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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 February 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) UK |
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6 months to
26 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
54 |
46 |
58 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+12 |
+1 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
5,763 |
8,033 |
8,695 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.68% |
5.31% |
4.96% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
37.39% |
38.07% |
38.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4,467 |
6,047 |
6,966 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
£31,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£43,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.65% |
+1.18% |
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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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills |
15,413 |
21,101 |
22,371 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
12.52% |
13.94% |
12.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
11,895 |
15,456 |
17,483 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,600 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£43,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.65% |
+1.18% |
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QA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing QA as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
QA
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA.
QA
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing QA over the 6 months to 26 February 2020.
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Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 February 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-9 |
5,317 |
£52,912 |
+5.82% |
1,046 |
| UK excluding London |
-1 |
3,137 |
£45,000 |
+4.65% |
803 |
| London |
-15 |
2,456 |
£65,000 |
+8.33% |
313 |
| South East |
-1 |
1,179 |
£51,500 |
+8.42% |
214 |
| North of England |
+6 |
699 |
£42,500 |
- |
225 |
| Midlands |
-7 |
440 |
£42,500 |
- |
128 |
| North West |
+2 |
341 |
£45,000 |
- |
113 |
| South West |
+5 |
314 |
£40,000 |
- |
99 |
| West Midlands |
+9 |
305 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
76 |
| Yorkshire |
+4 |
265 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
78 |
| East of England |
-19 |
218 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
67 |
| Scotland |
-7 |
181 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
35 |
| East Midlands |
-35 |
131 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
52 |
| North East |
+22 |
94 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
34 |
| Wales |
-35 |
76 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
25 |
| Northern Ireland |
+11 |
38 |
£41,250 |
+3.13% |
9 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
1 |
£60,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 26 February 2020, IT jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for QA.
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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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