QA Jobs in the Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 12 56
Rank change year-on-year -46 +44 +9
Permanent jobs citing QA 453 1,210 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.81% 13.10% 4.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.99% 48.38% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 359 308 400
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £38,625 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +13.58% -2.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,625 £68,800
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,743 2,501 2,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.67% 27.07% 19.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 936 1,315
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -2.13%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £80,000 £73,650
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for QA in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
West Midlands -43 277 £52,500 -4.55% 115
East Midlands -43 176 £47,500 -1.04% 75
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 17 (3.75%) IIS
2 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.10%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 110 (24.28%) Azure
2 61 (13.47%) AWS
3 41 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (6.84%) SaaS
5 17 (3.75%) GCP
6 16 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.65%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.65%) Serverless
8 8 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (1.77%) WhatsApp
9 7 (1.55%) Azure Pipelines
9 7 (1.55%) Azure Stack
9 7 (1.55%) PaaS
10 6 (1.32%) GitHub
10 6 (1.32%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.32%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.10%) AWS Fargate
11 5 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.65%) Firewall
2 7 (1.55%) WAN
3 6 (1.32%) VLAN
4 5 (1.10%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.10%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.10%) Wireless
5 4 (0.88%) VoIP
5 4 (0.88%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.66%) Broadband
7 2 (0.44%) FlexRay
7 2 (0.44%) HTTP
7 2 (0.44%) LAN
8 1 (0.22%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.65%) Power BI
3 11 (2.43%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.21%) BigQuery
4 10 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.21%) Looker
5 9 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.32%) Power Query
7 6 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.10%) MySQL
9 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.66%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.66%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.44%) GIS
11 2 (0.44%) Metadata
11 2 (0.44%) Spatial Data
12 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (8.61%) Git
2 17 (3.75%) Selenium
3 15 (3.31%) Jasmine
4 13 (2.87%) JIRA
5 11 (2.43%) Cucumber
5 11 (2.43%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (2.21%) Postman
6 10 (2.21%) SoapUI
6 10 (2.21%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.55%) JMeter
7 7 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (1.32%) NUnit
8 6 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (1.32%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.32%) TestRail
9 5 (1.10%) gulp
9 5 (1.10%) MSTest
10 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.88%) IntelliJ
General
1 95 (20.97%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (12.14%) Manufacturing
4 49 (10.82%) Finance
5 39 (8.61%) Retail
6 25 (5.52%) Legal
7 21 (4.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.31%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.21%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.99%) Banking
12 9 (1.99%) Marketing
12 9 (1.99%) Police
13 8 (1.77%) Billing
14 6 (1.32%) Law
14 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.10%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.10%) iGaming
16 4 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (16.56%) Developer
2 71 (15.67%) Lead
3 61 (13.47%) QA Manager
4 34 (7.51%) Analyst
5 32 (7.06%) Quality Manager
6 29 (6.40%) Senior
7 21 (4.64%) Software Engineer
8 19 (4.19%) QA Leader
9 18 (3.97%) C# Developer
10 17 (3.75%) Lead Developer
10 17 (3.75%) QA Engineer
11 15 (3.31%) Tester
12 14 (3.09%) Engineering Manager
13 13 (2.87%) Software Developer
13 13 (2.87%) Web Developer
14 12 (2.65%) Business Analyst
15 11 (2.43%) Team Leader
16 10 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
16 10 (2.21%) Data Manager
16 10 (2.21%) QA Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (12.80%) .NET
2 37 (8.17%) React
3 28 (6.18%) XML
4 26 (5.74%) ASP.NET
5 24 (5.30%) .NET Core
6 23 (5.08%) REST
6 23 (5.08%) SOAP
7 21 (4.64%) Node.js
8 20 (4.42%) JSON
9 18 (3.97%) Web Services
10 16 (3.53%) Sass
11 15 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 15 (3.31%) XML Schema
12 13 (2.87%) Jest
12 13 (2.87%) RESTful
13 12 (2.65%) CSS
13 12 (2.65%) HTML
14 11 (2.43%) RxJS
15 10 (2.21%) Next.js
15 10 (2.21%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.83%) Management Information System
2 38 (8.39%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.43%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.21%) e-Learning
5 10 (2.21%) Learning Management System
6 9 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.32%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.32%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.10%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.88%) CCTV
10 4 (0.88%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (0.88%) Online Banking
10 4 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.66%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.19%) Linux
1 19 (4.19%) Windows
2 4 (0.88%) VMS
3 3 (0.66%) Android
3 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (30.68%) Agile
2 99 (21.85%) DevOps
3 90 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (17.66%) Test Automation
5 66 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (12.80%) CI/CD
7 57 (12.58%) Coaching
7 57 (12.58%) Scrum
8 56 (12.36%) Project Management
9 48 (10.60%) Mentoring
10 47 (10.38%) Software Testing
11 37 (8.17%) SDLC
12 36 (7.95%) QMS
13 35 (7.73%) Software Engineering
14 34 (7.51%) Customer Service
15 32 (7.06%) Computer Science
16 31 (6.84%) Roadmaps
16 31 (6.84%) User Experience
17 30 (6.62%) Mathematics
18 26 (5.74%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.57%) C#
2 55 (12.14%) JavaScript
3 52 (11.48%) SQL
4 25 (5.52%) TypeScript
5 22 (4.86%) Python
6 21 (4.64%) Java
7 16 (3.53%) VB
8 11 (2.43%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.43%) VB.NET
8 11 (2.43%) VB6
9 9 (1.99%) C
10 7 (1.55%) PHP
10 7 (1.55%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.10%) R
12 4 (0.88%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.88%) Ruby
13 3 (0.66%) Bash
13 3 (0.66%) C++
13 3 (0.66%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 82 (18.10%) Degree
2 16 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.31%) DBS Check
4 10 (2.21%) ISTQB
5 8 (1.77%) AAT
6 7 (1.55%) ISEB
7 6 (1.32%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.88%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.88%) CREST Certified
8 4 (0.88%) HNC
9 3 (0.66%) APMP
9 3 (0.66%) CITP
9 3 (0.66%) CSPO
9 3 (0.66%) IIBA
9 3 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.44%) PMP
10 2 (0.44%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.42%) GMP
2 8 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.55%) GDPR
3 7 (1.55%) SLA
4 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.10%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.66%) GRC
7 2 (0.44%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.44%) MISRA
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (4.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.99%) Ansible
2 9 (1.99%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (0.66%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.22%) Grafana
4 1 (0.22%) Kibana
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 77 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.19%) ServiceNow
3 16 (3.53%) Google
4 11 (2.43%) Databricks
5 8 (1.77%) SAP
6 6 (1.32%) Minitab
7 5 (1.10%) Avaya
7 5 (1.10%) Cisco
7 5 (1.10%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.10%) SYSPRO
7 5 (1.10%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.10%) Zscaler
8 4 (0.88%) Oracle
8 4 (0.88%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.66%) Siemens
10 2 (0.44%) Adobe
10 2 (0.44%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.44%) Citrix
10 2 (0.44%) VMware
11 1 (0.22%) AVEVA