QA Jobs in Essex

Quality Assurance (QA)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 44 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 -16 +36
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 30 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 1.93% 3.44% 8.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.27% 25.42% 63.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 3
10th Percentile £38,250 £21,650 £63,200
25th Percentile £41,938 £27,000 £64,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £37,500 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% -43.18% +32.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £46,297 £78,125
90th Percentile £81,500 £95,000 £84,500
East of England median annual salary £49,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.89% +5.88% -10.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 33 118 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 7.07% 13.53% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23 95 26
10th Percentile £28,950 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,965 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year - -35.11% +24.76%
75th Percentile £57,750 £57,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,600 £81,000 -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -21.82% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Essex

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Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for QA in Essex

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Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Essex over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in Essex

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Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 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
Chelmsford +12 4 £61,500 +33.85% 5
Southend-on-Sea -4 2 - -
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Law
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Applications Support
1 2 (22.22%) Data Governance Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Data Governance Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Data Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Fraud Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Governance Manager
1 2 (22.22%) QA Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) QA Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Quality Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) MATLAB Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Data Management
2 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft