QA Jobs in Suffolk

Quality Assurance (QA)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing QA 10 20 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 1.95% 4.02% 6.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 37.04% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,000 £28,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,871 £36,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +77.73% -43.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £73,541 £45,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £85,316 - £88,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -10.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 40 54 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 7.78% 10.84% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 25 34 8
10th Percentile - £25,900 £35,922
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,813 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -25.65% +9.52%
75th Percentile £56,250 £46,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £65,975 £76,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -21.82% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Suffolk

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Salary Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Suffolk.

Salary trend for QA in Suffolk

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Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Suffolk over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in Suffolk

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Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 16 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
Ipswich +8 6 £59,000 +110.71% 4
Leiston - 2 - -
QA
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 3 (30.00%) Selenium
3 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Law
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Legal
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) RESTful
2 1 (10.00%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 7 (70.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (40.00%) Budget Management
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (30.00%) Defect Tracking
5 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) PMP
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft