QA Job Trends in the Isle of Wight

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Isle of Wight

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Isle of Wight 1.79% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £39,725 - -
25th Percentile £40,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 - -
75th Percentile £44,938 - -
90th Percentile £45,575 - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Isle of Wight

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 the Isle of Wight.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 47 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight 41.96% 29.41% -
Number of salaries quoted 28 2 0
10th Percentile £58,431 £55,500 -
25th Percentile £62,000 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.78% - -
75th Percentile £73,000 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,500 -
South East median annual salary £54,770 £54,375 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.73% +3.57% -1.87%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

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

QA job vacancy trend in the Isle of Wight

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Salary Trend in the Isle of Wight

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Isle of Wight citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Isle of Wight citing QA

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Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Cowes - 2 £42,750 - 3
QA
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft