QA Tester Jobs in Bolton

Quality Assurance Tester
Manchester > Bolton

The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in Bolton is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 1.90% 1.24% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.59% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% -4.35% +76.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bolton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 104 126 100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.05% 78.26% 99.01%
Number of salaries quoted 70 27 36
10th Percentile £26,175 £28,050 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - +15.61% +2.37%
75th Percentile £64,375 £52,500 £55,188
90th Percentile £75,750 £55,750 £60,625
Manchester median annual salary £54,000 £57,413 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.94% +4.39% +10.00%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Job vacancy trend for QA Tester in Bolton

QA Tester
Salary Trend in Bolton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in Bolton.

Salary trend for QA Tester in Bolton

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, QA Tester 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 Bolton region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft