QA Technician Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 730 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Technician 21 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.012% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £34,440 - -
25th Percentile £38,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £39,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured QA Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Technician in the UK excluding London

QA Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Technician in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QA Technician in the UK excluding London

QA Technician
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 - 17 £39,000 - 1
Yorkshire +61 3 - - 1
North of England +31 3 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £28,350 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £28,350 - 1
QA Technician
UK

QA Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, QA Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring QA Technician in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) QA
2 18 (85.71%) Manufacturing
3 9 (42.86%) Internal Audit
3 9 (42.86%) Product Requirements
3 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (42.86%) FMEA
4 8 (38.10%) Coaching
4 8 (38.10%) Electronics
5 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
5 6 (28.57%) Chemistry
5 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (14.29%) Finance
7 3 (14.29%) Google
7 3 (14.29%) Retail
7 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (14.29%) SAP
8 2 (9.52%) Python
8 2 (9.52%) Bluetooth
8 2 (9.52%) GSM
8 2 (9.52%) ISDN
8 2 (9.52%) PSTN
8 2 (9.52%) UMTS
8 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (9.52%) Wireless
8 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
8 2 (9.52%) Data Management
8 2 (9.52%) LabVIEW
8 2 (9.52%) Agile

QA Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) 5G
1 2 (9.52%) Bluetooth
1 2 (9.52%) GSM
1 2 (9.52%) ISDN
1 2 (9.52%) LTE
1 2 (9.52%) PSTN
1 2 (9.52%) UMTS
1 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (9.52%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (85.71%) Manufacturing
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 8 (38.10%) Electronics
4 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (14.29%) Finance
6 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (14.29%) Retail
7 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Acoustics
1 2 (9.52%) Satnav
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (42.86%) FMEA
1 9 (42.86%) Internal Audit
1 9 (42.86%) Product Requirements
2 8 (38.10%) Coaching
3 6 (28.57%) Chemistry
3 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (9.52%) Data Management
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Google
1 3 (14.29%) SAP