QA Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Quality Assurance (QA)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 2.50% - 3.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 - -
Cumbria median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

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 Barrow-in-Furness.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12 4 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 10.00% 11.76% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile £30,150 £29,200 £37,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £39,367
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -13.75% -
75th Percentile £38,608 £37,500 £49,000
90th Percentile £51,729 £39,000 £56,000
Cumbria median annual salary £45,000 £35,854 £52,000
% change year-on-year +25.51% -31.05% +55.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

QA job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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Salary Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) EDRMS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) QA Leader
1 2 (66.67%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Records Management
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) HNC
2 1 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP