
Degree |
| 14 |
1,024 (12.66%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 15 |
990 (12.24%) |
Continuous Integration |
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Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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