QA Jobs in Northern Ireland

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 23 81
Rank change year-on-year -1 +58 -12
Permanent jobs citing QA 13 60 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.96% 7.53% 2.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.50% 61.22% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 0
10th Percentile £70,750 £35,225 -
25th Percentile £77,270 £38,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £63,150 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.56% - -
75th Percentile £132,500 £73,125 -
90th Percentile - £97,500 -
UK median annual salary £59,150 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.30% -16.67% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 40 98 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.27% 12.30% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12 32 41
10th Percentile £53,625 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £64,319 £32,996 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,151 £56,604 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.43% +13.21% +22.70%
75th Percentile £132,500 £71,875 £57,500
90th Percentile - £97,125 £78,750
UK 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 Northern Ireland

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for QA in Northern Ireland

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Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
County Antrim +3 9 £82,801 +40.82% 111
QA
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Boomi
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering Director
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) QA Test Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Playwright
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
4 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (15.38%) Business Development
6 2 (15.38%) Presales
6 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Biology
7 1 (7.69%) Chemistry
7 1 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
7 1 (7.69%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GMP
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 2 (15.38%) MuleSoft
2 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow