Software Quality Assurance
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 383 | 431 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +48 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England | - | 0.006% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.042% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £36,750 | £36,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.44% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £40,250 | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £49,750 |
| England median annual salary | £66,250 | £65,000 | £46,562 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.92% | +39.60% | -15.34% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England
Software Quality Assurance 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 | 1,827 | 2,369 | 3,703 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England | 15.53% | 13.39% | 21.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 804 | 1,639 | 1,155 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £26,250 | £28,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.39% | -5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £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% |
Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the North of England.