Software Quality Assurance Jobs in London

Software Quality Assurance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 485 620
Rank change year-on-year +104 +135 +232
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 11 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.088% 0.029% 0.049%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 0.21% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 13
10th Percentile - £55,500 £47,270
25th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £87,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £66,250 £65,000 £46,562
% change year-on-year +1.92% +39.60% -15.34%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,082 3,360 5,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.59% 14.07% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 2,441 3,449
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +2.22% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,625 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in London

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in London.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in London

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in London

Software Quality Assurance
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +37 3 £71,250 -20.83%
Software Quality Assurance
England

Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (45.45%) Liferay
2 3 (27.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Cloud Computing
1 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
2 3 (27.27%) MSTest
3 2 (18.18%) Selenium
3 2 (18.18%) TestRail
4 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
4 1 (9.09%) JMeter
4 1 (9.09%) JUnit
4 1 (9.09%) Katalon Studio
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 5 (45.45%) Senior
1 5 (45.45%) Senior Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Senior Front-End Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) QA Leader
2 3 (27.27%) Test Leader
3 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) CSS
1 5 (45.45%) HTML
1 5 (45.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Onboarding
2 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (36.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (27.27%) Virtual Team
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 10 (90.91%) Test Automation
3 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
3 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) SDLC
4 5 (45.45%) B2C
4 5 (45.45%) Front End Development
4 5 (45.45%) Identity Management
4 5 (45.45%) Manual Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
4 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
4 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) TDD
4 5 (45.45%) User Experience
4 5 (45.45%) Wireframes
5 4 (36.36%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (36.36%) Test Management
6 3 (27.27%) Data Entry
6 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
2 3 (27.27%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft