QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 48 48
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +20
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,367 2,694 4,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.63% 5.60% 5.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.54% 37.05% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 1,051 2,144
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,417
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,125
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,295 7,271 14,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.71% 15.10% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,151 7,367
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,996 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the UK excluding London

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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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North of England -18 506 £45,000 -18.18% 149
South East -12 499 £48,859 -11.17% 118
Midlands -5 461 £52,500 -4.55% 105
East of England +8 282 £42,500 +6.25% 47
South West 0 281 £44,000 -9.74% 90
North West -28 280 £45,000 -7.69% 86
West Midlands -15 265 £56,250 +2.27% 55
Scotland -15 212 £45,000 -18.18% 28
East Midlands -8 196 £45,000 -10.00% 49
Yorkshire -15 165 £45,000 -18.18% 41
Wales +2 74 £45,000 - 18
North East -15 61 £41,774 -30.38% 28
Northern Ireland +57 51 £67,500 - 47
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Channel Islands - 2 £60,000 - 1
QA
UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (1.52%) Confluence
1 36 (1.52%) IIS
2 31 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.55%) CMS
4 12 (0.51%) Documentum
5 7 (0.30%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.17%) TWiki
6 4 (0.17%) WildFly
7 3 (0.13%) Apache
7 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.13%) Drupal
8 2 (0.084%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.084%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.084%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.084%) WordPress
9 1 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.042%) JBoss
9 1 (0.042%) Liferay
9 1 (0.042%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.25%) InfoPath
5 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.13%) Simulink
8 2 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.084%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.042%) Sketch
9 1 (0.042%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.042%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.51%) NEC Housing
2 12 (0.51%) TrackWise
3 6 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.21%) Magento
5 4 (0.17%) Shopify
5 4 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.084%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.042%) Maximo
8 1 (0.042%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.042%) Primavera
8 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.042%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.042%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 391 (16.52%) Azure
2 218 (9.21%) AWS
3 198 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
4 124 (5.24%) SaaS
5 93 (3.93%) GCP
6 55 (2.32%) Power Platform
7 40 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (0.89%) GitHub
10 18 (0.76%) Power Automate
11 16 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.59%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.59%) Serverless
13 11 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (0.46%) BlazeMeter
14 10 (0.42%) BrowserStack
14 10 (0.42%) PaaS
15 9 (0.38%) Azure Pipelines
15 9 (0.38%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.14%) TCP/IP
2 23 (0.97%) Firewall
3 22 (0.93%) 3GPP
4 16 (0.68%) HTTP
5 15 (0.63%) MQTT
6 10 (0.42%) Internet
6 10 (0.42%) Wireshark
7 8 (0.34%) VLAN
7 8 (0.34%) WAN
8 7 (0.30%) DHCP
8 7 (0.30%) DNS
8 7 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 7 (0.30%) RFID
9 6 (0.25%) 5G
9 6 (0.25%) VoIP
9 6 (0.25%) Wireless
10 5 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.21%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (3.04%) BigQuery
3 72 (3.04%) Looker
4 54 (2.28%) Relational Database
5 37 (1.56%) Power BI
6 34 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 29 (1.23%) MySQL
8 25 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (0.80%) Big Data
10 16 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (0.68%) Tableau
11 12 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
11 12 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.42%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.38%) EDMS
14 7 (0.30%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.30%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.30%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 146 (6.17%) Selenium
2 111 (4.69%) JIRA
3 97 (4.10%) Git
4 61 (2.58%) Cypress.io
5 46 (1.94%) Jenkins
6 45 (1.90%) Postman
7 38 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 37 (1.56%) Visual Studio
9 30 (1.27%) JMeter
10 28 (1.18%) Jasmine
10 28 (1.18%) Karma Test Runner
11 23 (0.97%) Appium
11 23 (0.97%) WebDriver
12 21 (0.89%) SpecFlow
12 21 (0.89%) TeamCity
13 17 (0.72%) Maven
14 14 (0.59%) TestRail
15 13 (0.55%) Bitbucket
15 13 (0.55%) GitLab
16 12 (0.51%) NUnit
General
1 742 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 351 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
3 343 (14.49%) Manufacturing
4 284 (12.00%) Finance
5 222 (9.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 192 (8.11%) Legal
7 164 (6.93%) Retail
8 129 (5.45%) Marketing
9 99 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 83 (3.51%) Aerospace
11 72 (3.04%) Billing
12 68 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 60 (2.53%) Public Sector
14 56 (2.37%) Electronics
15 53 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
16 52 (2.20%) Law
17 37 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
18 36 (1.52%) Automotive
19 31 (1.31%) Games
