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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 82 75
Rank change year-on-year +57 -7 -58
Permanent jobs citing QA 51 9 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.37% 1.17% 2.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 56.67% 15.79% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 8
10th Percentile £28,175 - £47,876
25th Percentile £51,238 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

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 90 57 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.01% 7.40% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 28 37 48
10th Percentile £27,350 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £42,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £78,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +54 43 £67,500 - 38
County Armagh - 5 - -
Newry - 2 £27,000 -
County Down - 2 £27,000 - 1
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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:

Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.53%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) AWS
2 11 (21.57%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (43.14%) TCP/IP
2 11 (21.57%) HTTP
2 11 (21.57%) MQTT
3 6 (11.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) NoSQL
2 6 (11.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Pharmaceutical
3 14 (27.45%) Manufacturing
4 6 (11.76%) Electronics
5 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Retail
6 4 (7.84%) Legal
7 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (27.45%) Senior
2 12 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 11 (21.57%) Architect
3 11 (21.57%) Software Architect
4 8 (15.69%) QA Specialist
4 8 (15.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 7 (13.73%) Lead
6 6 (11.76%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Project Manager
7 5 (9.80%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) QA Leader
9 3 (5.88%) Analytics Manager
9 3 (5.88%) Data Analytics Manager
10 2 (3.92%) User Researcher
11 1 (1.96%) .NET Software Developer
11 1 (1.96%) C# .NET Developer
11 1 (1.96%) C# Software Developer
11 1 (1.96%) Lead Software Engineer
11 1 (1.96%) Senior Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (33.33%) Node.js
1 17 (33.33%) Web Services
2 13 (25.49%) AngularJS
3 11 (21.57%) Kafka
3 11 (21.57%) RabbitMQ
3 11 (21.57%) RESTful
4 5 (9.80%) FFmpeg
4 5 (9.80%) GStreamer
4 5 (9.80%) OpenCV
4 5 (9.80%) REST
5 2 (3.92%) .NET
5 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.96%) CSS
6 1 (1.96%) HTML5
6 1 (1.96%) jQuery
6 1 (1.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (1.96%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) IoT
1 11 (21.57%) Video\Live Streaming
2 4 (7.84%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.57%) Embedded Linux
1 11 (21.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Software Engineering
2 22 (43.14%) Computer Science
3 19 (37.25%) Analytics
4 16 (31.37%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (31.37%) Computer Vision
4 16 (31.37%) Deep Learning
4 16 (31.37%) Threat Analysis
5 14 (27.45%) Data Analytics
6 11 (21.57%) Asynchronous Programming
6 11 (21.57%) Customer Requirements
6 11 (21.57%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (21.57%) Microservices
6 11 (21.57%) Multithreading
6 11 (21.57%) Open Source
6 11 (21.57%) Product Management
7 10 (19.61%) Mentoring
8 9 (17.65%) Agile
8 9 (17.65%) Coaching
8 9 (17.65%) Workflow
9 8 (15.69%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (43.14%) Python
2 14 (27.45%) SQL
3 11 (21.57%) Bash
4 6 (11.76%) C
4 6 (11.76%) Perl
5 3 (5.88%) VBA
6 2 (3.92%) C#
7 1 (1.96%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (76.47%) Degree
2 16 (31.37%) Master's Degree
2 16 (31.37%) PhD
3 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) GMP
2 6 (11.76%) JTAG
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) Firmware
2 5 (9.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (31.37%) Google
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) CA
3 1 (1.96%) Minitab