QA Job Trends in Fife

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Fife

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Fife requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 15 5
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 3 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Fife 11.11% 2.22% 19.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,500 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile £36,500 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £50,250
Scotland median annual salary £36,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -34.55% +37.50% -27.27%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Fife

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 Fife.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 44.44% 2.22% 19.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,500 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.81%
75th Percentile - - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £50,250
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% +5.00%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

QA job vacancy trend in Fife

QA
Salary Trend in Fife

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fife citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fife citing QA

QA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Information Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Document Controller
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Information Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving