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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 76 14
Rank change year-on-year -23 -62 +60
Permanent jobs citing QA 380 562 2,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.28% 3.09% 13.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.93% 23.87% 64.11%
Number of salaries quoted 107 357 289
10th Percentile £37,800 £26,250 £29,360
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +9.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £70,000 £86,900
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 1,733 2,354 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.95% 12.94% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 714 1,620 1,149
10th Percentile £27,125 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,342 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £80,000
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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -48 242 £53,750 +13.16% 703
North East +44 90 £57,752 +10.00% 191
Yorkshire -48 48 £62,500 +38.89% 561
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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 (13.16%) Confluence
2 21 (5.53%) IBM Domino
3 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 2 (0.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Moodle
5 1 (0.26%) SAS
5 1 (0.26%) Totara
Applications
1 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.58%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.58%) Trello
3 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.05%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.26%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 145 (38.16%) Azure
2 138 (36.32%) AWS
3 49 (12.89%) GCP
4 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.84%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.32%) GitHub
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.79%) PaaS
10 2 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.53%) SaaS
10 2 (0.53%) Serverless
10 2 (0.53%) Slack
11 1 (0.26%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.26%) mabl
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.21%) VoIP
2 5 (1.32%) VPN
3 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.79%) Network Security
5 2 (0.53%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.53%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) Broadband
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.26%) WAN
6 1 (0.26%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (32.89%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.89%) MySQL
3 9 (2.37%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.84%) Power BI
5 6 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.53%) Redis
8 2 (0.53%) Tableau
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.26%) HBase
9 1 (0.26%) Impala
9 1 (0.26%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.26%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 139 (36.58%) JIRA
2 125 (32.89%) Selenium
3 118 (31.05%) Cucumber
4 116 (30.53%) GitLab
5 115 (30.26%) Bitbucket
6 113 (29.74%) SonarQube
7 112 (29.47%) Maven
7 112 (29.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (3.42%) Postman
9 7 (1.84%) Git
9 7 (1.84%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.84%) JMeter
10 6 (1.58%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.05%) Appium
11 4 (1.05%) Fiddler
11 4 (1.05%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.79%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.79%) TestRail
13 2 (0.53%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.53%) SpecFlow
General
1 229 (60.26%) Finance
2 136 (35.79%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (35.53%) Social Skills
4 122 (32.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (30.53%) Banking
6 88 (23.16%) Marketing
7 81 (21.32%) Retail
8 73 (19.21%) Investment Banking
9 72 (18.95%) Corporate Banking
10 34 (8.95%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (2.37%) Games
12 9 (2.37%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (2.11%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.58%) Law
15 5 (1.32%) Public Sector
16 4 (1.05%) Cantonese Language
16 4 (1.05%) Legal
16 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (31.84%) Software Engineer
2 82 (21.58%) Development Manager
2 82 (21.58%) Product Development Manager
2 82 (21.58%) Product Manager
3 34 (8.95%) Senior
4 25 (6.58%) Analyst
4 25 (6.58%) QA Manager
5 23 (6.05%) Quality Manager
6 17 (4.47%) Lead
7 16 (4.21%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 16 (4.21%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 13 (3.42%) Developer
9 11 (2.89%) QA Officer
10 10 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (2.37%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.11%) Business Analyst
12 8 (2.11%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (2.11%) Test Engineer
13 7 (1.84%) Test Manager
14 6 (1.58%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (33.16%) React
2 116 (30.53%) Redux
3 115 (30.26%) Kafka
4 114 (30.00%) CSS
4 114 (30.00%) HTML
5 113 (29.74%) Spring
5 113 (29.74%) Spring Boot
6 112 (29.47%) JPA
7 82 (21.58%) REST
8 74 (19.47%) RESTful
9 73 (19.21%) CSS3
9 73 (19.21%) HTML5
9 73 (19.21%) Jest
9 73 (19.21%) Sass
10 40 (10.53%) Hibernate
11 17 (4.47%) .NET
12 9 (2.37%) Node.js
13 7 (1.84%) AngularJS
13 7 (1.84%) SOAP
14 5 (1.32%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 117 (30.79%) Product Ownership
2 113 (29.74%) Enterprise Software
3 82 (21.58%) FMCG
4 6 (1.58%) Social Media
5 4 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.05%) NHS
6 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.79%) Online Games
7 2 (0.53%) ASTM
7 2 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.53%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.26%) PropTech
8 1 (0.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.00%) Linux
2 18 (4.74%) Windows
3 6 (1.58%) Windows Vista
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (44.74%) Agile
2 149 (39.21%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (38.95%) DevOps
4 145 (38.16%) Test Automation
5 139 (36.58%) Software Engineering
6 138 (36.32%) CI/CD
7 120 (31.58%) Containerisation
8 119 (31.32%) Microservices
8 119 (31.32%) SDLC
9 116 (30.53%) Performance Optimisation
10 115 (30.26%) Front End Development
11 114 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
12 106 (27.89%) Project Management
13 103 (27.11%) Mentoring
14 91 (23.95%) User Experience
15 83 (21.84%) Commercialisation
15 83 (21.84%) Product Strategy
16 82 (21.58%) Competitor Analysis
17 76 (20.00%) Migration
18 73 (19.21%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 140 (36.84%) JavaScript
2 132 (34.74%) SQL
3 129 (33.95%) Java
4 83 (21.84%) TypeScript
5 22 (5.79%) Python
6 16 (4.21%) C#
7 10 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.11%) Bash
9 6 (1.58%) PHP
10 3 (0.79%) C
11 2 (0.53%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.26%) PROC SQL
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) Swift
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.26%) VB
12 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.26%) VB6
Qualifications
1 154 (40.53%) Degree
2 16 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (4.21%) Chartered Engineer
3 13 (3.42%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.11%) PMP
5 6 (1.58%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.58%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.32%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CBAP
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (19.47%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.89%) GMP
3 10 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.32%) ITGC
5 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.79%) NCSC
5 3 (0.79%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) GLP
7 1 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
7 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 123 (32.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.53%) Firmware
2 2 (0.53%) Squid
3 1 (0.26%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 121 (31.84%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.84%) Ansible
2 7 (1.84%) Terraform
3 5 (1.32%) Puppet
4 4 (1.05%) Grafana
5 3 (0.79%) Kibana
5 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.53%) Salt
7 1 (0.26%) logstash
7 1 (0.26%) Oozie
Vendors
1 112 (29.47%) Solace
2 16 (4.21%) Siemens
3 10 (2.63%) Microsoft
4 7 (1.84%) Oracle
5 6 (1.58%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.32%) SAP
7 3 (0.79%) Google
8 2 (0.53%) Adobe
8 2 (0.53%) Informatica
8 2 (0.53%) New Relic
8 2 (0.53%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.26%) Aruba
9 1 (0.26%) CyberSource
9 1 (0.26%) Databricks
9 1 (0.26%) Dell
9 1 (0.26%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.26%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.26%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.26%) Siebel