QA Jobs in Glasgow

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 10 44
Rank change year-on-year -145 +34 +8
Permanent jobs citing QA 83 225 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.10% 14.31% 5.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.08% 68.81% 33.10%
Number of salaries quoted 31 32 51
10th Percentile £16,380 - £35,000
25th Percentile £21,897 £37,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +18.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 459 327 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.60% 20.80% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 112 84 139
10th Percentile £22,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,438 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% +11.11% +16.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £79,250 £63,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for QA in Glasgow

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (4.82%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.20%) Blender
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.05%) Azure
2 9 (10.84%) AWS
2 9 (10.84%) BlazeMeter
3 5 (6.02%) SaaS
4 4 (4.82%) GCP
5 3 (3.61%) Serverless
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.20%) ClickUp
7 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Big Data
1 4 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.61%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.61%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.05%) JIRA
2 9 (10.84%) Cucumber
2 9 (10.84%) Cypress.io
2 9 (10.84%) Gradle
2 9 (10.84%) Jenkins
2 9 (10.84%) JMeter
2 9 (10.84%) Maven
3 5 (6.02%) Git
4 3 (3.61%) JDeveloper
5 1 (1.20%) Jasmine
5 1 (1.20%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 35 (42.17%) Finance
2 31 (37.35%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.66%) Marketing
4 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (13.25%) Law
6 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.82%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.82%) Retail
8 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.41%) Legal
9 2 (2.41%) Local Government
9 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Police
10 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Services Director
2 15 (18.07%) Developer
3 14 (16.87%) Senior
4 12 (14.46%) Software Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Java Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Java Software Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) QA Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) QA Software Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.02%) Change Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Assistant Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) AWS Solution Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (4.82%) Lead Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Software Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (25.30%) React
2 9 (10.84%) Ext JS
2 9 (10.84%) Spring
2 9 (10.84%) Spring Boot
3 6 (7.23%) .NET
4 5 (6.02%) JSON
4 5 (6.02%) RESTful
4 5 (6.02%) XML
5 3 (3.61%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.61%) Node.js
6 2 (2.41%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.41%) CSS
6 2 (2.41%) HTML
7 1 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (1.20%) Laravel
7 1 (1.20%) REST
7 1 (1.20%) Sass
7 1 (1.20%) SOAP
7 1 (1.20%) Web Services
7 1 (1.20%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Management Information System
1 9 (10.84%) Market Risk
2 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.82%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.82%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) 3D Printing
4 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.20%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Linux
1 5 (6.02%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Android
2 4 (4.82%) Apple iOS
2 4 (4.82%) Mesosphere
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.96%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (30.12%) Mentoring
3 19 (22.89%) Agile
4 18 (21.69%) Code Quality
5 17 (20.48%) Budgeting
5 17 (20.48%) Creative Thinking
5 17 (20.48%) Internal Audit
5 17 (20.48%) Strategic Thinking
5 17 (20.48%) Test Automation
6 16 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (14.46%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (14.46%) Microservices
7 12 (14.46%) SDLC
7 12 (14.46%) Software Engineering
7 12 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (13.25%) Design Patterns
8 11 (13.25%) Software Testing
8 11 (13.25%) Validation
9 10 (12.05%) Data Validation
9 10 (12.05%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.89%) JavaScript
2 13 (15.66%) Java
3 11 (13.25%) SQL
4 6 (7.23%) C#
5 4 (4.82%) Kotlin
5 4 (4.82%) Python
5 4 (4.82%) Swift
6 3 (3.61%) Bash
6 3 (3.61%) Go
6 3 (3.61%) Perl
6 3 (3.61%) Ruby
7 1 (1.20%) PHP
7 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.20%) VB
7 1 (1.20%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.20%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Degree
2 4 (4.82%) AWS Certification
2 4 (4.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.41%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.20%) CBAP
4 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) SLA
2 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.41%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Docker
2 4 (4.82%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.82%) Ansible
2 4 (4.82%) Docker Swarm
2 4 (4.82%) Progress Chef
2 4 (4.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) TOWER Software
2 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.82%) VMware
4 3 (3.61%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) NEC
6 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.20%) Xero