QA Jobs in Manchester

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 12 78
Rank change year-on-year -60 +66 -16
Permanent jobs citing QA 175 874 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.43% 17.38% 4.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.78% 68.66% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 134 97 157
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,550 £31,650
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,875 £80,000 £78,212
North West median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.53% +4.74%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 630 1,273 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.36% 25.31% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 456 321 545
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,225
90th Percentile £85,625 £77,500 £82,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Manchester

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Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for QA in Manchester

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Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Manchester

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cheadle -6 3 - - 2
Salford -22 2 £58,800 - 4
Bolton -24 2 £37,500 -37.50% 4
Bury -11 1 - -
Rochdale -13 1 £42,500 -
Stockport -25 1 £52,500 +98.11% 6
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (2.29%) IIS
2 3 (1.71%) Confluence
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Solr
3 2 (1.14%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.57%) Azure
2 15 (8.57%) SaaS
3 14 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (7.43%) AWS
5 10 (5.71%) Google Play
6 8 (4.57%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.43%) OCI
9 5 (2.86%) Serverless
10 4 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.29%) GCP
11 2 (1.14%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.14%) PaaS
12 1 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.57%) Oracle Database
2 8 (4.57%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.71%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.14%) OLTP
6 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.57%) Big Data
7 1 (0.57%) LogicBlox
7 1 (0.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (9.14%) Git
2 12 (6.86%) Appium
2 12 (6.86%) Cypress.io
3 10 (5.71%) JIRA
3 10 (5.71%) Postman
4 8 (4.57%) Selenium
5 5 (2.86%) Android Studio
5 5 (2.86%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.29%) Jasmine
6 4 (2.29%) Karma Test Runner
7 3 (1.71%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.57%) QADirector
General
1 49 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.57%) Finance
3 18 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.00%) Retail
5 13 (7.43%) Legal
6 9 (5.14%) Law
7 7 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.86%) Games
9 5 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.29%) Marketing
11 3 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.71%) Social Housing
12 2 (1.14%) Automotive
12 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.57%) Aviation
13 1 (0.57%) Back Office
13 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 43 (24.57%) Developer
2 27 (15.43%) Senior
3 18 (10.29%) Analyst
4 17 (9.71%) Lead
4 17 (9.71%) Senior Developer
5 12 (6.86%) C# Developer
6 10 (5.71%) Android Developer
6 10 (5.71%) Senior Android Developer
7 9 (5.14%) .NET Developer
7 9 (5.14%) QA Engineer
8 7 (4.00%) Integration Developer
8 7 (4.00%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.00%) QA Analyst
8 7 (4.00%) QA Manager
8 7 (4.00%) Quality Manager
8 7 (4.00%) Systems Developer
9 6 (3.43%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.43%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (3.43%) Lead Developer
10 5 (2.86%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.43%) .NET
2 18 (10.29%) JSON
3 17 (9.71%) REST
4 11 (6.29%) Playwright
5 10 (5.71%) Android SDK
5 10 (5.71%) RESTful
6 9 (5.14%) XML
7 8 (4.57%) AngularJS
8 7 (4.00%) HTML
8 7 (4.00%) React
8 7 (4.00%) SOAP
8 7 (4.00%) Web Services
9 5 (2.86%) ASP.NET
10 4 (2.29%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (2.29%) Node.js
10 4 (2.29%) RxJS
10 4 (2.29%) Sass
10 4 (2.29%) XML Schema
11 3 (1.71%) .NET Core
11 3 (1.71%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.86%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.57%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.86%) Blog
5 5 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.14%) IoT
7 2 (1.14%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.57%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.57%) FMCG
8 1 (0.57%) iPad
8 1 (0.57%) iPhone
8 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.57%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.14%) Android
2 8 (4.57%) Apple iOS
2 8 (4.57%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (41.14%) Agile
2 40 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 35 (20.00%) DevOps
4 34 (19.43%) Test Automation
5 28 (16.00%) Design Patterns
5 28 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (15.43%) Software Testing
7 25 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 24 (13.71%) Coaching
9 21 (12.00%) CI/CD
10 19 (10.86%) Analytics
11 18 (10.29%) Computer Science
12 17 (9.71%) Project Management
12 17 (9.71%) Scrum
13 16 (9.14%) SDLC
14 15 (8.57%) Clean Code
15 14 (8.00%) Code Quality
15 14 (8.00%) MVC
15 14 (8.00%) Unit Testing
16 13 (7.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 23 (13.14%) Java
3 21 (12.00%) C#
4 14 (8.00%) Kotlin
4 14 (8.00%) SQL
5 13 (7.43%) Python
6 12 (6.86%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.14%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.86%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.86%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.29%) Swift
9 4 (2.29%) VB
9 4 (2.29%) VB.NET
9 4 (2.29%) VB6
10 3 (1.71%) Bash
10 3 (1.71%) C
10 3 (1.71%) Go
10 3 (1.71%) Perl
10 3 (1.71%) Ruby
11 2 (1.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (14.29%) Degree
2 13 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.43%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.86%) AAT
5 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.29%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (1.71%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.14%) CEH
7 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.14%) CISM
7 2 (1.14%) CISSP
7 2 (1.14%) HND
7 2 (1.14%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.14%) OSCP
7 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.00%) GDPR
2 4 (2.29%) GMP
3 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.57%) Google
3 13 (7.43%) Oracle
4 5 (2.86%) Intel
5 3 (1.71%) Thales
6 1 (0.57%) BT
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco
6 1 (0.57%) SAP
6 1 (0.57%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.57%) VMware