QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 17 60
Rank change year-on-year -52 +43 +9
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,570 6,958 3,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.67% 11.26% 4.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.92% 53.57% 28.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,605 1,313 2,043
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £75,600 £81,250 £76,250
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 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,548 12,989 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.63% 21.02% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,334 4,763 6,935
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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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 27 April 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 27 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
South East -26 686 £47,500 -13.64% 211
North of England -59 542 £47,500 -13.64% 256
Midlands -51 430 £47,500 -9.52% 178
South West -33 371 £50,000 +5.26% 125
North West -55 306 £47,500 -9.52% 128
West Midlands -48 263 £50,000 -9.09% 108
Scotland -77 235 £45,000 -18.18% 68
Yorkshire -50 180 £47,500 -9.52% 96
East of England -72 169 £45,000 -11.76% 99
East Midlands -46 166 £45,000 -8.16% 70
Wales -28 79 £45,000 +4.49% 34
Northern Ireland +51 57 £67,500 +3.85% 19
North East -53 56 £52,500 -8.70% 39
Isle of Man - 3 - - 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 39 (1.52%) Confluence
2 36 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.32%) IIS
4 25 (0.97%) CMS
5 10 (0.39%) Documentum
6 6 (0.23%) Drupal
6 6 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.19%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.16%) TWiki
9 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 2 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.078%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.078%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.078%) Kinematics
10 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.078%) nginx
11 1 (0.039%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.039%) SAS
11 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 115 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.58%) InfoPath
6 10 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.16%) Simulink
9 2 (0.078%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.078%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.039%) Blender
10 1 (0.039%) Doxygen
10 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.039%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.51%) SAP QM
3 10 (0.39%) TrackWise
4 7 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.19%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.16%) Magento
7 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.12%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.078%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.078%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.078%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.039%) Maximo
9 1 (0.039%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.039%) Primavera
9 1 (0.039%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.039%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 476 (18.52%) Azure
2 283 (11.01%) AWS
3 244 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
4 186 (7.24%) SaaS
5 112 (4.36%) GCP
6 64 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (1.91%) Power Platform
8 47 (1.83%) Serverless
9 42 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.09%) GitHub
11 27 (1.05%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.62%) PaaS
12 16 (0.62%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.58%) BlazeMeter
14 13 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.39%) BrowserStack
15 10 (0.39%) Google Play
15 10 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.97%) TCP/IP
2 22 (0.86%) Firewall
3 11 (0.43%) WAN
4 10 (0.39%) Wireless
4 10 (0.39%) Wireshark
5 9 (0.35%) HTTP
5 9 (0.35%) VoIP
6 8 (0.31%) MQTT
7 7 (0.27%) VLAN
7 7 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.23%) LAN
9 5 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.19%) GSM
9 5 (0.19%) Internet
9 5 (0.19%) ISDN
9 5 (0.19%) LTE
9 5 (0.19%) PSTN
9 5 (0.19%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.19%) UMTS
9 5 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (3.54%) Relational Database
4 74 (2.88%) BigQuery
4 74 (2.88%) Looker
5 52 (2.02%) MySQL
6 41 (1.60%) Power BI
7 38 (1.48%) NoSQL
8 35 (1.36%) Oracle Database
9 30 (1.17%) RDBMS
10 29 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.51%) Tableau
13 11 (0.43%) Big Data
13 11 (0.43%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.35%) EDMS
14 9 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 170 (6.61%) Selenium
2 165 (6.42%) Git
3 155 (6.03%) JIRA
4 74 (2.88%) Visual Studio
5 73 (2.84%) Cypress.io
6 61 (2.37%) Jenkins
7 57 (2.22%) Cucumber
8 54 (2.10%) Postman
9 40 (1.56%) JMeter
10 37 (1.44%) Appium
11 32 (1.25%) Jasmine
12 30 (1.17%) JDeveloper
13 28 (1.09%) Karma Test Runner
14 25 (0.97%) SoapUI
15 22 (0.86%) GitLab
15 22 (0.86%) WebDriver
16 19 (0.74%) TeamCity
17 17 (0.66%) NUnit
18 16 (0.62%) TestRail
19 15 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 776 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 437 (17.00%) Manufacturing
3 396 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 338 (13.15%) Finance
5 216 (8.40%) Pharmaceutical
6 158 (6.15%) Legal
7 140 (5.45%) Retail
8 128 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 110 (4.28%) Marketing
10 95 (3.70%) Electronics
11 81 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.84%) Billing
13 60 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 59 (2.30%) Public Sector
15 58 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
15 58 (2.26%) Law
16 57 (2.22%) Aerospace
