Software Quality Assurance Jobs

Software Quality Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 912 1133
Rank change year-on-year +35 +221 -266
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 33 67 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.065% 0.066%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.34% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12 42 48
10th Percentile - £36,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £41,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,547 £54,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -0.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £83,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% -13.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Software Quality Assurance 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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,548 19,488 26,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.84% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 9,077 13,252
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary trend for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Assurance in the UK

Software Quality Assurance
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +72 29 £72,500 +61.11% 7
UK excluding London -24 28 £52,500 +16.67% 3
Work from Home +87 25 £68,774 +25.61% 5
South East +29 23 £57,547 +30.79%
London +115 5 £80,000 +14.29% 4
Scotland - 4 £52,500 -
North of England +50 1 £38,500 -7.78%
North East - 1 £38,500 -

Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (63.64%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Electronics
2 4 (12.12%) Games
3 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (69.70%) Software Engineer
2 21 (63.64%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) QA Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) QA Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) QA Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Quality Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Software QA Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) .NET
1 2 (6.06%) .NET Framework
1 2 (6.06%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.03%) Django
2 1 (3.03%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (63.64%) Satnav
2 2 (6.06%) Bitcoin
2 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.06%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.03%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 28 (84.85%) Test Automation
3 23 (69.70%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (69.70%) Software Engineering
4 21 (63.64%) Actionable Insight
4 21 (63.64%) Quality Management
5 6 (18.18%) Agile
5 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.12%) Fintech
6 4 (12.12%) QA Automation
7 2 (6.06%) Automated Trading
7 2 (6.06%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.06%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (6.06%) Low Latency
7 2 (6.06%) Test Scripting
7 2 (6.06%) Web Development
8 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.03%) Defect Management
8 1 (3.03%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) C++
2 21 (63.64%) C
3 5 (15.15%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 21 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) ISEB
5 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) ISO 9001