QA Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 55 26
Rank change year-on-year -48 -29 +35
Permanent jobs citing QA 270 718 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.80% 4.09% 7.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.00% 29.00% 41.05%
Number of salaries quoted 111 399 370
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,500 £57,547 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £58,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.43% -12.50% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,929 2,476 2,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.02% 14.12% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 1,611 1,211
10th Percentile £37,300 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.02% -11.27% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the South East.

Salary trend for QA in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley -3 120 £56,250 +13.72% 584
Buckinghamshire +38 66 £72,500 +52.63% 151
Hampshire -26 46 £46,000 +15.00% 233
Surrey -31 39 £59,500 +19.00% 162
Berkshire -25 35 £46,000 -8.00% 345
East Sussex +28 28 £50,000 -4.76% 84
West Sussex +24 25 £57,500 -11.54% 81
Oxfordshire -19 19 £57,500 +27.78% 89
Kent -13 9 £32,500 -12.16% 145
Middlesex -22 1 - - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.59%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) Productboard
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.07%) TrackWise
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.37%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.22%) Azure
2 55 (20.37%) AWS
3 32 (11.85%) GCP
4 25 (9.26%) SaaS
5 24 (8.89%) Snowflake
6 15 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.70%) Veeva
8 8 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (2.96%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.85%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.11%) Azure API Management
12 3 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.11%) Serverless
13 2 (0.74%) Asana
13 2 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 34 (12.59%) TCP/IP
1 34 (12.59%) VPN
2 1 (0.37%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.37%) RIP
2 1 (0.37%) RS-232
2 1 (0.37%) RS-422
2 1 (0.37%) RS-485
2 1 (0.37%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.37%) Metadata
2 25 (9.26%) Data Lake
3 24 (8.89%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.96%) MySQL
6 5 (1.85%) Power BI
6 5 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.74%) Pentaho
9 2 (0.74%) Redis
9 2 (0.74%) Triplestore
10 1 (0.37%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 50 (18.52%) Cucumber
2 34 (12.59%) Robot Framework
3 14 (5.19%) JIRA
4 13 (4.81%) Selenium
5 9 (3.33%) GitLab
5 9 (3.33%) SonarQube
6 8 (2.96%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.96%) Git
6 8 (2.96%) Maven
6 8 (2.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (2.59%) Postman
8 6 (2.22%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.85%) Appium
9 5 (1.85%) TestComplete
10 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.48%) PHPUnit
11 3 (1.11%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.74%) Moq
12 2 (0.74%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (31.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 85 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.70%) Manufacturing
4 34 (12.59%) Law
4 34 (12.59%) Telecoms
5 24 (8.89%) Finance
6 18 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.19%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (4.07%) Legal
8 11 (4.07%) Marketing
9 9 (3.33%) Banking
9 9 (3.33%) Local Government
10 8 (2.96%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.85%) Retail
12 2 (0.74%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.37%) Advertising
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.37%) Games
13 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (26.67%) Senior
2 39 (14.44%) Test Engineer
3 36 (13.33%) Developer
3 36 (13.33%) Test Automation Engineer
4 34 (12.59%) Lead
5 19 (7.04%) Analyst
5 19 (7.04%) Software Engineer
6 16 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.81%) C# Developer
8 12 (4.44%) .NET Developer
9 11 (4.07%) Development Manager
9 11 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.07%) Test Analyst
10 10 (3.70%) Administrator
10 10 (3.70%) C# .NET Developer
10 10 (3.70%) QA Analyst
10 10 (3.70%) QA Engineer
11 8 (2.96%) Salesforce Administrator
12 7 (2.59%) Java Development Manager
12 7 (2.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.96%) .NET
2 29 (10.74%) React
3 20 (7.41%) HTML
4 17 (6.30%) CSS
5 15 (5.56%) AngularJS
5 15 (5.56%) REST
6 10 (3.70%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.70%) Kafka
6 10 (3.70%) RESTful
6 10 (3.70%) Spring
6 10 (3.70%) Spring Boot
7 8 (2.96%) Blazor
7 8 (2.96%) Hibernate
7 8 (2.96%) JPA
7 8 (2.96%) Redux
8 6 (2.22%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.22%) Flutter
9 5 (1.85%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.85%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.48%) CakePHP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.59%) Linux Command Line
2 24 (8.89%) Product Ownership
3 22 (8.15%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.81%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.33%) Life Science
6 8 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.59%) Robotics
8 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.11%) AS400
10 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.74%) Freedom of Information Act
10 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) NHS
10 2 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.37%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.37%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.33%) Linux
1 36 (13.33%) Windows
2 6 (2.22%) Android
2 6 (2.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (29.26%) DevOps
1 79 (29.26%) Mentoring
2 72 (26.67%) Test Automation
3 67 (24.81%) Agile
4 65 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (17.41%) Coaching
6 42 (15.56%) Validation
7 39 (14.44%) System Testing
8 37 (13.70%) Software Engineering
8 37 (13.70%) Test Management
9 34 (12.59%) Analytics
9 34 (12.59%) CAD
9 34 (12.59%) Design for Manufacturing
10 32 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (11.11%) Data Engineering
11 30 (11.11%) Microservices
12 28 (10.37%) CI/CD
12 28 (10.37%) Data Management
13 27 (10.00%) Data Governance
13 27 (10.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 93 (34.44%) JavaScript
2 72 (26.67%) Python
3 61 (22.59%) SQL
4 43 (15.93%) C#
5 34 (12.59%) Bash
5 34 (12.59%) PowerShell
6 28 (10.37%) Java
7 10 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.59%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.59%) VB.NET
9 6 (2.22%) PHP
10 4 (1.48%) C
10 4 (1.48%) Delphi
11 3 (1.11%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.74%) C++
12 2 (0.74%) Go
12 2 (0.74%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.37%) Groovy
13 1 (0.37%) Perl
13 1 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 127 (47.04%) Degree
2 14 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.33%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.74%) PMP
8 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.37%) ISEB
8 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.89%) Accessibility
1 24 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.30%) GMP
3 7 (2.59%) PMO
4 3 (1.11%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.74%) Dublin Core
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) AQAP
6 1 (0.37%) CDISC
6 1 (0.37%) GDPR
6 1 (0.37%) GLP
6 1 (0.37%) GxP
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.37%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (4.07%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.37%) Packer
Vendors
1 21 (7.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 10 (3.70%) SAP
3 8 (2.96%) Solace
4 7 (2.59%) Cisco
4 7 (2.59%) UiPath
5 4 (1.48%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.48%) Databricks
5 4 (1.48%) Oracle
6 3 (1.11%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.74%) Informatica
7 2 (0.74%) Talend
8 1 (0.37%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.37%) BT
8 1 (0.37%) IBM
8 1 (0.37%) Rollbar
8 1 (0.37%) Sage
8 1 (0.37%) Snow
8 1 (0.37%) Spotify
8 1 (0.37%) Xerox