Quality Assurance Tester
South East > Kent
The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in Kent is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent | 0.27% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.37% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £30,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £31,500 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £39,250 | £43,750 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.29% | -12.50% | +11.11% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title | 538 | 1,384 | 985 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 71.73% | 92.89% | 85.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 323 | 1,029 | 549 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,250 | £25,250 | £26,950 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,375 | £31,250 | £33,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,000 | £42,500 | £46,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.59% | -8.60% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,158 | £58,750 | £60,899 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £69,000 | £72,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | - |
QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
QA Tester
Salary Trend in Kent
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in Kent.
QA Tester
Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the Kent region over the 6 months to 4 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 |
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| Snodland | - | 2 | £31,000 | - | |
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QA Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring QA Tester in the job title.
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QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:
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