Software Quality Assurance Job Trends in Watford

Software Quality Assurance
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.31% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.45% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Watford

Software Quality Assurance 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 29 15 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 9.12% 10.49% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 19
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £48,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -26.09% -6.12%
75th Percentile £60,750 £59,375 £76,250
90th Percentile £67,625 £60,000 £77,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -16.67%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Software Quality Assurance job vacancy trend in Watford

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA