QA Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 56 65
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -42
Permanent jobs citing QA 27 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.10% 1.12% 1.91%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.28% 9.38% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 25
10th Percentile - £37,325 £38,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,944 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% -15.09% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,166 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £84,566 £71,750
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -6.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 116 64 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 9.01% 11.92% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 86 54 101
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,225 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.94% -23.26% -21.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £56,566 £66,650
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +26.76% -11.25% -16.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

QA job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

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Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 June 2026. 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
Nottingham -10 21 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 6 - -
QA
East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) NUnit
General
1 13 (48.15%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Games
3 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Law
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) QA Manager
2 13 (48.15%) Quality Manager
3 6 (22.22%) QC Manager
4 4 (14.81%) QA Officer
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Backend Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Head of Software Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Junior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Backend Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (3.70%) Bootstrap
1 1 (3.70%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (3.70%) Node.js
1 1 (3.70%) React
1 1 (3.70%) React Native
1 1 (3.70%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) AI Agents
1 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (7.41%) AI
5 2 (7.41%) Coaching
5 2 (7.41%) Kanban
5 2 (7.41%) Process Improvement
5 2 (7.41%) Scrum
6 1 (3.70%) A/B Testing
6 1 (3.70%) API Design
6 1 (3.70%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (3.70%) DevOps
6 1 (3.70%) Internal Audit
6 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.70%) Microservices
6 1 (3.70%) QMS
6 1 (3.70%) User Experience
6 1 (3.70%) User Stories
6 1 (3.70%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) C#
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
1 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.70%) OpenAI