QA Jobs in Birmingham

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 17 85
Rank change year-on-year -43 +68 -4
Permanent jobs citing QA 101 180 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.43% 9.68% 3.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.12% 41.10% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 79 106
10th Percentile £37,500 £22,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £77,813 £73,239 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £72,135
West Midlands median annual salary £53,750 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.46% +8.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 402 438 533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.66% 23.56% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 306 286 368
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,000 £29,602
25th Percentile £43,764 £36,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,485 £84,375 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,750 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.43% +8.42% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Birmingham

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Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Birmingham.

Salary trend for QA in Birmingham

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Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 11 (10.89%) IIS
2 3 (2.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.99%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (22.77%) Azure
2 17 (16.83%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (13.86%) AWS
4 13 (12.87%) SaaS
5 5 (4.95%) GCP
6 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.96%) Snowflake
7 3 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.98%) Matillion
9 1 (0.99%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) HTTP
1 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.84%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.96%) Power BI
3 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.98%) Looker
3 2 (1.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Jasmine
2 6 (5.94%) Cucumber
2 6 (5.94%) Git
2 6 (5.94%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (5.94%) Selenium
2 6 (5.94%) TeamCity
3 5 (4.95%) Karma Test Runner
3 5 (4.95%) Postman
4 3 (2.97%) JIRA
4 3 (2.97%) JMeter
5 2 (1.98%) gulp
6 1 (0.99%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.99%) NUnit
General
1 20 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.87%) Finance
4 11 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (10.89%) Retail
5 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.95%) Banking
6 5 (4.95%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Legal
7 4 (3.96%) Marketing
7 4 (3.96%) Police
7 4 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Lead
2 18 (17.82%) Developer
3 13 (12.87%) Senior
4 11 (10.89%) Analyst
5 6 (5.94%) C# Developer
5 6 (5.94%) Lead DevOps
5 6 (5.94%) QA Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) Team Leader
5 6 (5.94%) Tester
5 6 (5.94%) Web Developer
6 5 (4.95%) QA Specialist
6 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) Agile Tester
7 4 (3.96%) Applications Developer
7 4 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) Development Manager
7 4 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.96%) Lead Developer
7 4 (3.96%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) .NET
2 10 (9.90%) ASP.NET
3 9 (8.91%) Node.js
4 7 (6.93%) AngularJS
4 7 (6.93%) React
4 7 (6.93%) Sass
4 7 (6.93%) Web Services
4 7 (6.93%) XML
5 6 (5.94%) CSS
5 6 (5.94%) HTML
5 6 (5.94%) Spring
5 6 (5.94%) Spring Boot
6 5 (4.95%) Jest
6 5 (4.95%) JSON
6 5 (4.95%) REST
6 5 (4.95%) RESTful
6 5 (4.95%) RxJS
6 5 (4.95%) SOAP
6 5 (4.95%) XML Schema
7 4 (3.96%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.90%) Cloud Native
1 10 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.95%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.98%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.98%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.99%) CCTV
5 1 (0.99%) FMCG
5 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.99%) Replication
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) VMS
1 4 (3.96%) Windows
2 3 (2.97%) Android
2 3 (2.97%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.68%) Agile
2 30 (29.70%) DevOps
3 27 (26.73%) Mentoring
4 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (24.75%) Test Automation
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (20.79%) Scrum
5 21 (20.79%) Software Testing
6 19 (18.81%) CI/CD
7 18 (17.82%) Coaching
8 17 (16.83%) Test Strategy
8 17 (16.83%) User Experience
9 14 (13.86%) Project Delivery
10 13 (12.87%) Functional Testing
11 12 (11.88%) Software Delivery
12 10 (9.90%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (9.90%) Non-Functional Testing
12 10 (9.90%) Performance Tuning
13 9 (8.91%) Customer Service
13 9 (8.91%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) JavaScript
2 16 (15.84%) C#
3 14 (13.86%) SQL
4 11 (10.89%) TypeScript
5 9 (8.91%) Java
5 9 (8.91%) VB
6 7 (6.93%) Python
7 5 (4.95%) T-SQL
7 5 (4.95%) VB.NET
7 5 (4.95%) VB6
8 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.98%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.98%) PHP
9 2 (1.98%) Swift
Qualifications
1 20 (19.80%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.96%) AAT
3 4 (3.96%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.96%) CREST Certified
4 3 (2.97%) CITP
4 3 (2.97%) CSPO
4 3 (2.97%) IIBA
4 3 (2.97%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.97%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) GMP
2 3 (2.97%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.97%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.95%) Google
2 5 (4.95%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.96%) Databricks
4 3 (2.97%) Salesforce