QA Jobs in Gloucestershire

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 58 90
Rank change year-on-year +1 +32 -22
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing QA 6 53 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.97% 3.68% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.23% 34.64% 19.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 10
10th Percentile £44,400 £28,000 £33,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -6.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £52,125 £63,750
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 65 153 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.53% 10.61% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 53 57 68
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - -28.64% +32.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £73,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Gloucestershire

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Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in Gloucestershire

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Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester +25 1 - - 4
Cheltenham +19 1 £55,000 +29.41% 14
Tewkesbury +3 1 £40,000 +14.29% 4
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (33.33%) Appian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Appian Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Release Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) BPMN
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement Process
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) API Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ATDD
4 1 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Release Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 14001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) VMware