QA Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Assurance (QA)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 4 28
Rank change year-on-year -49 +24 +16
Permanent jobs citing QA 32 188 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.16% 24.26% 6.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.16% 81.74% 27.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10 28 30
10th Percentile - £42,475 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £52,875 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +38.89% +13.92%
75th Percentile £56,875 £67,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £65,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,137 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.58% +47.06% +7.59%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 198 230 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 19.55% 29.68% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 136 63 149
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,450 -
25th Percentile £38,938 £46,875 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +57.14% -14.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,875 £86,750 £75,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £46,968 £55,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -14.60% +42.86% -3.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
1 9 (28.13%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) JIRA
2 3 (9.38%) Cucumber
2 3 (9.38%) GitLab
2 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.38%) Selenium
3 1 (3.13%) Postman
3 1 (3.13%) REST Assured
General
1 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 7 (21.88%) Manufacturing
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (15.63%) Automotive
6 4 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (12.50%) Retail
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (15.63%) Senior
2 4 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) QA Specialist
2 4 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Head of Project Management
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Project Leader
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Project Leader
4 2 (6.25%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Development Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Digital Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Head of Digital
4 2 (6.25%) Head of PMO
4 2 (6.25%) QA Tester
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Software Development Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Software Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) React
1 2 (6.25%) Spring
1 2 (6.25%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.13%) Playwright
2 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Blockchain
1 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.13%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Agile
1 14 (43.75%) Mentoring
1 14 (43.75%) User Experience
2 12 (37.50%) Project Management
2 12 (37.50%) SDLC
3 9 (28.13%) Change Control
3 9 (28.13%) Coaching
3 9 (28.13%) DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (12.50%) Line Management
4 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 4 (12.50%) Web Development
5 3 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
5 3 (9.38%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.25%) Conceptual Models
6 2 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (6.25%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (6.25%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Java
1 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) Scala
2 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.13%) CCSP
2 1 (3.13%) CISA
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.13%) CISM
2 1 (3.13%) CISSP
2 1 (3.13%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) PMO
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) GMP
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Databricks