QA Job Trends in South Ayrshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Ayrshire requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Ayrshire 11.11% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £19,000 - -
75th Percentile £19,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -42.73% +22.22% -18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 22.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £19,000 - -
75th Percentile £19,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £46,034
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.34% -16.30%

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Salary Trend in South Ayrshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing QA

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Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Ayr - 1 £19,000 -
QA
Scotland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage