QA Job Trends in Watford

Quality Assurance (QA)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Permanent jobs citing QA 19 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 9.74% - 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 90.48% - 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42,250
25th Percentile £32,500 - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.89%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £74,375
90th Percentile £52,000 - £80,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.52% -10.45% +22.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Watford

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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 29 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 10.77% 16.29% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 17
10th Percentile - £26,000 £54,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -31.03% +40.78%
75th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £86,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £47,000 £54,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -12.96% -4.00% +7.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

QA job vacancy trend in Watford

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Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Watford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in Watford

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 14 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 13 (68.42%) Aerospace
2 13 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (68.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Coordinator
2 3 (15.79%) QA Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) ERP Support
3 1 (5.26%) Head of Delivery
3 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) ERP
1 14 (73.68%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (73.68%) Project Delivery
2 13 (68.42%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (68.42%) Data Management
2 13 (68.42%) Process Improvement
2 13 (68.42%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.26%) Backlog Management
4 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) Manual Testing
4 1 (5.26%) Observability
4 1 (5.26%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) SDLC
4 1 (5.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.26%) System Testing
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Degree