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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 23 October 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) UK |
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6 months to
23 Oct 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
59 |
54 |
53 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
-1 |
-2 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
8527 |
9303 |
11064 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.86% |
4.91% |
5.06% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
38.70% |
37.49% |
39.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6158 |
7640 |
8960 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£77,500 |
£73,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
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 |
22031 |
24815 |
27940 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
12.55% |
13.09% |
12.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16366 |
19610 |
22091 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
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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 23 October 2017.
QA
Top 16 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 23 October 2017.
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 |
-7 |
8035 |
£50,000 |
- |
482 |
| London |
-1 |
4422 |
£57,500 |
- |
218 |
| UK excluding London |
-8 |
3931 |
£42,500 |
- |
283 |
| South East |
+1 |
1260 |
£45,000 |
- |
89 |
| North of England |
-15 |
853 |
£40,000 |
- |
77 |
| Midlands |
+3 |
719 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
38 |
| North West |
-1 |
514 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
44 |
| East of England |
-30 |
443 |
£45,000 |
-2.70% |
33 |
| West Midlands |
-3 |
421 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
21 |
| South West |
+25 |
350 |
£40,000 |
- |
28 |
| Yorkshire |
-26 |
299 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
26 |
| East Midlands |
-6 |
293 |
£46,000 |
+3.37% |
17 |
| Scotland |
-18 |
178 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
11 |
| Wales |
+6 |
115 |
£33,934 |
-20.16% |
7 |
| North East |
-3 |
43 |
£39,000 |
-8.24% |
7 |
| Northern Ireland |
-22 |
33 |
£26,500 |
-33.75% |
1 |
For the 6 months to 23 October 2017, IT jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for QA.
QA
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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