Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Somerset
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 | 25 | 23 | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +19 | +7 |
| Permanent jobs citing QA | 38 | 41 | 36 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 4.77% | 7.32% | 5.24% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 33.33% | 36.94% | 38.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 14 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £13,500 | £31,625 | £31,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £14,750 | £33,000 | £31,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,000 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,875 | £53,438 | £58,063 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,250 | £58,375 | £60,625 |
| South West median annual salary | £46,250 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.63% | -5.00% | +11.11% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 114 | 111 | 93 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 14.32% | 19.82% | 13.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 75 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,500 | £28,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,385 | £33,000 | £33,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,500 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.00% | +11.11% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,000 | £63,750 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,750 | £65,000 | £63,750 |
| South West median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,519 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.58% | +7.04% | +11.11% |
QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
QA
Salary Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Somerset.
QA
Salary Histogram in Somerset
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Somerset over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
QA
Job Locations in Somerset
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepton Mallet | - | 10 | £30,000 | - | 2 |
| Bridgwater | - | 9 | £60,000 | - | 4 |
| Bath | -22 | 8 | - | - | 3 |
| Yeovil | -10 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Street | - | 2 | £24,750 | - | 8 |
| Taunton | +4 | 1 | £15,000 | -50.00% | |
| Templecombe | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Weston-super-Mare | - | 1 | £35,000 | - | |
| Clevedon | - | 1 | £15,000 | - | |
| QA South West |
|||||
QA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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: