QA Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Quality Assurance (QA)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 67 6 36
Rank change year-on-year -61 +30 +21
Permanent jobs citing QA 34 212 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.45% 23.27% 6.06%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.99% 82.81% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 30 45
10th Percentile £35,920 £41,475 £26,550
25th Percentile £40,988 £52,688 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,774 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.16% +38.89% +13.21%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £57,500
North East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +27.78% +13.92%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 243 256 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 17.49% 28.10% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 169 70 167
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,656 £24,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +42.86% -6.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £75,000
North East median annual salary £52,500 £47,586 £37,700
% change year-on-year +10.33% +26.22% -9.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

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

Salary histogram for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -52 31 £52,500 -16.00% 20
Gateshead -5 1 - - 1
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North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
1 9 (26.47%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.94%) GitLab
2 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.94%) Selenium
General
1 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (29.41%) Manufacturing
2 7 (20.59%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 5 (14.71%) Automotive
4 5 (14.71%) Finance
5 4 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Retail
5 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Billing
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Local Government
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Senior
2 7 (20.59%) QA Specialist
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.82%) Head of Project Management
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Project Leader
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Project Leader
6 2 (5.88%) Development Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Digital
6 2 (5.88%) Head of PMO
6 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.88%) IT Support
6 2 (5.88%) IT Support Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Software Development Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Software Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.94%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) React
1 1 (2.94%) Spring
1 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) Blockchain
1 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.94%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Mentoring
2 14 (41.18%) Coaching
2 14 (41.18%) User Experience
3 13 (38.24%) Agile
3 13 (38.24%) Project Management
4 12 (35.29%) SDLC
5 9 (26.47%) Change Control
5 9 (26.47%) DevOps
6 8 (23.53%) Line Management
7 5 (14.71%) CAPA
7 5 (14.71%) QMS
7 5 (14.71%) Supplier Management
8 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
8 4 (11.76%) Web Development
9 3 (8.82%) Scrum
10 2 (5.88%) Budget Control
10 2 (5.88%) ITIL
10 2 (5.88%) Service Management
10 2 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Java
1 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.94%) CCSP
2 1 (2.94%) CISA
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.94%) CISM
2 1 (2.94%) CISSP
2 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) GMP
1 5 (14.71%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Databricks
2 1 (2.94%) Google