Quality Assurance (QA)
Manchester > Bolton
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 28 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | -25 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing QA | 9 | 2 | 63 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton | 6.47% | 1.55% | 44.68% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 17.65% | 8.70% | 92.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £37,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -37.50% | - |
| Manchester median annual salary | £55,000 | £48,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.58% | -12.73% | +10.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bolton
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 Bolton.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 51 | 23 | 68 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton | 36.69% | 17.83% | 48.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 38 | 20 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25,925 | £24,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,480 | £31,250 | £26,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £55,000 | £29,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +86.44% | -41.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £69,375 | £56,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £60,000 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | -3.81% | +3.02% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
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Salary Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Bolton.
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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: