QA Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 36 53
Rank change year-on-year -26 +17 -28
Permanent jobs citing QA 1 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 0.13% 1.36% 2.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.13% 19.35% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £87,900 £44,100
25th Percentile £25,375 £90,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,750 £98,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -73.72% +45.19% +22.73%
75th Percentile £26,125 £107,750 £76,250
90th Percentile - £112,100 £83,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +23.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 62 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 4.03% 7.01% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 54
10th Percentile £20,250 £31,075 £26,800
25th Percentile £20,906 £36,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% -15.91% +19.57%
75th Percentile £46,750 £68,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £86,175 £79,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £49,274 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -6.14% +11.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire.

QA job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing QA

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Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
York -6 1 £25,750 -70.06% 2
QA
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows