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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 69 17
Rank change year-on-year -24 -52 +42
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,043 2,566 7,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.86% 3.70% 11.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.58% 26.96% 54.13%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,608 1,342
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%

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 5,932 9,518 13,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.24% 13.73% 21.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,951 6,353 4,791
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,665
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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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 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
South East -16 300 £50,000 +5.26% 352
North of England -27 294 £52,500 +10.53% 333
Midlands -44 165 £53,688 +13.03% 209
North West -65 138 £52,500 +10.53% 195
East of England +18 108 £49,000 +8.89% 169
North East +49 94 £55,000 +4.76% 36
South West -24 94 £57,500 +15.00% 179
West Midlands -65 86 £53,688 +7.38% 115
East Midlands +1 79 £50,000 +11.11% 93
Yorkshire -11 62 £50,000 +5.26% 107
Scotland +1 50 £55,000 +22.22% 74
Wales +1 25 £55,000 +22.22% 48
Northern Ireland +4 18 £81,250 +20.37% 60
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 22 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.92%) Confluence
3 11 (1.05%) IBM Domino
4 10 (0.96%) WordPress
5 5 (0.48%) IIS
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.096%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.096%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.096%) Moodle
9 1 (0.096%) Totara
9 1 (0.096%) WinCC
Applications
1 36 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.05%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.29%) Blender
8 3 (0.29%) Maya
8 3 (0.29%) Productboard
8 3 (0.29%) Trello
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.096%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.096%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.096%) Pro Tools
10 1 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.096%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 22 (2.11%) TrackWise
2 11 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.38%) ResourceLink
4 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Magento
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.096%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.096%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.096%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 164 (15.72%) Azure
2 114 (10.93%) AWS
3 69 (6.62%) SaaS
4 57 (5.47%) Power Platform
5 49 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (3.26%) GCP
7 24 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.73%) Snowflake
11 17 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.53%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.53%) GitHub
13 15 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.25%) Serverless
15 11 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (0.96%) Veeva
17 9 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
18 8 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
18 8 (0.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.33%) TCP/IP
2 65 (6.23%) VPN
3 19 (1.82%) VoIP
4 13 (1.25%) Firewall
5 11 (1.05%) VLAN
6 7 (0.67%) DNS
7 6 (0.58%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.58%) IPv6
7 6 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.48%) BGP
8 5 (0.48%) Broadband
8 5 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.48%) WAN
9 4 (0.38%) Wireless
10 3 (0.29%) HSRP
10 3 (0.29%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.19%) Multicast
11 2 (0.19%) OSPF
11 2 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.22%) Power BI
2 35 (3.36%) Metadata
3 30 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.59%) MySQL
5 25 (2.40%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.21%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.73%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.53%) Metadata Repository
8 16 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.05%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (0.96%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.58%) Redis
11 6 (0.58%) Tableau
12 4 (0.38%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 82 (7.86%) Cucumber
2 63 (6.04%) JIRA
2 63 (6.04%) Selenium
3 62 (5.94%) Robot Framework
4 49 (4.70%) Postman
5 44 (4.22%) Git
6 25 (2.40%) Jenkins
7 23 (2.21%) GitLab
8 22 (2.11%) Cypress.io
9 21 (2.01%) JMeter
10 20 (1.92%) Appium
11 15 (1.44%) SpecFlow
12 12 (1.15%) Visual Studio
13 11 (1.05%) TestRail
14 10 (0.96%) JUnit
15 9 (0.86%) LoadRunner
16 8 (0.77%) WebDriver
17 7 (0.67%) Maven
17 7 (0.67%) SoapUI
17 7 (0.67%) TestComplete
General
1 423 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 256 (24.54%) Analytical Skills
3 203 (19.46%) Finance
4 185 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 156 (14.96%) Manufacturing
6 112 (10.74%) Marketing
7 72 (6.90%) Telecoms
8 59 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 51 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (4.60%) Law
11 47 (4.51%) Retail
12 36 (3.45%) Games
13 33 (3.16%) Banking
14 30 (2.88%) Legal
15 23 (2.21%) Public Sector
16 21 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.63%) Electronics
18 16 (1.53%) Police
19 14 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
20 13 (1.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 213 (20.42%) Senior
2 122 (11.70%) Analyst
2 122 (11.70%) Developer
3 97 (9.30%) Development Manager
4 92 (8.82%) Product Manager
5 90 (8.63%) Test Engineer
6 89 (8.53%) Lead
7 82 (7.86%) Product Development Manager
8 69 (6.62%) Test Automation Engineer
9 52 (4.99%) Software Engineer
10 44 (4.22%) QA Engineer
11 40 (3.84%) Project Manager
12 39 (3.74%) Business Analyst
13 37 (3.55%) Tester
14 32 (3.07%) QA Officer
14 32 (3.07%) Test Analyst
15 31 (2.97%) QA Manager
16 30 (2.88%) QA Analyst
17 25 (2.40%) C# Developer
17 25 (2.40%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (10.35%) .NET
2 59 (5.66%) React
3 47 (4.51%) AngularJS
4 37 (3.55%) REST
5 25 (2.40%) HTML
6 22 (2.11%) .NET Core
6 22 (2.11%) CSS
7 21 (2.01%) Playwright
8 20 (1.92%) Node.js
9 19 (1.82%) RESTful
10 16 (1.53%) ASP.NET
11 14 (1.34%) Blazor
11 14 (1.34%) Web Services
12 13 (1.25%) JSON
13 12 (1.15%) Kafka
14 11 (1.05%) Vue
15 10 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
15 10 (0.96%) SOAP
16 9 (0.86%) .NET Framework
16 9 (0.86%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.05%) FMCG
2 69 (6.62%) Product Ownership
3 62 (5.94%) Linux Command Line
4 35 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 34 (3.26%) Mobile App
6 25 (2.40%) Data Structures
6 25 (2.40%) Life Science
6 25 (2.40%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.73%) Algorithms
8 16 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.96%) Robotics
11 10 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.86%) Driving Licence
12 9 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.77%) IoT
13 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.68%) Linux
2 92 (8.82%) Windows
3 29 (2.78%) Apple iOS
4 24 (2.30%) Android
5 7 (0.67%) Unix
6 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (36.43%) Problem-Solving
2 286 (27.42%) Agile
3 243 (23.30%) Mentoring
4 213 (20.42%) DevOps
5 209 (20.04%) Project Management
6 208 (19.94%) Test Automation
7 137 (13.14%) Software Engineering
8 121 (11.60%) Coaching
9 116 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 113 (10.83%) Software Testing
11 95 (9.11%) Product Strategy
11 95 (9.11%) Test Management
12 93 (8.92%) CI/CD
13 88 (8.44%) User Experience
14 87 (8.34%) Commercialisation
15 82 (7.86%) CAD
15 82 (7.86%) Competitor Analysis
16 79 (7.57%) Design for Manufacturing
17 78 (7.48%) System Testing
18 76 (7.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 182 (17.45%) JavaScript
2 144 (13.81%) C#
3 138 (13.23%) Python
4 137 (13.14%) SQL
5 78 (7.48%) Java
6 72 (6.90%) PowerShell
7 69 (6.62%) Bash
8 50 (4.79%) TypeScript
9 37 (3.55%) PHP
10 11 (1.05%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.96%) C
12 8 (0.77%) C++
12 8 (0.77%) Go
12 8 (0.77%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.67%) Groovy
13 7 (0.67%) Swift
14 6 (0.58%) Ruby
14 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 415 (39.79%) Degree
2 39 (3.74%) Security Cleared
3 37 (3.55%) ISTQB
4 35 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 19 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.73%) PMP
8 16 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
9 14 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.34%) PMI Certification
10 10 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (0.86%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.77%) CBAP
12 8 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.67%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (0.48%) CCNP
14 5 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.48%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.85%) GMP
2 46 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.53%) GDPR
5 15 (1.44%) PMO
6 11 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
7 10 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (0.86%) GLP
9 7 (0.67%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.67%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 5 (0.48%) ITGC
11 4 (0.38%) GxP
11 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.19%) CDISC
13 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
13 2 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (2.59%) Docker
2 10 (0.96%) Firmware
3 6 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.29%) LXC
5 1 (0.096%) Squid
Systems Management
1 24 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.44%) Terraform
3 11 (1.05%) Ansible
4 7 (0.67%) Grafana
5 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.48%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Iperf
6 2 (0.19%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.19%) Nessus
6 2 (0.19%) Nmap
6 2 (0.19%) Packer
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.096%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.096%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.096%) Kibana
Vendors
1 106 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.45%) SAP
3 22 (2.11%) Oracle
4 21 (2.01%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.73%) Siemens
6 16 (1.53%) Google
7 12 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.96%) Cisco
8 10 (0.96%) Databricks
9 8 (0.77%) UiPath
9 8 (0.77%) VMware
10 7 (0.67%) ANSYS
10 7 (0.67%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.58%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.38%) Avaya
12 4 (0.38%) Sage
12 4 (0.38%) Veracode
12 4 (0.38%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.29%) IBM
13 3 (0.29%) Informatica