QA Job Trends in Wakefield

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing QA 0 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield - - 5.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £59,800 £48,750
% change year-on-year -16.39% +22.67% +0.04%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wakefield

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 15 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 12.10% 4.62% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 3
10th Percentile £29,000 - -
25th Percentile £32,375 £40,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £41,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.14% +27.69% -27.78%
75th Percentile £58,750 £42,250 £36,250
90th Percentile £63,750 - £37,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £49,136
% change year-on-year -4.35% +17.02% -10.66%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

QA job vacancy trend in Wakefield

QA
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing QA