QA Job Trends in York

Quality Assurance (QA)
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in York requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 28 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing QA 1 7 6
As % of all permanent jobs in York 0.21% 1.92% 3.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 33.33% 29.17% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £60,000
25th Percentile £25,375 - £65,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,750 £86,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -70.06% +27.41% +17.39%
75th Percentile £26,125 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - £83,750
North Yorkshire median annual salary £25,750 £98,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -73.72% +45.19% +22.73%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
York

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 York.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3 24 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in York 0.64% 6.58% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 23
10th Percentile £26,550 £29,950 £31,400
25th Percentile £28,313 £31,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -36.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - £70,600 £82,500
North Yorkshire median annual salary £33,000 £46,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.65% -15.91% +19.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

QA job vacancy trend in York

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Salary Trend in York

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows