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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 68 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 -46 +25
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,676 3,597 9,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.21% 3.66% 9.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.94% 26.56% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 958 2,355 2,905
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,500 £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 £72,250 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,300 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,761 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.08% -9.52% +5.00%

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 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £73,750 £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% +5.04%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 1,497 £57,500 +8.18% 1,611
UK excluding London -26 1,036 £52,761 +11.08% 945
Work from Home +1 560 £57,500 - 923
London +9 528 £65,000 -7.14% 749
North of England -34 289 £52,500 +10.53% 278
South East -22 286 £50,000 +5.26% 213
Midlands -47 169 £53,688 +13.03% 155
North West -76 135 £52,500 +10.53% 181
East of England +12 114 £49,500 +10.00% 88
North East +49 94 £55,000 +4.76% 37
South West -29 94 £60,000 +20.00% 138
West Midlands -52 89 £53,688 +7.38% 89
East Midlands -11 80 £54,388 +20.86% 66
Yorkshire -16 60 £50,000 +5.26% 65
Scotland +2 49 £55,000 +22.22% 45
Wales -5 26 £52,562 +16.80% 28
Northern Ireland +4 18 £81,250 +20.37% 26

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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 32 (1.91%) Confluence
2 30 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.84%) CMS
4 13 (0.78%) IBM Domino
5 11 (0.66%) WordPress
6 6 (0.36%) Apache
6 6 (0.36%) nginx
7 5 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.30%) IIS
7 5 (0.30%) Liferay
8 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.18%) Drupal
9 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.12%) Appian
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) CoreMedia CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 62 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.54%) Trello
8 8 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.18%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.18%) Blender
11 3 (0.18%) Maya
11 3 (0.18%) Productboard
12 1 (0.060%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.060%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.060%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 23 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.01%) TrackWise
3 8 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.24%) ResourceLink
5 4 (0.24%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.18%) CA PPM
6 3 (0.18%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.12%) Magento
7 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.060%) Relativity
8 1 (0.060%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.060%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.060%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 297 (17.72%) Azure
2 198 (11.81%) AWS
3 90 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
3 90 (5.37%) Power Platform
4 87 (5.19%) GCP
5 79 (4.71%) SaaS
6 53 (3.16%) Serverless
7 52 (3.10%) GitHub
8 38 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (2.03%) Amazon S3
10 33 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 29 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (1.61%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (1.25%) Snowflake
17 17 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 14 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.06%) TCP/IP
2 67 (4.00%) VPN
3 23 (1.37%) Firewall
4 17 (1.01%) VLAN
4 17 (1.01%) VoIP
5 15 (0.89%) Multicast
6 13 (0.78%) BGP
7 11 (0.66%) DNS
8 8 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.48%) WAN
9 7 (0.42%) OSPF
10 6 (0.36%) Bluetooth
10 6 (0.36%) HSRP
10 6 (0.36%) IPv6
10 6 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.30%) IPsec
11 5 (0.30%) MPLS
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
12 4 (0.24%) HTTP
12 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.94%) Power BI
2 51 (3.04%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.74%) MySQL
3 46 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.57%) NoSQL
6 39 (2.33%) Relational Database
7 37 (2.21%) Metadata
8 31 (1.85%) Data Lake
9 27 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.25%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.13%) DynamoDB
12 15 (0.89%) Tableau
13 14 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
14 10 (0.60%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.60%) Redis
15 7 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
15 7 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 126 (7.52%) Selenium
2 124 (7.40%) JIRA
3 93 (5.55%) Git
4 92 (5.49%) Cucumber
5 80 (4.77%) Postman
6 67 (4.00%) Robot Framework
7 51 (3.04%) Jenkins
8 44 (2.63%) Cypress.io
9 38 (2.27%) Appium
9 38 (2.27%) GitLab
10 35 (2.09%) JMeter
11 26 (1.55%) SpecFlow
12 20 (1.19%) JUnit
12 20 (1.19%) SoapUI
13 18 (1.07%) Gradle
14 17 (1.01%) TestRail
15 16 (0.95%) Maven
16 15 (0.89%) Visual Studio
16 15 (0.89%) WebDriver
17 13 (0.78%) SonarQube
General
1 698 (41.65%) Social Skills
2 380 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
3 362 (21.60%) Finance
4 221 (13.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 219 (13.07%) Manufacturing
6 167 (9.96%) Marketing
7 93 (5.55%) Telecoms
8 80 (4.77%) Retail
9 77 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
10 72 (4.30%) Banking
11 71 (4.24%) Law
12 70 (4.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 69 (4.12%) Games
13 69 (4.12%) Legal
14 54 (3.22%) Public Sector
15 33 (1.97%) Publishing
16 32 (1.91%) Electronics
17 31 (1.85%) Tech for Good
18 29 (1.73%) Health Technology
19 26 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 364 (21.72%) Senior
2 238 (14.20%) Developer
3 164 (9.79%) Analyst
4 161 (9.61%) Lead
5 118 (7.04%) Test Engineer
6 101 (6.03%) Development Manager
6 101 (6.03%) QA Engineer
7 94 (5.61%) Product Manager
8 87 (5.19%) Test Automation Engineer
9 82 (4.89%) Product Development Manager
10 77 (4.59%) Senior Developer
10 77 (4.59%) Software Engineer
11 66 (3.94%) Project Manager
12 58 (3.46%) Business Analyst
13 56 (3.34%) QA Officer
14 52 (3.10%) Tester
15 49 (2.92%) QA Manager
16 40 (2.39%) Quality Manager
16 40 (2.39%) Senior Manager
17 39 (2.33%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (9.01%) .NET
2 112 (6.68%) React
3 71 (4.24%) REST
4 64 (3.82%) HTML
5 58 (3.46%) CSS
6 54 (3.22%) RESTful
7 53 (3.16%) AngularJS
8 48 (2.86%) Playwright
9 40 (2.39%) Node.js
10 36 (2.15%) .NET Core
11 32 (1.91%) Web Services
12 31 (1.85%) JSON
12 31 (1.85%) pytest
12 31 (1.85%) Swagger
13 20 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.13%) ASP.NET
14 19 (1.13%) Kafka
14 19 (1.13%) Spring
15 18 (1.07%) SOAP
15 18 (1.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (5.85%) Product Ownership
2 84 (5.01%) FMCG
3 64 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
4 53 (3.16%) Mobile App
5 43 (2.57%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.15%) Algorithms
7 34 (2.03%) Life Science
8 32 (1.91%) Data Structures
8 32 (1.91%) Virtual Team
9 30 (1.79%) Management Information System
9 30 (1.79%) Mobile Games
10 27 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.37%) Data Centre
14 20 (1.19%) NHS
15 18 (1.07%) Educational Technology
15 18 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (0.95%) Fixed Income
17 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 139 (8.29%) Linux
2 108 (6.44%) Windows
3 53 (3.16%) Apple iOS
4 49 (2.92%) Android
5 13 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.60%) Unix
7 7 (0.42%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Rocky
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) VMS
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.060%) Debian
10 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (32.70%) Problem-Solving
2 506 (30.19%) Agile
3 364 (21.72%) Test Automation
4 343 (20.47%) Mentoring
5 337 (20.11%) DevOps
6 324 (19.33%) Project Management
7 226 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 209 (12.47%) CI/CD
9 196 (11.69%) Software Engineering
10 180 (10.74%) Software Testing
11 159 (9.49%) Coaching
12 145 (8.65%) Scrum
13 129 (7.70%) Project Delivery
13 129 (7.70%) User Experience
14 127 (7.58%) Computer Science
15 126 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
16 121 (7.22%) Test Management
17 115 (6.86%) Validation
18 112 (6.68%) Product Strategy
19 109 (6.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 275 (16.41%) Python
2 260 (15.51%) JavaScript
3 255 (15.21%) SQL
4 210 (12.53%) C#
5 157 (9.37%) Java
6 97 (5.79%) TypeScript
7 81 (4.83%) PowerShell
8 80 (4.77%) Bash
9 45 (2.68%) PHP
10 30 (1.79%) Kotlin
11 28 (1.67%) C++
11 28 (1.67%) Swift
12 19 (1.13%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.66%) Go
13 11 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.54%) C
14 9 (0.54%) Groovy
15 8 (0.48%) Ruby
15 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 568 (33.89%) Degree
2 72 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
2 72 (4.30%) ISTQB
3 54 (3.22%) Security Cleared
4 51 (3.04%) PMP
5 50 (2.98%) PMI Certification
6 32 (1.91%) SC Cleared
7 30 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.25%) CISSP
11 19 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
12 15 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 13 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 13 (0.78%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.66%) CCNP
15 11 (0.66%) ISEB
16 10 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (6.86%) GMP
2 67 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.03%) GDPR
4 34 (2.03%) PMO
5 13 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
6 12 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
7 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.48%) GLP
9 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.36%) CDISC
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.36%) SLA
11 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.30%) ITGC
12 4 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 73 (4.36%) Docker
2 10 (0.60%) Firmware
3 6 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.18%) LXC
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.060%) Squid
Systems Management
1 74 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.80%) Terraform
3 24 (1.43%) Ansible
4 17 (1.01%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.95%) Grafana
6 13 (0.78%) Argo
7 7 (0.42%) Kustomize
7 7 (0.42%) Nagios
8 5 (0.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 3 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.18%) SCCM
11 2 (0.12%) Iperf
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
11 2 (0.12%) Salt
12 1 (0.060%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.060%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.060%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 164 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.82%) SAP
3 49 (2.92%) Google
4 32 (1.91%) Oracle
5 31 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 18 (1.07%) Adobe
7 17 (1.01%) Siemens
8 16 (0.95%) Databricks
9 15 (0.89%) New Relic
10 13 (0.78%) Cisco
11 12 (0.72%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.66%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.66%) VMware
13 10 (0.60%) SolarWinds
14 9 (0.54%) UiPath
15 8 (0.48%) Red Hat
16 7 (0.42%) ANSYS
16 7 (0.42%) IBM
16 7 (0.42%) Planview
17 5 (0.30%) JD Edwards