QA Jobs in Hampshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 55 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 +31
Permanent jobs citing QA 55 172 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.70% 4.25% 5.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.73% 35.68% 36.13%
Number of salaries quoted 47 102 96
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,875 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,938 £76,563
90th Percentile £72,500 £64,900 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 242 482 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.90% 11.91% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 145 369 305
10th Percentile £26,700 £27,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £75,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £62,000 £45,125 £51,000
% change year-on-year +37.40% -11.52% -2.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Hampshire

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Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for QA in Hampshire

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Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in Hampshire

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Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Southampton +37 13 £47,500 -21.49% 21
Farnborough +14 11 £52,500 -27.59% 9
Fareham +4 11 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Hook +9 4 £45,000 - 1
Portsmouth -8 4 £50,000 +11.11% 13
Winchester +11 2 £46,000 +6.82% 5
Petersfield -4 2 £55,000 -4.35%
Andover -10 2 £46,000 +17.95%
Alton - 2 - -
Romsey +25 1 - -
Eastleigh +16 1 £35,000 - 1
Basingstoke -23 1 £65,000 +2.36% 8
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.45%) Productboard
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) SaaS
2 9 (16.36%) Azure
3 8 (14.55%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.27%) Smartsheet
6 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.64%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.55%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Selenium
2 3 (5.45%) JIRA
3 2 (3.64%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.82%) JUnit
4 1 (1.82%) Postman
4 1 (1.82%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.82%) TestNG
4 1 (1.82%) TestRail
General
1 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.82%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (14.55%) Tech for Good
4 7 (12.73%) Marketing
5 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (29.09%) Analyst
2 14 (25.45%) Developer
3 11 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (14.55%) QA Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) QA Test Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Senior
6 6 (10.91%) Administrator
6 6 (10.91%) Salesforce Administrator
7 5 (9.09%) Lead
7 5 (9.09%) Lead Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (7.27%) Project Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Transition Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Junior
9 3 (5.45%) Principal Developer
9 3 (5.45%) Scrum Master
9 3 (5.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.36%) AngularJS
2 8 (14.55%) .NET
2 8 (14.55%) .NET Core
2 8 (14.55%) Blazor
2 8 (14.55%) React
3 6 (10.91%) REST
4 3 (5.45%) HTML
5 2 (3.64%) Apache Camel
5 2 (3.64%) Hibernate
5 2 (3.64%) Spring
5 2 (3.64%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.82%) ADO
6 1 (1.82%) pytest
6 1 (1.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Mobile App
1 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.82%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Android
1 3 (5.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Agile
2 13 (23.64%) DevOps
2 13 (23.64%) Test Automation
3 12 (21.82%) Project Management
4 11 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 11 (20.00%) User Experience
5 10 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 8 (14.55%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (14.55%) CI/CD
6 8 (14.55%) Coaching
6 8 (14.55%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (14.55%) Full-Stack Development
6 8 (14.55%) Microservices
6 8 (14.55%) TDD
7 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
7 7 (12.73%) Scrum
7 7 (12.73%) Validation
8 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 14 (25.45%) C#
3 10 (18.18%) SQL
4 8 (14.55%) Java
5 6 (10.91%) Python
6 4 (7.27%) Delphi
7 3 (5.45%) C
7 3 (5.45%) Kotlin
7 3 (5.45%) Swift
7 3 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.64%) C++
9 1 (1.82%) Go
9 1 (1.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Degree
2 10 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.27%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.64%) PMP
6 1 (1.82%) CSQE
6 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.64%) Sage
4 1 (1.82%) Spotify