QA Jobs in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 14 77
Rank change year-on-year -59 +63 -6
Permanent jobs citing QA 542 2,534 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.14% 14.48% 3.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.08% 65.31% 23.79%
Number of salaries quoted 349 295 402
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £40,010 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +4.40%
75th Percentile £62,200 £68,750 £60,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £73,346
England median annual salary £53,150 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,348 3,880 2,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.61% 22.17% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 1,168 1,746
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,250 £25,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,969 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £78,750 £72,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the North of England.

Salary trend for QA in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North West -55 306 £47,500 -9.52% 128
Yorkshire -50 180 £47,500 -9.52% 97
North East -53 56 £52,500 -8.70% 39
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (2.95%) IIS
2 7 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.11%) CMS
3 6 (1.11%) Confluence
4 4 (0.74%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.37%) Drupal
6 1 (0.18%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) Shopify
3 3 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.37%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Magento
5 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 83 (15.31%) Azure
2 43 (7.93%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (7.56%) AWS
4 40 (7.38%) SaaS
5 16 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.40%) Serverless
7 12 (2.21%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.03%) GCP
9 10 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.85%) Google Play
10 8 (1.48%) BrowserStack
11 6 (1.11%) BlazeMeter
11 6 (1.11%) OCI
12 4 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.55%) PaaS
14 2 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.37%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.37%) BigCommerce
14 2 (0.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Firewall
2 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.37%) Internet
3 2 (0.37%) LAN
3 2 (0.37%) VPN
3 2 (0.37%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Modbus
4 1 (0.18%) MQTT
4 1 (0.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.30%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.95%) Relational Database
3 14 (2.58%) Oracle Database
4 13 (2.40%) MySQL
5 9 (1.66%) RDBMS
6 8 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.74%) Power BI
9 4 (0.74%) QualityStage
9 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.37%) OLTP
10 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.18%) Big Data
11 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.18%) Looker
11 1 (0.18%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (6.09%) Git
2 31 (5.72%) Selenium
3 25 (4.61%) JIRA
4 23 (4.24%) Appium
5 19 (3.51%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.14%) Postman
7 16 (2.95%) Jasmine
7 16 (2.95%) Karma Test Runner
8 10 (1.85%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.66%) JDeveloper
10 8 (1.48%) JMeter
11 7 (1.29%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.11%) GitLab
13 5 (0.92%) Android Studio
14 4 (0.74%) Protractor
14 4 (0.74%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.74%) WebDriver
15 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
16 2 (0.37%) IntelliJ
16 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 163 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 100 (18.45%) Finance
3 91 (16.79%) Manufacturing
4 66 (12.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 53 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (7.93%) Legal
7 30 (5.54%) Retail
8 29 (5.35%) Public Sector
9 24 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.43%) Marketing
10 21 (3.87%) Law
11 19 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Automotive
14 8 (1.48%) Games
15 4 (0.74%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.37%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (16.42%) Developer
2 53 (9.78%) Lead
2 53 (9.78%) Senior
3 38 (7.01%) QA Manager
4 36 (6.64%) Analyst
5 30 (5.54%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.35%) Quality Manager
7 28 (5.17%) C# Developer
8 27 (4.98%) Tester
9 22 (4.06%) Senior Developer
10 17 (3.14%) QA Engineer
10 17 (3.14%) Software Engineer
11 16 (2.95%) QA Specialist
12 15 (2.77%) .NET Developer
12 15 (2.77%) Software Tester
13 13 (2.40%) Coordinator
13 13 (2.40%) Lead Developer
14 11 (2.03%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.03%) QA Analyst
14 11 (2.03%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.23%) .NET
2 36 (6.64%) JSON
2 36 (6.64%) REST
3 27 (4.98%) AngularJS
3 27 (4.98%) XML
4 26 (4.80%) React
5 25 (4.61%) Web Services
6 23 (4.24%) SOAP
7 19 (3.51%) HTML
8 18 (3.32%) ASP.NET
8 18 (3.32%) Node.js
9 17 (3.14%) RESTful
9 17 (3.14%) XML Schema
10 16 (2.95%) RxJS
10 16 (2.95%) Sass
11 15 (2.77%) Playwright
12 14 (2.58%) CSS
13 10 (1.85%) .NET Framework
13 10 (1.85%) Android SDK
14 9 (1.66%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.96%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.90%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.14%) Mobile App
4 14 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.29%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.11%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.92%) Blog
8 5 (0.92%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.92%) Life Science
9 4 (0.74%) NHS
9 4 (0.74%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.55%) FMCG
10 3 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.55%) IoT
10 3 (0.55%) iPad
10 3 (0.55%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.37%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.37%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.98%) Android
2 12 (2.21%) Apple iOS
2 12 (2.21%) Windows
3 8 (1.48%) Linux
4 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (27.86%) Agile
2 86 (15.87%) DevOps
3 84 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (14.94%) Mentoring
5 76 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (12.92%) Coaching
6 70 (12.92%) Test Automation
7 62 (11.44%) Project Management
8 59 (10.89%) QMS
9 55 (10.15%) SDLC
10 52 (9.59%) Software Testing
11 44 (8.12%) Design Patterns
12 38 (7.01%) Scrum
13 37 (6.83%) User Experience
14 36 (6.64%) Roadmaps
15 35 (6.46%) Code Quality
16 34 (6.27%) Computer Science
17 32 (5.90%) Customer Service
17 32 (5.90%) Line Management
17 32 (5.90%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (14.02%) JavaScript
2 66 (12.18%) C#
3 54 (9.96%) SQL
4 42 (7.75%) Java
5 28 (5.17%) Python
6 24 (4.43%) T-SQL
7 23 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.32%) VB
9 16 (2.95%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.95%) VB.NET
9 16 (2.95%) VB6
10 11 (2.03%) Ruby
11 10 (1.85%) Bash
11 10 (1.85%) Go
11 10 (1.85%) PHP
12 9 (1.66%) Perl
13 6 (1.11%) C
13 6 (1.11%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.11%) Swift
14 5 (0.92%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (11.62%) Degree
2 22 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.66%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.48%) HNC
4 8 (1.48%) ISTQB
5 5 (0.92%) AAT
5 5 (0.92%) HND
5 5 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.74%) ISEB
6 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.74%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.74%) PMP
6 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.55%) CISM
7 3 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.78%) GMP
2 24 (4.43%) PMO
3 7 (1.29%) GDPR
4 5 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.74%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.18%) GAMP
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (2.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.37%) Grafana
2 2 (0.37%) Puppet
2 2 (0.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (10.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.87%) Oracle
3 17 (3.14%) Google
4 9 (1.66%) Cisco
5 8 (1.48%) SAP
6 5 (0.92%) Intel
7 3 (0.55%) AVEVA
7 3 (0.55%) Thales
8 2 (0.37%) BT
8 2 (0.37%) Capita
8 2 (0.37%) Databricks
8 2 (0.37%) Remedy
8 2 (0.37%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.37%) Splunk
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe
9 1 (0.18%) NCR
9 1 (0.18%) QNX
9 1 (0.18%) Siemens
9 1 (0.18%) Sun
9 1 (0.18%) VMware