QA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 17 61
Rank change year-on-year -49 +44 +7
Permanent jobs citing QA 2,637 6,478 3,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.68% 10.95% 4.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.39% 53.40% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,616 1,213 2,041
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,520
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,628 12,130 12,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.44% 20.51% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,308 4,563 6,971
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,603
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for QA in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the UK excluding London

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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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 -28 703 £47,500 -13.64% 283
North of England -57 552 £47,500 -13.64% 264
Midlands -41 468 £50,000 -4.76% 210
South West -34 361 £47,500 - 147
North West -59 310 £47,500 -5.00% 128
West Midlands -45 280 £52,500 -4.55% 131
Scotland -69 250 £45,000 -18.18% 59
East Midlands -39 188 £47,500 -1.04% 79
Yorkshire -45 186 £46,250 -15.91% 99
East of England -69 168 £45,000 +5.88% 130
Wales -29 79 £45,000 - 41
Northern Ireland +60 59 £67,500 +3.85% 15
North East -52 56 £52,500 -8.70% 43
Isle of Man - 3 - -
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (1.63%) Confluence
2 34 (1.29%) IIS
2 34 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 22 (0.83%) CMS
4 13 (0.49%) Documentum
5 6 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.19%) Drupal
6 5 (0.19%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.19%) WordPress
7 4 (0.15%) TWiki
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.076%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.076%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.076%) nginx
10 1 (0.038%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.038%) Liferay
10 1 (0.038%) SAS
10 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 106 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.30%) InfoPath
5 8 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.15%) Simulink
8 2 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.076%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.076%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.038%) Blender
9 1 (0.038%) Doxygen
9 1 (0.038%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.038%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.49%) TrackWise
3 10 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 10 (0.38%) SAP QM
4 8 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.19%) Shopify
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.15%) Magento
7 3 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.076%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.076%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.038%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.038%) Primavera
9 1 (0.038%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.038%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 484 (18.35%) Azure
2 289 (10.96%) AWS
3 242 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
4 194 (7.36%) SaaS
5 113 (4.29%) GCP
6 62 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (1.86%) Power Platform
8 46 (1.74%) Serverless
9 40 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.02%) GitHub
11 21 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.61%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.57%) BlazeMeter
13 15 (0.57%) PaaS
14 14 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 11 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (0.42%) BrowserStack
17 10 (0.38%) Google Play
18 9 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.10%) Firewall
2 27 (1.02%) TCP/IP
3 13 (0.49%) HTTP
4 11 (0.42%) MQTT
4 11 (0.42%) Wireless
5 10 (0.38%) WAN
5 10 (0.38%) Wireshark
6 9 (0.34%) VoIP
7 8 (0.30%) VLAN
8 7 (0.27%) Internet
8 7 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.23%) 5G
9 6 (0.23%) Bluetooth
10 5 (0.19%) GSM
10 5 (0.19%) ISDN
10 5 (0.19%) LAN
10 5 (0.19%) PSTN
10 5 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.19%) RFID
10 5 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 101 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (3.64%) Relational Database
4 74 (2.81%) BigQuery
4 74 (2.81%) Looker
5 48 (1.82%) MySQL
6 43 (1.63%) NoSQL
7 40 (1.52%) Power BI
8 35 (1.33%) Oracle Database
9 30 (1.14%) RDBMS
10 26 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.64%) Big Data
12 14 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
13 13 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.49%) Tableau
14 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.38%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.34%) EDMS
17 8 (0.30%) Data Mining
18 7 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 177 (6.71%) Selenium
2 169 (6.41%) Git
3 156 (5.92%) JIRA
4 73 (2.77%) Cypress.io
5 72 (2.73%) Visual Studio
6 56 (2.12%) Jenkins
7 55 (2.09%) Postman
8 54 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 40 (1.52%) Appium
9 40 (1.52%) JMeter
10 32 (1.21%) Jasmine
11 30 (1.14%) JDeveloper
12 28 (1.06%) Karma Test Runner
13 22 (0.83%) SoapUI
14 21 (0.80%) WebDriver
15 20 (0.76%) GitLab
16 19 (0.72%) TeamCity
17 18 (0.68%) TestRail
18 17 (0.64%) NUnit
18 17 (0.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 804 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 464 (17.60%) Manufacturing
3 391 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 329 (12.48%) Finance
5 253 (9.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 177 (6.71%) Legal
7 158 (5.99%) Retail
8 119 (4.51%) Marketing
9 118 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 97 (3.68%) Electronics
11 79 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.77%) Billing
13 69 (2.62%) Aerospace
14 65 (2.46%) Public Sector
15 58 (2.20%) Telecoms
16 54 (2.05%) Law
17 50 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
18 40 (1.52%) Games
19 37 (1.40%) Automotive
