TickIT Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring TickIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 - 707
Rank change year-on-year - - +55
Permanent jobs citing TickIT 8 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% - 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £60,000 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 - £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.64%
75th Percentile £75,250 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £67,500
UK median annual salary £66,750 - £46,250
% change year-on-year - - -4.64%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

TickIT 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 5,611 4,079 8,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.62% 15.78% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,133 2,339 6,147
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TickIT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

TickIT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TickIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TickIT

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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 TickIT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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 West - 8 £66,750 -
North of England - 8 £66,750 -
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Boomi
1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) GitHub
2 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (100.00%) Retail
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware
1 8 (100.00%) REST
2 4 (50.00%) EDI
2 4 (50.00%) JSON
2 4 (50.00%) SOAP
2 4 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) CRM
1 8 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (50.00%) B2B
2 4 (50.00%) Business Forecasting
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Order to Cash
2 4 (50.00%) Release Management
2 4 (50.00%) Software Distribution
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) User Stories
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft