QA Jobs in Newport

Quality Assurance (QA)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 +14
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing QA 7 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 2.53% 2.16% 4.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.30% 21.43% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £46,500 -
25th Percentile £51,750 £60,000 £26,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £95,000 £27,946
Median % change year-on-year -43.68% +239.95% -41.17%
75th Percentile £55,250 £107,500 £43,067
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% -14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Newport

QA 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 Newport.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 132 14 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 47.65% 10.07% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 95 14 11
10th Percentile £55,700 £23,500 -
25th Percentile £62,000 £24,500 £26,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £27,000 £43,067
Median % change year-on-year +159.26% -37.31% -4.47%
75th Percentile £72,625 £45,125 £52,347
90th Percentile £78,400 £89,800 £70,000
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +44.44% - -14.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Newport

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Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 6 (85.71%) Manufacturing
1 6 (85.71%) Retail
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) QA Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
1 5 (71.43%) Senior Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Senior QA Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Internal Audit
3 5 (71.43%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) API Design
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Secure Coding
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft