Quality Assurance (QA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 68 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -46 +26
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,921 3,661 9,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.46% 3.69% 9.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.80% 26.90% 48.11%
Number of salaries quoted 968 2,349 2,681
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,075 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,100 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £51,918
% change year-on-year +11.58% -8.51% +3.84%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,237 13,611 18,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.64% 13.72% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,749 9,222 8,694
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK

QA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA.

Salary trend for QA in the UK

QA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA in the UK

QA
Top 17 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 16 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
England -13 1,703 £57,500 +9.52% 2,065
UK excluding London -22 1,278 £53,000 +11.58% 1,358
Work from Home +4 809 £57,500 - 1,220
London +14 529 £65,000 -5.80% 1,004
North of England -24 402 £55,000 +15.79% 339
South East -36 286 £50,000 +5.26% 458
North West -45 249 £52,500 +10.53% 202
Midlands -28 234 £53,688 +9.57% 198
East of England +14 142 £50,000 +11.11% 110
East Midlands -13 122 £54,694 +15.15% 79
West Midlands -38 112 £53,688 +2.26% 112
North East +46 97 £55,000 +4.76% 48
Scotland +21 94 £55,000 +22.22% 77
South West -33 92 £60,000 +26.32% 134
Yorkshire -28 56 £52,875 +14.32% 94
Wales -7 26 £55,000 +22.22% 50
Northern Ireland -1 12 £82,801 +22.67% 41

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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:

Application Platforms
1 188 (9.79%) Confluence
2 29 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.99%) IBM Domino
4 13 (0.68%) CMS
5 11 (0.57%) WordPress
6 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.26%) Liferay
7 5 (0.26%) nginx
8 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) IIS
9 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.10%) Appian
10 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.10%) CoreMedia CMS
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.68%) Trello
7 8 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Productboard
11 1 (0.052%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.052%) Pro Tools
11 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.052%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 26 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.57%) TrackWise
3 9 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.21%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.10%) Magento
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.052%) Endur
8 1 (0.052%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.052%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.052%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.052%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.052%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 544 (28.32%) Azure
2 449 (23.37%) AWS
3 244 (12.70%) GCP
4 88 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 84 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
6 73 (3.80%) SaaS
7 52 (2.71%) Serverless
8 49 (2.55%) GitHub
9 41 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (1.67%) Amazon S3
10 32 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (1.67%) Power Automate
11 31 (1.61%) Snowflake
12 29 (1.51%) PowerApps
13 28 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.54%) TCP/IP
2 65 (3.38%) VPN
3 17 (0.88%) Firewall
4 16 (0.83%) VoIP
5 15 (0.78%) VLAN
6 13 (0.68%) Multicast
7 11 (0.57%) BGP
7 11 (0.57%) Network Security
8 8 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.42%) WAN
9 7 (0.36%) OSPF
10 6 (0.31%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.26%) DNS
11 5 (0.26%) IPsec
11 5 (0.26%) MPLS
11 5 (0.26%) Wireless
12 4 (0.21%) HSRP
12 4 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.16%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 67 (3.49%) Power BI
3 47 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (2.39%) Metadata
5 45 (2.34%) MySQL
6 40 (2.08%) Data Lake
6 40 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 38 (1.98%) NoSQL
8 28 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 20 (1.04%) MongoDB
11 18 (0.94%) Tableau
12 13 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
13 10 (0.52%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.42%) Redis
16 7 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
16 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 378 (19.68%) Selenium
2 374 (19.47%) JIRA
3 336 (17.49%) Cucumber
4 283 (14.73%) GitLab
5 260 (13.53%) Maven
6 259 (13.48%) SonarQube
7 254 (13.22%) Bitbucket
8 247 (12.86%) Sonatype Nexus
9 88 (4.58%) Git
10 77 (4.01%) Postman
11 67 (3.49%) Robot Framework
12 50 (2.60%) Jenkins
13 46 (2.39%) Cypress.io
14 38 (1.98%) Appium
15 33 (1.72%) JMeter
16 27 (1.41%) SpecFlow
17 20 (1.04%) SoapUI
18 17 (0.88%) JUnit
18 17 (0.88%) TestRail
19 16 (0.83%) WebDriver
General
1 680 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 620 (32.27%) Finance
3 480 (24.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 383 (19.94%) Analytical Skills
5 326 (16.97%) Banking
6 209 (10.88%) Manufacturing
7 173 (9.01%) Retail
8 169 (8.80%) Marketing
9 98 (5.10%) Investment Banking
10 96 (5.00%) Telecoms
11 90 (4.69%) Corporate Banking
12 87 (4.53%) Law
13 73 (3.80%) Legal
14 69 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
15 66 (3.44%) Public Sector
16 63 (3.28%) Games
17 59 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
18 34 (1.77%) Electronics
19 29 (1.51%) Publishing
19 29 (1.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 375 (19.52%) Senior
2 311 (16.19%) Software Engineer
3 230 (11.97%) Developer
4 164 (8.54%) Lead
5 161 (8.38%) Analyst
6 114 (5.93%) Test Engineer
7 103 (5.36%) QA Engineer
8 99 (5.15%) Development Manager
9 95 (4.95%) Product Manager
10 86 (4.48%) Test Automation Engineer
11 82 (4.27%) Product Development Manager
12 78 (4.06%) Senior Developer
13 68 (3.54%) Project Manager
14 61 (3.18%) QA Manager
15 53 (2.76%) Quality Manager
16 51 (2.65%) QA Officer
16 51 (2.65%) Tester
17 48 (2.50%) Business Analyst
18 40 (2.08%) QA Leader
19 38 (1.98%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (18.32%) React
2 302 (15.72%) HTML
3 299 (15.56%) CSS
4 266 (13.85%) Spring
5 263 (13.69%) Kafka
6 257 (13.38%) Spring Boot
7 254 (13.22%) Redux
8 250 (13.01%) JPA
9 163 (8.49%) Hibernate
10 158 (8.22%) REST
11 144 (7.50%) .NET
12 141 (7.34%) RESTful
13 100 (5.21%) Jest
14 92 (4.79%) Sass
15 91 (4.74%) CSS3
15 91 (4.74%) HTML5
16 51 (2.65%) Playwright
17 42 (2.19%) AngularJS
18 36 (1.87%) Node.js
19 35 (1.82%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 332 (17.28%) Product Ownership
2 255 (13.27%) Enterprise Software
3 87 (4.53%) FMCG
4 65 (3.38%) Linux Command Line
5 53 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 41 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 32 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 32 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 29 (1.51%) Cloud Native
9 27 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.41%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.30%) Mobile Games
11 24 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.15%) Data Centre
13 20 (1.04%) NHS
14 17 (0.88%) Educational Technology
14 17 (0.88%) Fixed Income
14 17 (0.88%) Life Science
15 16 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.18%) Linux
2 111 (5.78%) Windows
3 49 (2.55%) Apple iOS
4 43 (2.24%) Android
5 14 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.47%) Unix
7 7 (0.36%) CentOS
8 6 (0.31%) Windows Vista
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Rocky
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.052%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.052%) Debian
11 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.052%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.052%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (38.26%) Agile
2 605 (31.49%) Test Automation
3 584 (30.40%) DevOps
4 547 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
5 453 (23.58%) CI/CD
6 435 (22.64%) Mentoring
7 427 (22.23%) Software Engineering
8 363 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 346 (18.01%) SDLC
10 336 (17.49%) Microservices
11 328 (17.07%) Project Management
12 309 (16.09%) Front End Development
13 305 (15.88%) Containerisation
14 283 (14.73%) Full-Stack Development
15 275 (14.32%) Performance Optimisation
16 230 (11.97%) TDD
17 220 (11.45%) User Experience
18 188 (9.79%) Clean Code
19 175 (9.11%) Software Testing
20 156 (8.12%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 503 (26.18%) SQL
2 494 (25.72%) JavaScript
3 396 (20.61%) Java
4 283 (14.73%) Python
5 204 (10.62%) C#
6 184 (9.58%) TypeScript
7 81 (4.22%) Bash
8 77 (4.01%) PowerShell
9 43 (2.24%) PHP
10 29 (1.51%) Kotlin
11 28 (1.46%) C++
12 27 (1.41%) Swift
13 18 (0.94%) Objective-C
14 10 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.47%) C
16 8 (0.42%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.42%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.36%) Go
17 7 (0.36%) Groovy
18 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 569 (29.62%) Degree
2 78 (4.06%) ISTQB
3 67 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 61 (3.18%) Security Cleared
5 51 (2.65%) PMI Certification
5 51 (2.65%) PMP
6 38 (1.98%) SC Cleared
7 35 (1.82%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.30%) CISSP
9 22 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 19 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
12 17 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 15 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.52%) ISEB
16 9 (0.47%) CCNP
16 9 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (7.29%) Accessibility
2 96 (5.00%) GMP
3 78 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.93%) GDPR
5 35 (1.82%) PMO
6 18 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
8 13 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.52%) NIST
10 9 (0.47%) GLP
10 9 (0.47%) NCSC
11 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.31%) CDISC
12 6 (0.31%) SLA
13 5 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
13 5 (0.26%) GxP
13 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 321 (16.71%) Docker
2 9 (0.47%) Firmware
3 6 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.16%) LXC
4 3 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.052%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.052%) HDFS
5 1 (0.052%) Squid
Systems Management
1 311 (16.19%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.29%) Terraform
3 23 (1.20%) Ansible
4 20 (1.04%) Grafana
5 18 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.42%) Argo
7 7 (0.36%) Nagios
8 5 (0.26%) Puppet
9 3 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.16%) Kibana
9 3 (0.16%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.16%) Packer
9 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.10%) Iperf
10 2 (0.10%) logstash
10 2 (0.10%) Salt
11 1 (0.052%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.052%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.052%) Oozie
11 1 (0.052%) SCCM
Vendors
1 248 (12.91%) Solace
2 149 (7.76%) Microsoft
3 63 (3.28%) SAP
4 44 (2.29%) Google
5 33 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.61%) Oracle
7 17 (0.88%) Databricks
7 17 (0.88%) Siemens
8 16 (0.83%) Adobe
9 13 (0.68%) Cisco
9 13 (0.68%) New Relic
10 12 (0.62%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.62%) SolarWinds
11 11 (0.57%) IBM
11 11 (0.57%) VMware
12 9 (0.47%) UiPath
13 8 (0.42%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.42%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.36%) Planview
15 6 (0.31%) ANSYS