17 41 (1.60%) Games
18 37 (1.44%) Automotive
19 28 (1.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 354 (13.77%) Developer
2 278 (10.82%) Lead
3 200 (7.78%) Senior
4 198 (7.70%) QA Manager
5 193 (7.51%) QA Engineer
6 152 (5.91%) Analyst
7 140 (5.45%) Quality Manager
7 140 (5.45%) Software Engineer
8 101 (3.93%) Engineering Manager
9 98 (3.81%) Quality Engineer
10 96 (3.74%) Tester
11 91 (3.54%) QA Leader
12 79 (3.07%) Data Manager
13 71 (2.76%) Software Developer
14 68 (2.65%) Project Manager
15 67 (2.61%) Senior Developer
16 63 (2.45%) Test Engineer
17 61 (2.37%) .NET Developer
18 56 (2.18%) C# Developer
19 45 (1.75%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (9.77%) .NET
2 177 (6.89%) React
3 138 (5.37%) AngularJS
4 137 (5.33%) HTML
5 136 (5.29%) CSS
6 104 (4.05%) ASP.NET
7 93 (3.62%) JSON
8 92 (3.58%) XML
9 90 (3.50%) REST
10 83 (3.23%) Web Services
11 76 (2.96%) .NET Core
11 76 (2.96%) Node.js
12 59 (2.30%) .NET Framework
13 57 (2.22%) jQuery
14 54 (2.10%) SOAP
15 51 (1.98%) Spring
16 49 (1.91%) RESTful
17 48 (1.87%) Vue
18 43 (1.67%) Playwright
19 39 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 227 (8.83%) Management Information System
2 195 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 60 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 58 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (1.40%) IoT
6 30 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.05%) Biopharmaceutical
10 26 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.01%) Satnav
11 25 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 22 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (0.86%) Life Science
13 21 (0.82%) Client/Server
14 20 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
15 19 (0.74%) Virtual Team
16 18 (0.70%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.36%) Windows
2 85 (3.31%) Linux
3 43 (1.67%) Android
4 25 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.31%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Mesosphere
7 6 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.16%) AIX
8 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) VMS
8 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.078%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.078%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 769 (29.92%) Agile
2 608 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
3 490 (19.07%) Test Automation
4 450 (17.51%) DevOps
5 364 (14.16%) Mentoring
6 327 (12.72%) Project Management
7 311 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 291 (11.32%) Scrum
9 279 (10.86%) Coaching
10 261 (10.16%) Software Testing
11 259 (10.08%) CI/CD
12 236 (9.18%) Software Engineering
13 193 (7.51%) QMS
14 190 (7.39%) Computer Science
15 170 (6.61%) Code Quality
15 170 (6.61%) Line Management
16 161 (6.26%) Collaborative Working
17 155 (6.03%) Roadmaps
18 153 (5.95%) SDLC
19 137 (5.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 361 (14.05%) JavaScript
2 309 (12.02%) C#
3 254 (9.88%) SQL
4 187 (7.28%) Python
5 186 (7.24%) Java
6 90 (3.50%) TypeScript
7 75 (2.92%) C
8 55 (2.14%) C++
9 54 (2.10%) PHP
10 44 (1.71%) Go
10 44 (1.71%) VB
11 43 (1.67%) Bash
12 38 (1.48%) Perl
12 38 (1.48%) T-SQL
13 36 (1.40%) Ruby
14 34 (1.32%) VB.NET
14 34 (1.32%) VB6
15 25 (0.97%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.78%) PowerShell
17 14 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 458 (17.82%) Degree
2 133 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 112 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 68 (2.65%) ISTQB
5 65 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 44 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 34 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 34 (1.32%) ISEB
8 33 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 21 (0.82%) HNC
10 20 (0.78%) PhD
11 14 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.51%) AAT
13 12 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 12 (0.47%) MBA
13 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.43%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.39%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (6.77%) GMP
2 53 (2.06%) ISO 9001
3 36 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.17%) PMO
5 28 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 28 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
6 26 (1.01%) GDPR
7 22 (0.86%) GxP
7 22 (0.86%) ISO 13485
7 22 (0.86%) SLA
8 18 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.39%) ISO 14001
10 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.27%) ISO 22301
12 7 (0.27%) NEBOSH
13 6 (0.23%) JTAG
14 5 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 84 (3.27%) Docker
2 23 (0.89%) Firmware
3 12 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.16%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.039%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 68 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.78%) Ansible
3 15 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
4 13 (0.51%) Terraform
5 9 (0.35%) Puppet
6 7 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
6 7 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.16%) Grafana
9 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.078%) Packer
10 2 (0.078%) SCCM
11 1 (0.039%) Kibana
11 1 (0.039%) Podman
11 1 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 330 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 133 (5.18%) Google
3 75 (2.92%) Oracle
4 57 (2.22%) SAP
5 33 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.05%) NCR
7 24 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 18 (0.70%) Databricks
9 14 (0.54%) Cisco
9 14 (0.54%) VMware
10 9 (0.35%) TOWER Software
11 7 (0.27%) HP
11 7 (0.27%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.23%) Minitab
12 6 (0.23%) OutSystems
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe
13 5 (0.19%) Apple
13 5 (0.19%) Avaya
13 5 (0.19%) Intel
13 5 (0.19%) Xamarin