QA Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 30 28
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -22
Permanent jobs citing QA 19 29 40
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 3.09% 4.97% 7.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 37.25% 27.36% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 30
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,230 -
25th Percentile £28,750 £33,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% -11.11% +32.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 £64,834 £66,250
90th Percentile £54,300 £68,113 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £51,250 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.89% -25.00% +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 51 106 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 8.31% 18.15% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 42 42 122
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,393 £22,250
25th Percentile £29,375 £38,412 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +3.89% +13.92%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,431 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,926 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.97% +3.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

QA job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing QA

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Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in South Yorkshire

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Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Sheffield -12 9 £40,000 -27.27% 16
Doncaster -2 8 £30,500 +23.17% 4
QA
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (10.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (36.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Copilot
1 7 (36.84%) Power Platform
2 6 (31.58%) SaaS
3 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Manufacturing
3 5 (26.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Project Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Consultant
2 5 (26.32%) Software Consultant
2 5 (26.32%) Support Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Graduate
3 3 (15.79%) Graduate Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Graduate Software Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Graduate Software Test Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Graduate Test Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Software Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Software Test Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Head of Software Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) QA Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Robotics Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Bootstrap
1 2 (10.53%) Node.js
1 2 (10.53%) React
1 2 (10.53%) Redux
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Software Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Regression Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Budget Management
3 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (36.84%) Client Onboarding
3 7 (36.84%) CRM
3 7 (36.84%) Dashboard Development
3 7 (36.84%) Logistics
3 7 (36.84%) Process Improvement
3 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
3 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 7 (36.84%) Resource Allocation
3 7 (36.84%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
5 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
6 3 (15.79%) Code Quality
6 3 (15.79%) User Experience
7 2 (10.53%) AI
7 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 2 (10.53%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft