Quality Assurance Tester
UK
The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in the UK is £41,774 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 712 | 864 | 882 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +152 | +18 | +180 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester | 18 | 35 | 88 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.032% | 0.035% | 0.088% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.035% | 0.037% | 0.097% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 28 | 82 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,400 | £34,750 | £22,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,000 | £37,188 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £41,774 | £42,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.71% | -15.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £45,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £54,750 | £70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £41,774 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.44% | -11.11% | +20.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Tester.
QA Tester
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Tester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
QA Tester
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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 |
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| England | +127 | 17 | £41,774 | -1.71% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +173 | 15 | £41,774 | +4.44% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 9 | £40,887 | +2.22% | 17 |
| North of England | +45 | 7 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 4 |
| North West | 0 | 5 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 3 |
| South East | +86 | 4 | £39,250 | -7.65% | 4 |
| London | +105 | 3 | £37,500 | -21.05% | 1 |
| Midlands | +53 | 2 | £32,000 | -20.00% | |
| East Midlands | +17 | 2 | £32,000 | - | |
| South West | +110 | 1 | £40,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £41,774 | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £41,774 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring QA Tester in the job title.
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QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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