QA Job Trends in Farnborough

Quality Assurance (QA)
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 23 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +19
Permanent jobs citing QA 8 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 4.91% 4.35% 3.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.00% 40.00% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,750 £48,750 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -17.24% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £104,500 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £41,250 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% -12.50% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 25 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough 15.34% 10.87% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 9
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £36,200
25th Percentile £43,125 £39,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,950 £52,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.95% -27.59% +52.63%
75th Percentile £95,313 £68,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £72,875 -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

QA job vacancy trend in Farnborough

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Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Farnborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Farnborough over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in Farnborough

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) 5G
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 1st Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) QA Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Quality Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Commissioning Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Sage Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Sage Support
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Ruckus Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Sage