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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 19 June 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
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6 months to
19 Jun 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
47 |
52 |
62 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+5 |
+10 |
-3 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
7,012 |
8,200 |
7,871 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
5.27% |
5.09% |
4.85% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
37.52% |
39.04% |
39.94% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5,236 |
6,567 |
6,041 |
| England median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,625 |
£31,250 |
£29,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,000 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£48,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.09% |
+2.11% |
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 |
18,688 |
21,005 |
19,708 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
14.06% |
13.04% |
12.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
13,665 |
16,192 |
15,295 |
| England median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
-3.06% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£28,250 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
- |
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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 19 June 2019.
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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 19 June 2019.
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 |
+7 |
3,519 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
212 |
| South East |
+2 |
1,308 |
£46,000 |
+2.22% |
97 |
| North of England |
-10 |
847 |
£44,624 |
+5.00% |
98 |
| Midlands |
+25 |
563 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
47 |
| North West |
+1 |
521 |
£45,000 |
- |
55 |
| South West |
-6 |
409 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
45 |
| East of England |
+3 |
339 |
£45,000 |
- |
37 |
| West Midlands |
+27 |
321 |
£41,000 |
-8.89% |
22 |
| Yorkshire |
-62 |
244 |
£44,062 |
+10.16% |
31 |
| East Midlands |
+24 |
242 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
25 |
| North East |
+25 |
83 |
£42,500 |
+1.19% |
12 |
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UK |
For the 6 months to 19 June 2019, 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 |
3,955 (56.40%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
2,933 (41.83%) |
Test Automation |
| 3 |
1,853 (26.43%) |
Java |
| 4 |
1,717 (24.49%) |
SQL |
| 5 |
1,455 (20.75%) |
C# |
| 6 |
1,454 (20.74%) |
Selenium |
| 7 |
1,447 (20.64%) |
Finance |
| 8 |
1,426 (20.34%) |
Scrum |
| 9 |
1,188 (16.94%) |
JavaScript |
| 10 |
1,060 (15.12%) |
Degree |
| 11 |
999 (14.25%) |
JIRA |
| 12 |
987 (14.08%) |
DevOps |
| 13 |
954 (13.61%) |
.NET |
| 14 |
936 (13.35%) |
BDD |
| 15 |
922 (13.15%) |
Microsoft |
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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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