20 33 (1.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 347 (13.16%) Developer
2 277 (10.50%) Lead
3 234 (8.87%) Senior
4 216 (8.19%) QA Manager
5 194 (7.36%) QA Engineer
6 158 (5.99%) Analyst
7 154 (5.84%) Quality Manager
8 134 (5.08%) Software Engineer
9 101 (3.83%) Engineering Manager
10 99 (3.75%) Quality Engineer
11 93 (3.53%) Tester
12 87 (3.30%) QA Leader
13 79 (3.00%) Data Manager
14 70 (2.65%) QA Specialist
14 70 (2.65%) Software Developer
15 69 (2.62%) Project Manager
15 69 (2.62%) Test Engineer
16 68 (2.58%) Senior Developer
17 62 (2.35%) Business Analyst
18 60 (2.28%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (9.56%) .NET
2 173 (6.56%) React
3 139 (5.27%) AngularJS
4 133 (5.04%) CSS
4 133 (5.04%) HTML
5 102 (3.87%) ASP.NET
6 95 (3.60%) JSON
7 90 (3.41%) XML
8 87 (3.30%) REST
9 86 (3.26%) Web Services
10 82 (3.11%) Node.js
11 74 (2.81%) .NET Core
12 57 (2.16%) .NET Framework
12 57 (2.16%) jQuery
13 56 (2.12%) RESTful
14 53 (2.01%) SOAP
15 49 (1.86%) Playwright
15 49 (1.86%) Spring
15 49 (1.86%) Vue
16 39 (1.48%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 236 (8.95%) Management Information System
2 192 (7.28%) Product Ownership
3 65 (2.46%) Mobile App
4 58 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (1.67%) IoT
6 31 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (1.14%) Biopharmaceutical
7 30 (1.14%) Life Science
8 29 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 26 (0.99%) Satnav
10 25 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 24 (0.91%) Onboarding
12 22 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (0.80%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.76%) Client/Server
14 20 (0.76%) FMCG
14 20 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
14 20 (0.76%) Virtual Team
15 18 (0.68%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 113 (4.29%) Windows
2 84 (3.19%) Linux
3 47 (1.78%) Android
4 29 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (0.42%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.30%) Unix
7 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.23%) Mesosphere
9 4 (0.15%) AIX
9 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.15%) VMS
10 3 (0.11%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.076%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.038%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.038%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (29.09%) Agile
2 604 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 492 (18.66%) Test Automation
4 452 (17.14%) DevOps
5 387 (14.68%) Mentoring
6 333 (12.63%) Project Management
7 326 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 324 (12.29%) Coaching
9 296 (11.22%) Scrum
10 282 (10.69%) Software Testing
11 262 (9.94%) CI/CD
12 235 (8.91%) Software Engineering
13 230 (8.72%) QMS
14 202 (7.66%) Line Management
15 186 (7.05%) Computer Science
16 173 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
17 172 (6.52%) Code Quality
18 167 (6.33%) SDLC
19 158 (5.99%) Roadmaps
20 136 (5.16%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 355 (13.46%) JavaScript
2 307 (11.64%) C#
3 258 (9.78%) SQL
4 187 (7.09%) Python
5 184 (6.98%) Java
6 86 (3.26%) TypeScript
7 77 (2.92%) C
8 57 (2.16%) C++
9 54 (2.05%) PHP
10 44 (1.67%) VB
11 43 (1.63%) Bash
11 43 (1.63%) Go
12 38 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 37 (1.40%) Perl
14 35 (1.33%) Ruby
15 34 (1.29%) VB.NET
15 34 (1.29%) VB6
16 25 (0.95%) Kotlin
17 19 (0.72%) PowerShell
18 14 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 506 (19.19%) Degree
2 132 (5.01%) Security Cleared
3 107 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 69 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 67 (2.54%) ISTQB
6 46 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 41 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 39 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.21%) ISEB
10 22 (0.83%) PhD
11 19 (0.72%) HNC
12 15 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 13 (0.49%) AAT
13 13 (0.49%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.49%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.46%) MBA
14 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.34%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (7.85%) GMP
2 55 (2.09%) ISO 9001
3 36 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 34 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 30 (1.14%) PMO
6 28 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
7 26 (0.99%) GDPR
7 26 (0.99%) GxP
8 21 (0.80%) ISO 13485
9 19 (0.72%) SLA
10 14 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
10 14 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.46%) ISO 14001
12 10 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 9 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 9 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.27%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.27%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.23%) JTAG
16 5 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 88 (3.34%) Docker
2 29 (1.10%) Firmware
3 12 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.15%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.038%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 71 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.91%) Ansible
3 19 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (0.46%) Terraform
5 8 (0.30%) Puppet
6 6 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.11%) SCCM
8 2 (0.076%) Podman
9 1 (0.038%) Kibana
9 1 (0.038%) Packer
9 1 (0.038%) Sysprep
9 1 (0.038%) WSUS
Vendors
1 338 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.16%) Google
3 77 (2.92%) Oracle
4 53 (2.01%) SAP
5 36 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.02%) NCR
7 25 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.53%) Cisco
8 14 (0.53%) Databricks
8 14 (0.53%) VMware
9 10 (0.38%) NEC
10 9 (0.34%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.34%) TOWER Software
11 7 (0.27%) HP
12 6 (0.23%) Minitab
12 6 (0.23%) OutSystems
13 5 (0.19%) SolarWinds
13 5 (0.19%) SYSPRO
13 5 (0.19%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.19%) Zscaler