QA Jobs in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 21 38
Rank change year-on-year -47 +17 -1
Permanent jobs citing QA 241 565 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.57% 9.17% 5.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.32% 40.18% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 136 150 226
10th Percentile £31,000 £39,850 £33,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,188 £79,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,375 £91,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 952 1,406 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.11% 22.83% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 566 532 657
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,976 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -9.14% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for QA in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -31 117 £50,000 -9.09% 28
Oxfordshire -31 75 £40,000 -30.43% 24
Buckinghamshire -46 49 £47,500 -5.00% 20
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.66%) CMS
3 2 (0.83%) Apache
3 2 (0.83%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.83%) nginx
3 2 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.14%) Azure
2 54 (22.41%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (15.35%) AWS
4 24 (9.96%) GCP
5 18 (7.47%) SaaS
6 10 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (2.07%) GitHub
8 5 (2.07%) Serverless
9 4 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.83%) Asana
11 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Pipelines
11 2 (0.83%) Basecamp
11 2 (0.83%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.41%) Amazon Cognito
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Fargate
12 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.07%) 5G
2 5 (2.07%) Bluetooth
2 5 (2.07%) Firewall
2 5 (2.07%) GSM
2 5 (2.07%) ISDN
2 5 (2.07%) LTE
2 5 (2.07%) PSTN
2 5 (2.07%) UMTS
2 5 (2.07%) Wireless
3 3 (1.24%) DNS
3 3 (1.24%) VPN
4 2 (0.83%) Internet
4 2 (0.83%) RFID
4 2 (0.83%) SSL
5 1 (0.41%) DHCP
5 1 (0.41%) MQTT
5 1 (0.41%) RS-485
5 1 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.96%) BigQuery
1 24 (9.96%) Data Warehouse
1 24 (9.96%) Looker
2 19 (7.88%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.24%) EDRMS
5 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.83%) Big Data
6 2 (0.83%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.83%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.83%) MySQL
6 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.41%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (7.88%) Selenium
2 16 (6.64%) Git
3 13 (5.39%) JIRA
4 12 (4.98%) WebDriver
5 11 (4.56%) Cypress.io
5 11 (4.56%) NUnit
5 11 (4.56%) Visual Studio
6 9 (3.73%) TestRail
7 8 (3.32%) Jenkins
8 5 (2.07%) Bugzilla
8 5 (2.07%) LabVIEW
8 5 (2.07%) Zephyr
9 4 (1.66%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.66%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.24%) JDeveloper
10 3 (1.24%) Postman
11 2 (0.83%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.83%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.83%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
General
1 86 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.54%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.69%) Retail
4 32 (13.28%) Manufacturing
5 25 (10.37%) Billing
6 19 (7.88%) Finance
7 15 (6.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (5.39%) Legal
10 10 (4.15%) Marketing
11 9 (3.73%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.90%) Back Office
12 7 (2.90%) Electronics
12 7 (2.90%) Police
13 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.49%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.66%) Games
15 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.24%) Law
16 2 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 35 (14.52%) Analyst
2 29 (12.03%) QA Engineer
3 27 (11.20%) Data Manager
3 27 (11.20%) Developer
4 25 (10.37%) Engineering Manager
5 18 (7.47%) Senior
6 15 (6.22%) Lead
6 15 (6.22%) Quality Manager
6 15 (6.22%) Software Developer
7 13 (5.39%) Test Analyst
8 12 (4.98%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.98%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.56%) Quality Engineer
10 10 (4.15%) Systems Developer
11 9 (3.73%) Administrator
11 9 (3.73%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (3.73%) Operations Business Analyst
11 9 (3.73%) QA Technician
12 8 (3.32%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.32%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.94%) .NET
2 23 (9.54%) .NET Core
3 21 (8.71%) JSON
4 19 (7.88%) CSS
4 19 (7.88%) XML
5 13 (5.39%) HTML
5 13 (5.39%) Web Services
6 7 (2.90%) Playwright
7 6 (2.49%) ASP.NET
8 5 (2.07%) React
9 4 (1.66%) Middleware
10 3 (1.24%) Node.js
10 3 (1.24%) REST
11 2 (0.83%) EDI
11 2 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.83%) Jest
11 2 (0.83%) Laravel
11 2 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.83%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (0.83%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.28%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.13%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.81%) Biopharmaceutical
4 11 (4.56%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.49%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.49%) IoT
6 6 (2.49%) Learning Management System
6 6 (2.49%) Life Science
6 6 (2.49%) SCORM
7 5 (2.07%) Acoustics
7 5 (2.07%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.07%) Satnav
8 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.24%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.24%) SCADA
8 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.83%) Pharmacovigilance
9 2 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.56%) Linux
2 8 (3.32%) Windows
3 2 (0.83%) Android
3 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (39.83%) Agile
2 73 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (29.05%) DevOps
4 55 (22.82%) Project Management
5 49 (20.33%) Test Automation
6 42 (17.43%) CI/CD
6 42 (17.43%) Scrum
7 27 (11.20%) Backlog Management
7 27 (11.20%) Line Management
7 27 (11.20%) Product Backlog
8 26 (10.79%) Business Strategy
8 26 (10.79%) Data Modelling
9 25 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.37%) Platform Engineering
10 24 (9.96%) Data Engineering
10 24 (9.96%) ETL
11 21 (8.71%) CRM
11 21 (8.71%) Manual Testing
11 21 (8.71%) Test Scripting
12 19 (7.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.60%) C#
2 38 (15.77%) SQL
3 30 (12.45%) JavaScript
4 18 (7.47%) Python
5 12 (4.98%) Java
6 10 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.49%) VB.NET
8 5 (2.07%) Perl
9 4 (1.66%) PHP
10 3 (1.24%) Bash
10 3 (1.24%) C
10 3 (1.24%) C++
10 3 (1.24%) Go
10 3 (1.24%) Ruby
11 2 (0.83%) XAML
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (28.63%) Degree
2 20 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.39%) ISTQB
4 9 (3.73%) DBS Check
4 9 (3.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.83%) ISEB
8 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.15%) ISO 9001
2 8 (3.32%) ISO 14001
3 7 (2.90%) ISO 22301
3 7 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.90%) NEBOSH
4 5 (2.07%) GxP
4 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.66%) GMP
6 3 (1.24%) SLA
7 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) PMO
7 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.41%) COSHH
8 1 (0.41%) GDPR
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 9 (3.73%) Docker
2 5 (2.07%) Firmware
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.90%) Ansible
3 5 (2.07%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (2.07%) Terraform
4 3 (1.24%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.41%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.41%) Packer
Vendors
1 26 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.96%) Google
3 8 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.49%) SAP
6 5 (2.07%) HP
6 5 (2.07%) Oracle
7 2 (0.83%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.83%) Dell
7 2 (0.83%) Sun
8 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.41%) IBM
8 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft