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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 63 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 -42 +28
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,609 3,106 8,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.33% 3.59% 9.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.45% 26.09% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 797 2,050 2,389
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,333 £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 7,867 11,904 16,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.28% 13.74% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,094 8,301 7,811
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,984 £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 £73,000 £70,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 23 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 23 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 +12 511 £65,000 -3.70% 1,215
North of England -22 376 £55,000 +15.79% 1,215
South East -50 263 £50,000 +5.26% 1,467
North West -46 239 £55,000 +15.79% 593
Midlands -32 217 £53,688 +7.38% 992
East of England +5 136 £51,500 +14.44% 725
East Midlands -19 111 £55,000 +15.79% 398
West Midlands -30 106 £53,688 +2.26% 535
North East +47 90 £57,752 +10.00% 170
South West -37 85 £57,500 +21.05% 605
Yorkshire -41 47 £62,500 +35.14% 459
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UK

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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
1 140 (8.70%) Confluence
2 28 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.18%) IBM Domino
4 9 (0.56%) CMS
4 9 (0.56%) WordPress
5 5 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.31%) Liferay
5 5 (0.31%) nginx
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.12%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.062%) Drupal
8 1 (0.062%) Moodle
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.062%) SAS
8 1 (0.062%) WinCC
Applications
1 47 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.81%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.75%) Trello
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.19%) Productboard
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.062%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.062%) Blender
12 1 (0.062%) Maya
12 1 (0.062%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 23 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.68%) TrackWise
3 9 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.25%) CA PPM
4 4 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.12%) Magento
6 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.062%) Endur
7 1 (0.062%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.062%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.062%) Relativity
7 1 (0.062%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.062%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.062%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.062%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 441 (27.41%) Azure
2 378 (23.49%) AWS
3 189 (11.75%) GCP
4 74 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 64 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (3.17%) SaaS
7 40 (2.49%) GitHub
8 39 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (2.42%) Serverless
9 34 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 28 (1.74%) Snowflake
11 27 (1.68%) Amazon S3
11 27 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (1.68%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
16 15 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.10%) TCP/IP
2 65 (4.04%) VPN
3 16 (0.99%) VoIP
4 13 (0.81%) Firewall
5 12 (0.75%) Multicast
6 11 (0.68%) VLAN
7 8 (0.50%) Network Security
8 7 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.44%) WAN
9 5 (0.31%) DNS
10 3 (0.19%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.19%) Wireless
11 2 (0.12%) ATM
11 2 (0.12%) BGP
11 2 (0.12%) DHCP
11 2 (0.12%) HSRP
11 2 (0.12%) SAN
12 1 (0.062%) LTE
12 1 (0.062%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 61 (3.79%) Power BI
3 45 (2.80%) Metadata
4 44 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.67%) MySQL
5 43 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (2.36%) Data Lake
7 34 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.93%) NoSQL
9 28 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (1.43%) DynamoDB
11 16 (0.99%) MongoDB
11 16 (0.99%) Tableau
12 13 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
13 11 (0.68%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
14 8 (0.50%) Redis
15 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 308 (19.14%) JIRA
2 297 (18.46%) Selenium
3 278 (17.28%) Cucumber
4 226 (14.05%) GitLab
5 208 (12.93%) SonarQube
6 205 (12.74%) Bitbucket
6 205 (12.74%) Maven
7 198 (12.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 71 (4.41%) Git
9 67 (4.16%) Robot Framework
10 53 (3.29%) Postman
11 36 (2.24%) Jenkins
12 33 (2.05%) Cypress.io
13 28 (1.74%) Appium
14 25 (1.55%) SpecFlow
15 23 (1.43%) JMeter
16 16 (0.99%) SoapUI
17 14 (0.87%) WebDriver
18 12 (0.75%) Gradle
18 12 (0.75%) LoadRunner
General
1 576 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 540 (33.56%) Finance
3 423 (26.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 328 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
5 264 (16.41%) Banking
6 192 (11.93%) Manufacturing
7 162 (10.07%) Marketing
8 152 (9.45%) Retail
9 94 (5.84%) Investment Banking
10 93 (5.78%) Telecoms
11 90 (5.59%) Corporate Banking
12 84 (5.22%) Law
13 64 (3.98%) Legal
14 51 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 51 (3.17%) Public Sector
15 47 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
16 43 (2.67%) Games
17 31 (1.93%) Electronics
18 26 (1.62%) Tech for Good
19 25 (1.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 316 (19.64%) Senior
2 251 (15.60%) Software Engineer
3 198 (12.31%) Developer
4 141 (8.76%) Lead
5 132 (8.20%) Analyst
6 94 (5.84%) Development Manager
7 93 (5.78%) Product Manager
7 93 (5.78%) Test Engineer
8 83 (5.16%) QA Engineer
9 82 (5.10%) Product Development Manager
10 75 (4.66%) Test Automation Engineer
11 70 (4.35%) Senior Developer
12 62 (3.85%) Project Manager
13 51 (3.17%) QA Manager
14 50 (3.11%) Quality Manager
15 46 (2.86%) QA Officer
16 37 (2.30%) Business Analyst
17 32 (1.99%) IT Manager
17 32 (1.99%) Test Analyst
18 30 (1.86%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (17.96%) React
2 239 (14.85%) HTML
3 235 (14.61%) CSS
4 214 (13.30%) Spring
5 209 (12.99%) Kafka
6 207 (12.87%) Spring Boot
7 205 (12.74%) Redux
8 198 (12.31%) JPA
9 150 (9.32%) REST
10 133 (8.27%) RESTful
11 113 (7.02%) .NET
12 109 (6.77%) Hibernate
13 101 (6.28%) Jest
14 92 (5.72%) Sass
15 90 (5.59%) CSS3
15 90 (5.59%) HTML5
16 39 (2.42%) Playwright
17 34 (2.11%) Node.js
18 32 (1.99%) AngularJS
19 31 (1.93%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 259 (16.10%) Product Ownership
2 202 (12.55%) Enterprise Software
3 87 (5.41%) FMCG
4 66 (4.10%) Linux Command Line
5 44 (2.73%) Mobile App
6 34 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 25 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.55%) Mobile Games
9 24 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 20 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.06%) Fixed Income
12 16 (0.99%) Data Centre
13 15 (0.93%) Life Science
13 15 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.87%) NHS
14 14 (0.87%) Social Media
15 13 (0.81%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 127 (7.89%) Linux
2 108 (6.71%) Windows
3 47 (2.92%) Apple iOS
4 41 (2.55%) Android
5 14 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.44%) CentOS
7 6 (0.37%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Rocky
8 3 (0.19%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.062%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Debian
10 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (37.73%) Agile
2 491 (30.52%) Test Automation
3 487 (30.27%) DevOps
4 473 (29.40%) Problem-Solving
5 388 (24.11%) Mentoring
6 375 (23.31%) CI/CD
7 338 (21.01%) Software Engineering
8 301 (18.71%) Project Management
9 280 (17.40%) SDLC
10 266 (16.53%) Microservices
11 262 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 251 (15.60%) Containerisation
13 247 (15.35%) Front End Development
14 233 (14.48%) Full-Stack Development
15 218 (13.55%) Performance Optimisation
16 203 (12.62%) User Experience
17 159 (9.88%) TDD
18 146 (9.07%) Migration
19 137 (8.51%) Coaching
20 129 (8.02%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 418 (25.98%) JavaScript
2 399 (24.80%) SQL
3 325 (20.20%) Java
4 251 (15.60%) Python
5 175 (10.88%) TypeScript
6 160 (9.94%) C#
7 80 (4.97%) Bash
8 76 (4.72%) PowerShell
9 33 (2.05%) PHP
10 26 (1.62%) Kotlin
11 25 (1.55%) Swift
12 22 (1.37%) C++
13 17 (1.06%) Objective-C
14 8 (0.50%) Go
14 8 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.50%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.37%) C
16 5 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 519 (32.26%) Degree
2 70 (4.35%) ISTQB
3 58 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (2.92%) PMI Certification
5 45 (2.80%) PMP
6 43 (2.67%) Security Cleared
7 33 (2.05%) DBS Check
8 27 (1.68%) CISSP
9 26 (1.62%) SC Cleared
10 22 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 12 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 11 (0.68%) ISEB
16 9 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 6 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.14%) Accessibility
2 86 (5.34%) GMP
3 66 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.99%) GDPR
5 28 (1.74%) PMO
6 17 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
8 10 (0.62%) NIST
9 9 (0.56%) GLP
10 7 (0.44%) NCSC
11 6 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.37%) CDISC
12 5 (0.31%) GxP
12 5 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.31%) P3O
12 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 260 (16.16%) Docker
2 6 (0.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.37%) Firmware
3 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.19%) LXC
4 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.062%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.062%) HDFS
5 1 (0.062%) Squid
Systems Management
1 250 (15.54%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.55%) Terraform
3 21 (1.31%) Ansible
4 18 (1.12%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.06%) Grafana
6 8 (0.50%) Argo
7 7 (0.44%) Nagios
8 5 (0.31%) Puppet
9 3 (0.19%) Kibana
9 3 (0.19%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.12%) logstash
10 2 (0.12%) Salt
11 1 (0.062%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.062%) Oozie
11 1 (0.062%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.062%) Packer
11 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 199 (12.37%) Solace
2 116 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 58 (3.60%) SAP
4 43 (2.67%) Google
5 29 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.68%) Oracle
7 17 (1.06%) Siemens
8 15 (0.93%) Adobe
9 13 (0.81%) Cisco
9 13 (0.81%) Databricks
9 13 (0.81%) New Relic
10 11 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.68%) SolarWinds
11 10 (0.62%) IBM
12 9 (0.56%) UiPath
12 9 (0.56%) VMware
13 8 (0.50%) Planview
13 8 (0.50%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.37%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.31%) JD Edwards