20 30 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 256 (10.82%) Senior
2 251 (10.60%) Developer
3 215 (9.08%) Lead
4 206 (8.70%) QA Manager
5 204 (8.62%) Analyst
6 179 (7.56%) Project Manager
7 159 (6.72%) QA Engineer
8 152 (6.42%) Quality Manager
9 113 (4.77%) QA Specialist
10 103 (4.35%) Business Analyst
11 86 (3.63%) Engineering Manager
12 83 (3.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 81 (3.42%) Quality Engineer
14 78 (3.30%) Tester
15 76 (3.21%) Data Manager
16 67 (2.83%) Software Engineer
17 65 (2.75%) QA Officer
18 60 (2.53%) Team Leader
18 60 (2.53%) Test Engineer
19 54 (2.28%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (7.94%) .NET
2 111 (4.69%) AngularJS
3 105 (4.44%) React
4 94 (3.97%) HTML
5 90 (3.80%) CSS
6 78 (3.30%) REST
6 78 (3.30%) XML
7 75 (3.17%) JSON
7 75 (3.17%) Web Services
8 60 (2.53%) ASP.NET
9 48 (2.03%) .NET Core
10 47 (1.99%) SOAP
11 46 (1.94%) RESTful
12 45 (1.90%) Node.js
13 39 (1.65%) .NET Framework
14 38 (1.61%) Playwright
15 37 (1.56%) Spring
16 31 (1.31%) jQuery
16 31 (1.31%) Sass
17 30 (1.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 153 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 118 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 69 (2.92%) Driving Licence
4 46 (1.94%) IoT
4 46 (1.94%) Mobile App
5 40 (1.69%) Life Science
6 38 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
8 22 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 21 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (0.84%) FMCG
11 19 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 19 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
12 16 (0.68%) Onboarding
13 15 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.59%) Client/Server
14 14 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.55%) LIMS
15 13 (0.55%) Satnav
16 12 (0.51%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 87 (3.68%) Windows
2 69 (2.92%) Linux
3 28 (1.18%) Android
4 23 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.38%) Windows NT
7 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.21%) AIX
10 4 (0.17%) Unix
10 4 (0.17%) VMS
10 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
11 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.084%) Mesosphere
12 2 (0.084%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (25.64%) Agile
2 480 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
3 405 (17.11%) Project Management
4 358 (15.12%) Test Automation
5 332 (14.03%) Mentoring
6 325 (13.73%) DevOps
7 316 (13.35%) Coaching
8 291 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 291 (12.29%) Software Testing
9 233 (9.84%) Scrum
10 220 (9.29%) Line Management
11 219 (9.25%) CI/CD
12 198 (8.37%) SDLC
13 174 (7.35%) QMS
14 161 (6.80%) Analytics
15 146 (6.17%) Software Engineering
16 139 (5.87%) Computer Science
17 137 (5.79%) Budgeting
18 136 (5.75%) ITIL
19 133 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 278 (11.74%) SQL
2 252 (10.65%) JavaScript
3 224 (9.46%) C#
4 154 (6.51%) Python
5 122 (5.15%) Java
6 64 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 46 (1.94%) C
8 44 (1.86%) C++
9 42 (1.77%) VB
10 38 (1.61%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.39%) PHP
12 32 (1.35%) VB6
13 30 (1.27%) VBA
14 29 (1.23%) VB.NET
15 14 (0.59%) PowerShell
16 13 (0.55%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.51%) Bash
18 10 (0.42%) Go
19 9 (0.38%) R
20 8 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 651 (27.50%) Degree
2 132 (5.58%) HNC
3 128 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 80 (3.38%) SC Cleared
5 69 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (2.32%) ISTQB
7 49 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 44 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.23%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.18%) PhD
11 16 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 15 (0.63%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.51%) ISEB
14 11 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.46%) MBA
14 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.46%) PMP
15 7 (0.30%) CSPO
16 6 (0.25%) IIBA
16 6 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (6.00%) GMP
2 48 (2.03%) ISO 9001
3 29 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 23 (0.97%) GxP
6 22 (0.93%) GDPR
6 22 (0.93%) NCSC
7 19 (0.80%) PMO
8 18 (0.76%) ISO 14001
8 18 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
9 16 (0.68%) SLA
10 15 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 13 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
12 12 (0.51%) ISO 22301
12 12 (0.51%) NEBOSH
13 10 (0.42%) ISO 13485
14 9 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.25%) GLP
15 6 (0.25%) JTAG
System Software
1 73 (3.08%) Docker
2 35 (1.48%) Firmware
3 16 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.21%) vSphere
6 5 (0.21%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 58 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.76%) Ansible
3 15 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
4 11 (0.46%) SCCM
5 10 (0.42%) Terraform
6 9 (0.38%) Sysprep
6 9 (0.38%) WSUS
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (0.21%) Puppet
9 4 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (0.13%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.13%) Grafana
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.13%) Podman
11 2 (0.084%) Kibana
11 2 (0.084%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 277 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 127 (5.37%) NEC
3 115 (4.86%) Google
4 47 (1.99%) SAP
5 38 (1.61%) Oracle
6 30 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.06%) NCR
8 19 (0.80%) Cisco
9 16 (0.68%) Salesforce
10 14 (0.59%) BT
11 13 (0.55%) Databricks
11 13 (0.55%) VMware
12 9 (0.38%) TOWER Software
13 7 (0.30%) Citrix
13 7 (0.30%) EMC
13 7 (0.30%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.21%) Avaya
14 5 (0.21%) Dell
14 5 (0.21%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.21%) SolarWinds