QA Jobs in England

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 65 21
Rank change year-on-year -16 -44 +31
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,496 3,054 8,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.25% 3.58% 9.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.07% 25.70% 48.21%
Number of salaries quoted 877 2,060 2,623
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £37,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,150 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -11.42% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,844 11,884 18,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.03% 13.95% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,203 8,387 8,321
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,030 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in England

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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 1 May 2025. 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
London +6 526 £65,000 -7.14% 870
North of England -34 289 £52,500 +10.53% 304
South East -26 286 £50,000 +5.26% 351
Midlands -41 168 £53,688 +11.27% 165
North West -67 135 £52,500 +10.53% 198
East of England +15 115 £49,000 +8.89% 114
South West -30 95 £60,000 +26.32% 151
North East +49 94 £55,000 +4.76% 41
West Midlands -52 88 £53,688 +7.38% 91
East Midlands -11 80 £54,388 +14.50% 69
Yorkshire -14 60 £50,000 +5.26% 71
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 30 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.94%) Confluence
3 11 (0.74%) CMS
3 11 (0.74%) IBM Domino
4 10 (0.67%) WordPress
5 6 (0.40%) nginx
6 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 5 (0.33%) IIS
6 5 (0.33%) Liferay
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.20%) Drupal
8 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Appian
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.13%) CoreMedia CMS
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 57 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.80%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.53%) Trello
8 6 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.20%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.20%) Blender
10 3 (0.20%) Maya
10 3 (0.20%) Productboard
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.067%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.067%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.067%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 20 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.07%) TrackWise
3 7 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.27%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.20%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.13%) Magento
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.067%) Endur
7 1 (0.067%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.067%) Relativity
7 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.067%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.067%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 261 (17.45%) Azure
2 183 (12.23%) AWS
3 82 (5.48%) Power Platform
4 80 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (5.35%) GCP
5 70 (4.68%) SaaS
6 45 (3.01%) GitHub
7 43 (2.87%) Serverless
8 36 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.14%) Amazon S3
9 32 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (1.67%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.27%) Snowflake
16 16 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.41%) TCP/IP
2 65 (4.34%) VPN
3 16 (1.07%) VoIP
4 15 (1.00%) Firewall
4 15 (1.00%) VLAN
5 12 (0.80%) Multicast
6 8 (0.53%) SD-WAN
6 8 (0.53%) WAN
7 6 (0.40%) BGP
7 6 (0.40%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.40%) HSRP
8 5 (0.33%) DNS
8 5 (0.33%) Wireless
9 4 (0.27%) HTTP
9 4 (0.27%) Network Security
9 4 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.20%) Broadband
10 3 (0.20%) Internet
11 2 (0.13%) ATM
11 2 (0.13%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (4.21%) Power BI
2 43 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (2.87%) MySQL
3 41 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 40 (2.67%) NoSQL
5 35 (2.34%) Metadata
6 32 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 31 (2.07%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (1.34%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.14%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.94%) Metadata Repository
11 14 (0.94%) Tableau
12 11 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.67%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.60%) Redis
15 7 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (7.55%) JIRA
2 108 (7.22%) Selenium
3 85 (5.68%) Cucumber
4 81 (5.41%) Git
5 70 (4.68%) Postman
6 67 (4.48%) Robot Framework
7 44 (2.94%) Jenkins
8 33 (2.21%) Cypress.io
9 31 (2.07%) Appium
10 29 (1.94%) GitLab
11 26 (1.74%) SpecFlow
12 25 (1.67%) JMeter
13 17 (1.14%) SoapUI
13 17 (1.14%) TestRail
14 16 (1.07%) JUnit
15 15 (1.00%) Gradle
15 15 (1.00%) Visual Studio
16 14 (0.94%) WebDriver
17 12 (0.80%) LoadRunner
18 11 (0.74%) TestNG
General
1 627 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 343 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
3 338 (22.59%) Finance
4 209 (13.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 204 (13.64%) Manufacturing
6 160 (10.70%) Marketing
7 92 (6.15%) Telecoms
8 70 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
9 66 (4.41%) Law
9 66 (4.41%) Retail
10 64 (4.28%) Banking
11 63 (4.21%) Games
11 63 (4.21%) Legal
11 63 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 36 (2.41%) Public Sector
13 33 (2.21%) Electronics
13 33 (2.21%) Publishing
14 31 (2.07%) Tech for Good
15 27 (1.80%) Health Technology
16 22 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 319 (21.32%) Senior
2 214 (14.30%) Developer
3 153 (10.23%) Analyst
4 143 (9.56%) Lead
5 101 (6.75%) Test Engineer
6 100 (6.68%) Development Manager
7 94 (6.28%) Product Manager
8 93 (6.22%) QA Engineer
9 82 (5.48%) Product Development Manager
10 79 (5.28%) Test Automation Engineer
11 69 (4.61%) Senior Developer
12 64 (4.28%) Software Engineer
13 59 (3.94%) Project Manager
14 51 (3.41%) Business Analyst
14 51 (3.41%) QA Officer
15 45 (3.01%) QA Manager
16 41 (2.74%) Tester
17 38 (2.54%) Quality Manager
18 37 (2.47%) QA Analyst
19 36 (2.41%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (9.09%) .NET
2 94 (6.28%) React
3 59 (3.94%) REST
4 49 (3.28%) RESTful
5 47 (3.14%) HTML
6 44 (2.94%) AngularJS
7 43 (2.87%) CSS
8 39 (2.61%) Playwright
9 33 (2.21%) Node.js
10 31 (2.07%) .NET Core
11 30 (2.01%) pytest
11 30 (2.01%) Swagger
12 27 (1.80%) Web Services
13 22 (1.47%) JSON
14 19 (1.27%) ASP.NET
15 17 (1.14%) Blazor
16 16 (1.07%) FIX Protocol
16 16 (1.07%) XML
17 15 (1.00%) .NET Framework
17 15 (1.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.68%) Product Ownership
2 83 (5.55%) FMCG
3 64 (4.28%) Linux Command Line
4 48 (3.21%) Mobile App
5 38 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.14%) Algorithms
7 30 (2.01%) Mobile Games
8 29 (1.94%) Life Science
9 27 (1.80%) Virtual Team
10 26 (1.74%) Data Structures
10 26 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 23 (1.54%) Management Information System
13 19 (1.27%) Data Centre
14 18 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.00%) Fixed Income
16 14 (0.94%) NHS
17 13 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (0.87%) Educational Technology
18 12 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.56%) Linux
2 102 (6.82%) Windows
3 53 (3.54%) Apple iOS
4 48 (3.21%) Android
5 13 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.47%) CentOS
7 5 (0.33%) Unix
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.20%) Rocky
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.067%) Debian
10 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.067%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (33.56%) Problem-Solving
2 448 (29.95%) Agile
3 325 (21.72%) Test Automation
4 320 (21.39%) Mentoring
5 304 (20.32%) DevOps
6 302 (20.19%) Project Management
7 193 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 191 (12.77%) CI/CD
9 165 (11.03%) Software Engineering
10 163 (10.90%) Software Testing
11 155 (10.36%) Coaching
12 130 (8.69%) Scrum
13 119 (7.95%) User Experience
14 112 (7.49%) Computer Science
14 112 (7.49%) Test Management
15 110 (7.35%) Project Delivery
16 108 (7.22%) Product Strategy
17 105 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
18 103 (6.89%) Validation
19 96 (6.42%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 250 (16.71%) Python
2 234 (15.64%) JavaScript
3 220 (14.71%) SQL
4 188 (12.57%) C#
5 136 (9.09%) Java
6 83 (5.55%) TypeScript
7 79 (5.28%) PowerShell
8 78 (5.21%) Bash
9 40 (2.67%) PHP
10 29 (1.94%) Kotlin
11 28 (1.87%) Swift
12 24 (1.60%) C++
13 19 (1.27%) Objective-C
14 11 (0.74%) Go
15 8 (0.53%) C
15 8 (0.53%) Ruby
15 8 (0.53%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.53%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 529 (35.36%) Degree
2 68 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 66 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (3.07%) PMI Certification
4 46 (3.07%) PMP
5 44 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 28 (1.87%) DBS Check
7 25 (1.67%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.47%) CISSP
9 20 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.07%) Chartered Engineer
12 14 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 13 (0.87%) AWS Certification
14 12 (0.80%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.74%) CCNP
15 11 (0.74%) ISEB
16 10 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.15%) GMP
2 60 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 42 (2.81%) Accessibility
4 33 (2.21%) PMO
5 32 (2.14%) GDPR
6 12 (0.80%) Good Clinical Practice
7 11 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
8 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.53%) GLP
9 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.47%) SLA
11 6 (0.40%) CDISC
12 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.33%) ITGC
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 61 (4.08%) Docker
2 9 (0.60%) Firmware
3 6 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.20%) LXC
4 3 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.067%) Squid
Systems Management
1 59 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.81%) Terraform
3 20 (1.34%) Ansible
4 15 (1.00%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.80%) Grafana
6 11 (0.74%) Argo
7 7 (0.47%) Nagios
8 5 (0.33%) Kustomize
8 5 (0.33%) Puppet
9 3 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) Istio
10 2 (0.13%) Kibana
10 2 (0.13%) Packer
10 2 (0.13%) Salt
11 1 (0.067%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.067%) logstash
11 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.067%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 140 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.88%) SAP
3 48 (3.21%) Google
4 29 (1.94%) Oracle
5 27 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.14%) Adobe
6 17 (1.14%) Siemens
7 15 (1.00%) New Relic
8 13 (0.87%) Cisco
9 12 (0.80%) Databricks
10 10 (0.67%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.60%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.60%) UiPath
11 9 (0.60%) VMware
12 8 (0.53%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.53%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.47%) Planview
14 5 (0.33%) ANSYS
14 5 (0.33%) JD Edwards
15 4 (0.27%) Fortinet