QA Job Trends in Chester

Quality Assurance (QA)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 11 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +2
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 5.03% 2.94% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 42.86% 33.33% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £14,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £19,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +101.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,250 £33,000
90th Percentile - - £37,200
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% +21.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 3 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 11.73% 8.82% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 14
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £27,600
25th Percentile £46,000 £55,625 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +73.33% -14.77%
75th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £71,915
Cheshire median annual salary £60,000 £48,306 £40,000
% change year-on-year +24.21% +20.77% -15.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

QA job vacancy trend in Chester

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Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Chester over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in Chester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) QA Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Security Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Security Support Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Support
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) QA Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) CCTV
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
1 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (44.44%) Compliance Audit
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Siemens