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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 25 May 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Quality Assurance (QA) UK |
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6 months to
25 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
55 |
44 |
57 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-11 |
+13 |
+5 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA |
4,312 |
7,728 |
8,558 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
4.68% |
5.33% |
4.92% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
38.15% |
38.11% |
38.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,474 |
5,949 |
7,031 |
| Median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
- |
+3.09% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,000 |
£31,250 |
£31,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£44,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.27% |
+10.00% |
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 |
11,303 |
20,279 |
22,336 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
12.26% |
13.98% |
12.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
8,582 |
14,684 |
17,180 |
| Median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,250 |
£27,663 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
+12.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA.
QA
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA over the 6 months to 25 May 2020.
QA
Top 19 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 25 May 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 |
-10 |
3,975 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
288 |
| UK excluding London |
+7 |
2,430 |
£45,000 |
- |
221 |
| London |
-20 |
1,775 |
£65,000 |
+8.33% |
93 |
| South East |
+16 |
972 |
£51,500 |
+8.42% |
45 |
| North of England |
+7 |
538 |
£45,000 |
+0.98% |
70 |
| Midlands |
-1 |
314 |
£43,500 |
+5.78% |
36 |
| North West |
-13 |
264 |
£50,940 |
+13.20% |
47 |
| Work from Home |
+8 |
236 |
£55,000 |
- |
30 |
| South West |
+4 |
234 |
£40,000 |
- |
15 |
| Yorkshire |
+52 |
202 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
13 |
| West Midlands |
+7 |
196 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
16 |
| East of England |
-32 |
137 |
£45,000 |
- |
29 |
| Scotland |
-4 |
134 |
£46,250 |
+10.12% |
12 |
| East Midlands |
-16 |
114 |
£43,500 |
+2.35% |
20 |
| North East |
+11 |
72 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
10 |
| Wales |
-19 |
71 |
£40,000 |
-2.44% |
12 |
| Northern Ireland |
+19 |
30 |
£42,250 |
-0.59% |
1 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
9 |
£53,250 |
- |
1 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
1 |
£60,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 25 May 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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