Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 25 October 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 25 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Northern Ireland
6 months to
25 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 10 38 38
Rank change year-on-year +28 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing QA 123 12 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.36% 3.73% 6.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 57.75% 48.00% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 44 5 31
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £25,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% +14.29% -24.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £44,000 £49,375
90th Percentile £78,375 £44,600 £60,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +4.85% +3.00%

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 213 25 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 28.32% 7.76% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 95 14 42
10th Percentile £26,450 £30,625 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,875 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +31.03% -19.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £50,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £60,250 £61,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% -

QA
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

QA
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 25 October 2021.

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 25 October 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
County Antrim +23 113 £57,500 +43.75% 10
County Armagh - 3 £25,000 -
County Down - 3 - - 1
QA
UK

For the 6 months to 25 October 2021, IT jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region with a requirement for QA.

1 72 (58.54%) Test Automation
2 60 (48.78%) Python
3 51 (41.46%) Software Testing
4 49 (39.84%) Agile Software Development
5 47 (38.21%) Java
5 47 (38.21%) SQL
6 46 (37.40%) Artificial Intelligence
6 46 (37.40%) AWS
7 43 (34.96%) RESTful
8 41 (33.33%) Software Engineering
8 41 (33.33%) Computer Science
9 40 (32.52%) Deep Learning
9 40 (32.52%) Docker
9 40 (32.52%) Microservices
9 40 (32.52%) Computer Vision
10 32 (26.02%) Linux
10 32 (26.02%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
12 29 (23.58%) Postman
12 29 (23.58%) C++
13 28 (22.76%) Git (software)
13 28 (22.76%) Integration Testing
13 28 (22.76%) AngularJS
13 28 (22.76%) Azure
14 26 (21.14%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (21.14%) DevOps
14 26 (21.14%) Social Skills
14 26 (21.14%) Degree
15 25 (20.33%) Google
15 25 (20.33%) Performance Testing

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.44%) Apache
1 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.44%) SAS
2 1 (0.81%) CMS
2 1 (0.81%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Oracle Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Oracle EBS
1 12 (9.76%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 46 (37.40%) AWS
2 32 (26.02%) Cloud Computing
3 28 (22.76%) Azure
4 22 (17.89%) SaaS
5 17 (13.82%) Amazon ECS
5 17 (13.82%) Amazon S3
5 17 (13.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 17 (13.82%) AWS Lambda
5 17 (13.82%) CloudFront
5 17 (13.82%) Serverless
6 3 (2.44%) dbt
7 2 (1.63%) npm
8 1 (0.81%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.82%) SSL
2 7 (5.69%) Broadband
3 4 (3.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.70%) NoSQL
2 20 (16.26%) Big Data
3 17 (13.82%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (6.50%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.44%) Apache Hive
5 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.44%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.44%) HBase
5 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.44%) MySQL
5 3 (2.44%) Parquet
5 3 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.44%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 29 (23.58%) Postman
2 28 (22.76%) Git (software)
3 25 (20.33%) JMeter
3 25 (20.33%) Newman
3 25 (20.33%) REST Assured
4 20 (16.26%) Jenkins
5 10 (8.13%) Selenium
6 5 (4.07%) JIRA
7 4 (3.25%) Appium
7 4 (3.25%) SoapUI
8 3 (2.44%) Cucumber
8 3 (2.44%) GitLab
8 3 (2.44%) webpack
9 2 (1.63%) Babel
9 2 (1.63%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
General
1 30 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (21.14%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.57%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.44%) Banking
6 2 (1.63%) Electronics
6 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (32.52%) Analyst
2 37 (30.08%) Test Analyst
3 30 (24.39%) Software Engineer
4 25 (20.33%) Automation Test Analyst
5 23 (18.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (18.70%) Cloud Software Engineer
6 17 (13.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (13.82%) Senior DevOps
6 17 (13.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 15 (12.20%) Developer
7 15 (12.20%) Principal Cloud Engineer
7 15 (12.20%) Principal Engineer
7 15 (12.20%) Principal Software Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) ERP Analyst
9 9 (7.32%) QA Engineer
10 8 (6.50%) Python Developer
11 7 (5.69%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (4.07%) Full Stack Developer
13 3 (2.44%) Project Delivery Manager
13 3 (2.44%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (34.96%) RESTful
2 28 (22.76%) AngularJS
3 8 (6.50%) React
4 4 (3.25%) CSS
4 4 (3.25%) HTML
4 4 (3.25%) HTML5
5 3 (2.44%) Apache Avro
5 3 (2.44%) CSS3
5 3 (2.44%) Kafka
5 3 (2.44%) PySpark
6 2 (1.63%) Next.js
6 2 (1.63%) REST
7 1 (0.81%) Ajax
7 1 (0.81%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.81%) Java EE
7 1 (0.81%) JPA
7 1 (0.81%) Sass
7 1 (0.81%) Spring
7 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.81%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.70%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (13.82%) Tandem
3 13 (10.57%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (9.76%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.88%) Smartphone
5 6 (4.88%) STB
6 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.25%) Internet of Things
7 4 (3.25%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.63%) User Experience
9 1 (0.81%) PlayStation
9 1 (0.81%) Xbox
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.02%) Linux
2 7 (5.69%) Android
3 6 (4.88%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.88%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) Android TV
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (58.54%) Test Automation
2 51 (41.46%) Software Testing
3 49 (39.84%) Agile Software Development
4 46 (37.40%) Artificial Intelligence
5 41 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 41 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 40 (32.52%) Computer Vision
6 40 (32.52%) Deep Learning
6 40 (32.52%) Microservices
7 28 (22.76%) Integration Testing
8 26 (21.14%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (21.14%) DevOps
9 25 (20.33%) BDD
9 25 (20.33%) Performance Testing
10 24 (19.51%) Analytics
11 23 (18.70%) Collaborative Working
11 23 (18.70%) Data Analytics
11 23 (18.70%) Threat Analysis
12 21 (17.07%) Machine Learning
13 19 (15.45%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (48.78%) Python
2 47 (38.21%) Java
2 47 (38.21%) SQL
3 29 (23.58%) C++
4 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.50%) C#
6 6 (4.88%) C
7 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.63%) ES6
9 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (21.14%) Degree
2 25 (20.33%) SC Cleared
2 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
3 23 (18.70%) PhD
4 17 (13.82%) ISTQB
5 12 (9.76%) HNC
5 12 (9.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.81%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 40 (32.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (18.70%) Kubernetes
2 12 (9.76%) HP ALM
2 12 (9.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (20.33%) Google
2 13 (10.57%) Oracle
3 12 (9.76%) HP
3 12 (9.76%) JD Edwards
4 7 (5.69%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.25%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.63%) Sun
7 1 (0.81%) BT
7 1 (0.81%) Samsung