QA Jobs in England

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 21 49
Rank change year-on-year -44 +28 +13
Permanent jobs citing QA 3,101 8,224 8,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.59% 9.31% 6.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.04% 48.24% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,048 2,418 4,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,908 17,049 22,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.78% 19.31% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,312 7,855 11,801
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,915 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -43 812 £67,750 -3.21% 434
South East -28 704 £47,500 -13.64% 263
North of England -62 557 £47,500 -13.64% 257
Midlands -44 466 £50,000 -4.76% 210
South West -31 359 £47,500 - 146
North West -58 313 £47,500 -5.00% 131
West Midlands -44 280 £52,500 -4.55% 136
Yorkshire -51 187 £46,250 -15.91% 93
East Midlands -40 186 £47,500 -1.04% 74
East of England -68 169 £45,000 +5.88% 124
North East -53 57 £52,500 -8.70% 37
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 50 (1.61%) Confluence
2 41 (1.32%) IIS
3 39 (1.26%) CMS
4 35 (1.13%) SharePoint
5 25 (0.81%) Apache
6 19 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.55%) Drupal
8 13 (0.42%) Documentum
9 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 10 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
11 8 (0.26%) Apache Pig
11 8 (0.26%) WordPress
12 5 (0.16%) Kinematics
12 5 (0.16%) nginx
13 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.13%) TWiki
13 4 (0.13%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.097%) Smallworld
15 2 (0.064%) Joomla!
Applications
1 143 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.29%) InfoPath
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.097%) Simulink
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.064%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.032%) Blender
11 1 (0.032%) InDesign
11 1 (0.032%) Notion
11 1 (0.032%) Revit
11 1 (0.032%) Sketch
11 1 (0.032%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 34 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.42%) TrackWise
3 10 (0.32%) SAP QM
4 8 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.26%) Shopify
5 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
5 5 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.13%) Lawson
6 4 (0.13%) Magento
6 4 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.097%) Primavera
7 3 (0.097%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.097%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.097%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.064%) Endur
8 2 (0.064%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.064%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 610 (19.67%) Azure
2 374 (12.06%) AWS
3 271 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
4 233 (7.51%) SaaS
5 175 (5.64%) GCP
6 96 (3.10%) Power Platform
7 70 (2.26%) Serverless
8 66 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
9 64 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (1.26%) GitHub
11 28 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 25 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 21 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 21 (0.68%) PaaS
15 14 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.45%) BrowserStack
16 13 (0.42%) Snowflake
17 11 (0.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 11 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (0.90%) Firewall
2 25 (0.81%) Internet
3 16 (0.52%) Wireless
4 15 (0.48%) WAN
5 11 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.32%) LAN
6 10 (0.32%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.26%) HTTP
7 8 (0.26%) VLAN
8 7 (0.23%) VoIP
8 7 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.19%) 5G
9 6 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 6 (0.19%) DNS
10 5 (0.16%) GSM
10 5 (0.16%) ISDN
10 5 (0.16%) PSTN
10 5 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.16%) RFID
10 5 (0.16%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 102 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
3 92 (2.97%) Relational Database
4 74 (2.39%) Looker
5 70 (2.26%) BigQuery
6 67 (2.16%) Power BI
7 58 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 51 (1.64%) MySQL
9 38 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (0.87%) Oracle Database
10 27 (0.87%) Tableau
11 23 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (0.71%) Big Data
12 22 (0.71%) RDBMS
13 17 (0.55%) Apache Hive
14 15 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.45%) Hadoop
15 14 (0.45%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.42%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 221 (7.13%) Selenium
2 219 (7.06%) JIRA
3 213 (6.87%) Git
4 125 (4.03%) Cucumber
5 103 (3.32%) Postman
6 100 (3.22%) Jenkins
7 83 (2.68%) Cypress.io
8 63 (2.03%) Visual Studio
9 55 (1.77%) Appium
10 35 (1.13%) SpecFlow
11 31 (1.00%) Jasmine
11 31 (1.00%) JUnit
12 29 (0.94%) TeamCity
13 28 (0.90%) JMeter
14 27 (0.87%) Karma Test Runner
14 27 (0.87%) TestRail
15 25 (0.81%) GitLab
16 23 (0.74%) WebDriver
17 22 (0.71%) SoapUI
18 21 (0.68%) JDeveloper
General
1 951 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 470 (15.16%) Finance
3 459 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
3 459 (14.80%) Manufacturing
4 266 (8.58%) Pharmaceutical
5 209 (6.74%) Legal
6 192 (6.19%) Retail
7 147 (4.74%) Marketing
8 116 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 107 (3.45%) Electronics
10 98 (3.16%) Law
11 92 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
12 75 (2.42%) Public Sector
13 72 (2.32%) Aerospace
14 67 (2.16%) Billing
15 64 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 60 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
17 55 (1.77%) Banking
18 54 (1.74%) Front Office
19 46 (1.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 436 (14.06%) Developer
2 350 (11.29%) Lead
2 350 (11.29%) Senior
3 259 (8.35%) QA Manager
4 230 (7.42%) Analyst
5 194 (6.26%) QA Engineer
6 181 (5.84%) Software Engineer
7 156 (5.03%) Quality Manager
8 131 (4.22%) Project Manager
9 112 (3.61%) .NET Developer
10 105 (3.39%) Engineering Manager
11 93 (3.00%) Tester
12 92 (2.97%) QA Leader
13 89 (2.87%) Senior Developer
14 86 (2.77%) Quality Engineer
15 71 (2.29%) Data Manager
16 65 (2.10%) Business Analyst
17 62 (2.00%) QA Specialist
18 61 (1.97%) C# Developer
18 61 (1.97%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 349 (11.25%) .NET
2 226 (7.29%) React
3 170 (5.48%) AngularJS
4 147 (4.74%) REST
5 145 (4.68%) HTML
6 141 (4.55%) CSS
7 117 (3.77%) ASP.NET
7 117 (3.77%) JSON
8 114 (3.68%) .NET Core
9 94 (3.03%) XML
10 90 (2.90%) .NET Framework
11 86 (2.77%) Web Services
12 84 (2.71%) Vue
13 75 (2.42%) RESTful
14 71 (2.29%) Node.js
15 68 (2.19%) Spring
16 65 (2.10%) jQuery
17 62 (2.00%) SOAP
18 54 (1.74%) Redux
19 43 (1.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 260 (8.38%) Management Information System
2 248 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 90 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 80 (2.58%) Mobile App
5 55 (1.77%) Derivative
5 55 (1.77%) Hedge funds
6 45 (1.45%) Client/Server
6 45 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 44 (1.42%) Fixed Income
8 42 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 41 (1.32%) Equities
10 40 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 40 (1.29%) IoT
11 39 (1.26%) Life Science
12 36 (1.16%) Driving Licence
12 36 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 34 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 30 (0.97%) Algorithms
15 29 (0.94%) Biopharmaceutical
16 28 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.84%) Windows
2 86 (2.77%) Linux
3 70 (2.26%) Android
4 50 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.32%) Unix
7 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.16%) VMS
10 4 (0.13%) AIX
11 3 (0.097%) Debian
12 2 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.064%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.032%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.032%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 982 (31.67%) Agile
2 701 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
3 562 (18.12%) DevOps
4 520 (16.77%) Test Automation
5 442 (14.25%) Project Management
6 423 (13.64%) Mentoring
7 381 (12.29%) Scrum
8 369 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 364 (11.74%) CI/CD
10 358 (11.54%) Coaching
11 313 (10.09%) Software Engineering
12 249 (8.03%) Software Testing
13 248 (8.00%) Computer Science
14 238 (7.67%) QMS
15 215 (6.93%) Line Management
16 206 (6.64%) Roadmaps
17 204 (6.58%) SDLC
18 187 (6.03%) Project Delivery
19 183 (5.90%) Collaborative Working
20 177 (5.71%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 406 (13.09%) JavaScript
2 405 (13.06%) C#
3 347 (11.19%) SQL
4 278 (8.96%) Java
5 259 (8.35%) Python
6 156 (5.03%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.26%) C
8 56 (1.81%) PHP
9 52 (1.68%) C++
10 51 (1.64%) Kotlin
11 44 (1.42%) VB
12 43 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 38 (1.23%) Go
14 33 (1.06%) Ruby
14 33 (1.06%) VB.NET
14 33 (1.06%) VB6
15 25 (0.81%) Bash
15 25 (0.81%) Perl
16 24 (0.77%) Scala
17 22 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 632 (20.38%) Degree
2 159 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 151 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 77 (2.48%) ISTQB
5 74 (2.39%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 52 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 48 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 33 (1.06%) ISEB
11 25 (0.81%) PMP
12 23 (0.74%) HNC
13 19 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 19 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 17 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
15 15 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 14 (0.45%) CREST Certified
16 14 (0.45%) MBA
17 13 (0.42%) AAT
17 13 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (6.84%) GMP
2 51 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 49 (1.58%) Accessibility
4 44 (1.42%) PMO
5 43 (1.39%) ISO 9001
6 35 (1.13%) GDPR
6 35 (1.13%) Good Clinical Practice
7 31 (1.00%) Software Quality Assurance
8 26 (0.84%) GxP
9 22 (0.71%) SLA
10 21 (0.68%) ISO 13485
11 17 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 14 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.39%) ISO 14001
14 10 (0.32%) NEBOSH
15 9 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 9 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.29%) CDISC
15 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 106 (3.42%) Docker
2 28 (0.90%) Firmware
3 19 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.32%) Active Directory
6 8 (0.26%) HDFS
7 7 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.064%) Varnish
8 2 (0.064%) vSphere
9 1 (0.032%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 79 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 38 (1.23%) Terraform
3 27 (0.87%) Ansible
4 12 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (0.29%) Puppet
6 6 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.13%) Kibana
8 3 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.097%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.097%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.097%) Packer
9 2 (0.064%) Grafana
9 2 (0.064%) Podman
10 1 (0.032%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.032%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.032%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.032%) SCCM
Vendors
1 442 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 159 (5.13%) Google
3 71 (2.29%) SAP
4 67 (2.16%) Oracle
5 38 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.03%) Salesforce
7 28 (0.90%) Databricks
8 27 (0.87%) NCR
9 19 (0.61%) Cisco
10 13 (0.42%) Adobe
10 13 (0.42%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.35%) Aderant
12 10 (0.32%) IBM
12 10 (0.32%) VMware
13 8 (0.26%) Marketo
13 8 (0.26%) QAD
14 7 (0.23%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.23%) HP
14 7 (0.23%) Xamarin
15 6 (0.19%) Cognos