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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 September 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) UK |
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6 months to
23 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
50 |
62 |
56 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+12 |
-6 |
-4 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
8,310 |
8,415 |
9,535 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
5.03% |
4.79% |
4.91% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
38.44% |
39.04% |
37.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,489 |
6,056 |
7,886 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
£29,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+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 |
21,618 |
21,555 |
25,418 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
13.08% |
12.27% |
13.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16,419 |
15,988 |
20,165 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£49,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.04% |
+8.89% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,500 |
£27,428 |
£27,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+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 September 2018.
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 September 2018.
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 |
+14 |
7,865 |
£50,000 |
- |
1,257 |
| UK excluding London |
+14 |
4,278 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
910 |
| London |
-2 |
3,870 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
451 |
| South East |
+21 |
1,521 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
233 |
| North of England |
+26 |
1,006 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
231 |
| Midlands |
-13 |
527 |
£44,000 |
+3.53% |
151 |
| North West |
+18 |
519 |
£44,500 |
+11.25% |
127 |
| South West |
+27 |
463 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
96 |
| East of England |
+15 |
459 |
£45,000 |
- |
98 |
| Yorkshire |
+44 |
444 |
£42,500 |
+10.39% |
76 |
| West Midlands |
-10 |
299 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
92 |
| East Midlands |
+1 |
221 |
£40,000 |
-13.04% |
59 |
| Scotland |
+1 |
177 |
£40,000 |
- |
73 |
| Wales |
+16 |
158 |
£37,500 |
+7.14% |
23 |
| North East |
-12 |
43 |
£35,000 |
-2.78% |
28 |
| Northern Ireland |
-13 |
12 |
£52,500 |
+57.89% |
8 |
For the 6 months to 23 September 2018, 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.
| 1 |
4,665 (56.14%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
3,514 (42.29%) |
Test Automation |
| 3 |
2,259 (27.18%) |
Java |
| 4 |
2,146 (25.82%) |
Finance |
| 5 |
1,967 (23.67%) |
Selenium |
| 6 |
1,891 (22.76%) |
C# |
| 7 |
1,810 (21.78%) |
SQL |
| 8 |
1,611 (19.39%) |
JavaScript |
| 9 |
1,450 (17.45%) |
Scrum |
| 10 |
1,318 (15.86%) |
.NET |
| 11 |
1,167 (14.04%) |
Degree |
| 12 |
1,158 (13.94%) |
BDD |
| 13 |
1,119 (13.47%) |
TDD |
| 14 |
1,059 (12.74%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 15 |
996 (11.99%) |
JIRA |
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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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