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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 53 26
Rank change year-on-year -37 -27 +36
Permanent jobs citing QA 285 697 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.03% 4.14% 7.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.54% 28.59% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 125 392 376
10th Percentile £30,800 £31,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -11.67% -

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 1,834 2,438 2,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.52% 14.50% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,611 1,278
10th Percentile £36,250 £24,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £50,394 £31,500 £40,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -9.80% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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 12 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 12 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 -1 128 £60,000 +20.00% 95
Buckinghamshire +48 70 £62,000 +30.53% 26
Hampshire -18 53 £46,750 +3.89% 56
Surrey -22 41 £59,500 +22.05% 40
Berkshire -26 38 £47,500 -5.00% 46
East Sussex +31 28 £50,000 -4.76% 12
West Sussex +22 21 £30,000 -53.85% 23
Oxfordshire -18 20 £62,500 +19.52% 30
Kent -11 11 £45,000 +21.62% 12
Sussex +11 1 £47,500 -24.00% 23
Middlesex -22 1 - - 12
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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 (3.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Chatbot
2 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.05%) Productboard
4 3 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.21%) TrackWise
2 1 (0.35%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.35%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.40%) Azure
2 54 (18.95%) AWS
3 33 (11.58%) GCP
4 32 (11.23%) SaaS
5 24 (8.42%) Snowflake
6 15 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.51%) Veeva
8 9 (3.16%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.16%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.81%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.46%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.40%) Smartsheet
12 3 (1.05%) Azure API Management
12 3 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.05%) GitHub
12 3 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.93%) TCP/IP
1 34 (11.93%) VPN
2 2 (0.70%) Broadband
2 2 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.35%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.35%) 5G
3 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.35%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Mobile Broadband
3 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.82%) Metadata
2 25 (8.77%) Data Lake
3 24 (8.42%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.51%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.16%) Power BI
6 7 (2.46%) MySQL
7 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.70%) Pentaho
9 2 (0.70%) Triplestore
10 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (18.95%) Cucumber
2 34 (11.93%) Robot Framework
3 19 (6.67%) Selenium
4 18 (6.32%) JIRA
5 11 (3.86%) Git
6 9 (3.16%) GitLab
6 9 (3.16%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.81%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.81%) Maven
7 8 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (2.46%) Appium
8 7 (2.46%) Cypress.io
8 7 (2.46%) Postman
9 5 (1.75%) TestComplete
10 4 (1.40%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.40%) PHPUnit
10 4 (1.40%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
11 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.70%) JUnit
General
1 95 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 90 (31.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 38 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 36 (12.63%) Law
4 36 (12.63%) Telecoms
5 24 (8.42%) Finance
6 21 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.86%) Banking
9 11 (3.86%) Legal
9 11 (3.86%) Local Government
10 10 (3.51%) Retail
11 9 (3.16%) Marketing
12 8 (2.81%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.40%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.70%) Games
14 2 (0.70%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.35%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 73 (25.61%) Senior
2 41 (14.39%) Test Engineer
3 39 (13.68%) Developer
4 36 (12.63%) Test Automation Engineer
5 34 (11.93%) Lead
6 23 (8.07%) Analyst
7 19 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 17 (5.96%) Project Manager
9 15 (5.26%) C# Developer
10 12 (4.21%) QA Analyst
10 12 (4.21%) QA Engineer
10 12 (4.21%) Test Analyst
11 11 (3.86%) .NET Developer
11 11 (3.86%) Development Manager
11 11 (3.86%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (3.51%) Administrator
12 10 (3.51%) C# .NET Developer
13 8 (2.81%) QA Test Analyst
13 8 (2.81%) Salesforce Administrator
14 7 (2.46%) Java Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (13.68%) .NET
2 27 (9.47%) React
3 20 (7.02%) HTML
4 17 (5.96%) CSS
5 14 (4.91%) REST
6 13 (4.56%) AngularJS
7 12 (4.21%) .NET Core
8 11 (3.86%) Kafka
9 10 (3.51%) Blazor
9 10 (3.51%) Hibernate
9 10 (3.51%) RESTful
9 10 (3.51%) Spring
9 10 (3.51%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.81%) JPA
10 8 (2.81%) Redux
11 6 (2.11%) Flutter
12 5 (1.75%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.75%) Gherkin
13 4 (1.40%) CakePHP
13 4 (1.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.93%) Linux Command Line
2 25 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.96%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.51%) Life Science
7 7 (2.46%) Robotics
8 4 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.05%) AS400
10 2 (0.70%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.70%) Freedom of Information Act
10 2 (0.70%) NHS
10 2 (0.70%) Online Games
11 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.63%) Linux
2 35 (12.28%) Windows
3 8 (2.81%) Android
3 8 (2.81%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.70%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.42%) DevOps
2 79 (27.72%) Test Automation
3 77 (27.02%) Mentoring
3 77 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (24.56%) Agile
5 51 (17.89%) Coaching
6 43 (15.09%) Validation
7 42 (14.74%) Test Management
8 38 (13.33%) System Testing
9 37 (12.98%) Software Engineering
10 34 (11.93%) CAD
10 34 (11.93%) Design for Manufacturing
11 33 (11.58%) Analytics
12 32 (11.23%) Microservices
13 31 (10.88%) CI/CD
13 31 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (10.53%) Data Engineering
14 30 (10.53%) Project Management
14 30 (10.53%) User Experience
15 29 (10.18%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (32.28%) JavaScript
2 71 (24.91%) Python
3 63 (22.11%) SQL
4 49 (17.19%) C#
5 34 (11.93%) Bash
5 34 (11.93%) PowerShell
6 31 (10.88%) Java
7 9 (3.16%) Kotlin
7 9 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.46%) VB.NET
9 6 (2.11%) PHP
10 4 (1.40%) Delphi
11 3 (1.05%) C
11 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.05%) Swift
12 2 (0.70%) C++
12 2 (0.70%) Go
12 2 (0.70%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
13 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 134 (47.02%) Degree
2 18 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.91%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.21%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.70%) PMP
7 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) CSQE
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.77%) Accessibility
1 25 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.32%) GMP
3 6 (2.11%) PMO
4 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.70%) Dublin Core
5 2 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.35%) CDISC
6 1 (0.35%) GLP
6 1 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.35%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) Ansible
2 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.35%) Packer
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (7.37%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.51%) Salesforce
2 10 (3.51%) SAP
3 8 (2.81%) Solace
4 7 (2.46%) Cisco
4 7 (2.46%) UiPath
5 4 (1.40%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.40%) Databricks
5 4 (1.40%) Oracle
6 2 (0.70%) Informatica
6 2 (0.70%) Sage
6 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.70%) Talend
7 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.35%) BT
7 1 (0.35%) Google
7 1 (0.35%) HP
7 1 (0.35%) IBM
7 1 (0.35%) NYFIX
7 1 (0.35%) Sun