Software Quality Assurance Jobs in England

Software Quality Assurance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 864 1070
Rank change year-on-year +63 +206 -238
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 31 57 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.065% 0.068%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.26% 0.33% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10 33 45
10th Percentile £50,925 £38,167 £31,250
25th Percentile £57,512 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,562 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.60% -15.34% -13.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,547 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.08% +4.55% -12.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Software Quality Assurance 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 11,915 17,025 22,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.78% 19.30% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,313 7,853 11,804
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 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in England.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in England

Software Quality Assurance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +14 23 £57,547 +30.79%
London +101 7 £75,000 +7.14% 3
North of England +48 1 £38,500 -14.44% 1
North East - 1 £38,500 -
Software Quality Assurance
UK

Software Quality Assurance
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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (67.74%) SaaS
2 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.23%) MySQL
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
1 1 (3.23%) JUnit
1 1 (3.23%) NUnit
1 1 (3.23%) Selenium
1 1 (3.23%) TestNG
General
1 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Software Engineer
2 21 (67.74%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) QA Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Automation Tester
5 1 (3.23%) Data Migration Tester
5 1 (3.23%) QA Automation Tester
5 1 (3.23%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) QA Tester
5 1 (3.23%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Software QA Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Software Quality Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
2 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.45%) Entity Framework
3 1 (3.23%) Django
3 1 (3.23%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Satnav
2 2 (6.45%) Bitcoin
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.45%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.23%) Derivative
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 26 (83.87%) Test Automation
3 24 (77.42%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (74.19%) Software Engineering
5 21 (67.74%) Actionable Insight
5 21 (67.74%) Quality Management
6 6 (19.35%) Software Testing
7 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
8 4 (12.90%) Fintech
9 3 (9.68%) Agile
9 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
9 3 (9.68%) Test Scripting
10 2 (6.45%) Automated Trading
10 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (6.45%) Defect Management
10 2 (6.45%) High-Frequency Trading
10 2 (6.45%) Low Latency
10 2 (6.45%) Regression Testing
10 2 (6.45%) Web Development
11 1 (3.23%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) C++
2 21 (67.74%) C
3 6 (19.35%) Python
4 3 (9.68%) Java
5 2 (6.45%) SQL
6 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
1 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.45%) ISEB
5 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle