Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 23 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
23 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 50 74 88
Rank change year-on-year +24 +14 -17
Permanent jobs citing QA 1,609 459 264
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.54% 4.25% 3.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 38.28% 40.26% 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 380 225
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £79,950
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +5.00%

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,203 1,140 726
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.46% 10.55% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,912 917 597
10th Percentile £33,320 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,300
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

QA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 23 January 2022.

QA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 23 January 2022, QA job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for QA.

1 929 (57.74%) Agile Software Development
2 559 (34.74%) Test Automation
3 469 (29.15%) JavaScript
4 416 (25.85%) C#
5 395 (24.55%) SQL
6 387 (24.05%) DevOps
7 344 (21.38%) Azure
8 331 (20.57%) CI/CD
9 328 (20.39%) Social Skills
10 327 (20.32%) Scrum
11 322 (20.01%) Java
11 322 (20.01%) Finance
12 311 (19.33%) AWS
13 294 (18.27%) Selenium
14 290 (18.02%) .NET
15 279 (17.34%) Software Engineering
15 279 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
16 266 (16.53%) Software Testing
17 256 (15.91%) Git (software)
18 245 (15.23%) SQL Server
19 231 (14.36%) CSS
20 226 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
21 223 (13.86%) HTML
22 220 (13.67%) TDD
23 216 (13.42%) TypeScript
24 213 (13.24%) Mentoring
25 212 (13.18%) SaaS
26 209 (12.99%) Degree
27 200 (12.43%) Microsoft
28 199 (12.37%) Python

QA
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option 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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (3.48%) Confluence
2 39 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
4 28 (1.74%) CMS
5 19 (1.18%) Apache
6 13 (0.81%) SAS
7 9 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.56%) Drupal
8 8 (0.50%) Documentum
9 7 (0.44%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.37%) JBoss
11 5 (0.31%) MS Exchange
12 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.25%) EPiServer
12 4 (0.25%) Kentico
12 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.19%) IIS
13 3 (0.19%) WordPress
14 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
15 1 (0.062%) nginx
Applications
1 31 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.12%) Sketch
5 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.44%) InVision
8 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.062%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (0.37%) Shopify
6 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.31%) Social Studio
7 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.25%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.25%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.25%) TrackWise
8 2 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.12%) Sentinel
9 1 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.062%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.062%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 344 (21.38%) Azure
2 311 (19.33%) AWS
3 212 (13.18%) SaaS
4 103 (6.40%) GCP
5 56 (3.48%) Power Platform
6 48 (2.98%) GitHub
7 42 (2.61%) Serverless
8 26 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (1.49%) Amazon S3
10 20 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.18%) PaaS
12 18 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
13 17 (1.06%) Google Analytics
14 16 (0.99%) Figma
14 16 (0.99%) Slack
15 14 (0.87%) IaaS
15 14 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (0.75%) Amazon Cognito
17 11 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
17 11 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.99%) Network Security
2 14 (0.87%) HTTP
3 11 (0.68%) Firewall
4 9 (0.56%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.37%) VPN
5 6 (0.37%) Wireless
6 5 (0.31%) Internet
7 4 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.25%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.25%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.19%) SMTP
8 3 (0.19%) VLAN
8 3 (0.19%) WAN
9 2 (0.12%) FTP
9 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.12%) MQTT
9 2 (0.12%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.12%) VoIP
9 2 (0.12%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (15.23%) SQL Server
2 111 (6.90%) MySQL
3 71 (4.41%) Relational Database
4 66 (4.10%) NoSQL
5 56 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.36%) Power BI
7 53 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 47 (2.92%) MongoDB
10 34 (2.11%) Amazon DynamoDB
11 25 (1.55%) Tableau
12 22 (1.37%) Big Data
13 21 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
14 20 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
14 20 (1.24%) GIS
15 19 (1.18%) Redis
16 17 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (0.81%) Data Lake
18 12 (0.75%) Looker
18 12 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 294 (18.27%) Selenium
2 256 (15.91%) Git (software)
3 163 (10.13%) JIRA
4 120 (7.46%) Cypress.io
5 112 (6.96%) SpecFlow
6 106 (6.59%) Cucumber
7 82 (5.10%) Postman
8 69 (4.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 64 (3.98%) Jenkins
10 53 (3.29%) WebDriver
11 41 (2.55%) Appium
11 41 (2.55%) Bitbucket
12 37 (2.30%) TeamCity
13 36 (2.24%) CircleCI
14 35 (2.18%) Protractor
15 31 (1.93%) JUnit
16 30 (1.86%) Eclipse
17 28 (1.74%) JMeter
18 27 (1.68%) Subversion
19 26 (1.62%) SoapUI
General
1 328 (20.39%) Social Skills
2 322 (20.01%) Finance
3 175 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (5.66%) Marketing
5 79 (4.91%) Retail
6 71 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (2.92%) Publishing
8 45 (2.80%) Law
9 43 (2.67%) Banking
9 43 (2.67%) Legal
10 42 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 40 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 35 (2.18%) Public Sector
13 33 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.93%) Games
15 28 (1.74%) Automotive
16 25 (1.55%) Front Office
16 25 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.37%) Advertising
17 22 (1.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 496 (30.83%) Developer
2 192 (11.93%) QA Engineer
3 182 (11.31%) Analyst
4 124 (7.71%) Software Developer
5 106 (6.59%) .NET Developer
6 98 (6.09%) C# Developer
7 92 (5.72%) Senior Developer
8 86 (5.34%) Software Engineer
9 82 (5.10%) Tester
10 76 (4.72%) Test Engineer
11 71 (4.41%) QA Automation Engineer
12 69 (4.29%) Full Stack Developer
13 66 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
14 62 (3.85%) Java Engineer
15 61 (3.79%) Java Developer
16 52 (3.23%) QA Analyst
17 50 (3.11%) Developer in Test
18 49 (3.05%) Java Software Engineer
19 48 (2.98%) Junior
20 46 (2.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 290 (18.02%) .NET
2 231 (14.36%) CSS
3 223 (13.86%) HTML
4 181 (11.25%) React
5 174 (10.81%) AngularJS
6 129 (8.02%) REST
7 124 (7.71%) RESTful
8 117 (7.27%) XML
9 115 (7.15%) Web Services
10 101 (6.28%) .NET Core
10 101 (6.28%) JSON
11 99 (6.15%) Node.js
12 82 (5.10%) HTML5
13 81 (5.03%) ASP.NET
14 78 (4.85%) Gherkin
15 66 (4.10%) .NET Framework
16 64 (3.98%) Kafka
17 62 (3.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 62 (3.85%) Vue.js
18 53 (3.29%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 185 (11.50%) User Experience
2 129 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
3 94 (5.84%) Enterprise Software
4 85 (5.28%) Management Information System
5 65 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
6 64 (3.98%) Mobile App
7 46 (2.86%) Data Structures
8 34 (2.11%) e-Health
9 32 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 27 (1.68%) FMCG
11 25 (1.55%) Fixed Income
11 25 (1.55%) Hedge funds
12 24 (1.49%) Pharmacovigilance
13 20 (1.24%) Algorithms
13 20 (1.24%) Life Science
13 20 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.12%) Legacy Code
15 15 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
16 14 (0.87%) Equities
17 12 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 99 (6.15%) Windows
2 79 (4.91%) Linux
3 40 (2.49%) Android
4 34 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.12%) Unix
6 11 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 10 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.25%) FreeBSD
9 4 (0.25%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.12%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.062%) CentOS
11 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 929 (57.74%) Agile Software Development
2 559 (34.74%) Test Automation
3 387 (24.05%) DevOps
4 331 (20.57%) CI/CD
5 327 (20.32%) Scrum
6 279 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
6 279 (17.34%) Software Engineering
7 266 (16.53%) Software Testing
8 226 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
9 220 (13.67%) TDD
10 213 (13.24%) Mentoring
11 182 (11.31%) SDLC
12 167 (10.38%) BDD
13 160 (9.94%) Test Strategy
14 148 (9.20%) API Testing
14 148 (9.20%) Project Management
15 147 (9.14%) Microservices
16 141 (8.76%) Coaching
17 118 (7.33%) Analytics
18 117 (7.27%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 469 (29.15%) JavaScript
2 416 (25.85%) C#
3 395 (24.55%) SQL
4 322 (20.01%) Java
5 216 (13.42%) TypeScript
6 199 (12.37%) Python
7 84 (5.22%) PHP
8 51 (3.17%) PowerShell
9 49 (3.05%) T-SQL
10 42 (2.61%) Bash
11 35 (2.18%) C
11 35 (2.18%) C++
11 35 (2.18%) ES6
12 33 (2.05%) VB
13 31 (1.93%) Ruby
14 28 (1.74%) VB6
15 27 (1.68%) XAML
16 25 (1.55%) R
17 22 (1.37%) VB.NET
18 21 (1.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 209 (12.99%) Degree
2 103 (6.40%) ISTQB
3 66 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (2.61%) ISEB
5 36 (2.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 35 (2.18%) Security Cleared
7 20 (1.24%) SC Cleared
8 14 (0.87%) CISSP
8 14 (0.87%) HNC
9 11 (0.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 8 (0.50%) CISM
10 8 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.44%) ACCA
11 7 (0.44%) CIMA
11 7 (0.44%) SANS
12 5 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.31%) HND
12 5 (0.31%) ISEB Practitioner
12 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.16%) Accessibility
2 30 (1.86%) SLA
3 24 (1.49%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.37%) WCAG
5 18 (1.12%) PMO
6 16 (0.99%) GDPR
7 12 (0.75%) Good Clinical Practice
8 10 (0.62%) NIST
9 9 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.50%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 5 (0.31%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.25%) CDISC
13 4 (0.25%) GMP
13 4 (0.25%) GxP
13 4 (0.25%) IEC 62304
13 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.25%) P3O
14 3 (0.19%) EMIR
14 3 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 156 (9.70%) Docker
2 21 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.19%) Ceph
4 3 (0.19%) NFS
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.062%) IAG
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.062%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.062%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 96 (5.97%) Terraform
2 93 (5.78%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.49%) Ansible
4 20 (1.24%) HP ALM
5 14 (0.87%) Puppet
6 13 (0.81%) Grafana
7 12 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
7 12 (0.75%) Opscode Chef
8 9 (0.56%) MIIS
8 9 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.44%) Nagios
10 6 (0.37%) Capistrano
10 6 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (0.31%) Kibana
12 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.19%) Graphite
13 3 (0.19%) Istio
13 3 (0.19%) Mesos
13 3 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 200 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.60%) Google
3 55 (3.42%) Oracle
4 35 (2.18%) HP
5 34 (2.11%) Xamarin
6 32 (1.99%) SAP
7 29 (1.80%) RedGate
8 19 (1.18%) Salesforce.com
9 18 (1.12%) Atlassian
10 13 (0.81%) VMware
11 11 (0.68%) Apple
11 11 (0.68%) JD Edwards
11 11 (0.68%) Sparx
12 9 (0.56%) OpenText
12 9 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.50%) Splunk
14 7 (0.44%) Citrix
14 7 (0.44%) Sage
14 7 (0.44%) Sophos
15 6 (0.37%) dotdigital