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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 43 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -36
Permanent jobs citing QA 32 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.67% 3.75% 2.58%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 29.63% 27.40% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 29
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £35,832 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £67,500 £69,250
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £54,388 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.86% +14.50% -1.04%

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 108 73 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 9.01% 13.70% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 78 56 98
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,875 £29,750 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% -19.03%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,972 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £62,500 £65,495
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -15.79%

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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 21 May 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 21 May 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 26 £40,000 -26.87% 5
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 (3.13%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 16 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.25%) Marketing
2 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Automotive
3 1 (3.13%) Games
3 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Law
3 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) QA Manager
2 18 (56.25%) Quality Manager
3 6 (18.75%) QC Manager
4 4 (12.50%) QA Officer
5 1 (3.13%) Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Head of Software Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Junior
5 1 (3.13%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Technologist
5 1 (3.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Bootstrap
1 1 (3.13%) Node.js
1 1 (3.13%) React
1 1 (3.13%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.75%) Quality Management
3 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.25%) Agile
4 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
5 1 (3.13%) A/B Testing
5 1 (3.13%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (3.13%) AI
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (3.13%) Benchmarking
5 1 (3.13%) Business Strategy
5 1 (3.13%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (3.13%) Customer Experience
5 1 (3.13%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (3.13%) ITIL
5 1 (3.13%) Scrum
5 1 (3.13%) SEO
5 1 (3.13%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GMP
1 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle