QA Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 595 569 633
Rank change year-on-year -26 +64 +200
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a QA Specialist 7 122 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.19% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.20% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £20,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% - -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £20,000 -
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 39,542 60,111 38,056
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.42% 95.22% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21,427 36,988 25,450
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

QA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured QA Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Specialist in the UK excluding London

QA Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for QA Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for QA Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

QA Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 6 £35,000 - 1
North of England -20 1 - -
North West -28 1 - -
QA Specialist
UK

QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, QA Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring QA Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) GMP
2 3 (42.86%) GxP
2 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (42.86%) Law
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Chemistry
2 3 (42.86%) Biotechnology
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Internal Audit
2 3 (42.86%) Neuroscience
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (42.86%) Tech Ops
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Biochemistry
2 3 (42.86%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics

QA Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Law
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
1 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Biochemistry
1 3 (42.86%) Biotechnology
1 3 (42.86%) Chemistry
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Internal Audit
1 3 (42.86%) Neuroscience
1 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Tech Ops
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) GMP
2 3 (42.86%) GxP