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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 August 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 Aug 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
63 |
54 |
51 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-9 |
-3 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
8401 |
9647 |
10798 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.77% |
4.90% |
4.99% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
39.03% |
37.15% |
38.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6090 |
7985 |
8726 |
| UK median annual salary |
£49,039 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.24% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,750 |
£29,100 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£76,250 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£41,533 |
£41,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.30% |
+2.50% |
- |
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 |
21525 |
25969 |
27996 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
12.23% |
13.20% |
12.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16060 |
20616 |
22019 |
| UK median annual salary |
£49,000 |
£48,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+1.03% |
+7.78% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,000 |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.94% |
+1.25% |
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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 August 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 August 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 |
-6 |
7975 |
£50,000 |
- |
584 |
| London |
-1 |
4386 |
£58,000 |
+5.45% |
284 |
| UK excluding London |
-13 |
3851 |
£41,533 |
+1.30% |
321 |
| South East |
-5 |
1249 |
£45,000 |
- |
97 |
| North of England |
-18 |
870 |
£37,747 |
-5.63% |
93 |
| Midlands |
-17 |
637 |
£40,000 |
- |
45 |
| North West |
-6 |
498 |
£37,600 |
+0.27% |
53 |
| East of England |
-25 |
481 |
£45,000 |
- |
29 |
| West Midlands |
-10 |
400 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
30 |
| South West |
+6 |
358 |
£40,000 |
- |
33 |
| Yorkshire |
-23 |
339 |
£40,000 |
- |
34 |
| East Midlands |
-24 |
233 |
£45,500 |
+9.64% |
15 |
| Scotland |
-33 |
135 |
£40,000 |
+11.11% |
17 |
| Wales |
-3 |
110 |
£37,500 |
-7.41% |
5 |
| North East |
-17 |
36 |
£35,000 |
-41.67% |
6 |
| Northern Ireland |
-18 |
30 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 23 August 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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