Software Quality Assurance Job Trends in Leicestershire

Software Quality Assurance
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.14% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leicestershire

Software Quality Assurance 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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 93 65 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 13.08% 16.41% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 62 32 73
10th Percentile £23,875 £27,875 £26,050
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,640 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,750 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.53% -17.05%
75th Percentile £54,375 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £51,625 £63,568
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -6.59%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Quality Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Software Quality Assurance job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Leicester - 1 £30,000 - 2
Software Quality Assurance
East Midlands

Software Quality Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA