QA Jobs in Surrey

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 75 62
Rank change year-on-year +37 -13 -16
Permanent jobs citing QA 151 72 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 5.75% 3.33% 5.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.45% 25.71% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55 31 119
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £81,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,600 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 550 280 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.94% 12.95% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 370 179 374
10th Percentile - £30,054 £29,825
25th Percentile £24,500 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Surrey

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Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for QA in Surrey

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Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Surrey over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Surrey

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Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 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
Leatherhead +7 29 - - 2
Guildford +32 24 £32,500 -38.10% 6
Epsom - 23 - - 3
Tadworth - 14 £50,000 - 1
Woking +3 13 £56,000 +166.67% 5
Sunbury-on-Thames - 11 - -
Farnham - 7 £55,000 - 3
Dorking - 5 £55,000 -
Addlestone -1 3 - -
Reigate +20 2 £55,000 -29.03% 1
Haslemere - 2 £25,000 -
Staines -1 1 - -
Egham - 1 £30,000 - 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 5 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.65%) TWiki
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.56%) Azure
1 25 (16.56%) SaaS
2 8 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.64%) AWS
4 5 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.66%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.66%) 4G
2 1 (0.66%) 5G
2 1 (0.66%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.66%) Modbus
2 1 (0.66%) MQTT
2 1 (0.66%) RS-232
2 1 (0.66%) RS-485
2 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.60%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.66%) Big Data
5 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (7.28%) JIRA
2 10 (6.62%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.96%) eggPlant
4 8 (5.30%) Git
5 5 (3.31%) Maven
5 5 (3.31%) Postman
5 5 (3.31%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.32%) JMeter
6 2 (1.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.66%) JUnit
7 1 (0.66%) Mockito
7 1 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 72 (47.68%) Social Skills
2 56 (37.09%) Manufacturing
3 47 (31.13%) Pharmaceutical
4 30 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (18.54%) Finance
6 14 (9.27%) Legal
7 12 (7.95%) Marketing
8 10 (6.62%) Aerospace
8 10 (6.62%) Electronics
8 10 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 10 (6.62%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.65%) Law
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Retail
11 1 (0.66%) Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (16.56%) QA Manager
2 21 (13.91%) Software Engineer
3 20 (13.25%) C++ Software Engineer
3 20 (13.25%) Developer
4 12 (7.95%) Lead
5 9 (5.96%) IT Support
6 7 (4.64%) Business Manager
6 7 (4.64%) Business Systems Manager
6 7 (4.64%) Quality Manager
6 7 (4.64%) Systems Manager
7 6 (3.97%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (3.31%) .NET Developer
8 5 (3.31%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (3.31%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 5 (3.31%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.31%) Support Officer
8 5 (3.31%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.31%) Technical Support Officer
8 5 (3.31%) Test Engineer
9 4 (2.65%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.93%) .NET
1 15 (9.93%) .NET Framework
1 15 (9.93%) AngularJS
2 13 (8.61%) HTML
3 12 (7.95%) React
4 11 (7.28%) CSS
5 8 (5.30%) ASP.NET
5 8 (5.30%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (5.30%) Entity Framework
5 8 (5.30%) HTML5
6 6 (3.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 6 (3.97%) Ionic Framework
6 6 (3.97%) jQuery
6 6 (3.97%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 6 (3.97%) Vue
7 5 (3.31%) Google Maps API
7 5 (3.31%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (3.31%) Java EE
7 5 (3.31%) Vaadin
8 4 (2.65%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 68 (45.03%) Management Information System
2 20 (13.25%) Satnav
3 17 (11.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (7.28%) Algorithms
4 11 (7.28%) Data Structures
5 9 (5.96%) Product Ownership
6 7 (4.64%) Mobile App
7 6 (3.97%) N-Tier
8 5 (3.31%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.65%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.99%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.99%) PMI
11 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.66%) FMCG
12 1 (0.66%) IoT
12 1 (0.66%) NB-IoT
12 1 (0.66%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.89%) Windows
2 9 (5.96%) Windows Server
2 9 (5.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (1.99%) Linux
4 1 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.75%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.13%) QMS
3 43 (28.48%) Test Automation
4 33 (21.85%) Agile
4 33 (21.85%) Mentoring
4 33 (21.85%) Software Engineering
5 32 (21.19%) Coaching
6 29 (19.21%) Code Quality
7 26 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (17.22%) DevOps
8 24 (15.89%) Actionable Insight
9 23 (15.23%) Quality Management
10 18 (11.92%) Validation
11 17 (11.26%) Computer Science
12 16 (10.60%) User Experience
13 15 (9.93%) Unit Testing
14 14 (9.27%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (9.27%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (9.27%) Project Management
15 13 (8.61%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.57%) C
2 21 (13.91%) C++
3 17 (11.26%) JavaScript
4 16 (10.60%) C#
5 13 (8.61%) SQL
6 9 (5.96%) Python
7 7 (4.64%) Java
8 5 (3.31%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.99%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.32%) R
10 2 (1.32%) Tcl
11 1 (0.66%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.66%) Go
11 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (23.84%) Degree
2 32 (21.19%) Security Cleared
3 29 (19.21%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.30%) Azure Certification
4 8 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.31%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.31%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.65%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.66%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.66%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (31.13%) GMP
2 20 (13.25%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (3.97%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.65%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.99%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (5.96%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.99%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.28%) SAP
3 7 (4.64%) Google
4 4 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.99%) Micro Focus
5 3 (1.99%) Oracle
5 3 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) Ariba
6 1 (0.66%) Atmel
6 1 (0.66%) Freescale