QA Jobs in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 69 22
Rank change year-on-year -40 -47 +31
Permanent jobs citing QA 347 602 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.71% 3.05% 9.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.29% 24.81% 55.60%
Number of salaries quoted 115 352 281
10th Percentile £37,050 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £40,508
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £88,750
England median annual salary £58,500 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.33% +1.58%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,630 2,426 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.74% 12.28% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 708 1,594 1,097
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
North West -38 238 £55,000 +22.22% 596
North East +38 63 £52,655 +0.29% 69
Yorkshire -57 46 £66,250 +50.57% 330
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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 50 (14.41%) Confluence
2 21 (6.05%) IBM Domino
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.86%) SAS
3 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) WordPress
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Moodle
5 1 (0.29%) Totara
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
1 8 (2.31%) MS Visio
1 8 (2.31%) Trello
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.44%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.29%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.29%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 148 (42.65%) Azure
2 145 (41.79%) AWS
3 51 (14.70%) GCP
4 9 (2.59%) GitHub
4 9 (2.59%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.86%) SaaS
7 3 (0.86%) Serverless
8 2 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.58%) Firebase
8 2 (0.58%) PaaS
8 2 (0.58%) Slack
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.29%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.61%) VoIP
2 5 (1.44%) VPN
3 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
4 3 (0.86%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.58%) Modbus
5 2 (0.58%) MQTT
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) SAN
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (36.31%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.61%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.03%) MySQL
3 14 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.88%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.59%) Power BI
6 6 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.15%) Tableau
8 3 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.86%) Big Data
8 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.86%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.86%) HBase
8 3 (0.86%) Impala
8 3 (0.86%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.86%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 143 (41.21%) JIRA
2 127 (36.60%) Selenium
3 119 (34.29%) Cucumber
4 117 (33.72%) GitLab
5 115 (33.14%) Bitbucket
6 113 (32.56%) SonarQube
7 112 (32.28%) Maven
7 112 (32.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (3.75%) Postman
9 11 (3.17%) Git
10 8 (2.31%) Jenkins
10 8 (2.31%) JMeter
11 6 (1.73%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.15%) Appium
12 4 (1.15%) Fiddler
12 4 (1.15%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.86%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.86%) TestRail
13 3 (0.86%) WaveMaker
14 2 (0.58%) SpecFlow
General
1 197 (56.77%) Finance
2 123 (35.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 116 (33.43%) Banking
4 102 (29.39%) Social Skills
5 98 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (22.19%) Retail
7 73 (21.04%) Investment Banking
8 72 (20.75%) Corporate Banking
9 56 (16.14%) Marketing
10 26 (7.49%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.59%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (2.31%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.02%) Games
13 7 (2.02%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.73%) Law
15 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.15%) Cantonese Language
16 4 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (34.01%) Software Engineer
2 48 (13.83%) Development Manager
2 48 (13.83%) Product Development Manager
2 48 (13.83%) Product Manager
3 39 (11.24%) Senior
4 27 (7.78%) QA Manager
5 26 (7.49%) Quality Manager
6 22 (6.34%) Lead
7 21 (6.05%) Developer
8 18 (5.19%) Analyst
9 16 (4.61%) Instrumentation Engineer
9 16 (4.61%) Senior Electrical Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Tester
11 11 (3.17%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.59%) QA Tester
14 8 (2.31%) Lead Developer
14 8 (2.31%) Test Engineer
15 7 (2.02%) Software Developer
16 6 (1.73%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (36.60%) React
2 118 (34.01%) Kafka
3 117 (33.72%) Redux
4 114 (32.85%) CSS
4 114 (32.85%) HTML
5 113 (32.56%) Spring
5 113 (32.56%) Spring Boot
6 112 (32.28%) JPA
7 83 (23.92%) REST
8 76 (21.90%) RESTful
9 73 (21.04%) CSS3
9 73 (21.04%) HTML5
9 73 (21.04%) Jest
9 73 (21.04%) Sass
10 40 (11.53%) Hibernate
11 15 (4.32%) Node.js
12 14 (4.03%) .NET
13 7 (2.02%) SOAP
14 6 (1.73%) AngularJS
14 6 (1.73%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 116 (33.43%) Product Ownership
2 112 (32.28%) Enterprise Software
3 48 (13.83%) FMCG
4 8 (2.31%) Social Media
5 4 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.15%) NHS
5 4 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.86%) IoT
6 3 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.86%) Online Games
6 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.58%) ASTM
7 2 (0.58%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (0.58%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.58%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.58%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.48%) Windows
2 18 (5.19%) Linux
3 8 (2.31%) Windows Vista
4 3 (0.86%) Unix
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (49.28%) Agile
2 144 (41.50%) Test Automation
3 143 (41.21%) DevOps
4 140 (40.35%) CI/CD
5 135 (38.90%) Software Engineering
6 121 (34.87%) Microservices
6 121 (34.87%) SDLC
7 120 (34.58%) Containerisation
8 116 (33.43%) Front End Development
9 115 (33.14%) Performance Optimisation
10 114 (32.85%) Full-Stack Development
11 112 (32.28%) Problem-Solving
12 108 (31.12%) Mentoring
13 92 (26.51%) User Experience
14 76 (21.90%) Migration
15 72 (20.75%) Responsive Web Design
15 72 (20.75%) Strategic Thinking
16 70 (20.17%) Project Management
17 60 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
18 49 (14.12%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 147 (42.36%) JavaScript
2 137 (39.48%) SQL
3 136 (39.19%) Java
4 86 (24.78%) TypeScript
5 25 (7.20%) Python
6 17 (4.90%) C#
7 10 (2.88%) Bash
8 9 (2.59%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.73%) PHP
10 3 (0.86%) PROC SQL
10 3 (0.86%) R
11 2 (0.58%) Go
12 1 (0.29%) C
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Dart
12 1 (0.29%) Swift
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.29%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 121 (34.87%) Degree
2 18 (5.19%) Chartered Engineer
3 16 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (4.32%) DBS Check
5 11 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.88%) PMP
7 9 (2.59%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 7 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.73%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.44%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.58%) HNC
13 2 (0.58%) HND
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.29%) CBAP
14 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (21.61%) Accessibility
2 12 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.86%) NCSC
3 3 (0.86%) NIST
4 2 (0.58%) GDPR
4 2 (0.58%) ITGC
4 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) GLP
5 1 (0.29%) GMP
5 1 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (0.29%) GxP
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
5 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 125 (36.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.86%) Apache Flume
2 3 (0.86%) HDFS
3 2 (0.58%) Squid
Systems Management
1 121 (34.87%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.31%) Terraform
3 7 (2.02%) Ansible
4 5 (1.44%) Kibana
4 5 (1.44%) Puppet
5 4 (1.15%) Grafana
6 3 (0.86%) logstash
6 3 (0.86%) Oozie
6 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.58%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.58%) Salt
Vendors
1 112 (32.28%) Solace
2 18 (5.19%) Siemens
3 9 (2.59%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.02%) SAP
5 6 (1.73%) Oracle
6 5 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.15%) Informatica
7 4 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.86%) Databricks
8 3 (0.86%) Google
8 3 (0.86%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.58%) Adobe
9 2 (0.58%) AVEVA
9 2 (0.58%) New Relic
9 2 (0.58%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.29%) CyberSource
10 1 (0.29%) Dell
10 1 (0.29%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.29%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.29%) Siebel