QA Leader Job Trends in Birmingham

Quality Assurance Lead
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Birmingham is £61,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 122 101
Rank change year-on-year +30 -21 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 8 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.47% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £51,759 - -
25th Percentile £57,438 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £47,800
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +15.06% -20.33%
75th Percentile £65,313 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £66,250 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.82% +12.24% -10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,592 1,785 1,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 94.85% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 887 1,005
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,628 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £88,750 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

QA Leader job vacancy trend in Birmingham

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Birmingham

QA Leader
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Leader in Birmingham over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Leader in Birmingham

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, QA Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (87.50%) API Testing
2 7 (87.50%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
3 6 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (75.00%) QA Automation
3 6 (75.00%) Selenium
4 5 (62.50%) Coaching
4 5 (62.50%) SaaS
5 2 (25.00%) People Management
5 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (12.50%) .NET
6 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (12.50%) Azure
6 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
6 1 (12.50%) Data Management
6 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
6 1 (12.50%) GitHub
6 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) API Testing
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (75.00%) QA Automation
3 5 (62.50%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) People Management
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
5 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft