QA Job Trends in Bolton

Quality Assurance (QA)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 7.14% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 41.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -4.35%

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 12 21 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 17.14% 19.09% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 1
10th Percentile £46,875 £37,500 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +3.45% -
75th Percentile - £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £50,625 - -
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

QA job vacancy trend in Bolton

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Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Law
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Commercial Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Commercial Project Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 5 (100.00%) Business Case
1 5 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Demand Management
1 5 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PMP