QA Jobs in the North West

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 12 72
Rank change year-on-year -58 +60 -10
Permanent jobs citing QA 322 1,036 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.02% 14.02% 4.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.06% 65.03% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 210 129 199
10th Percentile £25,750 £22,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,375 £77,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,285 1,593 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.04% 21.55% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 901 487 890
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the North West.

Salary trend for QA in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North West 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
Manchester -57 181 £47,500 -13.64% 70
Cheshire -41 50 £42,500 +6.25% 25
Lancashire -41 45 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Merseyside -28 42 £33,000 -2.94% 11
Cumbria - 4 £35,000 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (3.42%) IIS
2 4 (1.24%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.62%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.93%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.53%) Azure
2 43 (13.35%) SaaS
3 22 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (5.59%) AWS
5 10 (3.11%) Google Play
5 10 (3.11%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.86%) OCI
8 4 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.24%) GCP
8 4 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.62%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.62%) PaaS
9 2 (0.62%) Serverless
10 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.31%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.31%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.62%) DSL
1 2 (0.62%) HTTP
2 1 (0.31%) Modbus
2 1 (0.31%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.48%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.24%) MySQL
4 4 (1.24%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.62%) OLTP
6 2 (0.62%) Power BI
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) Big Data
7 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.31%) LogicBlox
7 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (5.28%) Git
2 16 (4.97%) Selenium
3 15 (4.66%) Cypress.io
4 14 (4.35%) Postman
5 13 (4.04%) Appium
6 12 (3.73%) JIRA
7 11 (3.42%) Jasmine
7 11 (3.42%) Karma Test Runner
8 6 (1.86%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.55%) Android Studio
10 3 (0.93%) GitLab
10 3 (0.93%) JMeter
10 3 (0.93%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.93%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.93%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.31%) QADirector
12 1 (0.31%) TestCafe
General
1 90 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.12%) Finance
3 41 (12.73%) Manufacturing
4 37 (11.49%) Legal
5 28 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (8.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 19 (5.90%) Retail
8 18 (5.59%) Law
9 13 (4.04%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.80%) Marketing
11 8 (2.48%) Automotive
11 8 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.24%) Games
14 4 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Social Housing
16 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.31%) Back Office
17 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 67 (20.81%) Developer
2 42 (13.04%) Senior
3 28 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 27 (8.39%) Lead
5 23 (7.14%) Analyst
6 22 (6.83%) C# Developer
7 20 (6.21%) Senior Developer
8 18 (5.59%) QA Manager
8 18 (5.59%) Tester
9 17 (5.28%) Quality Manager
10 13 (4.04%) QA Engineer
10 13 (4.04%) QA Specialist
11 12 (3.73%) .NET Developer
11 12 (3.73%) Software Tester
12 11 (3.42%) QA Analyst
13 10 (3.11%) Android Developer
13 10 (3.11%) Senior Android Developer
14 9 (2.80%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.80%) QA Officer
14 9 (2.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.49%) .NET
2 32 (9.94%) JSON
3 28 (8.70%) REST
4 20 (6.21%) XML
5 17 (5.28%) RESTful
6 16 (4.97%) Web Services
7 15 (4.66%) AngularJS
7 15 (4.66%) SOAP
8 14 (4.35%) HTML
9 13 (4.04%) Playwright
10 12 (3.73%) ASP.NET
11 11 (3.42%) CSS
11 11 (3.42%) RxJS
11 11 (3.42%) Sass
11 11 (3.42%) XML Schema
12 10 (3.11%) Android SDK
13 6 (1.86%) Gherkin
13 6 (1.86%) React
14 4 (1.24%) GraphQL
14 4 (1.24%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.90%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.97%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.86%) Blog
6 5 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.93%) IoT
7 3 (0.93%) iPad
8 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.62%) e-Health
8 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.62%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.31%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.76%) Android
2 10 (3.11%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.48%) Windows
4 1 (0.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.68%) Agile
2 63 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (15.53%) DevOps
5 46 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 45 (13.98%) Mentoring
7 43 (13.35%) Software Testing
8 39 (12.11%) Coaching
8 39 (12.11%) SDLC
9 35 (10.87%) Project Management
10 29 (9.01%) Code Quality
11 28 (8.70%) QMS
11 28 (8.70%) Roadmaps
12 27 (8.39%) CI/CD
12 27 (8.39%) Design Patterns
13 25 (7.76%) Line Management
14 24 (7.45%) Computer Science
15 23 (7.14%) Analytics
15 23 (7.14%) Scrum
16 22 (6.83%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.60%) JavaScript
2 41 (12.73%) C#
3 35 (10.87%) SQL
4 25 (7.76%) Java
5 19 (5.90%) Python
5 19 (5.90%) T-SQL
6 16 (4.97%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.35%) Kotlin
8 11 (3.42%) VB
8 11 (3.42%) VB.NET
8 11 (3.42%) VB6
9 5 (1.55%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.55%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.24%) Swift
11 3 (0.93%) C
11 3 (0.93%) PHP
11 3 (0.93%) R
12 2 (0.62%) VBA
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 45 (13.98%) Degree
2 19 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.86%) ISTQB
4 5 (1.55%) AAT
4 5 (1.55%) HND
4 5 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (1.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.24%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.93%) PMP
7 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.62%) CISSP
7 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.62%) OSCP
7 2 (0.62%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.14%) GMP
2 14 (4.35%) PMO
3 8 (2.48%) GDPR
4 2 (0.62%) SLA
5 1 (0.31%) GAMP
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.97%) Google
3 12 (3.73%) Oracle
4 5 (1.55%) BT
4 5 (1.55%) SAP
5 4 (1.24%) Intel
6 3 (0.93%) Thales
7 1 (0.31%) Aderant
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe
7 1 (0.31%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.31%) Apple
7 1 (0.31%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.31%) Ceridian
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco
7 1 (0.31%) iManage
7 1 (0.31%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.31%) Siemens
7 1 (0.31%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.31%) VMware