QA Job Trends in Stirling

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Stirling

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stirling requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Stirling 2.47% 7.32% 1.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 42.86% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £35,776
75th Percentile - - £37,764
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,500 £55,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -42.73% +19.57% -16.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Stirling

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 Stirling.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stirling 9.88% 17.07% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30,154
25th Percentile £31,500 - £30,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £33,638
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.80%
75th Percentile - - £36,635
90th Percentile £47,000 - £37,312
Scotland median annual salary £40,848 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -34.64% +31.58% -9.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stirling

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

QA job vacancy trend in Stirling

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Salary Trend in Stirling

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stirling citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stirling citing QA

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Job Locations in Stirling

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Stirling region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Stirlingshire -4 2 £31,500 - 1
QA
Scotland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stirling 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Podcast
1 2 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis