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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 18 60
Rank change year-on-year -47 +42 +9
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,694 6,064 3,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.61% 10.45% 4.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.72% 52.17% 28.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,175 2,047
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,552 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,912
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 9,719 11,623 12,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.03% 20.03% 17.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,342 4,480 6,973
10th Percentile £25,047 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,129 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.90% +0.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.26%

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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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -29 718 £47,500 -13.64% 239
North of England -60 562 £47,500 -9.52% 243
Midlands -42 489 £49,500 -3.41% 178
South West -33 360 £46,250 -2.63% 139
North West -55 319 £47,500 - 120
West Midlands -45 284 £53,750 -0.46% 114
Scotland -68 253 £45,000 -18.18% 63
East Midlands -33 205 £47,500 -1.04% 64
Yorkshire -48 186 £45,000 -18.18% 74
East of England -66 173 £45,000 +5.88% 129
Wales -27 84 £45,000 - 27
Northern Ireland +57 58 £67,500 +3.85% 12
North East -51 57 £52,500 -8.70% 55
Isle of Man - 3 - -
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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 43 (1.60%) Confluence
2 34 (1.26%) IIS
2 34 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.85%) CMS
4 13 (0.48%) Documentum
5 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.19%) Drupal
6 5 (0.19%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.19%) WordPress
7 4 (0.15%) TWiki
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.074%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.074%) nginx
10 1 (0.037%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.037%) Liferay
10 1 (0.037%) SAS
10 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
Applications
1 103 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.26%) InfoPath
7 6 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.15%) Simulink
9 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.074%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.074%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.037%) Blender
11 1 (0.037%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.037%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.037%) Sketch
11 1 (0.037%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.48%) TrackWise
3 11 (0.41%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.30%) SAP QM
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.15%) Magento
6 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.15%) Shopify
7 3 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.074%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.074%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.037%) Maximo
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.037%) Primavera
9 1 (0.037%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.037%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 489 (18.15%) Azure
2 291 (10.80%) AWS
3 243 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (7.13%) SaaS
5 113 (4.19%) GCP
6 61 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (1.93%) Power Platform
8 40 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.04%) GitHub
10 25 (0.93%) Serverless
11 20 (0.74%) Power Automate
12 17 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (0.59%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.56%) BlazeMeter
14 15 (0.56%) PaaS
15 12 (0.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (0.45%) BrowserStack
16 10 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.37%) Google Play
16 10 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 28 (1.04%) Firewall
3 15 (0.56%) HTTP
4 13 (0.48%) MQTT
5 11 (0.41%) Wireless
6 10 (0.37%) Wireshark
7 9 (0.33%) WAN
8 8 (0.30%) VLAN
8 8 (0.30%) VoIP
9 7 (0.26%) Internet
9 7 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.22%) 5G
10 6 (0.22%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.19%) GSM
11 5 (0.19%) ISDN
11 5 (0.19%) LTE
11 5 (0.19%) PSTN
11 5 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.19%) RFID
11 5 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (7.42%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 74 (2.75%) BigQuery
4 74 (2.75%) Looker
5 47 (1.74%) MySQL
6 46 (1.71%) NoSQL
7 43 (1.60%) Power BI
8 28 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (0.63%) Big Data
10 16 (0.59%) Tableau
11 15 (0.56%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.37%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.37%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.33%) EDMS
16 8 (0.30%) Data Mining
17 7 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 180 (6.68%) Selenium
2 157 (5.83%) JIRA
3 150 (5.57%) Git
4 75 (2.78%) Cypress.io
5 70 (2.60%) Visual Studio
6 57 (2.12%) Jenkins
7 56 (2.08%) Postman
8 55 (2.04%) Cucumber
9 43 (1.60%) JMeter
10 41 (1.52%) Appium
11 31 (1.15%) Jasmine
12 28 (1.04%) Karma Test Runner
13 23 (0.85%) SoapUI
14 22 (0.82%) WebDriver
15 20 (0.74%) GitLab
15 20 (0.74%) TeamCity
16 19 (0.71%) SpecFlow
17 18 (0.67%) TestRail
18 17 (0.63%) NUnit
19 16 (0.59%) Maven
General
1 812 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 470 (17.45%) Manufacturing
3 391 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 335 (12.44%) Finance
5 258 (9.58%) Pharmaceutical
6 194 (7.20%) Legal
7 169 (6.27%) Retail
8 123 (4.57%) Marketing
9 117 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 98 (3.64%) Electronics
11 78 (2.90%) Aerospace
11 78 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.67%) Billing
13 66 (2.45%) Public Sector
14 59 (2.19%) Law
15 56 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 50 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (1.48%) Games
18 39 (1.45%) Automotive
19 34 (1.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 347 (12.88%) Developer
2 279 (10.36%) Lead
3 238 (8.83%) Senior
4 235 (8.72%) QA Manager
5 204 (7.57%) QA Engineer
6 176 (6.53%) Analyst
7 168 (6.24%) Quality Manager
8 113 (4.19%) Software Engineer
9 110 (4.08%) Quality Engineer
10 101 (3.75%) Engineering Manager
11 92 (3.41%) Tester
12 82 (3.04%) QA Leader
13 79 (2.93%) Data Manager
14 76 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 74 (2.75%) QA Specialist
16 72 (2.67%) Test Engineer
17 71 (2.64%) Project Manager
18 69 (2.56%) Senior Developer
18 69 (2.56%) Software Developer
19 60 (2.23%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (9.32%) .NET
2 153 (5.68%) React
3 142 (5.27%) AngularJS
4 135 (5.01%) CSS
4 135 (5.01%) HTML
5 100 (3.71%) ASP.NET
6 96 (3.56%) JSON
7 90 (3.34%) XML
8 87 (3.23%) Web Services
9 86 (3.19%) REST
10 75 (2.78%) .NET Core
11 62 (2.30%) Node.js
12 60 (2.23%) RESTful
13 57 (2.12%) .NET Framework
14 56 (2.08%) jQuery
15 52 (1.93%) SOAP
16 50 (1.86%) Playwright
17 48 (1.78%) Spring
17 48 (1.78%) Vue
18 38 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 236 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 188 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 56 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 46 (1.71%) IoT
6 33 (1.22%) Life Science
7 31 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.04%) Biopharmaceutical
10 26 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 24 (0.89%) Satnav
13 22 (0.82%) Onboarding
14 21 (0.78%) Data Structures
14 21 (0.78%) FMCG
15 20 (0.74%) Client/Server
15 20 (0.74%) Virtual Team
16 19 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
17 18 (0.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 115 (4.27%) Windows
2 84 (3.12%) Linux
3 48 (1.78%) Android
4 30 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.30%) Unix
9 6 (0.22%) Mesosphere
10 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.15%) AIX
11 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.15%) VMS
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.11%) Windows NT
12 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.074%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (28.43%) Agile
2 580 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
3 486 (18.04%) Test Automation
4 435 (16.15%) DevOps
5 387 (14.37%) Mentoring
6 336 (12.47%) Coaching
7 334 (12.40%) Project Management
8 326 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 300 (11.14%) Software Testing
10 294 (10.91%) Scrum
11 262 (9.73%) CI/CD
12 233 (8.65%) QMS
13 216 (8.02%) Software Engineering
14 203 (7.54%) Line Management
15 188 (6.98%) Computer Science
16 180 (6.68%) SDLC
17 175 (6.50%) Collaborative Working
18 159 (5.90%) Roadmaps
19 151 (5.61%) Code Quality
20 141 (5.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 337 (12.51%) JavaScript
2 299 (11.10%) C#
3 261 (9.69%) SQL
4 169 (6.27%) Python
5 160 (5.94%) Java
6 82 (3.04%) TypeScript
7 73 (2.71%) C
8 54 (2.00%) PHP
9 52 (1.93%) C++
10 44 (1.63%) VB
11 39 (1.45%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.26%) VB.NET
12 34 (1.26%) VB6
13 25 (0.93%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.89%) Go
15 23 (0.85%) Bash
16 19 (0.71%) PowerShell
17 17 (0.63%) Perl
18 15 (0.56%) Ruby
19 14 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 526 (19.52%) Degree
2 130 (4.83%) Security Cleared
3 106 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 71 (2.64%) ISTQB
5 68 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 48 (1.78%) Master's Degree
7 42 (1.56%) DBS Check
8 41 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.19%) ISEB
10 24 (0.89%) PhD
11 19 (0.71%) HNC
12 16 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 14 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.48%) AAT
14 13 (0.48%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.45%) MBA
15 12 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.33%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
17 8 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (7.83%) GMP
2 57 (2.12%) ISO 9001
3 37 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.11%) PMO
5 27 (1.00%) GDPR
6 26 (0.97%) GxP
6 26 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
7 21 (0.78%) ISO 13485
8 19 (0.71%) SLA
9 14 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 14 (0.52%) ISO 14001
10 12 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.26%) GLP
14 7 (0.26%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 88 (3.27%) Docker
2 31 (1.15%) Firmware
3 12 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.037%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 72 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.89%) Ansible
3 19 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (0.45%) Terraform
5 8 (0.30%) Puppet
6 6 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 4 (0.15%) SCCM
8 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.11%) Sysprep
8 3 (0.11%) WSUS
9 2 (0.074%) Kibana
9 2 (0.074%) Podman
10 1 (0.037%) Packer
Vendors
1 343 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 135 (5.01%) Google
3 57 (2.12%) Oracle
4 49 (1.82%) SAP
5 36 (1.34%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.00%) NCR
7 26 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.52%) Cisco
9 13 (0.48%) Databricks
9 13 (0.48%) VMware
10 11 (0.41%) NEC
11 9 (0.33%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.33%) TOWER Software
12 7 (0.26%) Minitab
13 6 (0.22%) HP
13 6 (0.22%) OutSystems
14 5 (0.19%) Apple
14 5 (0.19%) Avaya
14 5 (0.19%) SolarWinds
14 5 (0.19%) Zscaler